# British Business Bank's Biotech Investments: 10 Startups in Its Portfolio (2026) > The 10 Biotech startups British Business Bank has backed, by stage: $722M raised between them. From the rounds we track; updated nightly. Source: https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps/national-security-strategic-investment-fund-biotech-portfolio (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) ## Series A 5 - [*CT* Cytospire Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/cytospire-therapeutics) - [IMU Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/imu-biosciences) - [Portal Biotech](https://millionrounds.com/company/portal-biotech) - [EpilepsyGTx](https://millionrounds.com/company/epilepsygtx) - [Leucid Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/leucid-bio) ## Series C and later 3 - [Microbiotica](https://millionrounds.com/company/microbiotica) - [Nuclera](https://millionrounds.com/company/nuclera) - [Lightpoint Medical](https://millionrounds.com/company/lightpoint-medical) ## Stage not reported 2 - [Tenpoint Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/tenpoint-therapeutics) - [Dxcover](https://millionrounds.com/company/dxcover) ## Segment by segment ### Series A 5 startups · $292M raised - [*CT* **Cytospire Therapeutics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/cytospire-therapeutics) United Kingdom $121M - [**IMU Biosciences**](https://millionrounds.com/company/imu-biosciences) Mapping the immune system in unprecedented detail and scale. United Kingdom $68M - [**Portal Biotech**](https://millionrounds.com/company/portal-biotech) Portal Biotech is a biotechnology company founded in 2021, focused on developing the first bench-top single-molecule protein seque United Kingdom $46M - [**EpilepsyGTx**](https://millionrounds.com/company/epilepsygtx) EpilepsyGTx is a biotechnology company based in Cambridge, UK, focused on developing gene therapies for focal refractory epilepsy United Kingdom $33M - [**Leucid Bio**](https://millionrounds.com/company/leucid-bio) Leucid Bio is a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in London, UK, founded in 2014. United Kingdom $25M ### Series C and later 3 startups · $274M raised - [**Microbiotica**](https://millionrounds.com/company/microbiotica) Microbiotica is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in Cambridge, UK, founded in 2016. United Kingdom $117M - [**Nuclera**](https://millionrounds.com/company/nuclera) Nuclera is a biotechnology company focused on making proteins more accessible to enhance drug discovery, proteomics, and life scie United Kingdom $95M - [**Lightpoint Medical**](https://millionrounds.com/company/lightpoint-medical) Lightpoint Medical, a medical device company, develops intra-operative imaging technology that can detect cancer during surgery. United Kingdom $61M ### Stage not reported 2 startups · $156M raised - [**Tenpoint Therapeutics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/tenpoint-therapeutics) Tenpoint Therapeutics is a biotechnology company pursuing vision-restoring engineered cell-based therapeutics. United Kingdom $150M - [**Dxcover**](https://millionrounds.com/company/dxcover) Dxcover is a clinical-stage liquid biopsy company based in Glasgow, Scotland, founded in 2016. United Kingdom $6.2M **How this map is made.** Every startup here works in Biotech and has raised money in a round we track that names British Business Bank as an investor. Each sits under the stage of its latest round. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026. ## More portfolio maps [All portfolios](https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps) [Sector portfolio **British Business Bank's AI portfolio** 12 startups · $4.7B](https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps/national-security-strategic-investment-fund-ai-portfolio)[Sector portfolio **British Business Bank's Fintech portfolio** 10 startups · $632M](https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps/national-security-strategic-investment-fund-fintech-portfolio)[Portfolio map **British Business Bank portfolio map** 53 startups · $8.8B](https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps/national-security-strategic-investment-fund-portfolio-map)[Co-investors **Who invests with British Business Bank** 41 co-investors](https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps/national-security-strategic-investment-fund-co-investors)[Fund commitments **British Business Bank's fund commitments** 19 managers](https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps/national-security-strategic-investment-fund-fund-commitments)[Sector portfolio **Barclays Ventures' Fintech portfolio** 32 startups · $5.6B](https://millionrounds.com/portfolio-maps/barclays-ventures-fintech-portfolio) ## Raising from investors like British Business Bank? Find the investors who back startups like yours, with their cheques, rounds and partners, in the app with filters, lists and exports. [Find investors](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&next=/app/investors)[Market maps](https://millionrounds.com/market-maps)