NorthEdge
Private equityManchester · Series B–Late Stage · 26 people tracked
Also known as NORTHEDGE CAPITAL LLP
Investment thesis
NorthEdge is a UK private equity firm founded in 2012 that partners with founders and management teams, often as their first institutional investor, to build better, more sustainable and more resilient businesses. It emphasizes responsible investing and sustainability as drivers of value creation rather than constraints on returns, focusing its influence and data on factors that genuinely build long-term resilience and value across its portfolio.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 18, 2026.
Team · 26 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 20 of 57 portfolio companiesSaaS ×8Consumer ×4Enterprise Software ×4Advanced Manufacturing ×3AI & Machine Learning ×3E-commerce ×3Biotech ×2Cleantech ×2
HQs:United Kingdom×11
Investments · 57 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathAbbey Logistics is a UK logistics provider offering specialist bulk road transport for liquids, powders, and packed goods, along with warehousing, tank cleaning, container, and contract logistics services.
Logistics & Supply Chain
Tissue paper convertor based in Blackburn, Lancashire, manufacturing around 16 million units per week for major UK retailers.
Nottingham-based developer of specialist software automating criminal, civil and financial investigation processes across 24 countries.
Co-investorsBowmark Capital
Designer and distributor of home decorative products and wall coverings to retail outlets in the UK and overseas.
Formerly Qodea; provides Google Cloud professional and managed services plus Google Workspace/M365 migration and management software.
Bridge Farm is a UK horticultural grower that cultivates plants at scale in a low-carbon, biomass-heated glasshouse in Lincolnshire, using robotics and AI to breed and grow more than 70 million plants a year.
AgTechBiotechRoboticsLincolnshire, GB
Provider of publishing and quality assurance services to the global video games market via its Curve Digital and Testronic divisions.
Cezanne HR builds a cloud-based, modular HR software and payroll suite covering the employee lifecycle, including recruitment, onboarding, core HR admin, absence and performance management, and in-house UK payroll.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaS
Clearly Drinks is a UK beverage manufacturer producing soft drinks and mineral water, with bottling and canning capabilities across PET, glass, and can formats.
Advanced ManufacturingConsumerFoodTechSunderland, GB
CMap builds a project operations platform for professional service firms such as consulting practices and architecture and engineering firms, covering pipeline, quoting, resourcing, project financials, invoicing, and reporting.
Construction TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Newly formed built environment consultancy group helping clients meet regulatory and sustainability targets.
Correla builds software and provides outsourced services for the UK energy and utilities sector to support decarbonisation, including smart meter management, heat-pump engineering tools, and energy data platforms.
CleantechEnergySaaS
Award-winning facial animation studio and developer of real-time computer vision technologies, based at Manchester Science Park.
Cutwel is an online retailer of cutting tools and related engineering supplies, selling to trade and industrial customers through an e-commerce store.
Advanced ManufacturingE-commerceRetail Tech
CYSIAM provides cyber security services including Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTIaaS), a 24x7 Security Operations Centre, threat operations, and Cyber Incident Response, built around its proprietary CTI platform.
CybersecurityEnterprise Software
Dave Allan(CEO)
Co-investorsMaven Capital Partners
Integrated developer and manufacturer of innovative pressure care products designed to prevent conditions such as pressure sores.
Specialist value-added cyber security distributor representing IT security vendors across EMEA, founded in 2014.
UK provider of premium door solutions and window systems; NorthEdge originally invested in Solidor in 2014.
East Coast Concepts develops and operates hospitality concepts such as bars and restaurants.
Consumer
Contract manufacturer of complex intermediates and actives for the chemical and life sciences industries.
Designer and manufacturer of bespoke materials-handling processing systems for food, chemicals, mineral and pharmaceutical markets.
Friend MTS (FMTS) provides content security and anti-piracy solutions that monitor, trace, and disrupt piracy of live, linear, and on-demand content.
CybersecurityMedia & EntertainmentSaaS
Future Industrial Services provides specialist industrial cleaning and related site support services for industrial facilities.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantech
Cheshire-based full-service independent global healthcare communications and strategic consultancy serving pharmaceutical clients.
Leeds-based UK market leader in energy-efficient domestic boiler and central heating installation, service and maintenance, founded 1998.
Hublsoft offers AI-driven "playbooks" that combine data and domain-specific AI to help IT and technology services businesses reduce operational costs, retain revenue, and identify upsell and growth opportunities.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsMaven Capital Partners
Global marketing services consultancy headquartered in London providing digital marketing, digital asset management and creative production.
Automation software provider backed by NorthEdge SME Fund I in 2018; merged with Hublsoft in November 2022.
Independent specialist tour operator providing tailored luxury holidays and experiential tours under multiple brands.
ITC is a UK-based travel company that creates bespoke, personalised trips through a group of specialist brands covering luxury beach holidays, wildlife encounters, live sport events, and other tailor-made experiences.
ConsumerTravel & Hospitality
B2B reseller, integrator and managed service provider of Apple technology, Adobe and Avid software to corporate, creative and education sectors.
Hull-headquartered occupational health service provider delivering health strategies across a range of sectors.
Lights4fun is a retailer of decorative lighting and home décor, offering products such as candles, twinkling lights, and seasonal home accessories.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce
International talent provider to the life sciences sector across Pharma, Med-Tech and Healthcare Communications verticals.
Newcastle-headquartered mobile-first employee engagement and intranet platform for building culture and boosting productivity.
Orbis Protect provides site and people security services across the UK, including vacant property security, site security management, lone worker protection, and property and facilities management.
PropTechUxbridge, GB
Co-investorsSynova
PebblePad is a learning, assessment, and engagement platform for higher education institutions, designed to support the full student journey from pre-arrival through graduation and into alumni life.
EdTechSaaS
Solihull-based developer of software to manage asset-lending in the financial services sector across the UK and Ireland.
Pimberly offers a cloud-based Product Information Management (PIM) and Digital Asset Management (DAM) platform that centralizes, manages, and distributes product data and assets across multiple sales channels.
E-commerceRetail TechSaaS
Keighley, West Yorkshire-based designer and manufacturer of stairlift products with a global customer base.
Stoke-on-Trent-based provider of fully outsourced fleet solutions for commercial fleet operators across the UK and Ireland.
Qodea is a Google Cloud engineering consultancy that designs and builds cloud solutions for enterprises, including financial institutions, technology companies, and retailers.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLondon, GB
Co-investorsMarlin Equity Partners
RA Marketing is a marketing and PR agency focused on the life sciences sector, offering strategic marketing, creative, and data-driven services to help clients grow.
BiotechMarketing Tech
Diversified financial services provider and retailer with branches across North East England, Yorkshire, Scotland and Wales, founded 1987.
Scotland-headquartered contract research organisation providing immunology research services; rebranded from Antibody Analytics in 2024.
One of the UK's leading developers of video games and interactive entertainment, working with publishers including Sony and Microsoft.
Sumo Digital is a full-service game development studio that builds and co-develops games across platforms and genres for IP owners and game publishers, drawing on partnerships with brands and studios such as Disney, Marvel, and Playground Games.
Gaming
UK-based premium manufacturer of upholstered furniture and soft furnishings, known for design-led products.
Denton-based leading trade supplier of kitchen and bedroom doors, cabinets, accessories and components, established 1989.
Sterile injectable contract manufacturer and licence holder based in Paignton, Devon.
Operator of 17 full-service health and fitness clubs across the North of England.
Chorley-headquartered data management software and managed services provider to UK energy market participants, founded 1997.
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesQodea · startupsmagazine.co.uk · Jul 14, 2025
Principals & officers · per Companies House
what is this? ⓘDirector · British · since 2017
Director · British · since 2013
North Estates Ltd — 25–50% of shares, 25–50% of voting rights
Southedge Estates Limited — 25–50% of shares, 25–50% of voting rights
Fund performance · per public LP disclosures · 5
as of Sep 2025| Fund | Vintage | Committed | Net IRR | TVPI | DPI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NorthEdge Capital Fund ILPs: West Yorkshire Pension Fund | — | — | — | 1.60x | 1.36x |
| NorthEdge Capital Fund IILPs: West Yorkshire Pension Fund | — | — | — | 1.56x | 1.17x |
| NorthEdge Capital Fund IIILPs: West Yorkshire Pension Fund | — | — | — | 1.38x | 0.05x |
| NorthEdge Capital FundILPs: West Yorkshire Pension Fund | — | — | — | 1.56x | 1.28x |
| NorthEdge Capital SME FundLPs: West Yorkshire Pension Fund | — | — | — | 2.30x | 0.90x |
Source: public limited-partner disclosures (CalPERS, CalSTRS). Net IRR / TVPI / DPI as reported by the limited partner; a fund's early-year IRR is an interim estimate (J-curve).
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has NorthEdge made?
- NorthEdge has 56 tracked investments.
- What stage does NorthEdge invest at?
- NorthEdge invests at the Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What is NorthEdge's typical check size?
- NorthEdge typically writes checks of $2.6M – $65M.
- What sectors does NorthEdge focus on?
- NorthEdge focuses on Enterprise Software, Healthtech, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is NorthEdge located?
- NorthEdge is headquartered in Manchester, GB.
- Who does NorthEdge co-invest with?
- NorthEdge most often shares deals with Maven Capital Partners, Bowmark Capital, Synova, among 3 tracked co-investors.
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