Where is GCV's headquarters located?

GCV's headquarters is located in Durham (United Kingdom).

How many companies has GCV invested in?

GCV has invested in 12 companies, including Atom bank & Intelligence Fusion.

Which companies has GCV invested in lately?

Finexos & Finexos are the latest investments by GCV.

How many exits has GCV been involved in?

GCV's portfolio has seen 2 acquisitions.

GCV - 2026 Investor Profile, Portfolio, Team & Investment Trends

1. Atom bank

Provider of digital savings accounts mortgages and commercial business loans. This financial institution offers various interest-bearing savings products including cash individual savings accounts and fixed rate options. It provides residential mortgage products for home buyers and remortgaging needs. Additionally, the entity facilitates commercial lending for business growth through fixed and variable rate loan products. All services are managed through a mobile application interface.

Key facts about Atom bank

Founded Year: 2014
Location: Blyth (United Kingdom)
Valuation: $*****
Stage: Series F
Total Funding till date: $852M
Employee Count: 556 as on Sep 30, 2026
Investors: Marathon Asset Management, Conviction and 18 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series F, Nov 01, 2023, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

2. Intelligence Fusion

Intelligence Fusion offers data and insights on incidents and threats. It monitors, collects, and processes all the incidents covering conflicts, terrorism, hazards, diseases, demonstrations, maritime issues, threats to aviation. The company claims to have data of more than 115000 historical incidents and collects more than 8000 incidents per month. Offers subscription-based pricing model for enterprises.

Key facts about Intelligence Fusion

Founded Year: 2015
Location: Durham (United Kingdom)
Annual Revenue: £1M - £10M as on Dec 31, 2024
Stage: Acquired
Total Funding till date: $2.64M
Employee Count: 34 as on Sep 30, 2026
Investors: Future Fund, Cartilagecapital and 3 Others
Latest Funding Round: Seed, Feb 15, 2021, $*****
Highlight: Acquired

3. Finexos

Provider of AI-powered cash flow-based credit-decisioning. It uses AI, behavioral analytics, and real-time data to unlock, de-risk, and automate credit. Its AI-powered engine combines multi-source Open Banking and Finance data with advanced behavioral analytics.

Key facts about Finexos

Founded Year: 2017
Location: Bromsgrove (United Kingdom)
Annual Revenue: $100M - $500M as on Dec 31, 2025
Valuation: $*****
Stage: Seed
Total Funding till date: $4.61M
Employee Count: 11 as on Sep 30, 2026
Investors: Future Fund, Future Fund and 17 Others
Latest Funding Round: Seed, Dec 05, 2023, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

4. QikServe

QikServe is a platform offering ordering solutions for restaurant businesses. The company offers a touchless ordering and payment solutions for businesses. It offers a self-kiosk solution for food ordering. It also offers QR-based ordering where the customers can scan the QR code with the phone's camera to order from the digital menu. The platform helps businesses to increase the order size, reduce waiting times and achieve operational efficiencies. The company offers ordering and payment for existing apps using the software development kit(SDK).

Key facts about QikServe

Founded Year: 2011
Location: Edinburgh (United Kingdom)
Last Known Valuation: $*****
Stage: Acquired
Total Funding till date: $25.9M
Employee Count: 53 as on Sep 30, 2026
Investors: Equity Gap, Scottish Enterprise and 6 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jan 22, 2021, $*****
Highlight: Acquired

5. Hive

Hive offers solutions for measuring employee engagement through anonymous surveys.Organizations can create and administer micro-surveys to continuously gauge and monitor employee engagement levels. Surveys are administered on a monthly, bi-weekly or weekly basis. Surveys can be shared via email or SMS and can be responded to via web and mobile devices. Results and trends can be monitored on a dashboard, and analyzed by filtering results across locations and departments. It also offers an anonymous 2-way engagement platform for employees. Subscription plans range from £1.75 to £1.65 per month, depending on the number of users.

Key facts about Hive

Founded Year: 2015
Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne (United Kingdom)
Valuation: $*****
Stage: Series A
Total Funding till date: $4.54M
Employee Count: 31 as on Sep 30, 2026
Investors: Criatec 2, Maven Capital Partners and 18 Others
Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jun 02, 2021, $*****
Highlight: Editors' Pick

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GCV has invested in 12 companies over the last 10 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Finexos and most recent follow-on round was in Finexos.

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GCV has made 5 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $949K and 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $5.2M.

Here are GCV's investments by stage:

Stage of entry	No. of Investments
Seed	5
Series A	1

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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GCV has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, FinTech, Conglomerates, Financial Services and Food and Agriculture Tech. Notably, it has invested in 11 Tech companies, 9 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 6 Software companies and at least 4 companies focusing on Saas.

Here are GCV's investments by sector:

Sector	No. of Investments
Enterprise Applications	4
FinTech	2
Conglomerates	1
Financial Services	1
Food and Agriculture Tech	1

Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments

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GCV has made most investments in United Kingdom (6).

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GCV has not made any investment in 2026 so far.

Here are the most recent investments by GCV:

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Date	Company	Location	Round Details	Round Amount	Co-Investors
Dec 05, 2023	Finexos	United Kingdom	Seed	8753	Syndicate Room
Jun 17, 2022	Finexos	United Kingdom	Seed	3180	Future Fund
Feb 01, 2022	Business Finance Market	United Kingdom	Seed	6350	-
Jan 24, 2022	N-gage.io	United Kingdom	Seed	2123	-
Mar 30, 2018	QikServe	United Kingdom	Series A	3734	Maven Capital Partners

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2 companies from GCV's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was QikServe in Sep 2024 by The Access Group for $*****.

Here are GCV's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:

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Company	Acquisition Date	First Invested on	First Round of Investment	Round Size
QikServe	Sep 25, 2024	Mar 30, 2018	Series A	9524
Intelligence Fusion	Aug 26, 2022	Mar 03, 2018	Seed	6679

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GCV has a team of 8 members including 2 Partners and 3 Principals located in United Kingdom. GCV's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.

Here is a list of all team members in GCV:

Name	Designation	Location	Board Memberships	Contact Details
Bill Kennedy	Partner	Glasgow	-	1 Email
Suzanne Lupton	Partner	-	-	-
Millie Haigh	Principal	Newcastle Upon Tyne	-	-
Tony Short	Principal	Newcastle Upon Tyne	-	1 Email
Matthew Robineau	Principal	United Kingdom	-	1 Email

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Over the past 10 years, 9 investors have co-invested in GCV's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.

Invested before GCV: Par Equity, Equity Gap and 2 others have invested in rounds before GCV. There is 1 company where Par Equity has invested before GCV and 1 company where Equity Gap has invested before GCV.
Top Co-investors of GCV: 2 investors entered a company along with GCV. These include investors like GrowthFunders (1 company).
Invested after GCV: A total of 3 investors have invested in GCV's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Maven Capital Partners (1 company) and Future Fund (1 company).