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Praetura Ventures
Venture capital · United Kingdom · Europe
Praetura Ventures is a venture capital firm that has merged with Par Equity to become PXN Ventures. It describes itself as an investor built in the North, for the North, combining capital with operational support for founders.
Invests inHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordsnorthern englandukfounder supportearly stagegrowth
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Or find every investor that fitsPraetura Ventures lists 54 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (20%), Fintech (14%) and AI & Machine Learning (13%). 78% of its companies are based in United Kingdom. It invests most often alongside Blackfinch Ventures, Northern Gritstone and Deeptech Labs.
No funding round on record names Praetura Ventures yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Praetura Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 54. 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.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 20% | 15% |
| Fintech | 14% | 12% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 13% | 18% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 9% | 5% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 8% | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 6% | 8% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 4% |
| Human Resources | 3% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Blackfinch Ventures | 5 |
| Northern Gritstone | 5 |
| Deeptech Labs | 3 |
| Octopus Ventures | 3 |
| Beringea | 2 |
| Catapult Ventures | 2 |
| Forefront Venture Partners | 2 |
| Pembroke VCT | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 86th | 54 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 14th | 20% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 78th | 5 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers54100%
- 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 Blackfinch Ventures
Compare Praetura Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
54 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AccessPay provides bank integration solutions for secure and efficient payment processing | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| AeroCloud provides airport management software solutions to help airports streamline processes and enhance efficiency | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Arctic Shores provides task-based assessments for recruitment | Human Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Atomik creates binders for additive manufacturing | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Audiebant provides mass communication solutions, including emergency communication systems and daily communication systems. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Blueskeye decodes and analyses social, emotional and medical behaviour from face and voice | Healthcare & BiotechRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| CareLoop is a real-time monitoring and relapse prevention tool for people living with severe mental illness | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| CloudGuard.io helps companies stay secure, run resilient, and transform with confidence as a B2B managed services partner | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Coadjute provides fully managed services designed specifically for the challenge of estate agency AML compliance | Real Estate & ConstructionFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Covatic provides audience targeting solutions for digital advertising | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Culture Shift provides a workplace reporting and compliance platform | Human ResourcesLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Cyclr provides embedded integration infrastructure for SaaS, services and AI-ready products. | Space & DefenseFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Cytix provides software security solutions | CybersecurityEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| EarSwitch is developing in-ear technology for medical monitoring and human-to-environment interaction | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Enthuse provides digital donation, fundraising, and events solutions for charities | FintechHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Exciting Instruments develops and provides single-molecule fluorescence technology for life science research, drug development, and clinical diagnostics | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| FeedStock provides AI-powered relationship intelligence for business | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Fluid Work Private Limited offers web development, social media, paid media, IT helpdesk, email, communication, cloud computing, and data analytics services | Industrial & ManufacturingMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a platform for candidate sales using artificial intelligence | AI & Machine LearningHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| The company allows users to rent or buy designer dresses, bags, and clothes in the UK. | E-commerce & MarketplacesFintech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 8 Nov 2026- Site
- praeturaventures.com
- Last read
- 8 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 54
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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