Investing in Northern innovation and inspiration

PROFIT WITH PURPOSE

We are
Northern Gritstone 

We are an independent investment company, supporting the leading businesses of tomorrow which emerge from the world-class science and innovation hub that is the North of England today.

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Investing in amazing people doing incredible things

We invest in people. We support innovative, intelligent and ambitious teams and individuals. We admire their incredible achievements and work to ensure that the full commercial potential of their ingenuity and industry is realised. We are part of an innovation ecosystem, connecting people with funding and support.

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Our portfolio

Profit with Purpose

As a team we believe that organisations should have a wider purpose. Our philosophy is ‘profit with purpose’.


No greater force than the power of the North

Our investments are focused in the North of England, primarily spinning out from the Universities of Manchester, Leeds and Sheffield — institutions that are pushing the envelope of research and evolving new technologies.

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