NPIF Maven Equity Finance Leads £1.5m Investment in XR Games

Maven VCTs Invest £1.5M in FITR

December 2, 2025

Healthcare Services

Maven VCTs have made an initial £1.5 million growth capital investment in London-based HealthTech platform FITR. The funding will be used to accelerate product development, expand the team, and scale sales and marketing as FITR continues to grow its global coaching user base.

NPIF II (Maven) and Finance Durham Fund Back Magnitude Biosciences

May 27, 2025

Biotechnology

Magnitude Biosciences, a County Durham–based contract research organisation, secured over £700,000 in growth funding led by NPIF II - Maven Equity Finance alongside the Finance Durham Fund with continued support from Northstar Ventures. The funding, matched by an Innovate UK grant, will scale the company's WormGazer high-throughput in vivo screening platform, expand robotics, machine‑learning and biological capabilities, and create skilled jobs at NETPark in Sedgefield.

NPIF II (Maven) Invests £1M in Tiba Tempeh

March 10, 2025

Food & Beverage

NPIF II - Maven Equity Finance has invested £1 million in UK plant-based food maker Tiba Tempeh to support marketing, sales and product development as the company prepares for further UK and European expansion. The investment was made via the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II, which is managed by Maven, with support from the British Business Bank programme.

NPIF II (Maven) Invests £1M in CRL Foods

February 17, 2025

Food & Beverage

NPIF II - Maven Equity Finance has made a £1 million growth capital investment in Newcastle-based CRL Foods to accelerate production scaling and support new contract wins. The funding will be used to expand capacity, invest in equipment and scale the company's thermal processing capabilities for ready-to-drink beverage contract manufacturing.

NPIF - Maven Equity Finance (Maven) and Management Back Traverse Associates with £650k Follow-on Investment

July 4, 2024

Software

Cheshire-based intelligent automation specialist Traverse Associates secured an additional £650,000 as part of a larger funding round led by NPIF - Maven Equity Finance (managed by Maven Capital Partners), with participation from company management and travel executive Mal Barritt. The growth capital will accelerate development and commercial rollout of Traverse's proprietary Cognitive Flow intelligent automation technology across SME and enterprise travel customers.

NPIF Maven Equity Finance Invests in Margin Guardian

November 30, 2021

Data & Analytics

NPIF Maven Equity Finance has made a six-figure growth investment in Liverpool-based Margin Guardian to support platform commercialisation, develop an Android version of its Squished app, and fund marketing. Margin Guardian provides fashion retailers with purchase-intent data and retail analytics to help optimise pricing, markdowns and margins.