Stage FocusSeed, Series A
GeographyUK
TypeVC
Last Activity2026
Industry Focus
Industries
SpaceMedtechPhotonicsAdvanced MaterialsAerospaceAdvanced ManufacturingDefenseEnergy Tech
Technical BenchStrong
Investor TypeDeepTech Purist
ExposureMostly DeepTech Investments
Bio
Longwall Ventures is a UK deeptech venture capital firm based at the Harwell Science Campus in Oxfordshire, founded in 2008 by David Denny, Matthew Frohn, and Michael Penington, who raised their first fund, OTECF, that year. The firm invests very early — in its own words, 'early in the journey, highly theoretical, pre-market-fit' — turning UK research into companies from prototype through first cu...
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