Bishop Vesey's Grammar School

Managing Director Mercia Ventures

Clive Richards Foundation

Chairman Of The Board Of Trustees

Mercia Ventures is one of the UK's leading seed and series A investors. We seek to develop enduring relationships with ambitious founders.

Mercia Asset Management PLC

C7 is our investment company. We have invested and helped develop Surgi C group, Diagnostic World (which became C7 Health), Cisiv, and a number of other private companies.

C7 VENTURES

Founder

Cisiv is a technology company serving the pharma industry with specialist web based real world data capture products. Cisiv work with some of the worlds largest Pharmaceutical companies to provide international non interventional studies, audits and online communications.

Cisiv Ltd

Non Executive Director

Our aim is to provide the NHS with a true community high quality ultrasound service, treating more patients outside of hospital, providing care closer to home, preventing avoidable hospital referrals and providing a faster high quality service. In 2018 the company was acquired by C7 Health led by CEO Phil Webb and in 2022 I am delighted to say C7 Health has now become part of the InHealth Group and re-branded TAC Healthcare

Diagnostic World

Lead Investor - Head of Finance and Culture

Whisk will reduce the time taken to prepare for home cooking and maximise the time for enjoying home cooking.  I invested in the company as a start up and provided support to senior management team and strategic guidance as Chairman of board.  Delighted to say Whisk are in revenue, growing fast and in March 2019 were acquired by Samsung.

Whisk

Non Exec Chairman

Formed Newtech Ortho, an orthopaedic distribution platform sold successfully to Surgi C Group as part of private equity transaction.

Newtech Ortho Ltd

Founder and Chief Executive

Founded the business in 2007 and built it into the UK's leading independent spinal and orthopaedic technologies business before successfully selling shareholding to Livingbridge private equity.

Surgi C Group

Turned business around from loss making to fast growing SME.  Sold non core obstetric assets to UK PLC.

Peter Dines