B-North - Growth Capital Ventures

B-North

About B-North

B-North are a start-up established to build a challenger bank focused on lending to the small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) that drive the UK economy.

The experienced board and management team at B-North are combining market-leading cloud-native technology with people to deliver a superior banking service to the SME market for clients typically seeking between £0.5 to £5M loans.

In June 2018, Growth Capital Ventures began working with the start-up established to build a challenger bank to raise seed capital of circa £4.5 million. This initial round of funding enabled B-North to progress with their banking license, assemble a highly-experienced and ambitious management team, and further develop their FinTech enabled lending platform. Following on from the seed round, GCV have continued to support B-North is raising further funds through a second round of investment in December 2019, resulting in a further £2.8 million of investment.

The latest round of investment places B-North in a position to further strengthen the existing management team and continue building the infrastructure ready for launching the bank later in the year.

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Fintech | Banking

HiveHR

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Technology | SaaS

MAVEN Bonds

Online investment platform providing fixed term, asset backed bonds to experienced investors. Providing investors with access to property backed loans and tax free returns.

Fintech | Investment

Transparently

Online communication platform, transforming the way individuals negotiate solutions to any dispute. Blockchain based technology delivers a secure, indelible, fully encrypted timeline of inter-client communication.

LegalTech | PaaS

CDML

Project Management and Strategic Land Consultancy. Working in partnership with landowners to secure planning permission for residential development and managing the onward sale to a housebuilder.

Property | Consultancy

Intelligence Fusion

Transforming the way global companies protect people, assets and reputation. Big data and machine learning providing enhanced threat intelligence and situational awareness.

Technology | SaaS

Homes by Carlton

Award winning regional housebuilder transforming the way high quality housing schemes are financed and delivered.

Property | House Building

QikServe

Multi-channel self-service order and payment solutions for the hospitality sector. Transforming the customer experience, reducing staff costs and boosting sales.

Technology | Payment Services

Fame Media Tech

A highly customisable Platform-as-a-Service. Combining augmented reality, virtual reality and progressive web app solutions to create immersive technology that transforms visitor and customer experiences.

Technology | PaaS

Canny Lads Media

A specialist lead generation company and B2C Software-as-a-Service business, Delivers high value traffic to the iGaming sector and provides training and software to subscribers.

Technology | SaaS

Thorpe Paddocks

Third project originated and delivered by Regional Housebuilder, Homes by Carlton. A 31 unit scheme comprising of 2, 3, 4 and 5 bedroom homes.

Property | Development

Middleton St George

Second project originated and delivered by Regional Housebuilder, Homes by Carlton. A 50 unit scheme comprising of 2, 3, 4 and 5 bedroom homes.

Property | Development

Chilton

The first property Joint Venture project originated and delivered by regional housebuilder, Homes by Carlton. A High quality development of fourteen 3 and 4 bedroom homes.

Property | Development

Redmarshall

The fourth project originated and delivered by regional housebuilder, Homes by Carlton. Luxury development of 3, 4 and 5 bedroom homes.

Property | Development

CoreHaus

Designing, developing and delivering modular housing solutions. Using modern construction methods to deliver precision-engineered homes quicker than traditional methods, and providing additional capacity to the housebuilding sector.

Modular Housing | Manufacturing

The Lightrooms

The next generation of workspace for ambitious high growth businesses. More than office space. Room to grow. Support to Grow. Capital to grow.

Property | Office Development

Risk Warning

Investing in growth focused businesses and projects is a higher risk / higher return investment strategy and carries significant risks including; illiquidity, loss of capital, rarity of dividends and dilution. It should only form part a balanced investment portfolio and is targeted at investors who are sufficiently sophisticated to understand the risks involved and are capable of making their own investment decisions.

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Growth Capital Ventures Ltd is registered in England & Wales at 15 Parsons Court, Welbury Way, Aycliffe Business Park, County Durham, DL5 6ZE (Company No. 08155332). Growth Capital Ventures Ltd is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) FRN 623142.