LCR announce £10m seed fund for small businesses

Launched today at the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s flagship business conference – LCR Talking Business conference – is a £10 million LCR Seed Fund, a bold new initiative to accelerate the growth of innovative early-stage businesses across the Liverpool City Region.

Backed by Mayor Steve Rotheram, this fund is open to all sectors, with a special focus on the region’s key growth areas:

Advanced Manufacturing
Digital & Creative Industries
Health & Life Sciences

On the launch, Mayor Rotheram shared: “This fund is not just about financial returns.
It’s about inclusive growth—supporting our next generation of innovators, job creators, and entrepreneurs to stay, scale and succeed in our region. Because talent is everywhere—but opportunity is not. We’re changing that.”

The LCR Seed Fund is aimed at early stage businesses with world-class products or services in any sector and particularly welcomes applications from LCR’s growth sectors: Advanced Manufacturing, Digital and Creative, and Health and Life Sciences.

You may already have taken some investment, for example from friends and family, angels, crowdfunding or an incubator, which has got you started and proved your business model, so you are ready for the next stage.  The LCR Seed Fund can provide that vital finance to take you to Series A and B funding. It can be part of a larger funding round.”

Apply here – https://growthplatform.org/liverpool-city-region-seed-fund/