Ahren Innovation Capital is a deep tech and deep science venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Alice Newcombe-Ellis alongside co-founding Science Partners. The firm invests in transformational companies at the intersection of deep tech and deep science across Brain & AI, Genetics & Platform Technologies, Space & Robotics, and Efficient Energy, from pre-seed to pre-IPO.
Average disclosed round size is $49.7M (across 29 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
29
Fund Size
$400M
Top Stage
Series B
Last 12 Mo
3
Team
Lord Martin Rees
Founding Partner
Professor Andy Parker
Founding Partner
Professor Zoubin Ghahramani
Founding Partner
Sir Gregory Winter
Founding Partner
Sir Shankar Balasubramanian
Founding Partner
Sir Steve Jackson
Founding Partner
Sir Venki Ramakrishnan
Founding Partner
Janusz Marecki, PhD
AI Partner
Joanna Green, PhD
Partner
Professor Roberto Cipolla
Science Partner
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
Portfolio
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Nu Quantum | Series A | — | Dec 2025 |
 Cassidy Bio | Seed | $8M | Nov 2025 |
 Phaidra | Series B | $50M | Oct 2025 |
 Bitfount | Series A | — | Jul 2025 |
 Outsee | Seed | — | Jun 2025 |
 Heirloom | Series B | — | Dec 2024 |
| ZZapata Computing, Inc. | Series B | $38M | May 2024 |
 Rubedo | Series A | — | Apr 2024 |
 Sunfire | Series E | — | Mar 2024 |
| Nu Quantum | Seed | — | Nov 2023 |
 AI21 | Series D | $300M | Jan 2023 |
 Zoe | Series B | $30M | Dec 2022 |
 Constructive Bio | Seed | $15M | Aug 2022 |
| AI21 | Series B | $64M | Jul 2022 |
| Bitfount | Seed | $5M | May 2022 |
| Heirloom | Series A | $53M | Mar 2022 |
 Pictura Bio | Pre-Seed | — | Jan 2022 |
| CCambridge Epigenetix | Series D | $88M | Nov 2021 |
 Biomodal | Series D | $88M | Nov 2021 |
 New Culture | Series A | $25M | Nov 2021 |
| Zoe | Series B | $53M | May 2021 |
 Edifice Health | Seed | $12M | Jan 2021 |
| MMogrify | Series A | $33M | Jan 2021 |
| CCambridge Epigenetix | Series B | $28.8M | Jan 2021 |
 New Culture | Series A | $25M | Jan 2021 |
Top Co-Investors
Last updated: 7 October 2026