Investors / United Kingdom / Zinc
Zinc
Accelerator · London, United Kingdom · Europe
Zinc is a venture builder that creates new companies and runs talent initiatives and innovation partnerships. It works across the Science-for-Impact ecosystem, supporting founders with fellows, executive coaches, and partners and investors.
Invests inHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordsmental healthchildren and young peoplescience-for-impactventure buildinghealth tech
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Or find every investor that fitsZinc lists 62 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, 80% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (45%), AI & Machine Learning (13%) and Industrial & Manufacturing (12%). 90% of its companies are based in United Kingdom. It invests most often alongside Science Creates Ventures, Octopus Ventures and SyndicateRoom.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Zinc, 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 Zinc's whole history. Rounds on record name 5 companies; its own site lists 62. 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 roundZinc does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 20% |
| Seed | 80% |
| 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 | 1 | 0 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 5 | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 89th | 62 companies |
| Recent activity | 86th | 5 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 72th | 8% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 79th | 45% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 45% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 13% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 12% | 7% |
| Education | 12% | 7% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 6% | 3% |
| Fintech | 4% | 12% |
| Climate & Energy | 2% | 1% |
| Space & Defense | 2% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Science Creates Ventures | 4 |
| Octopus Ventures | 3 |
| SyndicateRoom | 2 |
| Amadeus Capital Partners | 1 |
| Charlotte Street Capital | 1 |
| Clarendon Fund Managers | 1 |
| Conception X | 1 |
| Creative Destruction Lab | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers6097%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company23%
- 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 Science Creates Ventures
Compare Zinc 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 Zinc| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 16 Oct 2026 | Seed | |
| 9 Sept 2026 | Pre-Seed Led | |
| 8 Jul 2026 | Pre-Seed Led | |
| 9 May 2026 | Seed | |
| 9 Mar 2026 | Seed | |
| 3 Jun 2024 | Seed |
Round details for Zinc
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Zinc's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
62 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ampoxe develops and provides solid-state battery solutions worldwide | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Anemo Labs builds olfactory sensors combining proprietary hardware with in-house AI models to decode disease signatures in smell | Healthcare & Biotech | May 2026Seed · 2 rounds | Page + round | |
| Anocis is focussed on the discovery and development of novel medicines to treat pain and itch. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Joey provides children's health advice and medical care through WhatsApp | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Avanc is a company that develops biosensing technology for environmental biosurveillance. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| BelleVie provides home care services, including care for various health conditions and disabilities | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| BioHarv develops implantable monitoring devices that do not require batteries, enabling continuous cardiac monitoring without invasive replacements. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Cellestial Health is a preclinical biopharmaceutical company transforming the future of brain disease therapies by focusing on astrocytic networks, an often-overlooked yet critical component of brain function. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| CellMine is redefining how critical materials are recovered and reused in the battery supply chain. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Clyde Hydrogen produces hydrogen from water using innovative technology | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| CO2VOLT is a technology R&D company developing high-performance, acidic CO₂ electrolysers that convert captured CO₂ into useful products | Industrial & ManufacturingClimate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| Cordon Technologies develops and sells precision spraying technology for farmers | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| DeepRoots helps create comprehensive agroforestry plans for farms using an AI-driven platform | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Eargym provides auditory training for hearing loss through mobile apps and games | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | |||
| Etiq AI helps employees build AI skills and verifies the AI-assisted work they produce | AI & Machine LearningEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Excellio Labs pioneers breakthroughs in targeted drug delivery using extracellular vesicles, specifically exosomes, to develop innovative biological therapeutics. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company offers a platform that turns fragmented utility data into actionable intelligence for various stakeholders, including utilities, solar installers, and households. | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| GaimControl creates an app to help people quit gambling and control their gambling habits. | Healthcare & BiotechFintech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 13 Nov 2026- Site
- zinc.vc
- Last read
- 13 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 3 Jun 2024
- Companies checked
- 62
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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