# LifeArc Ventures: portfolio, investments and team

> LifeArc Ventures is a vc firm based in United Kingdom. 8 investments on record, 2 in the last 12 months, latest Jun 2026.

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# LifeArc Ventures

Last cheque observed Jun 2026; 8 cheques on record.

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Seed Series B Venture Capital & Private Equity

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**67%** of best year **2** **cheques in 12 months**, 8 on record

Since the last cheque **129** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$93M** Rounds led **2 of 8** Mostly in **United States, 50%**

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## LifeArc Ventures highlights

- 01 2 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series A and Series B: 100% of its rounds
- 03 Led 2 rounds

## What they do

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series B
- **Sectors:** Venture Capital & Private Equity
- **Based in:** London, United Kingdom
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **8 appearances**

- **2026** 2 rounds
- **Jun** **[RQ Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/rq-bio)** Series A · GB · Frazier Life Sciences **$115M** With 7 others
- **May** **[Cytospire Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/cytospire-therapeutics)** Series A · GB · Ventureburn **$83M** With 9 others
- **2025** 2 rounds
- **May** **[GlycoEra](https://millionrounds.com/company/glycoera)** Series B · CH · TechStartups **$130M** With 8 others
- **Mar** **[Hillstar Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/hillstar-bio)** Series A · US · Firms' own news pages **$67M** With 5 others
- **2024** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Ozlo](https://millionrounds.com/company/ozlo)** US · TechCrunch **$12M** *Led*
- **2019** 2 rounds
- **Apr** **[SpringWorks Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/springworks-therapeutics)** Series B · US · FinSMEs **$125M** With 12 others
- **Mar** **[The AMR Centre](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-amr-centre)** GB · Amrcentre **$3.0M** *Led*
- **2017** 1 round
- **Sept** **[SpringWorks](https://millionrounds.com/company/springworks)** Series A · US · FinSMEs **$103M** With 4 others

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

We hold **5** 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 they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**14** of 19 we have independently watched raise

[Affect Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/affect-therapeutics)[AviadoBio](https://millionrounds.com/company/aviadobio)[Climb Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/climb-bio)[Corteria Pharmaceuticals](https://millionrounds.com/company/corteria-pharmaceuticals)[Cumulus Neuroscience](https://millionrounds.com/company/cumulus-neuroscience)[Cytospire Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/cytospire-therapeutics)[Exciva](https://millionrounds.com/company/exciva)[Fluid Biomed](https://millionrounds.com/company/fluid-biomed)[GlycoEra](https://millionrounds.com/company/glycoera)[HillStar Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/hillstar-bio)[Ikarovec](https://millionrounds.com/company/ikarovec)[Maxion Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/maxion-therapeutics)[OZLO Sleep](https://millionrounds.com/company/ozlo-sleep)[RQ BIO](https://millionrounds.com/company/rq-bio) Cookiedatabase MC Sciences Pheno Therapeutics Pitcher & Crow T-Cypher Bio

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.

## The cheque

Seed Series B

Median round joined **$93M** the round, not its cheque

Led 2 of 8 rounds **25%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Jun 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A *4*
- Series B said *2*
- Seed said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Frazier Life Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frazier-life-sciences) 2
- [Modi Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/modi-ventures) 2
- [Novo Holdings](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novo-ventures) 2
- [OrbiMed](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orbimed) 2
- [Pfizer](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pfizer) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Frazier Life Sciences** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frazier-life-sciences)[**Modi Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/modi-ventures)[**Novo Holdings** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/novo-ventures)[**OrbiMed** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orbimed)[**Pfizer** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pfizer)

## Recently backed

The latest companies LifeArc Ventures put money into.

[**GlycoEra** $130M · May 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/glycoera)[**Hillstar Bio** $67M · Mar 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/hillstar-bio)[**SpringWorks Therapeutics** $125M · Apr 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/springworks-therapeutics)[**SpringWorks** $103M · Sept 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/springworks)

## Quick answers about LifeArc Ventures

### What does LifeArc Ventures invest in?

LifeArc Ventures invests most often at Series A and Series B (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Venture Capital & Private Equity.

### How active is LifeArc Ventures?

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

### What has LifeArc Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: RQ Bio (Series A, Jun 2026), Cytospire Therapeutics (Series A, May 2026) and GlycoEra (Series B, May 2025).

### How big are LifeArc Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $93M.

### Does LifeArc Ventures lead rounds?

Yes: it led 2 of its 8 investments on record (25%).

### Where does LifeArc Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (50%), the United Kingdom (38%) and Switzerland (13%).

### Is LifeArc Ventures investing now?

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

### Who does LifeArc Ventures invest alongside?

Most often Frazier Life Sciences (2 rounds together), Modi Ventures (2 rounds together) and Novo Holdings (2 rounds together).

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