Northern Gritstone
northern-gritstone.com Direct investor
Northern Gritstone is a venture capital firm that invests in science and technology startups in the North of England, often originating from university spinouts. It began investing in 2022 and works with the universities of Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield, and Liverpool.
Northern Gritstone is a venture capital firm headquartered in Manchester, United Kingdom. It invests directly in companies, in deep technology and life sciences.
“We are focused on supporting visionary companies with strong intellectual property which have the ambition to positively change the world, particularly in the areas of deep technology and life sciences.”
— Northern Gritstone, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture capital
- Stage
- Not stated
- Headquarters
- Manchester, United Kingdom
- Invests in
- North of England
- Sectors
- deep technology, life sciences
Team, as Northern Gritstone publishes it
- Khadija Ashfaq INVESTMENT DIRECTOR
- Ashleigh Barker PERSONAL ASSISTANT
- James Bellis PORTFOLIO DIRECTOR
- Claire Blackburn COMPANY SECRETARY AND COMPLIANCE OFFICER
- Simon Braham CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
- Keith Breslauer INDEPENDENT MEMBER OF THE PURPOSE & IMPACT COMMITTEE
- Phoebe Bunton COMPANY SECRETARIAL ASSISTANT
- Bill Cann ASSOCIATE, NG INNOVATION SERVICES
- Catherine Clarke CONSULTANT (LEGAL)
- Cassie Doherty INVESTMENT DIRECTOR
- Paddy Dowdall NON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Frances Garside EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT
Names and roles exactly as listed on northern-gritstone.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Northern Gritstone publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.northern-gritstone.com/name, is_investor, layer, type, invests_in_geographies, sectors, thesis_quote, description, status
- https://www.northern-gritstone.com/ng-co-investmenthq_country, hq_city
- https://www.northern-gritstone.com/our-teampeople
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Record 8512 · added 2026-09-29 · link last verified 2026-09-29 · confidence high
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