Investors / SynBioVen
SynBioVen
Venture capital
SynBioVen is an investment vehicle launched in early 2022 that supports synthetic biology scientists, founders and start-ups. It provides early-stage funding and access to a West London R&D hub through SynbiCITE and the London Biofoundry.
Invests inHealthcare & BiotechSpace & DefenseAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordssynthetic biologydeep techbiotechnet zerocellular agricultureindustrial biotechnology
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Or find every investor that fitsSynBioVen lists 9 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 6 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 75% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (43%), Space & Defense (21%) and AI & Machine Learning (21%). 88% of its companies are based in United Kingdom. It invests most often alongside AgFunder, Future Planet Capital and UKI2S.
Counts come from funding rounds that name SynBioVen, 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 roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 75% |
| Series A | 25% |
| 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 | 3 | 1 |
| '26 | 3 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 19th | 9 companies |
| Recent activity | 82th | 4 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 82th | 75% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 93th | 22% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 77th | 43% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| AgFunder | 2 |
| Future Planet Capital | 2 |
| UKI2S | 2 |
| Asahi Kasei Ventures | 1 |
| Calculus Capital | 1 |
| Clay Capital | 1 |
| Farvatn Venture | 1 |
| Goldwin Play Earth Fund | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers9100%
- 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 companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 43% | 15% |
| Space & Defense | 21% | 3% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 21% | 18% |
| Fintech | 7% | 12% |
| Food & Agriculture | 7% | 3% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare SynBioVen 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 SynBioVen| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 14 May 2026 | Series A | |
| 17 Feb 2026 | Series A | |
| 2 Dec 2025 | Seed Led | |
| 23 Sept 2025 | Round | |
| 5 May 2025 | Seed |
Round details for SynBioVen
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in SynBioVen's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
9 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorifix develops a biological process to create color and dye textiles, replacing the use of harmful chemicals. | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Eden Bio supports industries towards a sustainable future through precision fermentation using advanced machine-learning technology | Food & AgricultureHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Hothouse Therapeutics transforms plants into sustainable biofactories guided by AI, creating complex molecules beyond the reach of conventional labs. | Healthcare & Biotech | Dec 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Imphatec develops biotech solutions for chronic illness management | Healthcare & Biotech | Oct 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Multus develops cell culture media for biomanufacturing using a data-driven design process | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Resurrect Bio helps crops defeat disease by designing precise genetic edits that restore and strengthen the plant's own resistance | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Feb 2026Series A · 2 rounds | Page + round | |
| Scindo designs enzymes for biocatalysis using AI-powered discovery and design | Healthcare & BiotechSpace & Defense | Sept 2025Round | Page + round | |
| Solena Materials designs new proteins to develop fibres that are high performance, non-oil derived and biodegradable. | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | May 2025Seed | Funding round | |
| Valink Therapeutics is developing novel therapeutics to attack tumors while sparing healthy tissue. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- synbioven.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 5 May 2025
- Companies checked
- 9
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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