Directory

Love Ventures

VCPre-SeedSeedSeries A+

Love Ventures is a UK EIS fund backing ambitious founders in Fintech, Future of Work, and Consumertech. Explore our thesis, portfolio, and team.

Low Carbon Innovation Fund

VCSeedPre-SeedSeries A+Grantmaker

The Low Carbon Innovation Fund (LCIF) is a co-investment fund launched in 2010 worth over £100 million supporting SMEs in the East of England that develop environmentally beneficial technologies, products or services. It is operated as a partnership between the University of East Anglia, Turquoise International, and Norfolk County Council, backed initially by the European Regional Development Fund and later by UK Government, with its third iteration (LCIF3) currently active.

Ludgate Environmental Fund

PESeries A+GrowthVC

Ludgate Environmental Fund is a Jersey-domiciled closed-ended investment company that was listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange from 2007, managed by Ludgate Investments Ltd in London. The fund exclusively invested growth capital in environmentally sustainable companies with a focus on e-mobility, energy transition, and decarbonisation; the AIM listing was cancelled in 2017 and the fund entered an orderly wind-down, though Ludgate Investments Ltd continues as an FCA-regulated investment manager in the cleantech space.

Lyceum Capital

PESeries A+Growth

Lyceum Capital is an independent mid-market private equity firm based in London that invests between £10m and £65m of equity in mid-sized UK businesses, partnering with entrepreneurial management teams to unlock growth. The firm specialises in technology and business services companies and has acquired over 125 businesses since its formation around 1999–2000, with approximately £800m in total capital raised across three funds.

M&G Investments

PEGrowth

Global asset manager founded in 1931 investing across public and private markets, including growth-stage companies via its Catalyst strategy.

M7 Structura

VCSeedSeries A+

M7 Structura is a pan-European venture capital firm dedicated to real estate technology, investing in revenue-generating PropTech companies at seed to Series A stage with initial cheques of £250k–£3m. The firm was established in 2019 in partnership with M7 Real Estate, a European asset manager with approximately €4.7 billion in AUM.

MDX Enterprise Development Hub

Incubator / AcceleratorAcademia

The Enterprise Development Hub (EDH) at Middlesex University is a university-wide initiative for students, alumni and staff who wish to start or grow a business, become self-employed or act more entrepreneurially. It provides workshops, seminars, mentoring, events and access to the MDXcelerator sprint programme offering seed funding and masterclasses with business leaders. The hub is hosted by the Middlesex University Business School at the Hendon campus in north-west London.

MMC Ventures

VCSeries A+

London-based early-stage venture capital firm investing in AI, data, fintech, and health tech companies at Seed and Series A across Europe.

MSDUK Innovation Challenge

Ecosystem Bodies, Catapults & InstitutionsGrantmakerIncubator / Accelerator

The MSDUK Innovation Challenge is an annual programme run by Minority Supplier Development UK (MSDUK), the UK's leading supplier diversity organisation founded in 2006. The Challenge supports ethnic minority-owned businesses across the UK and Europe to showcase innovative products and services to global corporates and investors, offering cash prizes and corporate mentoring; since its founding MSDUK has worked with over 3,000 ethnic minority businesses and more than 120 Fortune 500 firms, generating over £800 million in business for ethnic minority enterprises.

MSIF

VCPre-SeedSeedSeries A+Grantmaker

The Merseyside Special Investment Fund (MSIF) is a Liverpool-based alternative finance provider that has invested over £151 million into more than 1,690 small and medium-sized businesses since its establishment in 1996. It operates through four funds — the Liverpool Seed Fund, MSIF Small Firms Fund, MSIF Mezzanine Fund, and MSIF Venture Fund — providing finance ranging from £3,000 to over £2 million. Investments are managed by its subsidiary River Capital and focus predominantly on the Liverpool City Region and broader North West England.

MTI Ventures

VCSeedSeries A+Growth

MTI Ventures is a UK-based venture capital investment management firm founded in 1983, regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. It raises, structures, and manages venture capital funds investing in early-stage technology companies across health technology, net zero, digital, and the third economy sectors, with a strong emphasis on cleantech, materials technology, and medical technology.

MTech Capital

VCPre-SeedSeedSeries A+Foreign

MTech Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 and specialising in insurtech and financial services technology. The firm invests in early-stage companies applying AI to transform customer experience and employee productivity across insurance, asset management, health and wellness, employee benefits, retirement savings, and enterprise software. It maintains offices in Santa Monica, California and London, UK.

Magenta Partners

PEGrowthSeries A+

Magenta Partners is a London-based private equity firm that invests £5–20m into founder-led UK growth businesses that are profitable and operating in niche markets, including technology, tech-enabled services, media, financial services, and business services. The firm takes both control and minority positions and emphasises a flexible, operationally-engaged partnership approach.

Manta Ray Ventures

VCSeedSeries A+

Manta Ray Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in London, founded in 2017, that partners with mission-driven founders building companies to address significant global challenges using advanced technologies. The firm invests with patient capital across a broad range of sectors including AI, biotech, healthcare, fintech, and deep tech.

Manulife Ventures

VCSeries A+GrowthForeign

Manulife Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Manulife Financial Corporation, a Canadian multinational insurance and financial services company. The team backs early- and growth-stage North American B2B SaaS, FinTech, and InsurTech startups, typically investing at Series A and Series B stage.

Marchmont Ventures

VCSeedPre-Seed

Marchmont Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2018 and based at Marchmont House in the Scottish Borders, investing in companies that support sustainability, creativity, the arts, crafts, heritage protection, and land management. The firm backs purpose-driven enterprises and early-stage digital businesses with a long-term investment horizon.

Mark McDermott

PersonPre-SeedSeedAngel

Co-founder and former CEO of ScreenCloud (digital signage SaaS), angel investor backing UK tech startups including Voxmind.

Marlin Equity Partners

PEGrowthSeries A+Foreign

Marlin Equity Partners is a global software and technology-focused private equity firm managing over $10 billion in capital. Founded in 2005, the firm acquires and invests in middle-market companies undergoing operational, financial, or market-driven transitions, with offices in Los Angeles and London.

Martlet Capital

VCPre-SeedSeed

Martlet Capital is a Cambridge-based pre-seed and seed investor providing patient capital to deep technology and life sciences startups with high growth potential. Originally the investment arm of the Marshall Group, it became independent in 2021 and was subsequently acquired by EMV Capital (a NetScientific subsidiary) in 2024, with over 70 investments and multiple successful exits including Abcam and Audio Analytic.

MassChallenge

Incubator / AcceleratorPre-SeedSeedGrantmakerForeign

MassChallenge is a global, non-profit, zero-equity startup accelerator founded in 2009 that supports founders tackling complex problems across healthcare and life sciences, climate, AI and autonomy, and cybersecurity. It takes no equity from the startups it supports and awards millions in equity-free cash prizes annually through corporate partnerships. It operates programmes across the United States, Israel, Switzerland, Mexico, and the United Kingdom, with its UK hub located at the Royal Docks Centre for Sustainability at the University of East London.

Matt Clifford

PersonPre-SeedSeedAngel

Co-founder and non-executive Chair of Entrepreneur First, Chair of ARIA, and former UK Prime Minister's AI Adviser; angel investor in AI and deep-tech startups.

Mayfair

VCSeries A+

A UK mid-market private equity firm investing £30 to 150 million in digital businesses, backing management teams through international expansion and M&A.

Meltwind Advisory

VCSeries A+

Cambridge-based investment advisory firm founded by Abcam's Jonathan Milner, backing early-stage life science tools, therapeutics, and medtech companies.