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Conception X
Accelerator
Conception X runs a nine-month venture-building fellowship for roughly 100 PhD researchers each year, helping them test whether their research has venture potential. It also offers an investment readiness programme and an ecosystem network for academic science founders.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordsdeeptechdeep techuniversity spinoutsphd foundersventure buildingscience
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Or find every investor that fitsConception X lists 69 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 67% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (28%), Healthcare & Biotech (23%) and Industrial & Manufacturing (14%). 83% of its companies are based in United Kingdom. It invests most often alongside Creative Destruction Lab, Deeptech Labs and IQ Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Conception X, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Conception X's whole history. Rounds on record name 3 companies; its own site lists 69. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 33% |
| Seed | 67% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 2 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 90th | 69 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 53th | 1% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 45th | 28% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 88th | 7 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 28% | 18% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 23% | 15% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 14% | 7% |
| Education | 11% | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 4% | 8% |
| Cybersecurity | 4% | 4% |
| Fintech | 3% | 12% |
| Space & Defense | 3% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Creative Destruction Lab | 2 |
| Deeptech Labs | 2 |
| IQ Capital | 2 |
| OnePlanetCapital | 2 |
| Science Creates Ventures | 2 |
| Y Combinator | 2 |
| 2048 Ventures | 1 |
| 7percent Ventures | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers69100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Creative Destruction Lab
Compare Conception X head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Conception X| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Jul 2026 | Pre-Seed | |
| 19 May 2026 | Seed | |
| 3 Dec 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Conception X
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Conception X's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
69 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiniti AI is a virtual Co-therapist designed to keep patients engaged with talking therapy in between treatment sessions. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| AIRS ML implements Edge AI for compressive sensing and real-time asset monitoring | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Anima People helps protect an organisation's assets using psychological methodology in the management of human-related risk and prevention cybersecurity incidents. | Cybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Applied Computing helps teams understand and evaluate changes in plants by combining operating data, process physics, and engineering knowledge. | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Ardhann Ltd develops and manufactures advanced composite materials for energy infrastructure solutions, including hydrogen storage and transfer applications. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| AURApeutics transforms how antibiotics reach chronic infections using nanotherapeutics | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Auroflo is developing a portable device to manage lymphedema. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Bactery develops bacteria-powered batteries that generate clean electricity from soil | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Blueberry Life provides life insurance for people with diabetes and other chronic conditions | Healthcare & BiotechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| CamVolt helps accelerate battery R&D by enabling reliable pressure application | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Concinnity Genetics designs unique RNA-based control systems that enable the precise control of gene therapies. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Doubleword provides open-weight inference for agents at scale | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Milliray detects, tracks, and classifies small drones using millimeter-wave radar technology. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Emulate Cities powers the agencies that regulate cities and the developers who build them with planning and permitting software. | Real Estate & ConstructionAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Eyesight Electronics brings together vision care specialists, engineers, and doctors to combat Amblyopia, commonly known as Lazy Eye, affecting over 100 million individuals worldwide. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Forgent provides an AI operating system for bid management to help win public tenders | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| GambitBio develops and offers saliva-based tests for early cancer detection | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Hexis provides personalized nutrition technology for human performance | Healthcare & BiotechFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 7 Nov 2026- Site
- conceptionx.org
- Last read
- 7 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 7 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 3 Dec 2025
- Companies checked
- 69
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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