# Top 50 Life Science VC (Venture Capital) Funds in United Kingdom in June 2026

## Parkwalk Advisors
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 17
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software

Parkwalk is a London-based fund management firm. Parkwalk invests in UK technology companies that have IP backing and freedom to operate, generally spun out of UK universities. Their funds seek to generate capital gains for their investors, enhanced by the attractive tax relief provided by EIS. Parkwalk entered this investment sector in 2009,anticipating a wave of tax-efficient incentives launched by the UK Government to stimulate innovative emerging technology companies and thereby help drive economic growth.Parkwalk utilises academic, technology transfer, venture capital and personal networks developed over many years to gain access to the highest calibre deal-flow.                                                                                                                In 2017 Parkwalk joined forces with IP Group plc, a leading intellectual property commercialisation company that is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol IPO. As at March 2019 the combined group has net assets of £1.2bn.

## Oxford Science Enterprises
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 14
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Software

Oxford Science Enterprises is the university-partnered venture firm. We work with the University of Oxford to build companies that create fundamental technologies: science-based businesses capable of tackling the planet’s toughest problems. We invest in life science, AI and software, healthcare, and deep tech to create companies taking onchallenges like nuclear fusion, quantum computing and developing treatments and cures for infectious diseases. Founded in 2015, we’ve raised over £600M to create a world-class technology ecosystem, and combine our deep experience with a network of investors, entrepreneurs and sector-experts to find co-investment, build businesses, and hire senior management talent.

## UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Harwell, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 14
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical

UKI2S, formally the Rainbow Seed Fund, is an investment fund backed by the government, providing seed funding to science & technology start-ups and SMEs

## SOSV
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Princeton, New Jersey, United States
- Relevant deals: 13
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software

SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates.
HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.

## Development Bank of Wales
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Debt Financing
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

Development Bank of Wales is an independent company, providing commercial funding to Welsh SMEs. They invests private and public funds, including EU funds.

## IQ Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

IQ Capital is a Cambridge & London-based VC firm that invests in ‘deep tech’ companies capable of dominating their respective markets on a global scale. Initial investments at Seed and Series A range from £0.5m to £10m, with capacity for follow-on investment up to £30m through the Growth Fund. The team has achieved over 30 exits including toApple, Huawei, Google and Oracle.

## Sofinnova Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical

Sofinnova Partners is a leading European venture capital firm in life sciences, specializing in healthcare and sustainability. Based in Paris, London and Milan, the firm brings together a team of professionals from all over the world with strong scientific, medical and business expertise.

## 24 Haymarket
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Information Technology

24Haymarket is an investment network which included several highly-experienced private equity and venture capital investors, seasoned entrepreneurs, and senior operators. Investing up to £5 million in growth companies in the UK and Europe. They invested their own capital in direct alignment with entrepreneurs and actively support their growthagenda and join the board of the companies in which they invest. Since inception in 2011, 24Haymarket has invested in more than 50 high-growth businesses.

## Syncona Partners LLP
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Medical, Health Care

Syncona is a FTSE250 company focused on founding, building and funding healthcare companies to deliver transformational treatments to patients in areas of high unmet need.

## Scottish Enterprise
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Grant, Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care

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## GM&C Life Sciences Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Alderley Edge, Cheshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 7
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical

The GM&C Life Sciences Fund is a seed and early stage venture capital fund targeting life sciences businesses located in the Greater Manchester and Cheshire & Warrington region. The Fund is managed by Catapult Venture Managers ("Catapult Ventures").The Fund is based at Alderley Park, which is well recognised as a site ofnational importance, being the largest life sciences campus of its kind in the UK with more than 500,000 sq. ft. of top-end laboratory and related space and facilities. Until recently, the Park was the R&D headquarters for AstraZeneca.Since 2002, Catapult Ventures has backed a significant number of companies across a broad range of life sciences, including therapeutics (such as Abzena and Oxford BioTherapeutics), medical devices (such as Monica Healthcare and Probe Scientific), contract research organisations (such as R5 Pharmaceuticals and FDAS), diagnostics developers (such as Lumora and Biofortuna), as well as developers of technology used in healthcare applications (such as Oxford Cryosystems and Accutronics). The Fund is the result of a collaboration between Cheshire and Warrington Enterprise Partnership, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Cheshire East Council, and Manchester Science Partnerships.

## Newable Private Investing
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

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## Archangels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care

Established in 1992. Archangels is the oldest continuously operating business angel syndicate in the World. Investing in IP-rich tech & life sciences companies in Scotland, UK.

## Future Planet Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software

Brilliant Ideas. Brilliant People. Brilliant Minds.

## Selvedge Venture
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Life Science

Selvedge Venture operates as a venture capital firm investing for impact in age-related medical conditions.

## Kindred Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care

A new model for Venture Capital where every founder we back becomes a co-owner of the fund

## Angels in MedCity
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical

Angels in MedCity is a partnership between MedCity, London Business Angels and Angels4LifeSciences. The programme aims to introduce new people to investing and investing in the healthcare/life sciences sector via investor workshops and introduce business angels to investment opportunities from highly-selected and trained companies.With aparticular focus on drug therapies, digital health and medical device technologies, Angels in MedCity brings potential investors together with life sciences experts in a programme aimed at both people who are new to investing and experienced investors who have little or no experience in the life sciences sector. The aim is to build investor understanding in the life sciences sector and support life sciences companies to gain funding to commercialise their ideas.Angels in MedCity has created a community of investors supported through a programme of investor workshops. Using case studies and tips from experienced investors in the field, the workshops explain how to identify and structure a good deal in the life sciences sector, as well as provide expert advice on tax breaks and legal issues.

## Scottish Investment Bank
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care

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## Maven Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Glasgow, Glasgow City, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Maven is one of the UK's leading private equity and investment firms. We provide essential capital and expertise to help businesses unlock their potential.

## APEX Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Health Care

APEX Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in start-ups grounded in unique and protectable technology. They provide support and resources and aims to develop their start-ups in their respective field. Their initial focus areas include digital media, business intelligence, cybersecurity, fintech, and the future of work.

## Deepbridge Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chester, Cheshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical

Deepbridge is a different kind of investment manager. They work closely with financial advisers and investors to design innovative products, ranging from investment in technology growth companies to asset-backed renewable energy projects. They also partner with innovative and committed management teams to help UK based companies realise theirpotential and become successful leading-edge businesses.

## Techstart Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Techstart Ventures is a first-cheque investor for extraordinary founders pursuing uncapped global opportunities.

## Epidarex Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bethesda, Maryland, United States
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics

Epidarex Capital invests in early-stage, high growth life science and health technology companies in under-ventured markets. Its international team is led by Sinclair Dunlop, Kyp Sirinakis and Liz Roper. With offices in the United States and United Kingdom Epidarex Capital’s investors represent a cross-section of leading universities, internationalcorporations, development agencies and financial institutions. Epidarex was created to meet the need for more sector-specific financial backing for young companies, including spin-outs from leading research universities.

## IP Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Therapeutics

IP Group's core business is the creation of value for its shareholders and partners through the commercialisation of intellectual property originating from research intensive institutions. Their strength lies in managing this process from finding suitable intellectual property to commercialise to either helping develop businesses and createvalue out of them, or identifying and establishing appropriate commercial partnerships to do so. IP Group's extensive expertise in this area combined with its inside knowledge of both industry and finance have enabled the group to create a formidable track record of consistently delivering excellent results for their companies, for their partners and for their shareholders.

## Cambridge Innovation Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics

As a team, we have a passion for science and its potential to drive change. Through our expertise and our position in one of the country's most powerful science and technology ecosystems, we're able to identify and support the most promising entrepreneurs in knowledge intensive businesses and help them achieve their vision.With our financial backing and expert guidance, we're excited to enable the pioneers in life sciences and deep tech to create world-leading companies whose unique ideas bring financial success and global impact.

## Delin Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology

We are partnering with remarkable entrepreneurs and scientists on the mission of our lives: elevating humanity.

## Oxford Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

Helping individuals and institutions invest in Venture Capital, Infrastructure and Media companies since 1999.

## Google Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mountain View, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

GV supports innovative founders moving the world forward.

## O2h Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical

Transforming UK biotech breakthroughs into impact. o2h Ventures offers SEIS/EIS and growth-stage funds to back visionary teams from seed to clinical success.

## Angels 5K
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Winchester, Hampshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Biotechnology, Software, Medical

Southern Angel Investors Club, combining Surrey investors Club & Angels 5K, are entrepreneurs who understand what new businesses need.

## AlbionVC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

AlbionVC supports visionary founders and technologies with long-term capital and scale-up know-how. Founded in 1996, it was amongst the first to back leading global success stories such as Booking.com, Egress, Quantexa and Oviva. With £1bn in AUM and over 100 exits successfully realised, it funds venture breakthroughs that drive real outcomes forfounders, investors and society. AlbionVC is the technology investment arm of Albion Capital Group, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. For more information please visit: https://albion.vc/

## Playfair Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce

Playfair is a sector agnostic fund focused exclusively on pre-seed investing. Based in London, Playfair invests across the UK and Europe with an intentionally high conviction, low volume approach: making six investments a year out of its third $70m fund and preserving time, capital and resource to help companies post-investment. Our 78% Series Agraduation rate is ~3x industry average. Playfair has backed 100+ companies since 2013, including Thought Machine, Orca AI, Protex AI, StackOne and Nory.

## Formic Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Biopharma

Formic Ventures is a diversified venture capital firm that makes early-stage investments in biotechnology startups focused on human longevity as well as technology startups and companies that make human lives more meaningful.

## Dementia Discovery Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics

SV Health Investors is a specialist healthcare fund manager, investing across multiple stages and sectors. Our goal is to transform healthcare one investment at a time.

## SR One
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics

SR One Capital Management is a leading trans-Atlantic biotech venture capital firm that partners with top entrepreneurs, scientists and investment partners to seek to build elite biotechnology companies. Our mission is to translate ground-breaking technologies into next generation medicines to benef

## 11.2 Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Biotechnology

In physics, 11.2 km/s is the escape velocity from Earth's gravity. They focus on emerging technologies such as AI, cybersecurity, robotics, quantum, new space, computational therapeutics, synthetic biology. ​They believe great people are leading indicators of a company's success. 11.2 Capital’s technical background, operationalexperience, and a strong network of amazing advisors and international partners particularly in Asia deliver a unique set of resources to entrepreneurs. While they are happy to help companies across the full range of early-stage company questions, areas where they concentrate include technical recruiting, partnerships (OEM and distribution partnerships for smart hardware companies, data partnerships for data-driven healthcare companies), customer introductions (CISO introductions for security companies, provider introductions for healthcare companies), and follow-on financings.

## Verve Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zug, Zug, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Biotechnology

Verve Ventures has invested in more than 140 science and technology startups. We support visionary and resilient entrepreneurs from day one and are a reliable partner for the entire journey. We typically invest EUR 1-3m in early as well as later stage rounds of European high tech startups.

## Northstar Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, E-Commerce

Northstar Ventures invests venture capital in early and later stage, high growth companies tackling global challenges, focusing on climate tech and healthy ageing.

## Octopus Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

We provide venture capital investment for the people, ideas and industries that will change the world. Learn about what we do and the kind of founders we back.

## Mercia Fund Managers
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Henley In Arden, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

Mercia Asset Management provides equity and debt to UK businesses with growth ambition. We are your investment partners from scale-up to exit.

## Beltrae Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Life Science, Biotechnology

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## Northern Gritstone
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series D
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Software

Northern Gritstone is an investment firm focused on investing in advanced materials, energy, health technology and cognitive computation.

## Brandon Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical

Brandon Capital invests in the most promising biomedical opportunities that have the potential to improve the lives of patients.

## Martlet Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care

Martlet Capital is an early-stage investor based in Cambridge, providing patient capital to deep technology and life science startups with high growth potential. Investing in the future.

## Catapult Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical

The team behind Catapult Ventures are among the most experienced venture capital investors in the UK.Their experience spans a range of sectors from healthcare and pharmaceuticals to luxury consumer brands, manufacturing and software, as well as all stages: from start-ups and pre-revenue IP developers to company floatation and billions of poundsin revenue. Their administration team is equally experienced with each member having more than 10 years experience in a venture capital environment.

## R42 Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stanford, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Information Technology

R42 Group is a venture fund and an institute which invents, invests and informs covering AI, deep science, 5G mobile, biotech and fintech.

## Ahren Innovation Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

Ahren Innovation Capital is a World Changing Institution. A group of highly diverse, creative and original thinkers, at the cutting edge of their domains.

## Ada Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Marketplace, Software

Ada Ventures is a venture capital fund, backed by entrepreneurs and a group of global, mission-aligned investors. The fund invests in overlooked founders and overlooked markets. Ada Ventures is named after Ada Lovelace, the pioneering computer programmer, and mathematician, who was never recognized during the time she lived for what shecontributed to the advancement of technology and science.

## Discovery Park
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sandwich, Kent, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Life Science, Biotechnology, Biopharma

Discovery Park is a thriving UK science park offering state-of-the-art lab space to rent and modern offices in Kent.

## SFC Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Discover the UK's leading SEIS Fund, offering tax-efficient investments in innovative startups. Join thousands of savvy investors and raise capital for your business with SFC Capital.

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