Longwall Ventures
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Longwall Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm and company-builder focused on UK deeptech, investing in IP-protected ventures in physical and life sciences. It leads pre-seed and seed rounds and follows on as companies grow.
Longwall Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in Harwell, United Kingdom, founded in 2008. It invests directly in companies, from pre-seed to seed, in advanced manufacturing, life sciences, medical technologies and defence. Its stated cheque size is Up to £1.5 M initial investment.
“Lead investor in early-stage IP-protected ventures at the edges of science and technology.”
— Longwall Ventures, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Headquarters
- Harwell, United Kingdom
- Invests in
- UK
- Sectors
- advanced manufacturing, life sciences, medical technologies, defence, clean energy, physical sciences, deeptech
- Cheque size
- Up to £1.5 M initial investment
- Founded
- 2008
Team, as Longwall Ventures publishes it
- David Denny Managing Partner
- Matthew Frohn Managing Partner
- Jane Burgoyne FCA Managing Partner
- Rebecca Todd Partner
- Helen Viner FCA Financial Controller
- Michael Penington (1958-2024)
Names and roles exactly as listed on longwallventures.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Longwall Ventures publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
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