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Medicxi

Venture capital · London, United Kingdom · Europe

medicxi.com

Medicxi is a European investment firm focused on the life sciences sector, established in 2016 by the former Index Ventures life sciences team. It creates, invests in and supports biotech companies along the drug development continuum, from discovery through pivotal studies and registration.

Invests inHealthcare & Biotech

In its own wordslife sciencesbiotechtherapeuticsdrug discoveryasset-centricclinical development

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5portfolio companies
6funding rounds on record1 led
5rounds, last 12 months
$100M or moretypical round it comes in at
Series Bmost frequent entry
.latest fund

Medicxi lists 5 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 6 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Series B, 80% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest theme is Healthcare & Biotech (100%). 60% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside 3B Future Health Fund, Atlantic and Atlas Venture.

Counts come from funding rounds that name Medicxi, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.

Entry stage

share of companies by the stage of its first round
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Share of companies by the stage of the firm's first round
Value
Pre-seed0%
Seed0%
Series A0%
Series B80%
Growth20%

Activity by year

rounds it joined, last 10 years
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Funding rounds per year
TotalRounds it led
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Investor profile

percentile among all firms
Portfolio size: 5 companiesRecent activity: 5 rounds in 12 monthsEarly stage: 0% of entries at pre-seed or seedEvidence: 0% of companies confirmed by a roundSector focus: 100% in its largest sectorReach: 3 countriesPortfolio size4th pctRecent activity86th pctEarly stage54th pctEvidence52th pctSector focus100th pctReach58th pct
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Medicxi compared with all firms
MeasurePercentile of all firmsValue
Portfolio size4th5 companies
Recent activity86th5 rounds in 12 months
Early stage54th0% of entries at pre-seed or seed
Evidence52th0% of companies confirmed by a round
Sector focus100th100% in its largest sector
Reach58th3 countries

Invests most often with

firms sharing its portfolio companies
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Co-investors
Share
3B Future Health Fund1
Atlantic1
Atlas Venture1
Avoro Capital Advisors1
Axil Capital1
Droia Ventures1
Forbion1
HSG1

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Its portfolio companies

where they are based, and what their own sites show

Headquarters

Site status

  • Site answers5100%
  • 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.

Investment themes

share of its checked companies

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Healthcare & Biotech100%15%

Compare Medicxi head to head

portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both back

Three or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.

Funds

as stated on its site
Medicxi V"." on its site

Recent portfolio activity

when companies last raised with Medicxi
DateCompanyStage
11 Aug 2026Vaderis Therapeuticsvaderis.comSeries B
7 Jul 2026Fore Biotherapeuticsfore.bioSeries C+ Led
10 Jun 2026Ethyreal Bioethyrealbio.comSeries B
19 Feb 2026Altesa BioSciencesaltesa.comSeries B
9 Dec 2025D3 Bio, Incd3bio.comSeries B
22 May 2025Fore Biotherapeuticsfore.bioSeries C+

Round details for Medicxi

Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Medicxi's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.

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Portfolio

5 companies checked against their own sites
CompanyWhat it doesThemesFirst round with itEvidence
Altesa BioSciencesaltesa.com · United StatesAltesa BioSciences is developing a medicine to treat rhinovirus infections in chronic lung diseases such as COPD and asthma
Healthcare & Biotech
Feb 2026Series BFunding round
D3 Bio, Incd3bio.com · United StatesD3 Bio develops innovative medicines for patients in need worldwide, focusing on oncology and immunology
Healthcare & Biotech
Dec 2025Series BFunding round
Ethyreal Bioethyrealbio.com · United StatesEthyreal Bio is dedicated to improving the lives of people with Thyroid Eye Disease and Graves’ Disease
Healthcare & Biotech
Jun 2026Series BFunding round
Fore Biotherapeuticsfore.bio · USAFore Biotherapeutics develops targeted therapies for treating cancers.
Healthcare & Biotech
May 2025Series C+ · 2 roundsFunding round
Vaderis Therapeuticsvaderis.com · SwitzerlandVaderis Therapeutics is a biotech company that aims to bring breakthrough therapies to people with HHT and other rare vascular diseases.
Healthcare & Biotech
Aug 2026Series BFunding round

About this data

site last read 13 Nov 2026
The homepage of Medicxi, as last read
medicxi.com as VCinfo last read it
Site
medicxi.com
Last read
13 Nov 2026
Watching since
5 Nov 2026
Rounds since
22 May 2025
Companies checked
5

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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