Growth Capital
We work with entrepreneurs, innovators and business leaders who have the ambition and drive to grow their businesses further and faster.
We are invested in your growth
As one of the UK’s most active growth investors, we draw on a wealth of experience and a strong track record to provide the capital, insight and strategic support that management teams need to scale with confidence.
What we look for

Funding Requirement
We invest up to £6 million in ambitious growth-focused emerging UK companies.

Location
We prefer to invest in UK domiciled businesses.
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Stage of growth
Entrepreneurial and innovative SMEs with revenues of at least £1 million per annum, which are growing quickly.

Future Potential
We don't expect businesses to be the finished article. We add value in companies with a clear, credible business strategy, capable of delivering growth in profit and earnings.

Management
Strong and ambitious management teams with a clear growth strategy and aspirations to grow shareholder value.

Sector
We are sector agnostic supporting businesses across a range of sectors, including cyber security, financial services, healthcare, software, and technology.
How we add value
Trusted Partner
We back people, not just businesses. Our approach is collaborative. We add value without interfering in day-to-day operations because no one knows your organisation better than you. With Maven’s support and strategic input, you can continue to grow your business with confidence.
Flexible Funding
We provide tailored investment instruments that suit your business now and in the future. With a diverse range of funds at our disposal, we can structure financial packages, often in collaboration with banks or other investors. This versatility enables us to help maximise growth in your business.
Patient Capital
We offer a strong platform for growth, with the ability to provide follow-on funding to support acquisitions or strategic initiatives. We understand that building lasting value often takes time and multiple funding rounds. Maven is a long-term partner, supporting your business at every stage of its journey.
Strategic Expertise, When It Matters
Our investment and portfolio executives have first-hand experience helping businesses grow. We support management teams with scaling sales and marketing, attracting and retaining talent, raising additional finance, and expanding into new markets. Our input is practical, commercial, and focused on what drives success.
Active Support Throughout
Choosing Maven is just the start of a lasting partnership. All our portfolio companies benefit from access to our experienced team, who are available to offer guidance and insight as and when it’s needed. We remain closely involved and responsive as your business evolves.
Local Presence, National Reach
Unlike many investment firms, we are not limited to a single geography. Our teams are based in offices throughout the UK, giving us on-the-ground insight into the markets you operate in. This regional focus helps us understand the challenges and opportunities that matter most to your business.

Fraser Ferguson
“Partnering with Maven marks a significant milestone for KubeNet and we are excited to work with a private equity firm that shares our vision and importantly, understands our sector. At KubeNet we have a clear M&A strategy to align with our current organic growth, and this investment will accelerate our ambitious growth plans and further scale our proven and innovative solutions to a wider UK market.”
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Stuart Clarke
"With Maven’s backing, and our strong team, we can accelerate the evolution of Videris, enhancing its automation and AI capabilities while exploring new investigative use cases where we can support our customers. These developments will further cement our reputation as a leader in the OSINT investigations market. Maven’s expertise and support will also be instrumental as we expand globally, and continue delivering innovative solutions to our blue-chip client base."

David Clee
“Maven supported us when we were a small start-up business, they believed in us as a management team and could see the potential in what we were trying to build. Following that original investment, they continued to support us through multiple follow-on funding rounds which were critical to the development of both our product and our commercial strategy. Throughout the six years we have worked together, Maven have provided genuine and valuable advice that has helped us to grow the business. The relationship between Maven and MirrorWeb has been a true partnership and I’m proud of what we have achieved together.”
Our approach to ESG
We work alongside our investee companies to identify where improvements can be made as part of our value creation strategy, supported by our in-house ESG team.
Meet our growth team
Our highly experienced UK-wide team have completed hundreds of investments in ambitious British businesses across a variety of investment stages, sectors and regions.
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FAQs
What is growth capital?
Growth capital is quite simply used to accelerate growth. It sits at the intersection of seed / earlier stage finance and private equity, providing an equity based funding solution for high potential businesses that want to accelerate their growth without giving up control.
Which type of company is growth capital suitable for?
It is principally aimed at businesses that are growing quickly but may not yet be profitable or able to attract conventional bank debt.
What is growth capital used for?
Growth capital can be used to expand operations, hire new senior people, develop proprietary technology, accelerate operational improvements, or help access new markets.
How does growth capital differ from earlier rounds of funding?
Many fledgling or emerging businesses follow a similar route when fundraising, relying at the outset on friends and family for initial financial support before progressing to high net worth individuals or angel investors for seed funding. The process of fundraising changes markedly once a business reaches Series A financing and looks to secure its first institutional investment from an investor such as Maven.
What does an investor look for in a business seeking growth capital?
There are a number of characteristics any potential funder will look for when assessing a growth capital investment opportunity. These include:
- A strong management team
Growth can seem like both a marathon and a sprint at times, and any business was growing rapidly is likely to face various challenges or growing pains. Investors will seek to back people that display hunger, drive, innovation and resilience under pressure. - Differentiated Product
If you have a product or service already in the marketplace and have been able to attract a core group of early customers on limited start-up capital that is a key positive indicator for an investor. Alternatively, if you’re looking to develop a new product or strategy you need to demonstrate how it does things better than the competition, and that you understand any barriers to entry and how you will displace existing market players and create a defensible source of revenues. - Market opportunity
To be attractive to investors your business will usually operate in/or target a very large addressable market with high potential for sales growth, and where a product or service based competitive advantage can be developed. - Strong Business and Revenue Models
An investor will want to get a good understanding that a company can demonstrate revenue traction in their market, evidenced by key growth metrics. They may not always expect the business to be the finished article, but rather that it has the potential for high growth through a clear and credible business strategy. - Realistic growth plan and funding requirement
A credible plan which demonstrates an understanding of the market and how growth will be achieved. Investors will scrutinise pipeline information, key metrics and analyse the company’s competitive positioning to determine the likelihood of the plan being delivered. - Exit opportunity
At the outset of a new partnership an investor will want reasonable visibility that there will be exit options for all stakeholders when a decision is taken to sell. That means understanding whether the business will have strategic value to an acquirer and offer continuing growth potential beyond our investment horizon.
Why partner with Maven?
As entrepreneurs ourselves, having developed and grown our own business, we understand what it takes to increase and ultimately realise shareholder value. We have backed hundreds of management teams, helping them achieve positive outcomes.
To us, small businesses are a big deal. We are passionate about helping our portfolio companies transition into larger and more valuable enterprises, and, as one of the UK's most active investors in high growth businesses, we have helped hundreds of ambitious owners, entrepreneurs and leaders do just that.