Northern Gritstone

“Our investment philosophy is 'profit with purpose' – we combine strong returns for our shareholders with wider societal and economic impact such as high-skilled job creation in the North of England. Our aim is to become a leading European spin-out investment business for IP-rich businesses in deeptech and life sciences.”

“Our ambition is to drive returns by establishing a world leading ecosystem of support and funding, built upon the concepts and inventions that the founding universities and the company's other partners have developed. I have been particularly impressed with how the firm has brought together a highly experienced team which blends deep investment management with business-building expertise, all united by a core belief that profitable organisations delivering top quartile returns to shareholders should have a wider societal purpose.”

“Since our inception, Northern Gritstone and co-investors have invested £366 million into science and technology-enabled early-stage businesses based in the North of England — in some of the UK's most exciting emerging sectors such as pioneering life-science, advanced materials, health technology, clean technology, cognitive computation and artificial intelligence.”