Maven Capital Partners backs the product sampling specialist with £750k through the North East Development Capital Fund.
"We have been impressed by how the business has scaled in recent years and the ambition of management to continue to drive sales and platform enhancements, whilst looking to expand into new markets. SoPost is an exciting high growth business with a compelling proposition and is an excellent example of the type of company that the North East Development Capital Fund was set-up to support. Today’s funding will enable SoPost to accelerate its growth plans and capitalise on the increasing global demand for cosmetic products and online shopping."
The funding from Maven will support the expansion of the firm's business units and software platform.
"GCV has developed an innovative software solution that considerably streamlines the investment process for investors, and the company is uniquely placed to capitalise on current market conditions. The company has grown to be one of the most high-profile venture builders and incubators in the North East and this is a great opportunity for Finance Durham to support a Durham-based business in not only scaling itself, but supporting the next generation of local entrepreneurs across the county and region as a whole. We very much look forward to continuing working and supporting GCV now and in the coming years."
Maven Capital Partners co-led the £3.4m round to support the firm in scaling its operations overseas, notably in the US market.
"Gen inCode represents a fantastic opportunity for Maven to support a truly innovative business which is utilising AI and bioinformatics in order to enable medical practitioners to make more proactive, precise and impactful decisions on how they treat their patients. The precision medicine market is an exciting space and webelieve Gen inCode is well positioned to grow, leveraging its advanced genomic technology and the valuable IP it has amassed to date. We look forward to working with the senior management team to fulfil the company’s potential."
The investment from Maven VCTs and the Scottish Investment Bank will support international expansion and sales growth.
"We are delighted to be leading the investment in Quorum Cyber which is trusted by a diverse range of clients and which we believe is ideally positioned to capitalise on the significant growth within the cyber security space. The senior team at Quorum have built a business with an enviable reputation and culture and we look forward to working with them over the coming years to scale the business."
Maven Vcts has led a £2m Series A round in data analytics provider Hublsoft to support product development and international expansion.
"Hublsoft has developed an innovative proprietary data visualisation product which is addressing a large and growing corporate market and, despite the company still being at a relatively early stage, it has already been successful in attracting an impressive range of blue chip clients with a low churn rate. The market opportunity is significant, and Maven’s investment will enable the business to scaleup and capitalise on the increased demand from brands to utilise big data to make improvements to the retail and wholesale performance of their products. Today’s funding highlights Maven’s ongoing commitment to support fast growing UK businesses."
