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Valius Group (1)

SEIS Eligible Investment Opportunity

Valius is a UK-based online marketplace for buying and selling businesses, trusted by leading brokerages like KBS and Benchmark to help connect serious buyers with quality opportunities nationwide.

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Overview

Empowering business buyers with a comprehensive platform to learn, search, and acquire UK enterprises.

Business buyers and sellers can find it difficult to connect in reliable and efficient ways. Despite strong demand on both sides, the current process lacks the trust and structure needed to support smooth, successful transactions.

With most processes slow and cumbersome, there is a clear opportunity for an alternative solution: a trusted platform that brings efficiency, transparency, and quality to the business acquisition process.

Valius is creating a high-quality online marketplace for business sales in the UK, built to answer the current difficulties in a more efficient and transparent way. The current platform features pre-vetted listings that are in specific and selected sectors, sourced from brokers, accountants, and business owners, ensuring only credible and high-potential opportunities are shown to buyers. 

Now partnering with GCV Labs, the existing platform will be developed into a robust and scalable model with fully integrated technology and marketing capabilities.

Investment Opportunity

Valius Group

Sector: SaaS
Target Sought: £ 249,999
Round: Round 1
Investment Type: Equity
Tax Schemes: SEIS
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The Team

Executive Team with a proven track record

Paul Griffiths Founder
Andrew Botham Director
Tony Short Programme Director
Dan Ord Senior Software Developer
Ryan Absalom Senior Software Developer
Liam Duckett Software Developer
Richie Steward Software Developer

“Valius exists to connect buyers with businesses in an efficient, smart and speedy way"

Highlights

Key Investment Highlights

A snapshot of the Key Investment Highlights associated with Valius and their SEIS-eligible investment opportunity.

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EXPERIENCED
TEAM

An experienced leadership team with proven track record. Supported by GCV Labs, who have successfully launched, scaled and exited a number of technology businesses.

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ROBUST
TECHNOLOGY

Valius is collaborating with GCV Labs to build a robust and scalable digital platform that streamlines the entire end-to-end process of buying and selling businesses.

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ACQUISITION
OPPORTUNITY

Due to its innovative platform that streamlines business buying by connecting over 1,000 verified UK sellers directly with serious buyers and advisers.

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PROVEN MARKET
NEED

Since launching its initial platform in November 2022, Valius has focused on validating market demand. Early engagement from both buyers and sellers has provided encouraging evidence of a real and growing need for its solution.

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TAX
RELIEFS 

Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) tax relief including up to 50% income tax relief to minimise downside risk and tax free returns on any profit. Please consult with your tax advisor.

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DIVERSIFIED
REVENUE MODEL

Valius is building multiple income streams to ensure long-term sustainability, including subscription fees, transaction based commission, featured listings and advertising, and strategic partnerships with legal, finance and due diligence providers.

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SCALABLE
GROWTH STRATEGY

Backed by GCV Labs, Valius is primed to scale raipdly using a robust tech stack, integrated tools and proven marketing strategies. The platform is UK-focused initially but has clear expansion plans into the US market through trusted broker relationships.

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10.63x TARGET
RETURNS

As with all investments, your capital is at risk and target returns are not guaranteed.


Open For Investment

Valius Group (1)

SEIS Eligible Investment Opportunity
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  • Valius launched its initial platform in November 2022, following a three-month development phase. Since then, the Company has actively tested and refined its business model, and seen some initial traction with buyers and sellers alike.

  • In November 2024, Valius strategically shifted to a free-access model to drive user acquisition and engagement.

  • This has proven effective, with sign-up numbers accelerating: 75 new buyers joined in April 2025, 110 in May, and 129 in June.

  • From January through June 2025, the platform attracted 427 new users—bringing total registered users to over 500—all achieved with modest Google Ad spend and minimal SEO investment.

  • Valius have now partnered with GCV Labs, the venture builder arm of Growth Capital Ventures (GCV). Leveraging the existing platform, GCV Labs will support the next stage of development by integrating key tools such as Quva and HubSpot. This will enable Valius to operate on a more robust and scalable platform, complemented by a comprehensive sales and marketing strategy led by the GCV Labs team. 

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Should you have any further questions regarding this investment opportunity, please reach to the Investment Team, you can contact us at any point 

  • Contact Millie Haigh - Investor Relations Director - millie.gerber@growthcapitalventures.co.uk

  • There are no joinings fees. Membership of GCV Invest is completely free, giving you access to well researched, carefully selected investment opportunities across asset classes, all with the potential to provide portfolio diversification and superior investment returns.

    Transaction fees are only charged at the point of a liquidity event occurring (such as a trade sale or IPO for private companies and completion of a residential development for property transactions). At this point, 7.5% of the investment gain is charged before funds are provided back to you as an investor.

    Whilst dividend payments should not be expected from early-stage companies, more mature companies may include dividend payments, if and when they are paid, 7.5% of the dividend amount is charged to investors.

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  • GCV offer experienced investors the opportunity to invest in carefully researched early-stage businesses with high growth potential.

     

    We specialise in opportunities that are SEIS and EIS qualifying, offering investors generous income tax reliefs of between 30% and 50% when making the investment and no capital gains tax on investment profits at realisation stage.

Don't invest unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest. This is a high-risk investment and you are unlikely to be protected if something goes wrong.
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Risk Summary

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Due to the potential for losses, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) considers this investment to be high risk.

What are the key risks?

  • You could lose all the money you invest
  • Most investments are shares in start-up businesses or bonds issued by them. Investors in these shares or bonds often lose 100% of the money they invested, as most start-up businesses fail.
  • Checks on the businesses you are investing in, such as how well they are expected to perform, may not have been carried out by the platform you are investing through. You should do your own research before investing.

You won't get your money back quickly

  • Even if the business you invest in is successful, it will likely take several years to get your money back.
  • The most likely way to get your money back is if the business is bought by another business or lists its shares on an exchange such as the London Stock Exchange. These events are not common.
  • Start-up businesses very rarely pay you back through dividends. You should not expect to get your money back this way.
  • Some platforms may give you the opportunity to sell your investment early through a 'secondary market' or 'bulletin board', but there is no guarantee you will find a buyer at the price you are willing to sell.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket

  • Putting all your money into a single business or type of investment for example, is risky. Spreading your money across different investments makes you less dependent on any one to do well. A good rule of thumb is not to invest more than 10% of your money in high-risk investments. Learn more here.

The value of your investment can be reduced

  • If your investment is shares, the percentage of the business that you own will decrease if the business issues more shares. This could mean that the value of your investment reduces, depending on how much the business grows. Most start-up businesses issue multiple rounds of shares.
  • These new shares could have additional rights that your shares don't have, such as the right to receive a fixed dividend, which could further reduce your chances of getting a return on your investment.

You are unlikely to be protected if something goes wrong

  • Protection from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), in relation to claims against failed regulated firms, does not cover poor investment performance. Try the FSCS investment protection checker.
  • Protection from the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) does not cover poor investment performance. If you have a complaint against an FCA-regulated platform, FOS may be able to consider it. Learn more about FOS protection here.

If you are interested in learning more about how to protect yourself, visit the FCA's website here.

For further information about investment-based crowdfunding, visit the crowdfunding section of the FCA's website here.
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Growth Capital Ventures (GCV) is backed by funds managed by Maven Capital Partners, one of the UK’s leading private equity and alternative asset managers.