With 11 successful exits (as of October ’24), Jenson Ventures has established itself as a leading fund manager within the UK’s early-stage investment landscape. Since 2012, Jenson has consistently delivered results across both SEIS and more recently, EIS portfolios, with a proven track record of over 145 investments and multiple successful exits. Jenson is an award-winning SEIS Fund Manager specialising in working with founders throughout their early-stage growth – from pre-seed to Series A. Its diverse and experienced team understands what a business needs at each stage and combines quickly deployed capital with hands-on support to successfully scale the companies in their portfolio and deliver returns for investors.
The Jenson EIS Fund capitalises on Jenson’s conviction strategy, where they invest in the top 25% of their SEIS-backed companies. Rather than a simple follow-on approach, this conviction strategy demonstrates their commitment to supporting only the businesses with the highest potential, backed by Jenson’s hands-on approach to growth management. Jenson’s conviction strategy is built on a highly selective and deliberate method of backing winners through the stages of growth, from SEIS to later EIS stages. This phased strategy ensures that Jenson focuses capital on businesses with a proven trajectory of growth while managing risk and maximising potential returns for investors.
Investing in their existing portfolio allows Jenson to support management teams that they have already worked alongside. All companies will be small unquoted UK companies that qualify under the EIS tax rules. The Fund is a generalist fund, thereby the sector focus is agnostic, and the type of businesses and opportunities can be anything that is EIS compliant (typically small early-stage companies in non-capital intensive sectors).
Investing over £28 million in 145+ entrepreneurial businesses; Jenson is an established player in the early-stage VC ecosystem. Founded in 2012, Jenson has launched five SEIS and four EIS Funds investing £21.5 million in SEIS eligible entrepreneurial UK businesses which have typically launched their product or service and are typically close to or post revenue. In addition, invested £6.5 million supporting 37 companies in follow on funding via the EIS Fund, all at premium to initial launch cost.
Highlights
- Next tranche closing end-January 24 for deployment in Q1 25, final tranche closing end of March 25 for deployment this tax year.
- Certified B Corporation.
- Ability to deploy quickly into a diverse portfolio of companies.
- Our follow-on strategy offers early access to high growth companies.
- First EIS exit in May 2021 providing returns across five of the Jenson EIS Funds ranging from 2x to 5x.
