# Advantage Early Growth: portfolio, investments and team

> Advantage Early Growth is a vc firm based in United Kingdom. 4 investments on record, latest Oct 2008. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/advantage-early-growth (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Advantage Early Growth

Last cheque observed Oct 2008. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

Quiet VC firm

Seed Series A Venture

Cheques on record

**0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 4 on record

Since the last cheque **6570** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$2.9M** Rounds led **0 of 4**

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## Advantage Early Growth highlights

- 01 4 rounds on record
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 67% of its rounds

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Based in:** United Kingdom
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **4 appearances**

- **2008** 3 rounds
- **Oct** **[LM Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/lm-technologies)** GB · thechilli.com **$495K** With 1 other
- **Jul** **[i-nexus](https://millionrounds.com/company/i-nexus)** Venture · GB **$4.0M** With 2 others
- **May** **[MMIC Solutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/mmic-solutions)** Series A · GB **$5.3M** With 3 others
- **2006** 1 round
- **Oct** **[MMIC Solutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/mmic-solutions)** Seed · GB · mmicsolutions.com **$1.9M** With 2 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **14 named**

JM **John Mark Rankin** director i Company register since 2017

TS **Timothy Stephen Powell** director i Company register since 2017

AS **Anthony Simon Lucas** director i Company register since 2004

DB **David Burton** director i Company register since 2004

DM **David Michael Draycott** director i Company register since 2004

EL **Everdirector Limited** corporate-director i Company register since 2003

EL **Eversecretary Limited** corporate-secretary i Company register since 2003

HP **Hugh Padley** director i Company register since 2004

KD **Kevin David Caley** director i Company register since 2003

MG **Michael Grant Maton** director i Company register since 2004

MJ **Michael John Tandy** director i Company register since 2004

NH **Nicholas Huw Harrison** director i Company register since 2004

PB **Peter Brown** secretary i Company register since 2003

RP **Robert Patrick Barnsley** director i Company register since 2003

We also hold **2** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the UK company register, which it must file accurately by law

- **Companies House:** 04847732, since 2003

## The cheque

Seed Series A Venture

Median round joined **$2.9M** the round, not its cheque

Led 0 of 4 rounds **0%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2008

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed *1*
- Series A *1*
- Venture *1*

Cheques by year Led Joined

2006 2008

Often in the room with

- [Nesta](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nesta-ventures) 2
- [Scottish Enterprise](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scottish-enterprise) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Advantage Early Growth. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Nesta** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nesta-ventures)[**Scottish Enterprise** Government **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/scottish-enterprise)

## Quick answers about Advantage Early Growth

### What does Advantage Early Growth invest in?

Advantage Early Growth invests most often at Seed and Series A (67% of the rounds on record).

### How active is Advantage Early Growth?

4 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Oct 2008.

### How big are Advantage Early Growth's cheques?

The median round it joins is $2.9M.

### Is Advantage Early Growth investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Oct 2008.

### Who does Advantage Early Growth invest alongside?

Most often Nesta (2 rounds together) and Scottish Enterprise (2 rounds together).

### What kind of investor is Advantage Early Growth?

Advantage Early Growth is a VC firm based in United Kingdom.

### When was Advantage Early Growth founded?

Advantage Early Growth was founded in 2004.

### Where does this information on Advantage Early Growth come from?

From 2 articles and filings naming it in a round, public registers and its own website, checked and rebuilt every night.

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