EMV Capital Overview

EMV Capital is a deep tech and life sciences venture capital investment group with an international portfolio of high-growth companies. The firm focuses on generating superior returns for investors by investing in, managing, and strengthening early-stage IP-rich companies. EMV Capital's proactive management style aims to advance companies to critical value inflection points, utilizing a capital-efficient investment model that includes balance sheet investments and syndicated investments. The firm operates through three capital sources: capital-efficient investments through its PLC balance sheet, fund management of the Evergreen EIS and Martlet Capital Funds, and syndicated investments leveraging its extensive network of third-party investors. Headquartered in London, with offices in Cambridge and strong international links, EMV Capital is quoted on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange.

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EMV Capital

VC Fund

Investment focus

Invest in

  • Western Europe 1 / 14
  • North America 1 / 5

Customer types

  • B2B

Product type

  • Software
  • Hardware
  • Materials

Industries / verticals

  • AI Infrastructure & AI Model Development
  • BioTech & Life Sciences
  • Energy
  • Engineering / Manufacturing
  • Industrial Automation
  • MedTech & Devices

Investment role

Lead and follow

Stages

Seed, Series A

First ticket size

£100,000 - £3,400,000

How to approach funds like EMV Capital

When engaging EMV Capital, founders should highlight defensible IP, clear pathways to value inflection, and capital efficiency in their business model. Demonstrate how your technology or science-driven solution can scale with disciplined resource allocation and articulate the milestones that will unlock significant valuation steps. Emphasize your openness to collaborative, hands-on investor involvement and your readiness to leverage syndication or co-investment structures to accelerate growth.

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