Deep tech funding
Our Early Stage team back pioneering technologies, grounded in scientific and engineering excellence. Alongside funding, we bring deep domain expertise and scaling support, with a platform that few early-stage investors can match.
How we're different
We’re uniquely equipped to provide early-stage venture capital, but backed by the platform and resources of a later-stage growth investor:
- Deep technical and commercial expertise
- Evergreen fund structure, purpose-built to drive long-term growth
- Specialist team of investors to support you as you scale, with both physical science PhDs and deep tech operating experience
- Built on a foundation of 600+ investments and 200+ exits, across the full BGF portfolio
We’ve invested more than £130m into ambitious deep tech startups so far, across our five focus areas:
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Semiconductors & Photonics
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Advanced Materials
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AI & Software Platforms
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Energy Storage & Management
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Energy & Resource Efficiency
Why we invested
Investment criteria
To be eligible for funding and support from our Early Stage team, deep tech businesses must be:
- Headquartered in the UK or Ireland
- Privately-owned
- IP-protected
- Late seed to series B
- Seeking £3m-£10m investment from BGF
Meet the team
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• Leadership
Dennis Atkinson
Co-Head of Early Stage
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• Early Stage
Luke Rajah
Portfolio Partner
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• Early Stage
Rowan Bird
Investor
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• Early Stage
Kate Ronayne
Investor
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• Early Stage
Freddie Mitchell
Investor
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• Early Stage
Talia Hoffman
Portfolio
Join our portfolio
Across BGF, we’ve already helped hundreds of ambitious businesses to accelerate their growth. Yours could be next. Introduce yourself to our Early Stage team today to get started.