About
Will joined the Mercia in 2011, and has over 16 years’ experience in venture capital. He is Managing Director Mercia Ventures, heading up the team that provides support for entrepreneurs to build high-growth innovative companies. These funds provide risk capital for new and early-stage start-ups, both tech and non-tech, together with scale-up capital for ambitious, established growth businesses located throughout the UK.
Will is also responsible for investments in Intechnica and Azzure IT.
Previous experience
Will was previously a director with 3i, based in Manchester, with responsibility for a £500.0m portfolio of investments across the UK. The earlier part of his career was spent with Ernst & Young as a member of its corporate finance team in the north of England. Will has been working with regionally-based growth and venture capital-backed companies since 1989, and in that time has been involved in more than 150 transactions.