Recently Funded Biotechnology Startups in the United Kingdom
Updated Oct 2026
There are 318 funded Biotechnology startups in the United Kingdom (UK) in the FundedIQ database, each with its funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the Biotechnology startup funding landscape in the United Kingdom, along with the 100 most recently funded Biotechnology startups in the United Kingdom.
The median disclosed round is $4.2M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $1.4M and $18M. London and Cambridge hold the deepest concentrations of these companies. Biotechnology startups in the United Kingdom closed 136 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 74 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $3.2B in disclosed capital.
Early stage activity dominates this sector, with a heavy concentration of seed and pre-seed entries. Most ventures maintain small teams, centered in London and Cambridge. Sourcing efforts find a high volume of nascent firms that lack established scale. This creates a market of early bets where the risk is high but the entry point is open.
Biotechnology funded startup statistics in the United Kingdom
Most recent funding round on record: Sep 2026. Investors appearing most often across Biotechnology in the United Kingdom funding rounds: Eli Lilly, Innovate UK.
100 most recently funded Biotechnology startups in the United Kingdom
100 of 318Ordered by the date of the latest funding round. Each row gives the company, its location and industry, what it does, the stage and date of that round, and the disclosed amount.
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Biotechnology startup funding trends in the United Kingdom
Funding activity
Biotechnology startups in the United Kingdom closed 136 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 74 of them in the last 12, adding up to $3.2B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $4.2M, with the middle half running from $1.4M to $18M. 124 of 136 rounds disclosed an amount.
Company size
The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Where are funded Biotechnology startups located in the United Kingdom?
Where funded Biotechnology startups in the United Kingdom are based, by the city on the company record.
Funding stages of funded Biotechnology startups in the United Kingdom
How the last 24 months of funding rounds for funded Biotechnology startups in the United Kingdom break down by stage.
A further 82 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.
About the FundedIQ Biotechnology startup funding data in the United Kingdom
FundedIQ tracks announced startup funding rounds and organises them by company, funding date, stage, amount, industry, location and investor. The dataset is refreshed weekly, and new rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, so the same round reported twice on different dates is recorded once.
Figures on this page cover the 318 funded Biotechnology startups in the United Kingdom currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (12 of 136 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded Biotechnology startups in the United Kingdom is dated Sep 2026.
The table above shows the 100 most recently funded companies. Full funding histories, investor lists and founder contacts across the whole dataset open on a FundedIQ plan.
Frequently asked questions
How many funded Biotechnology startups are there in the United Kingdom?
FundedIQ tracks 318 funded Biotechnology startups in the United Kingdom. This page lists the 100 most recently funded of them, ordered by the date of their latest round, and the full set is available on a FundedIQ plan.
How much funding have Biotechnology startups in the United Kingdom raised?
Biotechnology startups in the United Kingdom tracked by FundedIQ have raised $3.2B in disclosed capital across 136 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 74 rounds in the last 12 months. 124 of those 136 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
Which cities have the most funded Biotechnology startups in the United Kingdom?
London leads with 88 companies, then Cambridge (53), Oxford (24) and Edinburgh (18).
What is a typical funding round size for Biotechnology startups in the United Kingdom?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $4.2M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $1.4M and $18M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
What is the most common funding stage for Biotechnology startups in the United Kingdom?
Seed is the most common labelled stage, with 18 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Series A (18) and Pre-Seed (8). A further 82 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.
How often is the Biotechnology startup funding data in the United Kingdom updated?
The dataset is refreshed weekly. New rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, and the most recent round currently on record for funded Biotechnology startups in the United Kingdom is dated Sep 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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