Demonstrating our value proposition

Cambridge’s global reputation, unique heritage and commercial expansion, combined with the deep scientific expertise, highly educated workforce and established networks for early-stage funding, make Cambridge a particularly attractive place to establish, nurture and cultivate knowledge-intensive businesses.

We work hard to develop the ecosystem and invest our time generously in coaching, mentoring, sponsoring and participating in a wide range of entrepreneurial and impact activities.

We benefit from a long-term partnership with, and permanent link to, the University.

We have unique access to Cambridge Enterprise and its information systems, investment meetings and potential spin-out pipeline.

We can exercise co-investment and pre-emption rights to existing and future University equity stakes.

We have co-founded two accelerators, Start Codon and Deeptech Labs, which provide hands-on support to bridge the gap between translational research and Series A ready businesses.

We benefit from the pre-emption rights of companies participating in the accelerator programmes.

Our reputation is based on the strength of our relationships, our deep domain and operational expertise, and the mutual trust with the people with whom we work.

We are the most active Series A investor in the Cambridge ecosystem and participate in the biggest deals.

We meet hundreds of entrepreneurs and co-investors each year and strive to add value in every interaction.

We are focused on growing the value of our investments by taking a hands-on approach including board participation, business planning and development, executive recruitment, commercialisation and scale-up.

We have built a team with a unique set of skills and experiences that are well suited to the Cambridge ecosystem and supporting the companies we are building within it.

We bring deep domain and operational expertise developed through our past experiences as investors, entrepreneurs, scientists and operators.

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