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Deepbridge Capital

Deepbridge Capital

Venture Capital

Deepbridge Capital is an investment manager that has deployed over £200m through the Enterprise Investment Scheme since 2013, supporting high-growth technology and life sciences companies across the UK.

Portfolio

13

companies

AUM

£200M

under management


Portfolio companies

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Spotlight Pathology

Spotlight Pathology develops artificial intelligence tools to speed up blood cancer diagnosis.

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Microplate Dx

Microplate Dx develops a rapid diagnostic platform to identify effective antibiotic treatments.

Thalia Design Automation

Thalia Design Automation

Thalia Design Automation develops software that enables semiconductor businesses to reuse existing chip designs.

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Aegiq

Aegiq develops quantum photonics technology for next-generation networking and security.

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Pathfinder Medical

Medical device company improving outcomes for vascular procedures.

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SmallSpark Space Systems

SmallSpark Space Systems develops next-generation rocket propulsion and satellite technologies.

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Glyconics

Glyconics builds rapid non-invasive diagnostic tools for point-of-care health screening.

HeadBox

HeadBox

HeadBox provides a software platform for booking and managing meetings and events.

VoxSmart

VoxSmart

VoxSmart delivers communications surveillance technology for financial institutions.

Zilico

Zilico

Zilico develops medical diagnostic technology for early cancer detection.

Elasmogen

Elasmogen

Elasmogen develops next generation biologics and soloMER therapeutics for targeted disease treatment.

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Afin Technologies

Afin Technologies provides digital promotions and mobile coupon applications for consumers and businesses.

Touch Biometrix

Touch Biometrix

Touch Biometrix develops a new class of fingerprint sensor for consumer electronics.


Team

Ian Warwick

Ian Warwick

Managing Partner

Ian serves as Managing Partner at Deepbridge Capital and chairs AlgaeCytes. His background includes chief executive roles across several software and corporate entities.

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Savvas Neophytou

Savvas Neophytou

Partner & Head of Life Sciences

Savvas serves as chief investment officer at Deepbridge Capital and partner and head of life sciences. His background includes executive roles at Panmure Gordon and founding Torafugu Tech.

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Adrian Neilan

Investment Director, Technology

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Ben Carter

Head of Life Sciences

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Andrew Round

Investment Director


Recent investments

£425K

EHE Ventures led the round with support from Deepbridge Capital and Lyva Labs to accelerate product development and regulatory approval.

"Spotlight Pathology represents exactly the type of highly innovative company that Deepbridge is privileged to invest in. We initially supported the team through our Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS), and are now pleased to back them again through our EIS fund, alongside EHE and Lyva Labs. We look forward to supporting the team as they scale in the exciting field of digital pathology."
— Andrew Round, Investment Director
Seed
£2.5M

The financing round includes contributions from Deepbridge Capital, Scottish Enterprise, SIS Ventures, Thairm Bio, and the University of Strathclyde to support clinical trials and commercial expansion.

"Our mission at Microplate Dx is to improve the quality of lives for patients by providing antimicrobial stewardship cost-effectively. Any delay in identifying the correct antibiotic for treatment can put lives at risks and huge pressure on clinical decision making, especially when the antibiotic sensitivity data that Microplate Dx can produce in an hour or less compared to the current approach that can take two days using existing techniques."
— Stuart Hannah, CEO
£2.1M

The investment round was led by Mercia Ventures with participation from Deepbridge Capital and Guillaume d'Eyssautier.

"With the increasing demand from semiconductor businesses for 'second-sourcing' to unlock new markets and address evolving requirements, Thalia stands as the ideal strategic partner. Our AMALIA platform provides a proven solution that enables them to, for example, quickly and efficiently migrate existing designs into the sub-20 nanometre range to align with industry demand for better performance and power consumption."
— Sowmyan Rajagopalan, CEO
Seed
Undisclosed

The University of Sheffield spin-out raised a seven-figure sum from a syndicate to develop quantum-secure networking.

"The single photon source developed by Aegiq represents a platform technology with unparalleled specifications that enables various applications. As a photonics guy, I am more than thrilled to invest here and support the highly skilled team on their journey,"
— Gernot Berger, Investment manager
Series A
£8.5M

The investment was led by BGF and Parkwalk to support pre-clinical work, clinical trials, and regulatory approval.

"There are over three million dialysis patients worldwide and every year patients undergo nearly 650,000 surgical AVF creation procedures. However, these procedures take a long time to heal and are prone to failure. Our technology has the power to significantly improve the outcomes for dialysis patients, improving their quality of life and saving millions of pounds in the process. We are delighted to have the support of BGF and Parkwalk to help the business move forward with our clinical trials and ultimately roll-out this ground-breaking product to a global market."
— Sorin Popa, CEO
Seed
£500K

Deepbridge Capital backed the seed round to support the commercialisation of advanced space propulsion systems.

"We have been delighted with our progress to date and the significant interest in our technologies from major players in our sector. This next stage of development will see the Company expand on these exciting relationships whilst continuing our product development."
— Joseph Ward, CEO and Founder
Seed
£1.5M

The oversubscribed raise was led by investment platform Wealth Club alongside existing backers Deepbridge Capital and Boundary Capital.

"Glyconics offers a transformational, cost-efficient, rapid and non-invasive approach to diabetes screening – and it is testament to this pioneering device and all at Team Glyconics that this raise was so significantly over-subscribed. We are delighted to be continuing with our existing investors and, of course, welcome our new investors from Wealth Club and other private investors to the fold."
— Kam Pooni, CEO
Series A
£2.0M

Deepbridge Capital led the £2m investment to help the event tech scale-up accelerate out of the pandemic and expand into the USA.

"We are very focused on ensuring our software helps both our corporate clients and our host venues create greater efficiencies within the increasingly complex event booking process. This is why, during the pandemic, we beat traditional agency incumbents to win significant multi-year contracts from FTSE 100 companies in the media, professional services and FMCG sectors."
— Andrew Needham, CEO and Founder
Growth
£18.2M

The funding round was led by Toscafund Asset Management with support from Deepbridge Capital, and will fund international expansion and product development.

"As market practitioners we have always been acutely aware of market developments and working with market participants to shape our product development and innovation. As such it was important, we found a partner who shared our vision within financial services. We believe that Toscafund’s global expertise and impressive market connectivity will be of tremendous benefit to VoxSmart in our next stage of growth."
— Oliver Blower, CEO
Growth
£1.0M

The early cancer diagnostic specialist received backing from existing investor Deepbridge Capital alongside leadership changes.

"I am delighted and look forward to working with Martin. We both share the passion for growing businesses which make a difference in people’s lives. These are exciting times as we forge our plans for Zilico"
— Sameer Kothari, Chief Executive
Series A
£2.0M

Deepbridge Capital has backed Touch Biometrix in a Series A round to support the commercialisation of its fingerprint sensor technology.

"This new and substantial investment from Deepbridge will enable Touch Biometrix to build upon its development work with the aim of defining its first minimum viable product ahead of scaled product in early 2020."
— Mike Cowin, CEO