investors

Early-stage innovation in Cambridge is supported by a group of venture capital and angel investors, who actively identify, fund and mentor start-up companies and technology spin-outs.

Cambridge Innovation Capital

Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC) combines a unique relationship with the University of Cambridge with deep financial and industry links to build leading businesses out of the rapidly growing, intellectual property rich companies from the University of Cambridge and the Cambridge ecosystem.

Cambridge Innovation Capital

Cambridge Enterprise

Cambridge Enterprise was formed by the University of Cambridge to help staff and students commercialise their expertise and ideas for the benefit of the global community.

Cambridge Enterprise

IP Group

IP Group was set up with a mission to evolve great ideas, mainly from our partner universities, into world-changing businesses. We achieve this by systematically helping to create, build and support outstanding intellectual property-based companies.

IP Group

Parkwalk/University of Cambridge Enterprise Fund

Launched in conjunction with Cambridge Enterprise, the University of Cambridge Enterprise Funds offer alumni and investors the opportunity to invest in the development of scientific and technological discoveries made at the University of Cambridge in a tax efficient manner.

Parkwalk

Amadeus Capital Partners

We invest in technology. We believe in the entrepreneur. We take high-growth companies global.

Amadeus Capital Partners

Cambridge Angels

Cambridge Angels is a leading UK business angel network with international connections. We are a collaborative Cambridge-based group, actively mentoring and investing in innovative entrepreneurial teams and their ideas, to achieve returns and help realise their full potential. We have a strong ethos of backing merit and supporting entrepreneurship. Our members, most of whom are successful entrepreneurs, invest in a wide range of start-up and scale-up businesses with a particular focus on technology, internet, software, hardware, digital healthcare and life sciences.

Cambridge Angels

Cambridge Capital Group

Cambridge Capital Group is a business angel network comprised of private investors, family offices, and venture funds that have been investing in technology startups across the UK's Golden Triangle for more than 15 years.

Cambridge Capital Group

Primera Impact

Primera Impact is a collaboration between researchers at the University of Cambridge and Primera Capital, a San Francisco-based venture capital fund. We aim to catalyse ideas that demonstrate promise towards making the world a better place.

Primera Impact

IQ Capital

IQ Capital provides capital and experience to help rapidly scale your tech start-up.

IQ Capital

Martlet

Early-stage funding for B2B technology startups.

Martlet

Meltwind

Meltwind Advisory LLP are the due diligence and portfolio management team for Jonathan Milner, founder and former CEO of Abcam. Jonathan invests as an Angel across the life sciences, supporting early-stage companies throughout their journey with investment and guidance.

Meltwind

Start Codon

Start Codon leverages the unique resources of the Cambridge Cluster to identify, seed-fund and drive the success of truly disruptive healthcare start-ups.

Start Codon

Deeptech Labs

Deeptech Labs is the catalyst for deeptech success. Twice a year, our accelerator and fund embeds a cohort of startups in a powerful network of successful entrepreneurs, expert practitioners, leading researchers, and deeptech organisations.

Deeptech Labs