E M B R Y O
V E N T U R E S
Futurists
Embryo Ventures is a London-based venture firm that backs exceptional founders building transformative companies at the seed stage. We place relationships at the fore and are committed to bringing ideas that purposefully challenge current thinking and practice to life.
At Embryo, we believe that our health, environments and living patterns are intimately connected and view their sustainable development as fundamental challenges of our time; this philosophy underpins our focus on ventures enabling transformations across consumer, industry and health systems and frames our investment verticals in the future of Health, Cities and Living.
HEALTH
HEALTHY AGEING
Health is fundamental to life and central to human development; this forms the mainspring for our commitment to discovering and backing ventures that enable societies to remain physically active, mentally sharp and emotionally resilient.
As demands on conventional care systems continue to rise, we see a shift from capital-intensive and hospital-centric systems toward more upstream, value-centric and decentralised models of care. At the same time, the merging of retail and health is shifting ownership of health to the consumer, with an increased focus on choice, access, affordability, convenience and experience, reflective of other sectors. These paradigm shifts direct our focus on advanced consumer-focused and preventive solutions that empower better, equitable and sustainable health and well-being.LIVING
CITIES &
PROGRESSIVE ENVIRONMENTS & LIVING
Our environments and living patterns are evolving at pace and shaping life as we know it. Technology is at the heart of this change, where we see a profound generational opportunity to unlock its potential to address some of the world’s biggest challenges.
The world is becoming faster and more connected and accessible, with consumer consumption and demands on existing infrastructure and systems continuing to rise. Concurrently there is a shifting worldview on personal health and environmental resilience that is driving new patterns in customer expectations and behaviours, together heightening pressures on industry, governments and society for responsible transformation. We recognise the opportunity for innovations to redefine the fabric and systems of our environments and shape our living patterns purposefully and sustainably into the future. Our Portfolio
PLUVO
Cheeky Panda
Thermulon
NOVARA
TasteIndex
Calla Lily Clinical Care
LAKA
BioLumen
OSSTEC
STAXY
OSTIQUE
We
Are
People-focused
Partnering with the exceptional and placing relationships at the fore.
We partner with extraordinary founders, driven by global ambition, passion and purpose and position the relationships that we build with them at the heart of our operation.
Growth-led
Backing bold visions early with conviction.
Our forward-looking investment approach enables us to back pioneering ventures with high upside potential at the earliest stages. We think big and differently, viewing risk as a fundamental indicator of opportunity.
Active-Partners
Operating as one with founding teams.
We add value beyond capital by operating as one with founding teams and making their missions our own. We provide bespoke support as partners and leverage on our networks and ecosystem to champion the ventures we back.
Purpose-driven
Creating enduring value.
Our moral compass guides our focus on purpose-driven ventures that solve a problem or meet a societal need to drive positive, sustainable transformations globally. Making a lasting positive contribution to humanity is our North Star.