Name: Oli Connolly, Investment Director

Investment company name: Fearless Adventures

AUM:N/A

No. of Portfolio companies: 9

No. of Portfolio companies in the North of England: 8

Average no. of deals per year: 2

Team size: 24

Website: https://www.fearlessadventures.co.uk

Location(s): North West

Name three notable portfolio companies:

The Friendly Chemical Co (Trading as “Miniml”)

Oddsphere Ltd (Trading as “Shipster”)

Chaperhome Ltd (Trading as “Walksafe”)

Fund name: Fearless Adventures

We operate as an LLP and do not manage a fund

Investment ticket range: £100k - £1m

Stage: Seed to Series A. We are not limited to S/EIS eligible investments

Sectors: Ecommerce, consumer, B2B, tech

Location: North West

Other investment criteria: We typically look to support businesses that have reached or exceeded breakeven and display high growth metrics.

What do you look for in an investee business?🔗

We look to back fearless founders whom we believe are well positioned in a growing market and display the key metrics which will allow them to rapidly scale.

We look to deploy cheque sizes of up to £1m into seed to series A funding rounds. We take a minority shareholding, with the ability to follow on in secondary funding rounds and typically look to support businesses that have reached or exceeded breakeven and display high growth metrics.

We are fully supportive of the levelling-up agenda. We are proud to be based in the North of England – a region that historically has been undervalued and underrepresented within the investment landscape. Our long-standing commitment to the Investing in Women Code shows our dedication to supporting diversity and inclusion and we are proud to share that 22% of the companies in our existing investment portfolio are female-founded, 44% are female co-founded and 89% are based in the North of England.

Why founders choose you as an investor?🔗

As founders ourselves, the creation of Fearless Adventures was born out of the challenges and frustrations we experienced while building, scaling, and exiting our own businesses. Facing the complexities of scaling alone, we envisioned and built an ecosystem of genuine support; one that provides not only capital but also the resources and expertise to overcome the common hurdles businesses encounter as they grow.

Our investment committee has a proven track record of creating some of the UK's most exciting consumer brands. These include vaping pioneers “CN Creative Group” and “Nerudia,” both acquired by FTSE 100 giants for over £150m and mattress innovator “Simba Sleep,” which exceeded $150m in annual sales. We’ve also driven success for “Music Magpie,” the world’s leading transactional reseller on eBay and Amazon, social media powerhouse “Social Chain AG,” which achieved a $200m valuation upon listing on the German Stock Exchange, and equity-backed Northern food and drink brands including “92 Degrees” and “Living Ventures.”

Our mission is clear yet simple: to create a future where fearless entrepreneurship thrives.

How to get in touch with you?🔗

You can reach us at hello@fearlessadventures.co.uk