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Cardiff Capital Region
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Cardiff Capital Region's Innovation Investment Capital is a £50 million equity fund to support high-growth, technology-focused companies across Southeast Wales. The fund provides investments of £2m-£7m to support scale-up businesses (not start-ups) located in or expanding to one of the ten local authority areas in the Cardiff Capital Region. The programme is geared towards generating 'Good Growth and inclusive prosperity' for the whole region, helping realise the ambitions of enterprises being built around bold visions. Strongly aligned with the CCR Regional Economic & Industrial Plan, the fund invests in businesses which offer a reasonable probability of generating attractive equity-level returns, with a preference for co-investment opportunities. Priority sectors include Compound Semiconductors, Medtech, Fintech, Cyber, Energy, and the Creative Industries.
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“What Mazuma has achieved and its vision for the future is phenomenal. It is a home-grown story, run by two trailblazing female founders. Our investment shows the depth of quality companies we have across the whole of our region, with this investment helping to take Mazuma to the next stage of its journey.”
“Ever since our first conversations with Lucy and Sophie in April 2023, what has always stood out has been their passion, focus and vision to innovate and disrupt the accountancy sector. Based on our discussions, we believe that Mazuma has an exciting future ahead of it.”
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Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| Development Bank of Wales | 1 |
| PwC | 1 |
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