The opportunity
Placeholder copy — to be rewritten. Buying or selling a UK SME is opaque, slow and intermediated. The opportunity was a purpose-built marketplace bringing transparency and efficiency to SME transactions.
Case study
Valius Global: a marketplace for SME M&A.
Co-founded by GCV Labs with Paul Griffiths and Andrew Bortham, Valius Global is a marketplace designed to match buyers and sellers of UK SMEs — currently in its growth phase.
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The journey
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Ideate
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Evaluate
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Create
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Incubate
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Launch
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Accelerate
What GCV Labs did
Placeholder copy — to be rewritten. GCV Labs co-founded Valius Global with Paul Griffiths and Andrew Bortham, validating the concept, defining the marketplace model and building the platform in-house.
Product and technology
Placeholder copy — to be rewritten. The marketplace platform was designed and engineered by the GCV Labs technology team, matching buyers and sellers with the tooling to progress transactions.
Team development
Placeholder copy — to be rewritten. GCV Labs helped assemble the team around the founders, strengthening the business at each stage of its growth.
Traction
Placeholder copy — to be rewritten. Valius Global is currently in its growth phase, building its network of buyers and sellers across the UK SME market.
What's next
Placeholder copy — to be rewritten. The focus now is scaling both sides of the marketplace and deepening the platform's transaction tooling.