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, from seed to growth, 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
- 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.
Most shared portfolio companies with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 54 investors with a shared portfolio company. A shared company is not proof they invested together in the same round.
- Deeptech Labs 9 shared companies: usebow.com, silveray.co.uk, amplisi.com, auxetec.co.uk…
- Future Planet Capital 4 shared companies: ukri.org, silveray.co.uk, pragmaticsemi.com, pencilbiosciences.com
- UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S) 3 shared companies: silveray.co.uk, cytotrait.com, pencilbiosciences.com
- Big Issue Invest 2 shared companies: bvca.co.uk, british-business-bank.co.uk
- SFC Capital 2 shared companies: cytix.io, ukri.org
- Angel Investors Bristol 2 shared companies: ukri.org, british-business-bank.co.uk
- EMV Capital 2 shared companies: ukri.org, pencilbiosciences.com
- o2h Ventures 2 shared companies: ukri.org, pencilbiosciences.com
- Clean Growth Fund 2 shared companies: netzeroassetmanagers.org, amplisi.com
- EverQuest Capital Partners 2 shared companies: floreon.com, qvbio.co.uk
and 44 more — the graph.
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, stage_min, stage_max
- https://www.northern-gritstone.com/ng-co-investmenthq_country, hq_city
- https://www.northern-gritstone.com/our-teampeople
Record 8512 · added 2026-09-29 · link last verified 2026-10-21 · confidence high
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