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Braavos Investment Advisers

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GBDeep TechBio/PharmaHealthtechAI/MLClimateCybersecurity

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Investment thesis

Braavos Investment Advisers is a specialist venture capital firm investing in companies founded on scientific breakthroughs. The firm is an early- to growth-stage investor with a particular focus on companies linked to the University of Oxford — the world's epicentre of research excellence — and partners with inspired founders building enterprises on the premise of scientific and technological breakthroughs. Braavos manages over $500M in AUM and targets sectors including biotechnology, life sciences, quantum computing, AI-driven drug discovery, climate technology, cybersecurity, and deep tech. The firm provides board-level involvement, capital, extensive networks, and strategic talent to help portfolio companies navigate long development timelines, technical risks, and the path from ground-breaking research to global markets.

Notable quotes

Passion and mindset are the scarcest assets.

Andre Crawford-Brunt · X (Twitter) profile @andrecb1

I broke all my cardinal rules in investing. Where you own most of the equity, you end up owning most of the problems.

Andre Crawford-Brunt · Jive Media Africa / OGR Conservation, October 2024 · 2024-10

Team

Andre Crawford-Brunt

Founder & General Partner

Deep TechBio/PharmaHealthtechAI/MLCybersecurity

Will Kirkpatrick

Venture Capital (Investment Team)

Deep TechAI/MLBio/Pharma

Olwethu Tomtala

Operations Manager

Raeez Omar

Head of Operations

Laksh Aithani

Investment Team

Recent investments

CompanyRoundSizeDate
Wild Bioscience (Wild Bio)Series A$60m2025-10-10
OXCCUSeries B$26m2023-06-07
Salience LabsSeries A$30m2025-02-08
Oxford IonicsSeries A$38m2023-01-09
PQShieldSeries B$37m2024-06-20
Osler DiagnosticsSeries C$85m2022-11-07
First Light FusionSeries C$45m2022-02-14
CHARM TherapeuticsSeries A$50m2022-06-09
SpyBiotechSeries A$33m2021-02-10
Living OpticsSeed2022-08-11

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