Partner at Maven Capital Partners · Joined 2016
View Live Interactive Profile →Melanie Goward is a Partner at Maven Capital Partners, based in the Bristol office and also listed under Reading. Her Maven profile says she joined in September 2016 and manages the team transacting new early-stage and technology growth capital investments across the South and South West of England and Wales, and that she sits on the NPIF investment committee. Before Maven she was fund manager for the Wales Technology Seed Fund in the Finance Wales Technology Ventures team, and earlier an Investment Director with Nesta Investments focusing on early stage healthcare investments, and worked in technology sector finance at Lloyds TSB Corporate providing debt finance to high-growth companies. Her profile states she has over 20 years of experience as a specialist in early-stage investment. She holds a BA (Hons) in Natural Sciences and a PhD in Genetics from Cambridge University. Maven lists her specialisms as Growth, SWIF Maven Equity Finance and SEIF Maven Equity Finance. Maven's own Bright Network case study names and quotes her as the Partner on that investment.