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Midlands Engine Investment Fund
Midlands Engine Investment Fund

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About Company
MEIF is an investment firm that focuses on equity investment for growth capital.

Related to

British Business Bank
British Business Bank
British Business Bank

British Business Bank

The British Business Bank increases finance options for smaller UK businesses.

Sector

Investment Banking and Brokerage Services

Subsector

Diversified Financial Services

Keywords

Financial Services, Finance, Banking

Location

Sheffield, UK

count Of Investments

39

count Of Exists

1

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Also Known As

MEIF

founded date

01.01.2014

founders

IPO status

Private

Description

Founded in 2016, Midlands Engine Investment Fund (MEIF) is a venture capital firm based in Sheffield, UK. In collaboration with the British Business Bank and ten Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), MEIF provides over £250m of investment to support the growth of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in the Midlands region. Their investment focus spans various sectors, including business products and services, consumer products and services, financial services, healthcare, life sciences, and software. MEIF actively seeks out opportunities to invest in companies at different stages, ranging from seed-stage to early-stage and later-stage, contributing to the development of a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem in the United Kingdom.
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location

Birmingham, UK

Website URL

https://meif.co.uk/

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Roger Wood
Roger Wood

Roger Wood

Roger joined Midven in June 2004. He is a Director of the Company and Fund Principal, and Investment Committee member, of the Advantage Growth Fund. Roger also has responsibility for Compliance and Marketing. He trained as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse. Following a secondment into their Corporate Finance department he spent 7 years as a Corporate Finance adviser with Ernst & Young and Bentley Jennison, focusing on small and medium sized private company transactions. Roger has a degree in Industrial Economics from Nottingham University. Roger has particular expertise in positioning businesses for exit and identifying the right time to sell.

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