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Investment Fund for Scotland (IFS) Maven Equity Finance

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Growth equity investment fund programme managed by Maven Capital Partners under the Investment Fund for Scotland (IFS), targeting Scottish and UK businesses.

Focus Areas
Private equity and growth capital

Tracked deals

37

37 tracked deals across 2019-2025.

Recent pace

1

1 tracked deal announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Growth capital

28 growth capital · 6 buyout · 3 addon

Investment Fund for Scotland (IFS) Maven Equity Finance Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 7 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 7 years for Investment Fund for Scotland (IFS) Maven Equity Finance. 2 2019 6 2020 7 2021 4 2022 2 2023 7 2024 9 2025

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

Showing the 12 most recent of 37 tracked deals for Investment Fund for Scotland (IFS) Maven Equity Finance.

  • Buyer
    Maven VCTs, Maven Capital Partners
    Target
    FITR
    Location
    England, United Kingdom

    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.

  • Buyer
    SST Group (Dyer Engineering), NPIF II - Maven Equity Finance (managed by Maven Capital Partners), Finance Durham Fund (managed by Maven Capital Partners / Business Durham)
    Target
    Q-Laser
    Industry
    Manufacturing
    Location
    Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
    Type
    Addon

    Dyer Engineering has formed SST Group and received £1.625 million of equity funding from NPIF II - Maven Equity Finance and the Finance Durham Fund (managed by Maven). SST Group immediately acquired Washington-based precision engineering firm Q-Laser (turnover £3.3m, ~30 employees) to expand regional manufacturing capabilities and capabilities in laser, waterjet and fabrication services.

  • Buyer
    SWIF Maven Equity Finance (Maven Capital Partners), British Business Bank - South West Investment Fund
    Target
    Blueskytec
    Industry
    Cybersecurity
    Location
    England, United Kingdom

    Maven (via SWIF Maven Equity Finance) has invested £1.5 million in Bath-based cybersecurity hardware specialist Blueskytec through the British Business Bank’s South West Investment Fund. The growth capital will support full-scale deployment with industrial partners, recruitment, and expansion of manufacturing capacity and business development as Blueskytec targets defence, civil nuclear and energy infrastructure markets.

  • Buyer
    NPIF II - Maven Equity Finance (managed by Maven Capital Partners), Finance Durham Fund, Northstar Ventures
    Target
    Magnitude Biosciences
    Industry
    Biotechnology
    Location
    County Durham, United Kingdom

    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.

  • Buyer
    Maven Capital Partners, Maven Investor Partners
    Target
    Kube Networks (KubeNet)
    Industry
    IT Services
    Location
    Scotland, United Kingdom

    Maven (through its Maven Investor Partners co-investment network) has completed a £2.25 million growth investment in Glasgow-based Kube Networks (KubeNet) to support the company’s buy-and-build strategy and accelerate organic growth. The funding will expand KubeNet’s service capabilities across managed IT, cloud, connectivity and cybersecurity, and a first bolt-on acquisition is expected to complete in the coming weeks.

  • Buyer
    NPIF II - Maven Equity Finance (managed by Maven Capital Partners), British Business Bank (Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund II)
    Target
    Tiba Tempeh
    Industry
    Food & Beverage
    Location
    England, United Kingdom

    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.

  • Buyer
    NPIF II - Maven Equity Finance (managed by Maven Capital Partners)
    Target
    CRL Foods
    Industry
    Food & Beverage
    Location
    Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom

    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.

  • Buyer
    Investment Fund for Scotland (IFS) / Maven, Macmillan Cancer Support, Eos Advisory, SIS Ventures, University of Strathclyde, Norcliffe Capital
    Target
    Dxcover
    Industry
    Biotechnology
    Location
    Scotland, United Kingdom

    Dxcover, a University of Strathclyde spin-out developing multiomic, AI-enabled liquid biopsy diagnostics, raised £5 million from new and existing investors including the Investment Fund for Scotland (managed by Maven), Macmillan Cancer Support, Eos Advisory (lead), SIS Ventures, the University of Strathclyde and Norcliffe Capital. The funding will advance Dxcover's PANAROMIC platform technology, accelerate commercialisation of its brain cancer liquid biopsy and support expansion into the UK, Europe and the United States.

  • Buyer
    IFS Maven Equity Finance, Scottish Enterprise, British Business Bank
    Target
    Scotmas Group
    Location
    Scotland, United Kingdom

    Scotmas Group, a B-Corp accredited chlorine dioxide water treatment specialist based in Kelso, has secured £2.2 million in growth capital led by IFS Maven Equity Finance with support from Scottish Enterprise and the British Business Bank. The funding will be used to accelerate international expansion (Middle East and South America), increase manufacturing capacity at the Kelso plant, and support product development and UK commercial/service team growth.

  • Buyer
    SWIF Maven Equity Finance, British Business Bank (South West Investment Fund)
    Target
    Tom Parker Creamery
    Industry
    Food & Beverage
    Location
    Somerset, United Kingdom

    SWIF Maven Equity Finance, via the British Business Bank's South West Investment Fund, invested £750,000 into Tom Parker Creamery to support relocation to a larger facility, increase production capacity, add working capital, hire staff, and fund product development. Tom Parker Creamery is a Wincanton, Somerset-based producer of free-range milks and creams supplying major UK retailers including Waitrose, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Ocado.

  • Buyer
    Maven Capital Partners / Maven Equity Finance, Finance Durham Fund (managed by Maven), NPIF II - Maven Equity Finance, Parkwalk Advisors
    Target
    PervasID
    Industry
    Manufacturing
    Location
    Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

    RFID innovator PervasID has raised part of a £3.25 million funding round, including a £750,000 investment from Maven (via two Maven-managed regional funds) alongside co-investor Parkwalk Advisors. The funding will support PervasID’s commercial expansion (including a second base at NETPark, County Durham), further R&D and enhancement of its RFID hardware and data analytics software to serve retail, logistics, healthcare and aerospace customers.

  • Buyer
    IFS Maven Equity Finance (Investment Fund for Scotland, managed by Maven Capital Partners)
    Target
    Corporate Modelling Services (CMS)
    Industry
    Cloud & SaaS
    Location
    Scotland, United Kingdom

    Investment Fund for Scotland (IFS) Maven Equity Finance has invested £750,000 into Glasgow-based workforce optimisation software provider Corporate Modelling Services (CMS) to accelerate development of its OPX platform, expand AI capability, and support international sales growth. The funding is managed by Maven and delivered via the British Business Bank to help CMS scale into new markets including the US.

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