The North East Fund is a £120m investment programme available to SMEs across Durham, Northumberland and Tyne and Wear. There are five funds available.
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Portfolio 4
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 18.10.2022 | Mercia | merciatechnologies.com | $56.24M | United Kin... |
| 28.07.2022 | Poptop.uk.... | poptop.uk.com | $1.71M | United Kin... |
| 10.01.2022 | ART Health... | arthealthsolutions.com | $1.09M | United Kin... |
| 12.11.2021 | CitizenMe | citizenme.com | $2.07M | United Kin... |
Mentions in press and media 3
| Date | Title | Description |
| 18.04.2023 | Storage Place raises £400,000 to open a new facility creating 40 new jobs in County Durham | County Durham-based Storage Place Ltd (TSP) has secured a £400,000 investment to open a new facility locally and create up to 40 new jobs. The round was co-led by Maven Capital Partners, The Finance Durham Fund, established by Durham County... |
| 30.04.2020 | Text giving platform secures second round of investment, hits milestone by helping charities to raise over £1 million in donations | Leading tech-for-good company Donr has received a six-figure round of funding to help grow their platform, which helps charities to receive donations via text. 30.04.2020 – Donr – Jesmond, Newcastle, UK A Newcastle-based company who provide... |
| 29.05.2019 | Mercia ‘dragons’ support UK’s biggest student pitch contest | Over 160 graduates and students gathered in Birmingham for the launch of the Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Programme. They were there to learn how to pitch their business ideas to investors in one of the UK’s largest competitions ... |