Updated: June 13, 2026

Venture Capital Firm
Investment Fund
Health
Deep Technology
Cambridge Innovation Capital
Founded 2013 · Cambridge, UK
CIC backs life sciences and technology companies in Europe’s leading ecosystem, Cambridge. A preferred investor for the university.
Total investments
76
Successful exits
6
About the program
Program type
Investment focus areas
Health
Deep Technology
Imaging-Enabled
Neural Network
Therapy
Mrna
Pharmaceuticals
Proteomics
Generative AI
Biodiversity
Bioimaging
Data Science
Therapeutics
In Vitro Diagnostics
New Materials
Semiconductor
Physical Sciences
Materials Science
Spectrometry
Sequencing
Big Data
Medical Devices
Molecules
Medicine
Chip
Environmental
Circular Economy
Physical
Science-Based
Deep Tech
IVD
Robotics
PCR
Drugs
Agents
Quantum Computing
Nanotech
Protein
Computer Vision
Machine Vision
Drug
Diagnostics
Therapeutic
DNA
Advanced Materials
Cytometry
CGT
Metabolites
Waste
Environment
Med Device
Gene
Productivity Tools
Climate
Subscription
Collaboration Tools
Life Sciences Tools
Silicon
Software
Quantum
Renewables
LLM
SaaS
Deep Learning
GreenTech
Metabolomics
Omics
Medical Device
Hard Tech
Pharma
Machine Learning
Biomarker
Reagent
Environnement
Nanotechnology
Genomics
AI
MedTech
Photonics
CleanTech
Celle Therapy
Recurring
Gene Therapy
Optics
Transcriptomics
Genai
Description
We are a leading UK VC fund that specialises in early stage deeptech and life science companies that have a deep technological innovation. Our investment team are all PhD-level each with many years experience in investing, technology, or both.
Founded2013
Location
Program details
Value add
We actively help founders with product-market fit, expanding a team, connecting them to our wider network, helping in future funding rounds, promoting their work, and much more.
Investment offer
Check size$1,000,000 – $10,000,000
Can lead rounds
Yes
Lead preference
Sometimes
Funding requirements
We invest in all things deeptech: AI, robotics, quantum, software, fusion, cleantech. And in all things Life Sciences: medtech, therapeutics, genomics, drug discovery