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Mercia Capital equity investment
Mercia Capital equity investment gives £100,000 to £2,000,000 to growing businesses in Yorkshire and the Humber and Tees Valley that cannot fund their growth through borrowing.
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Checked against the official page (mercia.co.uk) on 23 Oct 2026.
Mercia Capital, a specialist asset manager, provides equity investments, typically from £100,000 to £2 million, to growing regional businesses at start-up or scale-up stage that cannot be fully funded through conventional borrowing.
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Status and deadline
Status
We could not tell whether it is open
Deadline
How much
Confirmed on the official page
Who can apply
Confirmed on the official page
Business size
Sectors
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How to apply
Confirmed on the official page
Where it is open: Yorkshire and the Humber and Tees Valley
Confirmed on the official page
See everything open inYorkshire and the HumberTees Valley
Shaded: 20 council areas in Yorkshire and the Humber and Tees Valley.
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- Important, but we could not find it
Things we could not confirm
- Page lists sectors that appear to be a broad list; check eligibility with Mercia
- Page does not state a deadline or whether applications are open now
- Page names the NPIF Mercia equity finance fund link but does not explain its rules; the fund's own rules may apply
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Source and last checked
Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (mercia.co.uk) on 23 Oct 2026. Its details have not changed since it was listed on 23 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with Mercia before you apply.
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- mercia.co.uk/fund/npif-mercia-equity-finance/the official page, checked automatically, read 23 Oct 2026
- teesvalley-ca.gov.uk/business/business-support/mercia-capital/via Tees Valley Combined Authority: finance and funding directory, read 23 Oct 2026