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    Realise the potential of your business

    As one of the UK's leading private equity firms, we back growing businesses across a range of sectors, providing the essential capital and expertise to unlock potential and accelerate growth.

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    Investing in growth

    We provide flexible equity funding solutions for entrepreneurial and established businesses, with the ability to invest up to £20 million in any single transaction.

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    The business you manage

    Looking to buy a share in the business you manage? We help management teams to acquire the business they have worked tirelessly to grow, supporting them at every turn.

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    Sell

    Your business

    Considering options to sell your business? We work collaboratively with business owners to create a tailored transaction structure, enabling them to retain a stake in the business or to realise their investment in full.

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    Grow

    Your business

    We have a diverse range of funding options that can provide the capital injection required to support growth and value creation in entrepreneurial UK companies.

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    Property development

    We don't just specialise in private equity. Maven also provides property investment, partnering with experienced developers and asset managers to fund real estate projects that have the potential to deliver income or capital growth.

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    Why Maven?

    We work closely with management teams to shape and deliver growth strategies that add value, including management buyouts, growth capital, buy and build projects, equity value release and pre-IPO financing.

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    £970m+

    invested by our team in UK businesses since 2009

    590+

    growth focused businesses backed since 2009

    £20m

    maximum investment in a single company

    13

    regional offices, including three Mattioli Woods group locations

    50+

    dedicated investment and portfolio professionals

    300+

    years of combined investment experience across our team

    Helping grow British businesses

    Envitia
    Data and Geospatial Technology

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    Quorum Cyber
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    Deal-by-deal

    Access carefully researched private equity and commercial property transactions on a deal-by-deal basis, typically only available to institutional capital.

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    VCT Offers

    Back ambitious UK growth businesses by investing in the Maven Income and Growth VCTs - established generalist VCTs with long term track records of paying dividends and increasing NAV total return.

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    EIS Funds

    Access to compelling investment opportunities for experienced investors in ambitious, tech enabled businesses, while leveraging the attractive tax benefits of EIS.

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