July at Mara: A Hot Month for Deals, Not Just the Weather

🟠 While summer often brings seasonal downtime, July was anything but quiet at Mara. Far from a dry spell, we were heads-down supporting a flurry of exciting deals, helping investors move fast, founders raise smarter, and opportunities come to life.

🚀 From Idea to Impact in One Week: How Hive Founders Backed Jules Stories with Mara

When Hive Founders discovered Jules Stories, a beautifully designed, audio-first platform helping reduce screen time for kids, they instantly recognised a mission-aligned opportunity: bold, purpose-driven, and led by an inspiring female founder.

💡 The challenge?

They had to act fast.

That’s where Mara came in.

In just one week, our team helped Hive Founders structure and launch a fully compliant SPV, giving their network the ability to invest quickly, confidently, and frictionlessly.

✨ The outcome?

✅ A founder-friendly, mission-aligned SPV

✅ Full KYC and regulatory support

✅ No delays, no roadblocks—just impact

This is exactly why we built Mara: to empower investor networks to move at the speed of conviction and support the next generation of changemakers.

Want to move faster and smarter with your next investment? Let’s talk.

📢New Partnership: FounderCatalyst <> Mara

🟠 We’re thrilled to announce a new partnership between Mara and FounderCatalyst, the UK’s leading fixed-price legal platform for startups, covering fundraising legals and share option schemes.

Through this collaboration:

• FounderCatalyst clients can now access Mara’s full-service SPV-as-a-Service
• Capital raises become more efficient, compliant, and streamlined
• Founders and investors can focus on what matters: building and backing great businesses

🟠This partnership marks a major step forward in simplifying private capital formation across the UK and beyond.

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🌟HotStart VC Taps Mara for First European SPV

🟠 HotStart VC, a New York–based seed fund (~$10M AUM), is betting big on celebrity- and creator-founded brands, what they call “celebrity product-market fit.”

Past investments include:

✨Selena Gomez’s Serendipity Frozen

✨Sasha Pieterse’s Hippie Water

🟠 HotStart chose Mara to run their first European SPV after previously structuring in Delaware. With Mara, they were able to:

✅ Set up the entity seamlessly

✅ Onboard investors globally (U.S., U.K., UAE)

✅ Handle compliance, capital calls, and reporting end-to-end

🟠 Whether you’re investing from the U.K., U.S., or UAE, Mara’s infrastructure ensures a smooth and secure process, so we can focus on what matters: backing the next big thing.

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Why Notion Capital Chose Mara?

🟠 Chris Tottman, General Partner at Notion Capital, a leading Europe-focused venture capital firm, shares how Mara is transforming private markets by making them more:

✅Accessible

✅Transparent

✅Aligned with long-term values

(click on the video below)

Book an introduction call with us to learn more.

New syndicate client spotlight – Collektiv Club

🟠 This July, we teamed up with Collektiv Club, a London based platform giving investors access to early-stage SaaS and tech start-ups, without the traditional barriers like carry fees or high minimum.

🟠 For their latest deal, Collektiv needed a fast and compliant way to pool capital from its members. That’s where Mara came in.

We provided a fully managed SPV solution, from legal setup and investor onboarding to KYC and capital calls, all executed quickly and seamlessly.

✅ Fast setup

✅ Full compliance

✅ A smooth investor experience

Together, we made it easier for Collektiv to focus on what matters most: backing great founders and growing a high-trust investing community.

👉 Want to see how Mara can support your syndicate? Get in touch

Mara Events

🔎 Rethinking Venture: Highlights from the London VC Summit

🟠 We’re still riding high from the London VC Summit, hosted by the London Venture Capital Network. A day full of ideas, optimism, and real talk.

🟠 Key takeaways:

💡The landscape is shifting; investors want access, transparency, and alignment

💡 AI is here, but the human layer remains crucial

💡Trust and values matter more than ever

🟠 Why This Matters to Us at Mara

At Mara, we’re combining technology with a more thoughtful and inclusive model for private market investing. We believe that opening up access and aligning incentives across the capital stack isn’t just a better way to invest, but essential for building lasting outcomes.

Meeting so many people who share that vision was both grounding and energising.

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💬Empowering Women in Finance, On Stage and Beyond

🟠 Our Marketing Executive, Aleksandra Lazarević, recently took the spotlight at the Women in Finance Group event, part of the powerful Leadership Mindset series. From impromptu storytelling to sharing insights on taking risks, her reflections on public speaking reminded us all how important it is to say yes to growth, even when it’s outside your comfort zone.

🟠 At Mara, we’re proud to champion women, not only within our own team but across the private markets ecosystem. We’re committed to supporting female-led ventures like Hive Founders, helping them create SPVs to back the next generation of founders and changemakers.

🟠 We’re also partnering with Sphera Partners to support The Upshot League, a bold new women’s professional basketball league in the U.S. Together, we’re streamlining and structuring capital to help visionary ideas take flight.

👭♀️When women rise, industries transform. We’re here to help power that momentum.

Book an introduction call with us to learn more.