Phlux Technology Secures £4m in Seed Funding to Bring High Performance LIDAR Sensors to the Mass Market Radical new approach with dramatically improved performance underlines limitations of silicon-based sensors Sheffield, December 7th 2022 – Phlux Technology, the designer of high-performance Read more…
In September, I had the pleasure of co-hosting the first offsite of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership (NPP), held in Darlington in the Northeast of England, the second day of the two, coinciding with the now infamous so-called mini budget of Read more…
Historically too often investors have missed out on backing seed and early-stage businesses emerging from Britain’s world-leading university ecosystem. Put off by lack of knowledge, complexity or the challenge of understanding businesses building entirely new categories which may not yet Read more…
Northern Gritstone, the new investment business focused on university spin-outs and science and technology enabled businesses in the north of England, today announces that Gareth Llewellyn has joined the company as an Investment Director. Gareth is the fourth addition to Read more…
Northern Gritstone, the new investment business focused on university spin-outs based in the North of England, has completed its first three investments since announcing a first close of £215m, backing world-class science and innovation-based businesses. The fundraise and transactions position Read more…
Northern Gritstone, the university spin-out investment business based in the north of England, today announces the appointment of Alison Maughan as Investment Manager. Alison joins Northern Gritstone’s growing investment team, led by Chief Investment Officer, Marion Bernard, who joined the Read more…
Imperagen has developed a unique technology to accelerate the design, optimisation, and validation of novel enzymes for large molecular drug discovery. Northern Gritstone, along with IQ Capital, has led a £3.5 million Seed Round to fund the initial spin out Read more…
Northern Gritstone today announces its investment in Iceotope Technologies, the global leader in precision immersion cooling technology as part of a £30m funding round from a global investment syndicate led by Singapore impact private equity firm ABC Impact. Iceotope’s environmentally Read more…
Opteran Technologies is a University of Sheffield spin-out that has re-engineered insect brain patterns to power advances for autonomous machines. This is Northern Gritstone’s first investment since the close of its initial fundraising. Read more
Northern Gritstone, the new investment business focused on university spin-outs in the north of England, today announces a first close of £215m having seen strong interest from investors in its proposition. The company, chaired by Lord Jim O’Neill and Read more…