Early stage
Finance Wales invests in innovative early stage businesses with
the ambition and potential to become international market
leaders.
Investment criteria
We invest in Wales-based businesses or businesses planning to
establish a commercial presence in Wales.
You should demonstrate:
- Valuable intellectual property (IP) that
can be protected
- A commercially-focused management team
- Unique products or services
- A clear route-to-market
- Exit potential
New technology start-ups and university spin-outs
We invest seed and development capital in technology-rich
businesses focused on rapid growth.
We've succesfully invested in new technology start-ups and
university spin-outs including:
Ocelus
New technology start-up
Equity investment
£50,000 seed investment
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Abcellute
University spin-out
Equity investment
£200,000 development capital
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Mesuro
University spin-out
Equity co-investment
£375,000 development capital
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Co-investments and syndicated deals
We actively pursue co-investment opportunities and make
syndicated deals. We've completed a number of successful
investments with business angels and private and institutional
investors including:
Diurnal
Growth company
Equity investment
£150,000 syndicated investment with
Viking Fund
Our MOUs with all the universities in Wales have led to a
number of successful syndicated investments, including:
Q Chip
University spin-out
Equity investment
£250,000 co-investment with Fusion IP
Read more.
To enquire about applying for investment or investing in
leading-edge IP-rich businesses, contact
us.