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Cambridge Innovation Capital

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 34 cheques on record.

Deploying nowNew fund $1.4M, Oct 2021VC firm

Pre-seedSeedSeries ABiomarkerDeep-techMetabolites

Deploying now
100%of best year2cheques in 12 months, 34 on record
Since the last cheque16days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$17MCheque size, as they say$1.0M – $10MRounds led1 of 34Sole investor9 roundsMostly inUnited Kingdom, 97%
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Cambridge Innovation Capital highlights

  1. 01

    2 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Series A and Series B: 71% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 9 rounds, median $4.3M

What they do

Cambridge Innovation Capital is a leading venture investor in the Cambridge ecosystem.From their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
$1.0M – $10M as they say
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
BiomarkerDeep-techMetabolites
Based in
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first34 appearances

  1. 2026

    2 rounds

  2. Oct
    Salience LabsSeries B · GB · Silicon Angle$125MWith 8 others
  3. Sept
    MicrobioticaSeries C · GB · Cambridge Innovation Capital$35MWith 5 others
  4. 2022

    1 round

  5. Apr
    EpitopeaSeed · GB · Firms' own news pages$14MWith 5 others
  6. 2019

    10 rounds

  7. Oct
    Sense BiodetectionGB · Telegraph$16MSole investor
  8. Sept
    CMR SurgicalSeries C · GB · Businessweekly$240MWith 4 others
  9. Jun
    RiverlaneSeed · GB · FinSMEs$4.2MLed
  10. Jun
    Audop AnalyticsSeries B · GB · Audioanalytic$12MWith 2 others
  11. May
    Storm TherapeuticsSeries A · GB · FinSMEs$18MWith 4 others
  12. May
    Prowler.ioSeries B · GB · FinSMEs$24MWith 9 others
  13. Apr
    CytoraSeries B · GB · TechCrunch$33MWith 2 others
  14. Mar
    InivataSeries B · US · FinSMEs$53MWith 4 others
  15. Jan
    ImagenSeries B · GB · FinSMEs$8.5MWith 1 other
  16. Jan
    GeoSpockSeries A · GB · FinSMEs$13MWith 3 others
  17. 2018

    3 rounds

  18. Jul
    UndoSeries B · GB · FinSMEs$14MSole investor
  19. Jun
    CMR SurgicalSeries B · GB · Businessweekly$100MWith 3 others
  20. Apr
    Origami EnergyGB · Businessweekly$26MWith 1 other
  21. 2017

    4 rounds

  22. Sept
    Cambridge Medical RobotsSeries A · GB · FinSMEs$26MWith 4 others
  23. May
    Z FactorSeries A · GB · FinSMEs$9.1MWith 1 other
  24. Feb
    CongenicaSeries B · GB · FinSMEs$10MWith 2 others
  25. Jan
    Audio AnalyticSeries A · GB · FinSMEs$5.5MSole investor
  26. 2016

    2 rounds

  27. Oct
    PragmatIC PrintingGB · FinSMEs$22MWith 1 other
  28. Jun
    Storm TherapeuticsSeries A · GB · FinSMEs$15MWith 1 other
  29. 2015

    7 rounds

  30. Oct
    GeoSpock Ltd.Series A · GB$5.4MWith 1 other
  31. Jun
    Iceni TherapeuticsSeedUndisclosedSole investor
  32. May
    Imagen LtdSeries A · GB$3.1MSole investor
  33. May
    AbcodiaSeries B · GB$8.3MWith 4 others
  34. Apr
    Undo SoftwareSeries A$2.0MSole investor
  35. Apr
    CongenicaSeries A · GB$3.2MWith 1 other
  36. Jan
    PragmatIC PrintingVenture · GB$8.1MSole investor
  37. 2014

    5 rounds

  38. Dec
    CongenicaVenture · GB$1.6MSole investor
  39. Sept
    InivataSeries A · GB$6.5MWith 2 others
  40. Sept
    Origami EnergyVenture · GB$5.8MWith 1 other
  41. Sept
    JukedeckSeed · GB$830KWith 1 other
  42. May
    Imagen LtdSeries A · GB$2.5MSole 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 registration2 named

DPDaryl PilcherDirectoriFiling they signed
RSRob Sprawsonof the Issuer's General PartneriFiling they signed

We also hold 33 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

$278Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
Cambridge Innovation Capital Manager Limited
SEC number
CRD 316698

Who backs their funds

2 LPs on record in Cambridge Innovation Capital's funds

Funds
2

The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: fund news.

  • Aviva Investors2 funds
    FundVintageCommitted
    Cambridge Innovation Capital Opportunity Fund--
    Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC) Opportunity Fund--
  • British Patient Capital2 funds
    FundVintageCommitted
    Cambridge Innovation Capital Opportunity Fund--
    Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC) Opportunity Fund--

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

0 of 1 we have independently watched raise

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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.

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Cambridge Innovation Capital. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies Cambridge Innovation Capital put money into.

Quick answers about Cambridge Innovation Capital

What does Cambridge Innovation Capital invest in?

Cambridge Innovation Capital invests most often at Series A and Series B (71% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Biomarker, Deep-tech and Metabolites.

How active is Cambridge Innovation Capital?

34 investments on record, 2 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

What has Cambridge Innovation Capital invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Salience Labs (Series B, Oct 2026), Microbiotica (Series C, Sept 2026) and Epitopea (Seed, Apr 2022).

How big are Cambridge Innovation Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $17M. It says it writes cheques of $1.0M to $10M.

Does Cambridge Innovation Capital lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 34 investments on record (3%).

Where does Cambridge Innovation Capital invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United Kingdom (97%).

Is Cambridge Innovation Capital investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Cambridge Innovation Capital invest alongside?

Most often Parkwalk (5 rounds together), Amadeus Capital Partners (3 rounds together) and IP Group (3 rounds together).

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