About The Advantage Early Growth Fund
The Advantage Early Growth Fund is a venture capital firm founded in 2004. It is primarily based out of Tamworth, United Kingdom. As of Nov 2008, The Advantage Early Growth Fund has invested in 5 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United Kingdom based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Consumer and Enterprise Infrastructure. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of LM Technologies A lot of funds co-invest with The Advantage Early Growth Fund, with names like Mercia sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.Key Metrics
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Seed & Series A
The Advantage Early Growth Fund's List of All Investments
The Advantage Early Growth Fund has a portfolio of 5 companies. Their most notable investmentis in LM TechnologiesTheir portfolio spans across and United Kingdom. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Enterprise Infrastructure and 4 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of all investments by The Advantage Early Growth Fund:
1. Enate
Cloud based platform offering data orchestration solutions. It offers solutions for workflow management, reporting management, digital transformation, and more. It offers solutions for global business services, fund, and corporate services sectors.
Key facts about Enate
- Founded Year: 2000
- Location: Cheltenham (United Kingdom)
- Stage: Early Stage
- Total Funding till date: $4.95M
- Employee Count: 26 as on Sep 30, 2022
- Investors: Scottish Equity Partners, Mercia and 17 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Unattributed, Jun 25, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Metrasens
Provider of advanced detection technologies for secure environments. These technologies are designed to detect risk items in various settings, including healthcare, corrections, education, and corporate environments. The solutions are designed to be intuitive, streamlined, and adaptable to different spaces, offering a balance between security and user experience. The focus is on precision and performance, ensuring effective screening without compromising user dignity or safety. The company offers a range of products to meet diverse needs.
Key facts about Metrasens
- Founded Year: 2005
- Location: Malvern (United Kingdom)
- Annual Revenue: £18.3M as on Apr 30, 2024
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $13M
- Employee Count: 88 as on Apr 30, 2024
- Investors: C5 Capital, Octopus Ventures and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Nov 23, 2020, $*****
3. Everyclick
Everyclick is a keyword-based search engine that facilitates charity. It's a multi-channel fundraising platform that connects non-profits, customers and retailers. For retailers, the platform gives them an option to donate a certain percentage of the profit to the charity that the customer supports. For customers and non-profits, the platform gives them an option to create their donation page and accept donations from various sources. Also for the customers, they can select a cause listed on the platform and donate. Some of the retailers listed on the platform include Amazon, John Lewis, eBay, Expedia, and M & S amongst others.
Key facts about Everyclick
- Founded Year: 2005
- Location: Evesham (United Kingdom)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $192K
- Employee Count: 13 as on Dec 31, 2021
- Investors: Ariadne Capital, Midven and 17 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, May 11, 2010, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
LM Technologies is an enterprise Wi-Fi connectivity management solutions provider. Provides designs, develops, and manufactures Wireless Modules and Adapters, enabling the Internet of Things. The product line covers both Bluetooth and Wifi based. Also provides HCI-based Modules and USB Adapters supported by Realtek and Cypress chipsets. Serves industries including EPOS, medical, industrial automation, weighing, building, and home automation.
Key facts about LM Technologies
- Founded Year: 2004
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $1.8M
- Employee Count: 10 as on Dec 31, 2021
- Investors: Mercia, The Advantage Early Growth Fund and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Jul 06, 2015, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
MMIC Solutions aimed to develop technology to allow the commercial use of high frequencies in the millimeter wave bands. The company develops, manufactures, and supplys innovative solutions for a range of systems operating at frequencies between 50GHz and 250GHz. It licensed technology from U.K. defense technology conglomerate QinetiQ. The company has not been in news, the website domain has expired and the founders have moved on since 2010 which indicate that its deadpooled.
Key facts about MMIC Solutions
- Founded Year: 2005
- Location: Ledbury (United Kingdom)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Deadpooled
- Total Funding till date: $8.17M
- Investors: YFM Equity Partners, Nesta and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, May 15, 2008, $*****
The Advantage Early Growth Fund's Investments by Stage
The Advantage Early Growth Fund has made 1 investment in Seed stage with an average round size of $469K and 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $5.25M.The Advantage Early Growth Fund's Investments by Sector
The Advantage Early Growth Fund has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Infrastructure, Semiconductors and Telecom. Notably, it has invested in 5 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 5 Software companies, 5 Tech companies and at least 3 companies focusing on Tech hardware.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Infrastructure | 1 |
Semiconductors | 1 |
Telecom | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
The Advantage Early Growth Fund's Investments by Geography
The Advantage Early Growth Fund has made most investments in United Kingdom (2).The Advantage Early Growth Fund's recent investments
The Advantage Early Growth Fund has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by The Advantage Early Growth Fund:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 10, 2008 | United Kingdom | Seed | 5564 | ||
May 15, 2008 | United Kingdom | Series A | 4612 | [+2] |
Co-investors of The Advantage Early Growth Fund
Over the past 18 years, 4 investors have co-invested in The Advantage Early Growth Fund's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Top Co-investors of The Advantage Early Growth Fund: 4 investors entered a company along with The Advantage Early Growth Fund. These include investors like Mercia (1 company).
