Northern Gritstone, Deeptech launch spinout accelerator
The Northern Gritstone investment firm and Deeptech Labs have announced a partnership in association with the universities of Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield to accelerate the creation…
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Northern Gritstone hires investment director McCreadie
Northern Gritstone, the investment business focused on science and technology-enabled businesses in the North of England, announced the appointment of Jess McCreadie as investment director….
Northern Gritstone invests in bioplastics firm Floreon
Northern Gritstone, the investment business focused on university spin-outs and science and technology-enabled businesses in the North of England, announced a £2 million Series A…
Northern Gritstone invests in marketing with Spencer
Northern Gritstone, the investment business focused on university spin-outs and science and technology enabled businesses in the North of England, announced the appointment of Kate…
Northern Gritstone hits £312m amid pension fund boost
Northern Gritstone, the investment business focused on university spin-outs and IP-rich businesses in the North of England, has announced a final close of £312 million,…
Northern Gritstone invests in C-Capture of Leeds
Northern Gritstone has invested in C-Capture, the designer of chemical processes for carbon dioxide (CO2) removal, as part of a funding round of up to…
£300m Northern Gritstone beefs up investment team
Northern Gritstone, the investment business focused on university spin-outs and science and technology enabled businesses in the North of England, has appointed Khadija Ashfaq as…
Northern Gritstone leads AssetCool funding round
AssetCool, a thermal metaphotonics company spun out of the University of Manchester, has completed a £2.25 million Series A Funding round. The largest capital commitment…
Northern Gritstone invests in Leeds Univ spin-out
Northern Gritstone, the investment business focused on university spin-outs and technology-enabled businesses in the North of England, has invested in LC AuxeTec, a deeptech company…
Investor Northern Gritstone gets capital commitment
Northern Gritstone, the investment business focused on university spin-outs and technology-enabled businesses in the North of England, has secured a new capital commitment of £30…
Northern Gritstone invests in X-ray firm Silveray
Northern Gritstone, the investment business focused on university spinouts and technology-enabled businesses in the North of England, has announced an investment in Silveray, a developer…
Northern Gritstone, investor in spin-outs, expands team
Northern Gritstone, the investment business dedicated to supporting university spin-outs and start-ups in the north of England, said it has appointed Andy Naylor as an…
Northern Gritstone, investor in spin-outs, hires manager
Northern Gritstone, which invests in university spin-out businesses in the north of England, announced the appointment of Alison Maughan as investment manager. Maughan joins Northern…
Northern Gritstone raises £215m to back spin-outs
Northern Gritstone, the new investment business focused on university spin-outs in the north of England, has announced a first close of £215 million. With plans…
Northern Gritstone appoints Marion Bernard CIO
Northern Gritstone, the new university spin-out investment business based in the north of England and chaired by Jim O’Neill, has announced the appointment of Marion…
Northern investment firm Gritstone names leaders
Northern Gritstone, the new investment company founded by the Universities of Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield has named its leadership team, with Caledonia Investments executive Duncan…
Gritstone leads seed funding in AI dental firm Mimetrik
Northern Gritstone, the investment business focused on university spin-outs and science and technology enabled businesses in the North of England, said it has led a £2…
Jim O’Neill to chair Northern Powerhouse Partnership
Lord Jim O’Neill has been announced as the new chair of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership (NPP), the business-led think tank and advocacy group based in…
Northern universities launch £500m investment firm
The Universities of Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield said they are launching a new investment company to help boost the commercialisation of university spinouts and start-ups…
Manchester University spinout Phagenesis raises $42m
University of Manchester spinout firm Phagenesis, which has developed a neurostimulation system to treat swallowing dysfunction, has closed a $42 million Series D financing all equity…
Adsilico, Leeds spinout firm, secures investment
University of Leeds spinout firm Adsilico, a computational medicine company, has received an investment boost to scale up its ground-breaking work. Northern Gritstone and Parkwalk…
Pencil Biosciences completes seed financing round
Pencil Biosciences, based in Alderley Park, Cheshire, has completed a seed financing round of £5.6 million, adding new investors Octopus Ventures, Northern Gritstone and Martlet Capital….
Optalysys, Leeds encryption firm, in Series A funding
Leeds-based Optalysys, a developer of a revolutionary photonic processing technology, announced a £21 million Series A funding round led by Italian investment firm Lingotto, Belgian…
Manchester’s Re:course AI secures $4.3m seed funding
Manchester-based Re:course AI, which is developing an artificial intelligence (AI) healthcare training simulator, has secured $4.3 million in seed funding in a round led by Par…
Slingshot Simulations, Leeds spinout, in £3m Series A
Slingshot Simulations, a “digital twin” and decision intelligence company, has secured a £3 million Series A round of investment from Northern Gritstone, Mercia and the…