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PXN Ventures

Manchester, United Kingdom

Venture capital firm formed by the merger of Praetura Ventures and Par Equity, backing founders based in the North of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland from pre-seed to Series B+. Runs the PraeSeed pre-seed programme, EIS and VCT funds and NPIF II equity investments.

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What PXN Ventures backs

Stages
Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B and later
Sectors
Business software, AI and data, Deep tech and hardware, Healthtech, and any other
Where
North West England, North East England, Yorkshire and the Humber, Scotland, Northern Ireland
How much
Not publishedPraeSeed invests up to £200k across up to 8 businesses each year (for founders raising £200k or less); EIS funds back seed to Series A rounds totalling £0.5m-£20m. One form routes other applications to the right fund.

Companies it has backed

  • Modern Milkman
  • Revnu
  • Inovus Medical
  • CSignum
  • MAGIC AI
The full list on PXN Ventures's site

Lately

News: CSignum £2.6m and Inovus Medical NPIF-backed extension (23 Sep 2026), Revnu $3m (29 Sep 2026); PraeSeed applications open (checked 1 Oct 2026).

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