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Thairm Bio

Venture Capital

Thairm Bio is a life science investment firm.

Portfolio

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companies


Portfolio companies

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Phlo

Phlo operates a digital pharmacy and healthcare group providing online treatments and prescription delivery.

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Microplate Dx

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

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Dxcover

Dxcover develops multiomic spectral analysis technology for early cancer detection.

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PneumoWave

PneumoWave develops a wearable biosensor platform for remote respiratory monitoring.


Team

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Mark Bamforth

Founder


Recent investments

Series A
£9.0M

Par Equity led the follow-on investment round, backed by Thairm Bio and Scottish Enterprise, to support nationwide scaling.

"In the UK tech sector, the investment climate has been both unpredictable and incredibly challenging for the past two years. Despite this, Phlo’s investors have provided the leadership team with a huge vote of confidence in our business model and product ecosystem. This gives additional significance to the close of this fresh investment round, which will unlock huge business and growth opportunities across the entire Phlo network. I’d like to thank Par Equity, Thairm Bio and Scottish Enterprise for their support and belief in Phlo’s vision for the future of healthcare."
— Nadeem Sarwar, Founder and CEO
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
Series A
£9.7M

The funding round was backed by a group of existing investors alongside a grant from the European Innovation Council.

"This is a very significant funding milestone in our mission to detect cancer early and improve survival and quality of life for patients. Having demonstrated our multi-cancer capability, we can now focus on building the pipeline of organ-specific tests, beginning with a multi-center study to gain regulatory approval for the brain cancer test. We will also expand our data on colorectal cancer, one of the leading causes of death worldwide, and continue our work on collaborative projects."
— Mark Hegarty, CEO
Series A
£7.5M

The Scottish National Investment Bank led the Series A round to accelerate clinical validation and regulatory submission of the company's respiratory monitoring platform.

"We are delighted to close this round and thank both our existing investors and the Scottish National Investment Bank for their support,"
— Bruce Henderson, CEO