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Northern Gritstone

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Solo angel·Leeds, United Kingdom·5 partners Tom Kaye +4·writes lead cheques

Invests at seed in ai-ml, b2b-saas. 2 rounds tracked.

Cheque range (GBP)
£10K – £50K
Last cheque
3mo ago
● actively deploying
Rounds (12mo)
4
none in last 90d
Tracked portfolio
2
since 2026

Recent investments

2 tracked rounds via funding databases
CompanyAmountWhen
Cytotrait ↗
Develops crop engineering technology for precise gene editing in plant organelles
£3M3mo ago
Optalysys ↗
Develops photonic computing technology for high-performance, energy-efficient processing in AI an...
£23M5mo ago

Stages backed

Seed1 · 50%
Series A+1 · 50%

Sectors & focus

AI / MLB2B SaaSBiotech / Life Sciencesdeep technologylife scienceshealthtechuniversity spinoutsNorthern England
Business models
AI / ML, SaaS

Other portfolio companies

17 from public sources
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Frequent co-investors

From tracked deal data
Northern Universities Ventures FundUK Innovation & Science Seed Fund (UKI2S)imec.xpandLingotto HorizonNational Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF)

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