Success Stories

Press on Vinyl received a £350,000 investment from the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund, through fund manager FW Capital, which will enable it to grow and to create as many as 46 new jobs in the region over the next three years

Pure Pet Food raised a multi-million-pound investment from Mercia and the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

Maven Capital Partners invested £150,000 in cloud-based project management system, Collabor8Online on behalf of NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

A Sheffield company whose smart sensing technology helps industry to reduce costs raised £1.1m from NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia and is part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

Huddersfield-based leak detection and environmental protection systems firm Andel received a £180,000 investment from NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance, managed by FW Capital and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF).

Cheshire based 7i Group Ltd  received £150,000 funding from NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance, managed by FW Capital and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

A Hull start-up which aims to revolutionise the haulage industry by finding a better way to match drivers and employers  completed a £350,000 funding round led by NPIF – Mercia Equity Finance, which is managed by Mercia and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

Software provider Outsource Management Services (OMS) has secured investment of £55,000 from NPIF – BFS & MSIF Microfinance,– a fund managed by GC Business Finance in partnership with MSIF and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF).

A Harrogate company whose technology platform is transforming the way food businesses manage their supply chain secured a new funding round of £2.3m, which included £1.5 million from the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund and the remainder from existing shareholders including Summit Alpha.

A recycling business which takes household waste destined for landfill and turns it into fuel  secured a £575,000 debt funding package from Lancashire Rosebud Finance and NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance, which is part of the Northern Powerhouse Fund.

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NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners (‘’Maven’’) and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund invested in Bolton-based elearning company, Digital Training Solutions (‘’DTS’’).

A Teesside business which has developed a new way to generate fuel and chemicals from waste biomass  secured a further £2.3million investment to commercialise its technology.

A business which has developed software for the fitness industry received significant funding from NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance, managed by FW Capital and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund.

Hiring Hub is a recruitment agency marketplace that helps employers find and work with specialist recruitment agencies to fill jobs faster at a fixed cost.

NPIF – Maven Equity Finance, managed by Maven Capital Partners and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund invested £500,000 in Fissara Limited (“fissara”), a designer, developer and provider of operational management software (“OMS”) for the SME and mid-sized corporate market.

A University of Leeds spin-out which is pioneering a new way to make toughened glass for mobile phone screens and wearable devices secured £600,000 to prove the benefits of its technology.

A superfast broadband provider received £150,000 worth of funding from NPIF – FW Capital Debt Finance, managed by FW Capital and part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF).