Biotech · United Kingdom
Biotech startups in United Kingdom
Early-stage biotech companies headquartered in United Kingdom, founded in the last 5 years. Drawn from public sources.
How we choose these companies
A public directory of early-stage European biotech startups. We aim to list every company that fits, not a hand-picked few. Here is exactly what that means, and why:
- European: headquartered in Europe (EU, EEA, UK, Switzerland and nearby). We go by where a company is based, not just where it sells, because this is a map of the European ecosystem.
- Early-stage: founded in the last 5 years. That is where the new ideas and the most active part of the ecosystem are; established household-name scaleups are a different list.
- A real product company: builds a scalable technology product or platform. We leave out agencies, consultancies and local service businesses, which do not follow the same path.
- Independent: a standalone company, not a subsidiary or brand of a larger corporation.
- Active: currently operating, with a live website. We re-check regularly and remove companies that shut down, get acquired, or move out of scope.
We list only public information about what each company does. We deliberately do not track or show fundraising: who is raising, who is investing, or how much. This is a directory of companies, not a deal database.
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18 early-stage biotech startups in United Kingdom
A comprehensive list from public sources, not a hand-picked few.
Basecamp Research
London, United KingdomDesigning a foundational biological database powered by AI and global field expedition data.
Biozeroc
Cambridge, United KingdomCreating zero-carbon, bio-manufactured concrete alternatives to eliminate construction sector emissions.
CardiaTec
Cambridge, United KingdomApplying AI to large-scale multi-omics data to discover next-generation therapeutics for cardiovascular disease.
CHARM Therapeutics
London, United KingdomStructure-based drug discovery using a 3D deep-learning protein-ligand co-folding platform to design small-molecule therapeutics.
Complement Therapeutics
London, United KingdomDeveloping innovative gene therapies and diagnostic tools to treat complement-mediated diseases.
Constructive Bio
Cambridge, United KingdomReprograms and synthesizes whole bacterial genomes to turn living cells into programmable factories for novel proteins, drugs and biomaterials.
Epoch Biodesign
London, United KingdomDesigning custom enzymes to transform plastic waste and other difficult materials into circular chemicals.
ExpressionEdits
Cambridge, United KingdomA computational genetic syntax engine that redesigns gene sequences with AI-driven intronization to boost protein expression for biomanufacturing and therapeutics.
ImmuONE
Hatfield, United KingdomDeveloping human 3D in vitro lung models for ethical and accurate inhalation toxicology testing.
Isomorphic Labs
London, United KingdomUses AI models of molecular structure to design new medicines.
Kyomei
Oxford, United KingdomUtilizing plant molecular farming to produce cost-effective, animal-free meat proteins inside crops.
Latent Labs
London, United KingdomAI research lab building generative models that design proteins, antibodies and binders from scratch to make biology programmable.
Lindus Health
London, United KingdomRuns clinical trials from start to finish through a proprietary software platform.
Outrun Therapeutics
Dundee, United KingdomUnlocking the therapeutic potential of protein stabilization through specialized E3 ligase platform technologies.
Pencil Biosciences
Manchester, United KingdomDeveloping a novel gene editing platform for therapeutics, manufacturing, and agriculture.
Quest Meat
Daresbury, United KingdomDeveloping sustainable, scalable cell-starter cultures and ingredients for the cultivated meat industry.
T-Therapeutics
Cambridge, United KingdomDeveloping next-generation T-cell receptor therapeutics to treat cancers and autoimmune diseases.
Wild Bioscience
Oxford, United KingdomDeveloping crop-improvement technologies by decoding the genetics of wild plants to boost yields and carbon capture.
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