Name: Akshay Bhatnagar

Investment company name: LYVA Labs

AUM: £7m

No. of Portfolio companies: 20

No. of Portfolio companies in the North of England: 20

Average no. of deals per year: 7

Team size: 14 (3 in the investment team)

Website: LYVA Labs - Home

Location: The Spine, 2 Paddington Village, Liverpool, L7 3FA

Name three notable portfolio companies:🔗

• Spotlight Pathology
• Atomik AM
• Daresbury Proteins

Fund name: LYVA Labs Fund

Investment ticket range: £10k – £250k

Stage: Pre Seed

Sectors: Health and Life Sciences, Deep Tech, and Clean Tech for Health

Location: Liverpool City Region

What do you look for in an investee business? 🔗

• Strong founding team – passionate founders who are resilient to challenges.
• Innovative solutions with high defensibility – a novel approach to solving a real problem with a unique value proposition that is difficult to replicate, patented/patentable and/or significant undisclosed know-how.
• Market potential – A clear and large market opportunity.
• Impact on the city region – A commitment to growing in Liverpool City Region, creating jobs and contributing to the local economy.

Why founders choose you as an investor? 🔗

• Hands on support – we are more than just capital, we run a number of support programmes and offer tailored 1-1 support for our portfolio companies.
• A strong track record of leveraging grants and co-investment for our portfolio companies
• Network – we have a strong network of investors, industry and clinical leaders.
• Liverpool City Region focused – we have a genuine desire to help businesses grow in the region, and returns will go back into the fund.

How to get in touch with you?

Please get in touch via our Contact Us page. LYVA Labs - Home