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Gousto

Buoyed by its strong growth, Gousto achieved “unicorn” status in 2020 when it completed a funding round at a valuation of more than $1 billion

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Miss Group

With BGF as a minority partner, web hosting company Miss Group acquired seven businesses in under two years, quadrupling its earnings

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Portfolio / Life sciences

Life sciences

We support a broad range of companies across the life sciences sector. Our current portfolio spans diagnostics, medtech and digital health, as well as services, software and tools supporting therapeutic development. Across these diverse fields, our strategy is consistently focused on supporting businesses that have a positive impact on healthcare, health systems and patient lives. We are able to support throughout the business lifecycle, from early stage spinouts through to established quoted businesses.

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34

life sciences companies backed by BGF

£ 103 m

invested in the life sciences sector

Case studies

Saving lives by lowering the cost of drug development

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How protein science can help fight diseases such as Alzheimer's

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Low-cost, portable tests to diagnose deadly diseases

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News

Our latest investment news and updates

August 2021 / Investment news

BGF backs orthobiologics medicine business, Locate Bio

BGF has completed an oversubscribed £10 million investment round into Locate Bio, an orthobiologics focused regenerative medicine company, alongside existing…
July 2021 / BGF News

BGF leads a multi-million pound investment in Arborea

Arborea – which is industrialising photosynthesis to expand the world’s food supply –  has completed a funding round led by…
June 2021 / BGF News & Features

BGF announces £100m milestone in life sciences investment

BGF has broken the £100 million investment milestone, backing more than 30 businesses across the fields of diagnostics, medtech and…
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Insights

Our latest thinking on investing and thought leadership

July 2021 / BGF Insights

Seven proposals for supporting the growth of scaleup businesses

Our plan to unlock the creativity, power and ingenuity of scaleup businesses for the good of the broad economy
E-commerce Energy, clean tech & transition Life sciences Technology
April 2021 / BGF Insights

A post exit perspective with Arcinova’s exec chairman, Professor Ian Shott CBE

BGF announced its exit of Arcinova in February. Following a period of growth, the business was acquired by Quotient Sciences, the drug development and…
Life sciences
April 2020 / BGF Insights

Making Sense of Change: A new era of innovation in life sciences?

Some are focused on supporting the national fight against the virus, while others are exploring ways of continuing to provide support.
Covid-19 Life sciences
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