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    Lansdowne Partners

    London, United KingdomFounded 1998
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    Lansdowne Partners is a London-based investment management firm founded in 1998, known for fundamental equity investing across developed markets. In 2026 it launched a venture capital fund focused on backing high-potential UK companies emerging from university research and the startup ecosystem, with a first close of $150 million.

    Average disclosed round size is $82.2M (across 21 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    27

    Fund Size

    $150M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Andrew Ryder

    Andrew Ryder

    Partner, Chief Operating Officer & Chief Risk Officer

    Andy Simpkin

    Andy Simpkin

    Partner, Business Development & Investor Relations

    Ben Lines

    Ben Lines

    Partner & Trader

    Brian Heyworth

    Brian Heyworth

    Partner, Business Development

    Daniel Avigad

    Daniel Avigad

    Partner & Portfolio Manager

    Daniel Jordan

    Daniel Jordan

    Partner, Chief Compliance Officer & General Counsel

    Gregory Boggis

    Gregory Boggis

    Partner & Data Analyst

    Jonathon Regis

    Jonathon Regis

    Partner & Deputy Head of Developed Markets Strategy

    Melissa Earlam

    Melissa Earlam

    Deputy Senior Partner & Analyst

    Nigel Hikmet

    Nigel Hikmet

    Partner & Co-Portfolio Manager, DM UCITS

    Paul Dewinter

    Paul Dewinter

    Partner & Head of Trading

    Peter Davies

    Peter Davies

    Senior Partner & Head of Developed Markets Strategy

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    34 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Oxford Quantum Circuits logoOxford Quantum CircuitsSeries B$100MMar 2024
    Oxford Quantum Circuits logoOxford Quantum CircuitsSeries C$100MNov 2023
    Oxford Quantum Circuits logoOxford Quantum CircuitsSeries D—Nov 2023
    Oxford Ionics logoOxford IonicsSeries A—Jan 2023
    CIRC logoCIRCSeries B$30MJan 2023
    Osler Diagnostics logoOsler DiagnosticsSeries C$85MNov 2022
    Dropbox logoDropboxSeed$55MJul 2022
    Circ logoCircSeries B$30MJul 2022
    Oxford Quantum Circuits logoOxford Quantum CircuitsSeries A$47MJul 2022
    Moa Technology logoMoa TechnologySeries A$44MMay 2022
    Moa Technology logoMoa TechnologySeries B$44MMay 2022
    Pollen logoPollenSeries C—Apr 2022
    Papier logoPapierSeries C$50MFeb 2022
    Depixus logoDepixusSeries A—Dec 2021
    RRaspberry Pi FoundationGrowth$45MSep 2021
    TechMet logoTechMetUnknown$120MApr 2021
    Raspberry Pi logoRaspberry PiUnknown$45MJan 2021
    Osler Diagnostics logoOsler DiagnosticsSeries C$85MJan 2016
    Spotify logoSpotifyGrowth$526MJun 2015
    Nattergal logoNattergalUnknown——
    Genomics logoGenomicsSeries B——
    OOxford Nanopore TechnologiesUnknown$100M—
    OOxford Quantum Circuits LimitedSeries A——
    Amnis logoAmnisSeries B——
    GGALLOS TechnologiesUnknown$50M—
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    Top Co-Investors

    Oxford Science Enterprises16 shared
    British Business Bank7 shared
    UTEC7 shared
    Oxford University5 shared
    SBI Investment4 shared
    Oxford Investment Consultants4 shared
    British Patient Capital4 shared
    Braavos Investment Advisers3 shared
    F-Prime Capital3 shared
    Foresite Capital3 shared
    Parkwalk Advisors3 shared
    GG13 shared
    Northzone2 shared
    Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited2 shared
    Inditex2 shared
    Breakthrough Energy Ventures2 shared
    OIF Ventures2 shared
    Chevron Technology Ventures2 shared
    Torch Capital2 shared
    2xN2 shared

    Last updated: 7 October 2026