Funds

Catapult Growth Fund

Founded in late 2006, the Catapult Growth Fund is a £30m Enterprise Capital Fund targeting growth opportunities across the UK. Investors in the fund include regional pension funds and Capital for Enterprise (now British Business Bank).

Advantage Innovation and Enterprise Fund (AEIF)

A seed and early stage fund exclusively for businesses in the West Midlands, AEIF is a £20m co-investment fund financed by the Advantage West Midlands regional development agency.

 East Midlands Regional Venture Capital Fund (EMRVCF)

Launched in 2002, Catapult's EMRVCF was the first of a group of regional development funds to be launched across the UK. Funded with £30m from the European Investment Fund and several local pension funds, EMRVCF invested in businesses exclusively in the East Midlands region.

Opus Ventures LLP was co-founded by Laurence Vaughan in 2003 and provided loan and equity finance to companies needing up to £5m through its Synergy Fund, which is now fully invested and is currently being managed out.

Opus is wholly owned by its partners and has no outside interests. It is not authorised.

Between October 2013 and January 2018 various non-trading operations of Opus Ventures were managed by Catapult Ventures.