Ahren is a deep tech and deep science investment firm set up by Alice Newcombe-Ellis alongside co-Founding Science Partners. Together, these Founders created companies and/or technologies that are today valued in excess of $100BN combined. The firm was established from first principles with a mission to be disruptive as an investment institution, with a new model – genuine partnership between the creators of deep technology and deep science, and commercially active, long-term capital, to harness tremendous global talent and build and exponentially accelerate the next generation of great enterprises. Ahren’s Portfolio companies include AI21 Labs, Graphcore, Zapata Computing, ZOE, Phaidra, Heirloom Carbon, and Bicycle Therapeutics among others. Ahren has >$800M AUM and has team members in Cambridge (UK), London, and Boston.
Location:United Kingdom, England, London
Member count:11-50
Founded date: 2017
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Seed; Series A; Series B
News 32
| Date | Title |
| 24.11.2021 | Animal-fre... |
| 04.05.2021 | ZOE Announ... |
| 22.04.2021 | Edifice, a... |
| 25.02.2021 | Cellarity ... |
| 03.02.2021 | Applicatio... |
| 03.02.2021 | Applicatio... |
| 14.01.2021 | Applicatio... |
| 14.01.2021 | Applicatio... |
| 18.12.2020 | GSK and Ah... |
| 19.11.2020 | Zapata Com... |
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Team 18
| Date | Name | Title | Description |
| 07.12.2022 | Patrick Do... | Analyst | Patrick joined Ahren following... |
| 05.03.2022 | Peter Lour... | Chief Fina... | Peter joined Ahren in 2022 fro... |
| 01.09.2021 | Stuart Bed... | General Co... | Stuart has been involved in th... |
| 03.11.2020 | David Delf... | Investment... | David joined Ahren from MTech ... |
| - | Alice Newc... | Founding &... | Alice has over a decade of inv... |
| - | Peter Bain... | Venture Pa... | Peter has over 25 years’ of in... |
| - | Professor ... | Founding P... | Steve is the Originator of Ola... |
| - | Professor ... | Science Pa... | Roberto is a Professor of Info... |
| - | Sir Shanka... | Founding P... | Sir Shankar is Founder of two ... |
| - | Professor ... | Founding P... | Andy is a CERN leader and Head... |
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Portfolio 23
| Date | Name | Description | Website | Status |
| 22.01.2023 | Pictura Bi... | Pictura Bio is a rapid pathoge... | pictura.bi... | Current |
| 20.10.2022 | Ambi Robot... | Ambi Robotics is an artificial... | ambiroboti... | Current |
| 18.08.2022 | Constructi... | Constructive Bio is an MRC spi... | constructi... | Current |
| 20.07.2022 | AI21 Labs | AI21 Labs is an Al lab & p... | ai21.com/ | Current |
| 18.03.2022 | Heirloom | Heirloom is a carbon dioxide r... | heirloomca... | Current |
| 03.03.2022 | Phaidra | Phaidra deploys control system... | phaidra.ai... | Current |
| 22.02.2022 | Rubedo Lif... | Rubedo Life Sciences is develo... | rubedolife... | Current |
| 22.02.2022 | Micropsi I... | Micropsi Industries uses end-t... | micropsi-i... | Current |
| 21.12.2021 | New Cultur... | New Culture is an alternative ... | newculture... | Current |
| 18.09.2021 | Bitfount | Bitfount is developing a feder... | bitfount.c... | Current |
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Mentions in press and media 12
| Date | Title | Description | Category | Author | Source |
| 02.12.2022 | Gut nutrit... | Zoe Health, a UK-based persona... | - | Callum Cyr... | tech.eu/20... |
| 15.08.2022 | Re-enginee... | Cambridge-based biotech startu... | - | Megha Paul | tech.eu/20... |
| 23.11.2021 | BREAKING: ... | US alt-dairy startup New Cultu... | - | - | agfunderne... |
| 23.11.2021 | ADM, Kraft... | US alt-dairy startup New Cultu... | - | - | agfunderne... |
| 22.11.2021 | New Cultur... | New Zealand-based animal-free ... | Investment... | - | vegconomis... |
| 11.05.2021 | Personaliz... | A new class of startups is tak... | - | - | agfunderne... |
| 20.04.2020 | Rockley Ph... | Oxford, UK and Pasadena, Calif... | - | - | realwire.c... |
| 12.03.2020 | Ahren Inno... | London and Oxford, 12 March 20... | - | - | realwire.c... |
| 14.10.2019 | UK biotech... | Cambridge, UK-based biotech st... | artificial... | Natasha Lo... | techcrunch... |
| 02.04.2018 | Ahren Lead... | - | - | - | ahreninnov... |
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