GM&C Life Sciences Fund

In mid-2022, a new regional life sciences fund for the GMC region was launched, this time run by Praetura Ventures, details of which can be found here: www praeturaventures com/gmc-life-sciences-investment/ GM&C Life Sciences Fund Binder House 7 Narborough Wood Park Desford Road Enderby LE19 4XT Founded in late 2006, the Catapult Growth Fund is a £30m Enterprise Capital Fund targeting growth opportunities across the UK Investors in the fund include regional pension funds and Capital for Enterprise (now British Business Bank)

Notable exits include Accutronics (9 1x), Lumora (4 7x), Oxford Cryosystems (5 2x), BWB Consulting (3 2x), Hangar7 (3x), Stagecoach (2x), Yospace (6 9x), Oracle Care and Education (3 4x)

East Midlands Regional Venture Capital Fund (EMRVCF)

Launched in 2002, Catapult's EMRVCF was the first of a group of regional development funds to be launched across the UK Funded with £30m from the European Investment Fund and several local pension funds, EMRVCF invested in businesses exclusively in the East Midlands region

Notable exits include Monica Healthcare (3 6x) and R2C Online (12 6x)

Advantage Enterprise & Innovation Fund (AEIF)

AEIF was a £20m seed and early stage co-investment fund exclusively for businesses in the West Midlands, financed by the Advantage West Midlands regional development agency The fund was liquidated in early 2020

Notable exits included Silver Lining Solutions (1 8x), Whelan Refining (4 5x), Systems Integration (4 9x) and Abzena, which floated on AIM in August 2014

Opus Ventures was co-founded by Laurence Vaughan in 2003 and provided loan and equity finance to companies needing up to £5m through its Synergy Fund Opus was wholly owned by its partners and had no outside interests It was not authorised

Notable exits included David Holmes BMW (2 5x), Demon Tweeks (1 7x) and QEK Global Solutions (4 5x)

Nexus labs (Surgical Teaching) are a start-up healthcare technology company based in Chester/Manc

Binder House 7 Narborough Wood Park Desford Road Enderby Leicester LE19 4XT Tel: 0116 238 8200 email