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Northern Gritstone is dedicated to investing in innovative startups emerging from leading Northern universities.
What they invest in
Geographies
In numbers
In the last 24 months, Northern Gritstone took part in 10 funding rounds on record at Oka, 6 of them in the last 12 months. It led or co-led 7 of the 10 rounds where the lead investor was reported. Seed its most frequent stage (4 of 9). Most often the startup was based in the United Kingdom: 10 of 10 rounds with a known location. The most recent round on record is from October 2026.
As of October 2026. Source: Oka, counted from funding rounds reported in the press; rounds that were never reported are not included.
The facts
- Typical cheque
- €100k – €10M
- Headquarters
- Manchester, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 2020
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Recent rounds
Silvia Bio
£3MSeedBiotech & PharmaNorthern GritstoneleadParkwalkUK Innovation & Science Seed FundWren Capital
United Kingdomtechfundingnews.comMatter Machine
£4MSeries AAI / MLIP GroupleadNorthern GritstoneUniversity of Liverpool Enterprise FundNorrsken EvolveLYVA LabsNorthern Universities Ventures Fund · +2 more in the source
United Kingdomtechfundingnews.comMicroLub
$10 millionFoodTechNorthern GritstoneleadPXN VenturesPXN Equity Finance
United Kingdomtech.euCytix
€6 millionSeries ACybersecurityNorthern GritstoneleadAuriga Cyber VenturesPXN Ventures
United Kingdomeu-startups.com
Rounds Northern Gritstone took part in, as reported by the linked articles. See who else is investing right now.
Questions founders ask
- Is Northern Gritstone actively investing?
- Yes. Oka has 6 funding rounds with Northern Gritstone on record from the last 12 months; the most recent is from October 2026.
- Does Northern Gritstone lead rounds?
- Northern Gritstone led or co-led 7 of the 10 rounds on record where the lead investor was reported (last 24 months).
- How much does Northern Gritstone typically invest?
- Northern Gritstone states a typical cheque of €100k – €10M.
- Which stages does Northern Gritstone invest in?
- Northern Gritstone invests at Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A. In the rounds on record, Seed is the most frequent (4 of 9).
- Where is Northern Gritstone based?
- Northern Gritstone is headquartered in Manchester, United Kingdom.
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