Stage FocusPre-Seed, Seed
GeographyUK
TypeVC
Last Activity2025
Industry Focus
Industries
Synthetic Biology
Technical BenchStrong
Investor TypeDeepTech Purist
ExposureMostly DeepTech Investments
Bio
SynbioVen was created in 2022 as the UK's dedicated investment vehicle for synthetic biology — a focused bet that synbio would become a major technology platform and that the UK, with its strong academic base, needed a purpose-built funding mechanism. The fund is relatively modest at £20M total, with £15M earmarked for proof-of-concept through seed-stage synbio startups. But the real story is the ...
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