# Ahren Innovation Capital

> Ahren Innovation Capital is a VC fund backing Biotechnology. See 45 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 45
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ahren-innovation-capital/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/AhrenLP
- Website: http://www.ahreninnovationcapital.com/

Ahren Innovation Capital is an investment institution that supports transformational companies at the intersection of deep tech and deep science that will penetrate, or create, massive markets. Ahren is a unique partnership of investment talent and best-in-class commercial scientists whose technologies are today valued in excess of $100BNcombined.Ahren believes in taking asymmetric, considered, risk that will deliver superior rewards – capturing a generational opportunity to provide smart capital to deep technology.With a philosophy espousing the importance of relationships and trust, Ahren provides both patient and active capital to exceptional founders and teams, empowering them to succeed.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.7M–$15M |
| Series A | $10M–$58M |
| Series B | $15M–$150M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 9 | 20% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 9 | 20% |
| Machine Learning | 6 | 13% |
| Health Care | 5 | 11% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 11% |

53 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 11 | 24% |
| Seed | 9 | 20% |
| Series B | 6 | 13% |
| Series D | 3 | 7% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 4% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 12 | 27% |
| United States | 10 | 22% |
| Israel | 3 | 7% |
| Germany | 2 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alice Newcombe-Ellis | Founding & General Partner | 12 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alice-newcombe-ellis |
| Andy Parker | Founding Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andy-parker-7ccd |
| Anuj Nanwani | Investment Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anuj-nanwani |
| Gregory Winter | Founding Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gregory-winter-3 |
| Joanna Green | principal | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joanna-green-4e26 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KluraLabs | CodiKoat is a manufacturing company that develops products using nanotechnology to inactivate viruses and bacteria. | $11M | Series A | Feb 03, 2026 |  |
| Cassidy Bio | A biotechnology company developing AI-driven genomic foundation models | $8M | Seed | Nov 20, 2025 |  |
| Hiverge | Building an automated algorithm discovery agent through program synthesis, solving the enterprise “algorithmic bottleneck” that limits efficiency and scalability. The company’s platform combines large language models with symbolic systems to autonomously find the most optimal algorithms for a given task. | $5M | Seed | Sep 16, 2025 |  |
| Bitfount | Bitfount is an all-in-one platform for federated data science and AI, enabling powerful data collaborations between organisations without any data sharing, and including a range of built-in privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs). | $8M | Series A | Jul 23, 2025 |  |
| OutSee | OutSee creates cutting-edge computational methods for genomics for the development of therapeutic targets and precision medicine. | $3.4M | Seed | Jun 24, 2025 |  |
| AI21 Labs | AI21 Labs is a creator of generative artificial intelligence and massive language models, as well as tools for creating artificial intelligence systems with extraordinary understanding and generation of natural language. The company's tool captures real intelligence and rewrites writing to say exactly what is meant; it transforms the waypeople read and write, empowering them in the process; it is an artificial intelligence-based writing companion that understands context and meaning; and it helps people read more efficiently by providing summaries, allowing customers to understand, analyze, and visualize abstract knowledge structures. | $300M | Series D | May 11, 2025 |  |
| Ovo Labs | Ovo Labs is developing therapeutics that boost egg quality to enhance IVF success, technology aims to extend the timeline when the chances of conception are high. | $5.3M | Seed | Apr 24, 2025 |  |
| Heirloom | Heirloom is a provider of direct air capture technology to enhance the natural process of CO2 absorption from the atmosphere. Its technology accelerates limestone's ability to capture carbon dioxide, storing it permanently underground while operating with renewable energy. | $150M | Series B | Dec 04, 2024 |  |
| Constructive Bio | Constructive is a ground-breaking method for creating wholly artificial genomes and rewriting the genetic code of living things. | $57.7M | Series A | Sep 24, 2024 |  |
| Constructive Bio | Constructive is a ground-breaking method for creating wholly artificial genomes and rewriting the genetic code of living things. | $57.7M | Series A | Sep 24, 2024 |  |

10 of 45 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Amadeus Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amadeus-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [IQ Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iq-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
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- [Paladin Capital Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paladin-capital-group) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Ahren Innovation Capital invest in?

Ahren Innovation Capital invests primarily in Biotechnology, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 45 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ahren Innovation Capital's check size?

Ahren Innovation Capital typically joins rounds of $2.7M–$15M at Seed, $10M–$58M at Series A and $15M–$150M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ahren Innovation Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Ahren Innovation Capital?

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### Who are the partners at Ahren Innovation Capital?

The team at Ahren Innovation Capital includes Alice Newcombe-Ellis (Founding & General Partner), Andy Parker (Founding Partner) and Anuj Nanwani (Investment Director), among 13 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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