# Medicxi: portfolio, investments and team

> Medicxi is a vc firm based in United Kingdom. 10 investments on record, 2 in the last 12 months, latest Aug 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Medicxi

Last cheque observed Aug 2026; 10 cheques on record.

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VC firm Deploying now New fund $290M, Sept 2025

Seed Series A Series B Biopharma Biotechnology Life Science

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**100%** of best year **2** **cheques in 12 months**, 10 on record

Since the last cheque **96** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$57M** Rounds led **1 of 10** Sole investor **3 rounds** Mostly in **United Kingdom, 50%**

Pitch Medicxi

## Medicxi highlights

- 01 2 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Series A and Series B: 63% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 3 rounds, median $12M

## What they do

> Listed name: Medicxi From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Biopharma Biotechnology Life Science
- **Based in:** United Kingdom
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **10 appearances**

- **2026** 2 rounds
- **Aug** **[Vaderis Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/vaderis-therapeutics)** Series B · CH · Firms' own news pages **$152M** With 8 others
- **Jul** **[FORE Biotherapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/fore-biotherapeutics)** Series D · US · Ventureburn **$67M** *Led*
- **2024** 2 rounds
- **Dec** **[Ottimo Pharma](https://millionrounds.com/company/ottimo-pharma)** Series A · GB · Firms' own news pages **$140M** With 9 others
- **Sept** **[Vicebio](https://millionrounds.com/company/vicebio)** Series B · GB · Firms' own news pages **$100M** With 7 others
- **2021** 1 round
- **Sept** **[Xenikos B.V.](https://millionrounds.com/company/xenikos-b-v)** Debt · NL · Firms' own news pages **$47M** With 4 others
- **2019** 3 rounds
- **Sept** **[Divide and Conquer](https://millionrounds.com/company/divide-and-conquer)** Series A · GB · Labiotech **$12M** Sole investor
- **May** **[Phathom Pharmaceuticals](https://millionrounds.com/company/phathom-pharmaceuticals)** US · FinSMEs **$140M** With 8 others
- **Apr** **[Aura Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/aura-biosciences)** Series D · US · FinSMEs **$40M** Sole investor
- **2017** 1 round
- **Feb** **[Apcintex](https://millionrounds.com/company/apcintex)** Series A · GB · FinSMEs **$18M** With 1 other
- **2015** 1 round
- **Oct** **[Kymo Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/kymo-therapeutics)** GB · FinSMEs **$12M** 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 **15 named**

AW **Andrew Wignall** Director i Form ADV

CH **Christopher H. Patton** DIRECTOR OF THE MANAGING GENERAL PARTNER i Filing they signed

DG **David Grainger** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

FD **Francesco De Rubertis** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

FX **Francois Xavier Alain Henri Chesnay** DIRECTOR OF THE MANAGING GENERAL PARTNER i Filing they signed

GJ **Gailina Jia-Hsin Liew** Director i Form ADV

GJ **Giles Johnstone-Scott** Director i Form ADV

GH **Giovanni H. Pericolini** DIRECTOR OF THE MANAGING GENERAL PARTNER i Filing they signed

GM **Giovanni Mariggi** Shareholder i Form ADV

GZ **Giuseppe Zocco** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

KJ **Kevin Johnson** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

LB **Louisa Blanchet** DIRECTOR OF THE MANAGING GENERAL PARTNER i Filing they signed

MO **Michele Ollier** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

NC **Nigel Crocker** Director i Form ADV

RL **Richard Lee** Director i Form ADV

We also hold **17** 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

**$2.4B** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026

**Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds

- **Legal name:** Medicxi Ventures Management (jersey) Limited
- **SEC number:** CRD 283504

New fund on file

**$290M**

raised in Sept 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 **$57M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$12M**

Led 1 of 10 rounds **10%**

- **Sole investor:** 3 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Aug 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Series A said *3*
- Series B said *2*
- Series D *2*
- Debt *1*
- Seed said *-*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

Often in the room with

- [Janus Henderson Investors](https://millionrounds.com/fund/janus-henderson-investors) 2
- [OrbiMed](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orbimed) 2
- [TCG](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tcg) 2
- [TCG Crossover](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tcg-crossover) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

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

[**Janus Henderson Investors** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/janus-henderson-investors)[**OrbiMed** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/orbimed)[**TCG** Private equity **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tcg)[**TCG Crossover** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tcg-crossover)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Medicxi put money into.

[**FORE Biotherapeutics** $67M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/fore-biotherapeutics)[**Ottimo Pharma** $140M · Dec 2024](https://millionrounds.com/company/ottimo-pharma)[**Vicebio** $100M · Sept 2024](https://millionrounds.com/company/vicebio)[**Divide and Conquer** $12M · Sept 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/divide-and-conquer)[**Phathom Pharmaceuticals** $140M · May 2019](https://millionrounds.com/company/phathom-pharmaceuticals)

## Quick answers about Medicxi

### What does Medicxi invest in?

Medicxi invests most often at Series A and Series B (63% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Biopharma, Biotechnology and Life Science.

### How active is Medicxi?

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

### What has Medicxi invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Vaderis Therapeutics (Series B, Aug 2026), FORE Biotherapeutics (Series D, Jul 2026) and Ottimo Pharma (Series A, Dec 2024).

### How big are Medicxi's cheques?

The median round it joins is $57M.

### Does Medicxi lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 10 investments on record (10%).

### Where does Medicxi invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United Kingdom (50%), the United States (30%) and Switzerland (10%).

### Is Medicxi investing now?

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

### Who does Medicxi invest alongside?

Most often Janus Henderson Investors (2 rounds together), OrbiMed (2 rounds together) and TCG (2 rounds together).

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