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Portfolio 22
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 07.07.2026 | Healome Th... | healometx.com | $2.88M | United Kin... |
| 20.06.2025 | Booby Biom... | boobybiome.com | $3.37M | United Kin... |
| 20.06.2025 | OutSee | outsee.co.uk | $5.82M | United Kin... |
| 20.06.2025 | Lucida Med... | lucidamedical.com | $11.74M | United Kin... |
| 20.06.2025 | Nexus Addi... | nexus-am.com | - | - |
| 11.05.2025 | Exciting I... | excitinginstruments.com | - | - |
| 11.05.2025 | Xgenera | xgenera.com | - | - |
| 11.05.2025 | Silveray | silveray.co.uk | $4.45M | United Kin... |
| 03.05.2024 | Signapse -... | signapse.ai | $2.56M | United Kin... |
| 03.05.2024 | cheMastery... | chemastery.com | - | United Kin... |
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Mentions in press and media 10
| Date | Title | Description |
| 07.07.2026 | Healome Therapeutics Closes £2 Million Seed Round Led by Empirical Ventures to Advance Eye-Drop Matrix Technology for Ocular Surface Diseases | BIRMINGHAM, England, July 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Healome Therapeutics ("Healome"), a University of Birmingham spinout developing a proprietary eye-drop matrix technology for ocular surface diseases, has closed a GBP£2 million ove... |
| 20.10.2025 | HotGreen Solutions raises £1.2M for ultra-efficient heat pumps | A UK cleantech startup HotGreen Solutions, has closed a £1.2 million pre-seed round, led by Empirical Ventures, with strategic participation from Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP), First Imagine! Ventures, The Conduit Impact Fund, and A... |
| 25.06.2025 | OutSee Secures £1.8M Seed Funding to Revolutionize Drug Discovery | In the world of genomics and drug discovery, innovation is the lifeblood. OutSee, a Cambridge-based company, has just injected new energy into this field by securing £1.8 million in seed funding. This financial boost, led by Ahren Innovatio... |
| 24.06.2025 | OutSee raises £1.8M to expand therapeutic pipeline using predictive genomics | Cambridge-based OutSee has secured £1.8 million in seed funding. The company has previously received over £500,000 in precision medicine grants from Innovate UK to support technology extensions and to test their application on dementia case... |
| 09.04.2025 | Revolutionizing Joint Replacement: OSSTEC's £2.5M Leap Forward | In the bustling landscape of medical innovation, OSSTEC emerges as a beacon of hope. This London-based startup, born from the hallowed halls of Imperial College London, has secured £2.5 million in funding. The goal? To reshape the future of... |
| 08.04.2025 | Imperial spinout OSSTEC secures £2.5M for joint replacement tech | OSSTEC, a London-based startup based on research at Imperial College London, has raised £2.5M to accelerate the launch of its groundbreaking 3D printing technology aimed at improving joint replacement implants. The funding round, led by spe... |
| 19.03.2025 | From Lab to Launch: Scientists 'Cook Up' the Next Big Startup The world of deep tech investment is undergoing a seismic shift. While the pace of technological advancement is accelerating, there's been... | For Dr. Ben Miles, founder of Empirical Ventures, a London based specialist venture capital (VC) and veture builder, the key to unlocking the next wave of deep tech innovation lies in bridging the gap between scientists and investors. With ... |
| 30.12.2024 | MintNeuro – Secures £1m investment in latest capital raise | We are delighted to announce our investment in MintNeuro, an Imperial College London spinout and innovative startup at the dynamic intersection of neurotechnology and semiconductors. London, UK, November 12 2024 – MintNeuro, a pioneer of sc... |
| 04.04.2024 | Empirical Ventures raises £8.25M for deep science | Empirical Ventures, founded by alumni of Bristol spinout Ziylo, has raised £8.25m for its deep science fund, S/EIS. The firm wants to raise a total of £10M to provide more support to early-stage deep science startups. Products backed by Emp... |
| 27.03.2024 | UK-based WASE raises €9.9M to scale its waste-to-energy technology: Know more | Read this article in: Bristol-based WASE, a startup that aims to accelerate sustainable waste and energy innovation, announced that it has secured over £8.5M (approximately €9.91M) in funding, including £2.4M (approximately €2.79M) in non-d... |