Northern Gritstone | Activity

Investment

Northern Gritstone made a £1.1 million investment into Matter Machine, an AI-driven materials discovery company led by Gordon Sanghera, as part of a £4 million pre-Series A round led by IP Group. First investment into a University of Liverpool spinout.

Matter Machine

Matter Machine Northern Gritstone

northern-gritstone.comOCT 13, 2026

OCT 13, 2026

Investment

Northern Gritstone made a £4 million investment into MicroLub, a deeptech ingredient solutions company spun out from the University of Leeds, as part of a £7 million round.

MicroLub

MicroLub Northern Gritstone

northern-gritstone.comSEP 17, 2026

SEP 17, 2026

News

Northern Gritstone announces expansion into the United States, starting with the Bay Area. Hiring a venture partner to build a genuine owned presence in the US, opening a San Francisco office.

Northern Gritstone US expansion

Northern Gritstone

northern-gritstone.comAUG 17, 2026

AUG 17, 2026

Investment

Northern Gritstone made a £3 million investment into Manchester-based cybersecurity start-up Cytix as part of a £5 million Series A round led by Northern Gritstone alongside Auriga Cyber Ventures and PXN. Marks Northern Gritstone's 55th investment.

Cytix

Cytix Northern Gritstone

northern-gritstone.comAUG 12, 2026

AUG 12, 2026

Investment

Invested £2.5 million into Pixel-Flo, a University of Sheffield spinout.

Pixel-Flo

Pixel-Flo Northern Gritstone

northern-gritstone.comJUL 9, 2026

JUL 9, 2026

Investment

Invested £1.5 million into Silveray, developer of advanced X-ray detection materials.

Silveray

SilverayNorthern Gritstone

northern-gritstone.comJUN 17, 2026

JUN 17, 2026

Investment

Invested £2.5 million into techbio company Imperagen at seed stage.

Imperagen

Imperagen Northern Gritstone

northern-gritstone.comMAY 21, 2026

MAY 21, 2026

New Fund

Announced first £20M investment in rolling close from British Business Bank and Andrew Law, bringing total permanent capital to £382M.

£20M rolling close — permanent capital to £382M

Northern Gritstone

northern-gritstone.comAPR 23, 2026

APR 23, 2026

Investment

Co-led £2 million pre-Seed round in AmpliSi, University of Sheffield spinout developing silicon anode battery materials.

AmpliSi

AmpliSi Northern Gritstone

northern-gritstone.comMAR 12, 2026

MAR 12, 2026

Investment

Led £3 million Seed round in Cytotrait, University of Manchester spinout for crop gene expression technology.

Cytotrait

Cytotrait Northern Gritstone

northern-gritstone.comMAR 9, 2026

MAR 9, 2026

Investment

Led £23 million Series A extension in Optalysys, Leeds-based photonic computing company developing FHE technology.

Optalysys

Optalysys Northern Gritstone

northern-gritstone.comJAN 22, 2026

JAN 22, 2026

Investment

Invested in IVFmicro, a University of Leeds spinout and graduate of the first NG Studios powered by KQ Labs programme.

IVFmicro

IVFmicro Northern Gritstone

northern-gritstone.comDEC 15, 2025

DEC 15, 2025

Investment

Invested in Sitehop, Sheffield-based deeptech company providing FPGA-powered quantum-safe network encryption.

Sitehop

Sitehop Northern Gritstone

northern-gritstone.comOCT 9, 2025

OCT 9, 2025

Investment

Invested in PhovIR, a deeptech near-infrared optical sensor spinout from the University of Manchester.

PhovIR

PhovIR Northern Gritstone

northern-gritstone.comAUG 19, 2025

AUG 19, 2025

Northern Gritstone Activity

Northern Gritstone made a £1.1 million investment into Matter Machine, an AI-driven materials discovery company led by Gordon Sanghera, as part of a £4 million pre-Series A round led by IP Group. First investment into a University of Liverpool spinout.

Northern Gritstone made a £4 million investment into MicroLub, a deeptech ingredient solutions company spun out from the University of Leeds, as part of a £7 million round.

Northern Gritstone announces expansion into the United States, starting with the Bay Area. Hiring a venture partner to build a genuine owned presence in the US, opening a San Francisco office.

Northern Gritstone made a £3 million investment into Manchester-based cybersecurity start-up Cytix as part of a £5 million Series A round led by Northern Gritstone alongside Auriga Cyber Ventures and PXN. Marks Northern Gritstone's 55th investment.

Invested £2.5 million into Pixel-Flo, a University of Sheffield spinout.

Invested £1.5 million into Silveray, developer of advanced X-ray detection materials.

Invested £2.5 million into techbio company Imperagen at seed stage.

Announced first £20M investment in rolling close from British Business Bank and Andrew Law, bringing total permanent capital to £382M.

Co-led £2 million pre-Seed round in AmpliSi, University of Sheffield spinout developing silicon anode battery materials.

Led £3 million Seed round in Cytotrait, University of Manchester spinout for crop gene expression technology.

Led £23 million Series A extension in Optalysys, Leeds-based photonic computing company developing FHE technology.

Invested in IVFmicro, a University of Leeds spinout and graduate of the first NG Studios powered by KQ Labs programme.

Invested in Sitehop, Sheffield-based deeptech company providing FPGA-powered quantum-safe network encryption.

Invested in PhovIR, a deeptech near-infrared optical sensor spinout from the University of Manchester.