# Bridford Group

> Bridford Group is a VC fund in London backing Biotechnology, Music and Mobile. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Dec 2022
- Lead investor: 57%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Bridford Group is a VC fund in London focused on Biotechnology and Music. Bridford Group operates as an investment firm.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $5.9M–$49M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 3 | 43% |
| Music | 1 | 14% |
| Mobile | 1 | 14% |
| FinTech | 1 | 14% |
| Automotive | 1 | 14% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 6 | 86% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 29% |
| The Netherlands | 2 | 29% |
| Sweden | 1 | 14% |
| Germany | 1 | 14% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eco-Movement | Eco-Movement is an independent data provider of charging stations for electric vehicles that is used to find charging station in a good way. |  | Series A | Dec 12, 2022 |  |
| Bactobio | Bactobio uses breakthrough technologies in synthetic biology, next-generation sequencing and machine learning to harvest novel microbes and screen them for medical and industrial applications.It aims to help solve the antibiotic resistance crisis by discovering novel antibiotic classes targeting some of the most urgent bacterial pathogens -before moving on to broader applications. | $7.4M | Convertible Note | Dec 01, 2022 |  |
| Penfold | Penfold is also an auto-enrolment platform for employers. It is managed entirely on mobile, the establishment gives people complete transparency to track everything about their pension in real-time. Penfold was established on May 26, 2018, in London, England by Stuart Robinson, Chris Eastwood, and Peter Hykin. | $9.2M | Series A | Aug 08, 2022 |  |
| LenioBio | LenioBio develops rapid plant-based, cell-free protein expression that scales for research, development and production. | $12.5M | Series A | Mar 07, 2022 |  |
| Syng | Syng is an audio company transforming the human relationship with sound. their hardware and software platform gives creators and listeners the power to engage with, explore, and share sound in transformative new ways. | $48.8M | Series A | Sep 23, 2021 |  |
| Tracklib | Launched in April 2018, Tracklib is the world’s first and only online crate-digging and music sample clearance service featuring full tracks from popular artists. The service boasts a library of over 65,000 tracks and growing with no loops or sample packs, including one of the most sampled songs in music history: “Impeach the President” by theHoneydrippers. Users can browse the library, listen to full tracks, save their favorites to their collections, and search by categories such as genre, region, song key, BPM, or release date. They can then purchase and download songs for $1.99 each, create their own tracks that sample the songs, and then quickly and easily obtain a license for as little as $50 and a pre-determined revenue share with the original rights-holders. Tracklib’s Creators Advisory Board includes top producers Erick Sermon, Zaytoven, Prince Paul, and Drumma Boy. The service is also supported by industry legends Tom Silverman (Tracklib U.S. Partner), Founder of Tommy Boy Records; Deborah Mannis-Gardner (Tracklib Partner), Owner/President of DMG Clearances, Inc.; and Steve Lobel (Tracklib Ambassador), CEO of A2Z Entertainment. | $12.2M | Series A | Sep 21, 2021 |  |
| Hudson River Biotechnology | HRB is a biotech company that specializes in genetically optimizing plants used for that production of high value compounds. | $5.9M | Series A | Aug 05, 2021 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Animal Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animal-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Arches Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arches-capital-1959) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Dow Jones](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dow-jones) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Eclipse](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eclipse-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ponooc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ponooc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Renegade Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/renegade-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Bridford Group invest in?

Bridford Group invests primarily in Biotechnology, Music and Mobile startups, most often at Series A and Convertible Note stage. Most of the 7 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 Bridford Group's check size?

Bridford Group typically joins rounds of $5.9M–$49M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Bridford Group participates in.

### When did Bridford Group last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Bridford Group closed in Dec 2022. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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