Venturian Funding & Investment Group
Family-owned Wakefield investment group founded in 2015; makes £200k–£2m equity investments, provides secured business lending and holds commercial property.
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Family & background
- HEADQUARTERS
- Wakefield, United Kingdom
- FOUNDED
- 2015
Investment approach
- GEOGRAPHY
- United Kingdom
- STAGES
- Pre-SeedSeedGrowthBuyout
- ROUTES
- Companies (own capital)
- STRATEGIES
- Direct investmentsVenture capitalPrivate creditReal estate
- TICKET
- £200K–£2M
- LATEST DEAL
- Crazi-Bugz (Follow-on funding) · Apr 2018
Overview
Venturian Funding & Investment Group describes itself as a private, family-owned funding and investment group founded in 2015, with Stuart Lomax as founder and chairman. Its activity is split into equity investment, secured lending and property investment; the property arm buys premises used by the businesses it has backed. It invests in early-stage companies, growth SMEs and management buy-outs, and has also started and acquired businesses of its own, such as the R&D firm Innorian (acquired 2015) and Gibsons of Kendal.
Investment thesis
Invests in businesses that can show potential for significant growth (early-stage venture, growth SMEs, management buy-outs, disruptive technologies), typically £200,000 to £2m, as a hands-on investor.
Holdings & investments (11)
- SynapEducation · since 2018
- InnorianIndustrial & Manufacturing · since 2015
- Securian IndustriesIndustrial & Manufacturing
- AsuraFintech
- My Secure Self StoreReal Estate & PropTech
- SnapsaverConsumer & E-commerce
- Crazi-BugzConsumer & E-commerce
- The Data CitySoftware & SaaS
- Gibsons of KendalMobility & Logistics
- Home & ManorReal Estate & PropTech
- MomentumFintech
People
Frequently asked questions
Venturian Funding & Investment Group is a family holding based in Wakefield, the United Kingdom, founded in 2015.
Venturian Funding & Investment Group invests its own capital into companies. Its stated asset mix includes direct investments, venture capital, private credit and real estate.
Venturian Funding & Investment Group invests at Pre-Seed, Seed, Growth and Buyout stages in Software & SaaS, Fintech, Education, Industrial & Manufacturing and Real Estate & PropTech.
Venturian Funding & Investment Group's stated ticket size is £200K–£2M.
Key people at Venturian Funding & Investment Group include Stuart Lomax (Chairman and Founder), Graham Berks (Investment Director), Greg Allsopp (Investment Director) and Becca Gallagher (Head of Finance).
Venturian Funding & Investment Group's holdings and investments include Securian Industries, Asura, My Secure Self Store, Synap, Snapsaver, Crazi-Bugz, Innorian and The Data City, among others.
The most recent publicly reported investment by Venturian Funding & Investment Group is Crazi-Bugz (Follow-on funding), announced in Apr 2018.