# Embryo Ventures

> Embryo Ventures is a VC fund in London backing Health Care, CleanTech and Pharmaceutical. See 17 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 17
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 6%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/embryo-ventures/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/embryoventures
- Website: https://embryoventures.com/

Embryo Ventures is a London-based venture firm that backs the world's most exceptional founders building at the frontiers of human progress.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$3.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 3 | 18% |
| CleanTech | 2 | 12% |
| Pharmaceutical | 2 | 12% |
| SaaS | 1 | 6% |
| Travel | 1 | 6% |

41 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 41% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 18% |
| Angel | 1 | 6% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 6% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 53% |
| United States | 1 | 6% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gladys | Gladys is a revolutionary social care software platform set to transform the caregiving landscape through innovation, empowerment, and direct connections. With a commitment to cutting out intermediaries, Gladys brings local carers, helpers, and families together in a seamless digital ecosystem. Led by a seasoned co-founding team with extensiveexperience in the sector, Gladys is uniquely positioned to address the challenges faced by the social care industry. As a female-led tech business based in the UK, Gladys is dedicated to driving change, simplifying processes, and enhancing the quality of care provided to vulnerable individuals. Backed by venture capital firm Antler, Gladys is poised to redefine social care, empowering caregivers and families. | $2M | Seed | Oct 13, 2025 |  |
| OSSTEC | OSSTEC is bringing advanced technology to the operating room with metal 3D printed bone healing implants. The orthopaedic implants emulate natural bone structure and address high failure rates of existing implants, keeping patients who suffer with osteoarthritis healthy, active and enjoying life. | $3.2M | Seed | Mar 30, 2025 |  |
| Gladys | Gladys is a revolutionary social care software platform set to transform the caregiving landscape through innovation, empowerment, and direct connections. With a commitment to cutting out intermediaries, Gladys brings local carers, helpers, and families together in a seamless digital ecosystem. Led by a seasoned co-founding team with extensiveexperience in the sector, Gladys is uniquely positioned to address the challenges faced by the social care industry. As a female-led tech business based in the UK, Gladys is dedicated to driving change, simplifying processes, and enhancing the quality of care provided to vulnerable individuals. Backed by venture capital firm Antler, Gladys is poised to redefine social care, empowering caregivers and families. |  |  | Jul 25, 2024 |  |
| Gladys | Gladys is a revolutionary social care software platform set to transform the caregiving landscape through innovation, empowerment, and direct connections. With a commitment to cutting out intermediaries, Gladys brings local carers, helpers, and families together in a seamless digital ecosystem. Led by a seasoned co-founding team with extensiveexperience in the sector, Gladys is uniquely positioned to address the challenges faced by the social care industry. As a female-led tech business based in the UK, Gladys is dedicated to driving change, simplifying processes, and enhancing the quality of care provided to vulnerable individuals. Backed by venture capital firm Antler, Gladys is poised to redefine social care, empowering caregivers and families. |  | Seed | Jul 25, 2024 |  |
| Ostique | Ostique provides products for ostomates that rebalance your everyday life | $762.6K | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 26, 2024 |  |
| STAXY Ltd | STAXY is creating a sustainable future for travel by providing corporates and organisations with a mobility-as-a-service platform that enables employees and communities access to low-cost and convenient modes of transport. |  | Pre-Seed | Apr 28, 2023 |  |
| OSSTEC | OSSTEC is bringing advanced technology to the operating room with metal 3D printed bone healing implants. The orthopaedic implants emulate natural bone structure and address high failure rates of existing implants, keeping patients who suffer with osteoarthritis healthy, active and enjoying life. | $1.5M | Seed | Mar 30, 2023 |  |
| Calla Lily Clinical Care | Calla Lily Clinical Care is a women’s health focused B-Corp that has developed the proprietary Callavid® platform for intravaginal drug delivery. Initial target indications are in fertility and pregnancy, where the company seeks to offer the world’s first drug-device combo product to prevent miscarriages, and for IVF luteal phase support. Callavid®can also deliver live biotherapeutics (LBPs) to reduce recurrent Bacterial Vaginosis, cutting antibiotic usage and reducing the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Further use-cases include HRT for menopause use cases, and effective medical sample collection (Lilyvid™ device) to facilitate the next generation of biomarker-based diagnostic tests for endometriosis and a wide range of other conditions. The company’s devices are built upon underlying technology named a TIME Magazine Best Invention of the Year. | $590.6K | Angel | Oct 31, 2022 |  |
| TasteIndex | TasteIndex offers a simple system for consumers to find the products they love, with a recommendation system that is based on sensory intent science, chemical data, and AI. TasteIndex leverages the power of pattern recognition to effectively match supply and demand and is on a mission to become a global standard on taste for food and beverageproducts. |  | Seed | Apr 01, 2022 |  |
| Laka | Laka is an InsurTech startup that develops a peer-to-peer bicycle insurance platform to protect bikes. It provides actual coverage by a community of like-minded people who are collectively given a fair price that covers theft, vandalism, damage, and loss as well as provides recovery advice and treatments. |  | Seed | Dec 31, 2021 |  |

10 of 17 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Empirical Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/empirical-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Orthopaedic Research UK](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/orthopaedic-research-uk) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SFC Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/startup-funding-club) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [The Conduit EIS Impact Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/conduit-ascension-eis-impact-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cornerstone VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cornerstone-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Exceptional Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/exceptional-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Embryo Ventures invest in?

Embryo Ventures invests primarily in Health Care, CleanTech and Pharmaceutical startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 17 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 Embryo Ventures's check size?

Embryo Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$3.2M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Embryo Ventures participates in.

### When did Embryo Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Embryo Ventures closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 17 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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