# Advent Life Sciences Llp: portfolio, investments and team > Advent Life Sciences Llp is a vc firm based in United Kingdom. 16 investments on record, latest Apr 2022. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/advent-life-sciences (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United Kingdom · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Advent Life Sciences Llp Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Nov 2025, closing $10M. Last cheque observed Apr 2022. Email Quiet New fund $9.8M, Nov 2025 VC firm Seed Series A Series B Life Sciences Drug Discovery Med Tech Follow Advent Life Sciences Llp and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fadvent-life-sciences) Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 16 on record Since the last cheque **1650** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$17M** Cheque size, as they say **$25K – $5.0M** Rounds led **1 of 16** Sole investor **1 rounds** Exits **1 from the portfolio** Mostly in **United States, 69%** Pitch Advent Life Sciences Llp ## Advent Life Sciences Llp highlights - 01 16 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Series C and Series A: 60% of its rounds - 03 Sole investor in 1 rounds, median $3.1M - 04 1 exits from the portfolio ## What they do > Advent Life Sciences is one of the leading trans-Atlantic venture investors focused on building innovative Life Sciences businesses in the UK, Europe and the USA. From their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** $25K – $5.0M as they say - **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth - **Sectors:** Life Sciences Drug Discovery Med Tech - **Based in:** London, United Kingdom - **Cold pitches:** Not accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **16 appearances** - **2022** 1 round - **Apr** **[Epitopea](https://millionrounds.com/company/epitopea)** Seed · GB · Firms' own news pages **$14M** *Led* - **2019** 1 round - **Oct** **[MiroBio](https://millionrounds.com/company/mirobio)** GB · Innovation **$33M** With 3 others - **2018** 2 rounds - **Aug** **[KaNDY](https://millionrounds.com/company/kandy)** Series C · GB · FinSMEs **$33M** With 4 others - **Apr** **[Macrolide](https://millionrounds.com/company/macrolide)** US · FinSMEs **$20M** With 4 others - **2017** 4 rounds - **Oct** **[Vestagen](https://millionrounds.com/company/vestagen)** US · FinSMEs **$9.5M** With 4 others - **May** **[Axionics](https://millionrounds.com/company/axionics)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$15M** With 3 others - **Apr** **[Vestagen](https://millionrounds.com/company/vestagen)** US · FinSMEs **$10M** With 2 others - **Mar** **[Moximed](https://millionrounds.com/company/moximed)** Series C · US · FinSMEs **$50M** With 6 others - **2015** 3 rounds - **Sept** **[Artax Biopharma](https://millionrounds.com/company/artax-biopharma)** Series B · US **$10M** With 1 other - **Sept** **[Vestagen Technical Textiles](https://millionrounds.com/company/vestagen-technical-textiles)** US **$3.3M** With 1 other - **Mar** **[Aura Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/aura-biosciences)** Series B · US **$21M** With 4 others - **2014** 2 rounds - **Oct** **[Levicept](https://millionrounds.com/company/levicept)** Series A · GB **$16M** With 2 others - **Feb** **[Versartis](https://millionrounds.com/company/versartis)** Series E · US **$55M** With 3 others - **2013** 2 rounds - **Dec** **[Vestagen Technical Textiles](https://millionrounds.com/company/vestagen-technical-textiles)** Series A · US · pehub.com **$7.3M** With 1 other - **Aug** **[Vestagen Technical Textiles](https://millionrounds.com/company/vestagen-technical-textiles)** Venture · US · finsmes.com **$8.3M** With 2 others - **2012** 1 round - **Jan** **[CN Creative](https://millionrounds.com/company/cn-creative)** Series A · GB · e-cigarette-forum.com **$3.1M** Sole investor An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The team Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **9 named** AL **Advent Life Sciences LLP** General Partner i Filing they signed DP **Dale Pfost** Executive Officer i Filing they signed DS **Dominic Schmidt** Executive Officer, Promoter i Filing they signed KM **Kaaism Mahmood** Executive Officer i Filing they signed KM **Kaasim Mahmood** General Partner of Manager i Filing they signed MS **Mohammed Shahzad Ahmed Malik** General Partner i Form ADV RP **Rajesh Parekh** Executive Officer i Filing they signed SK **Saiyed Kaasim Mahmood** General Partner i Form ADV SM **Shahzad Malik** Executive Officer i Filing they signed We also hold **30** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. ## What the register says From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law **$830M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026 **Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds - **Legal name:** Advent LIFE Sciences LLP - **SEC number:** CRD 173031 ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **0** of 1 we have independently watched raise Webtoffee Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded. ## Exits from the portfolio Companies it backed that were later bought or listed **1 in all** **[CN Creative](https://millionrounds.com/company/cn-creative)** Bought by [British American Tobacco](https://millionrounds.com/fund/british-american-tobacco) **Undisclosed** Dec 2012 An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records. New fund on file **$9.8M** raised in Nov 2025 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Seed Series A Series B Median round joined **$17M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$3.1M** Led 1 of 16 rounds **6%** - **Said size:** $25K – $5.0M - **Sole investor:** 1 rounds - **Last cheque:** Apr 2022 - **Exits:** 1 from the portfolio Rounds by stage said on their site - Series C *3* - Series A said *3* - Series B said *2* - Seed said *1* - Series E *1* - Growth said *-* Cheques by year Led Joined 2012 2022 Often in the room with - [HealthQuest Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/healthquest-capital) 3 - [Gilde Healthcare](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gilde-healthcare) 2 - [Henri Termeer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/henri-termeer) 2 - [SR One](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sr-one) 2 - [Sofinnova Investments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sofinnova-investments) 2 **Pitching Advent Life Sciences Llp?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Advent Life Sciences Llp. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**HealthQuest Capital** Growth equity **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/healthquest-capital)[**Gilde Healthcare** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gilde-healthcare)[**Henri Termeer** Angel **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/henri-termeer)[**SR One** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sr-one)[**Sofinnova Investments** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sofinnova-investments) ## Recently backed The latest companies Advent Life Sciences Llp put money into. [**Epitopea** $14M · Apr 2022](https://millionrounds.com/company/epitopea)[**MiroBio** $33M · Oct 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/mirobio)[**Moximed** $50M · Mar 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/moximed) ## Quick answers about Advent Life Sciences Llp ### What does Advent Life Sciences Llp invest in? Advent Life Sciences Llp invests most often at Series C and Series A (60% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Life Sciences, Drug Discovery and Med Tech. ### How active is Advent Life Sciences Llp? 16 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Apr 2022. ### What has Advent Life Sciences Llp invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Epitopea (Seed, Apr 2022), MiroBio (Undisclosed round, Oct 2019) and KaNDY (Series C, Aug 2018). ### How big are Advent Life Sciences Llp's cheques? The median round it joins is $17M. It says it writes cheques of $25K to $5.0M. ### Does Advent Life Sciences Llp lead rounds? Sometimes: it led 1 of its 16 investments on record (6%). ### Where does Advent Life Sciences Llp invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (69%) and the United Kingdom (31%). ### Is Advent Life Sciences Llp investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Apr 2022. ### Who does Advent Life Sciences Llp invest alongside? Most often HealthQuest Capital (3 rounds together), Gilde Healthcare (2 rounds together) and Henri Termeer (2 rounds together). ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=advent-life-sciences) · [Is this your firm? 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