Pathfinder Bio

Venture roundlatest round · Apr 2025 · 18 mo ago
2backers · Oxford Technology, SFC Capital
$412kgrants · 2 grants · CORDIS
2022founded

Overview

Improved enzymes for molecular biology, diagnostics and industry. At Pathfinder Bio, we use advanced enzyme engineering and low-cost protein production to make biotechnology more practical, scalable and sustainable: from molecular biology reagents to industrial biomanufacturing.

Funding and backers

Latest round
Venture round
Apr 2025 · 18 mo ago
Grants
$412k
2 grants · CORDIS
Backers
2
Oxford Technology, SFC Capital
The money's age
Due for its next round
18 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
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Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Feb 1 Won a grant $32k · CORDIS Apr 17, 2025 Raised a round Venture round Aug 1, 2023 Won a grant $381k · CORDIS Dec 14, 2022 Founded per the company register
Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Grant Feb 2026 $32k — CORDIS
Venture round Apr 2025 — — find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk
Grant Aug 2023 $381k — CORDIS
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
Legal entity PATHFINDER BIO LTD Companies House
Registered 14 Dec 2022
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Oxford Technology fund SFC Capital fund
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Financials

Total raised
$412k
Latest round
Grant
Funding rounds
3
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Grant 2026 $32k Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2025 — Details
Grant 2023 $381k Details

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Shared investors2
Oxford TechnologyVia a fund
58 portfolio companies: asymmetricsuzuki.co.uk, Electrowinning Technologies Ltd, Pi seal and 55 more
SFC CapitalVia a fund
468 portfolio companies
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Nottingham United Kingdom
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