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Mindflair Plc
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Mindflair is an AIM-listed investment company (LSE: MFAI) focused on investing in next-generation technology with a particular emphasis on the application of AI to transform large traditional industries. It invests directly and indirectly — through interests in three Sure Valley Ventures (SVV) institutional funds and a stake in Sure Ventures plc — in private AI software companies across the UK and Ireland, co-investing alongside cornerstone partners the British Business Bank and Enterprise Ireland. The firm targets enterprise AI software solutions with significant global potential, concentrating on subsectors including AI in the enterprise, AI in immersive technologies (AR/VR), and AI in cybersecurity. Mindflair's stated goal is to provide public market investors with exposure to a curated portfolio of private venture-stage AI companies at a discount to NAV, leveraging the deep sector expertise of the SVV investment team, which has been investing in AI since 2017.
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“SVV2 and SVV3 have continued to make a number of new investments in exciting high growth AI companies, and Mindflair continues to provide investors with an excellent opportunity to gain exposure to a portfolio of AI focused companies curated by a team of experts in a sector which continues to be at the forefront of technology development.”
“We believe that our new name and website better reflect and highlight the current focus of the Company which provides listed equity investors with exposure to a portfolio of AI technology companies. In particular, Mindflair provides exposure to a portfolio of 19 companies through direct and indirect investments with a focus on AI which we are seeking to grow, and co-invests with leading investors including the British Business Bank and Enterprise Ireland.”
“The bottleneck isn't models. It's decision rights, governance, security, and coordination. The alpha is in agents that don't just 'do' a task, but eliminate the intermediate steps entirely. We need to move from 'automated SaaS' to genuine 'Service-as-Software'.”
Team
Brian Kinane
Founding Partner (SVV)
George Mensah
Principal (SVV)
John Frizelle
CTO / Venture Partner (SVV)
Nicholas Lee
Director
Saurabh Kumar
Senior Associate (SVV)
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audrey AI | Pre-seed | — | 2026-04-01 |
| ManaMind | Seed | — | 2026-05-01 |
| Mirror Security | Seed | — | 2025-01-01 |
| Literal Labs | Pre-seed | $6m | 2025-01-23 |
| Capably (Agent Runner AI) | Seed | $4m | 2025-01-01 |
| Getvisibility | Seed | — | 2020-03-10 |
| SMARTTECH247 | Seed | — | 2020-01-01 |
| Infinite Reality (Landvault) | Seed | — | 2018-01-01 |
| Artomatix | Seed | — | 2018-01-01 |
| Inspeq AI | Seed | — | 2024-06-05 |
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| Enterprise Ireland | 6 |
| British Business Bank | 5 |
| Ascension Ventures | 3 |
| ACT Venture Capital | 2 |
| Concept Ventures | 2 |
| Delta Partners | 2 |
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