About Outsized Ventures
Outsized Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2021. It is primarily based out of London, United Kingdom. As of Feb 2025, Outsized Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 14 companies, with 3 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in United Kingdom based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Life Sciences to High Tech and Enterprise Applications. Most recently it led the $1.6M Seed round of MixRift along with SOSV. This round also saw participation from Underline Ventures.
Overall, Outsized Ventures portfolio has seen 1 acquisition, namely Biomage. A lot of funds co-invest with Outsized Ventures, with names like Redalpine sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio.
Outsized Ventures has team of 8 people including 4 partners.
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Outsized Ventures' List of Top Investments
Outsized Ventures has a portfolio of 14 companies. Their most notable investments are in MixRift and Julienne Bruno.Their portfolio spans across United Kingdom, United States, Canada听补苍诲 3 more locations. They have invested in Life Sciences, High Tech, Enterprise Applications听补苍诲 10 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by Outsized Ventures:1.
Key facts about Mahana
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Deadpooled
- Total Funding till date: $81M
- Employee Count: 70 as on Dec 31, 2021
- Investors: Lux Capital, For Good Ventures and
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Aug 11, 2021, $61M
2. Magdrive
Developer of electric propulsion systems for satellites. It provides users with a platform that designs and develops plasma thrusters, which work with high-density propellants. It has an unparalleled power-to-mass ratio. The plasma is generated using a magnetic field.
Key facts about Magdrive
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Harwell (United Kingdom)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $12.4M
- Employee Count: 10 as on Jul 31, 2022
- Investors: Founders Fund, EIC Fund and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Feb 25, 2025, $10.5M
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Developer of cancer vaccines and companion diagnostics. Its platform technology uses proprietary algorithms to mine patient genetic profiles and match them to their response to therapeutic vaccines. It has two diagnostic products. The PEPI test is a genetic test that predicts the patient's antigen-specific immune response, which in turn can be used to predict the patient's response to therapeutic cancer vaccines. The PEPI test is approved as an IVD kit in Europe. The other diagnostic test under development is the Melanoma PEPI Test for identifying high-risk melanoma patients. In addition, the company is developing the PolyPEPI vaccine and companion diagnostic family of products for melanoma, breast cancer, and lung cancer. The companion diagnostics will be used for the biomarker-based stratification of patients.
Key facts about Treos Bio
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Valuation: $45.2M as on Jun 10, 2020
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $22M
- Employee Count: 12 as on Dec 31, 2020
- Investors: Cashline Investment Holding, Luminous Ventures and
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Mar 31, 2021, $14M
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
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Developer of mRNA therapeutics for immuno-oncology using deep learning technology. The company is developing platforms using deep learning algorithms and big data to design better mRNA therapeutics. The platform helps in three processes: codon-engineering, smart designing and non-immunogenic selection.
Key facts about Kernal Biologics
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Cambridge (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $35.8M
- Employee Count: 18 as on Dec 31, 2022
- Investors: Amgen, Gaingels and
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Feb 25, 2022, $25M
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Developer of lab-grown fat substitute products. The platform design and development using a tissue culture system by combining biology and mathematical modeling. The platform grows animal fat in bioreactors to produce cruelty-free and sustainable ingredients.
Key facts about Hoxton Farms
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Valuation: 拢55.2M as on Jan 30, 2023
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $25.7M
- Employee Count: 14 as on Aug 31, 2021
- Investors: Founders Fund, Collab Fund and
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, 2023
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Outsized Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Outsized Ventures has invested in 14 companies over the last 3 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 3 years. In 2024, it made 2 investments, while as of Feb 2025, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Magdrive.
Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st听搁辞耻苍诲 | Follow-on | Total | |
2025 (YTD) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Outsized Ventures' Investments by Stage
Outsized Ventures has made 4 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $5.43M and 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $10M.Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 4 |
Series A | 1 |
Outsized Ventures' Investments by Sector
Outsized Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the High Tech, AR VR - Industry Applications, Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech, Consumer Goods and Enterprise Applications. Notably, it has invested in 9 Tech companies, 8 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 3 Software companies and at least 2 companies focusing on Native AI.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
High Tech | 2 |
AR VR - Industry Applications | 1 |
Aerospace, Maritime and Defense Tech | 1 |
Consumer Goods | 1 |
Enterprise Applications | 1 |
Others | 7 |
Outsized Ventures' Investments by Geography
Outsized Ventures has made most investments in United Kingdom (3), followed by Romania where it has made 1 investment.
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | 3 |
Romania | 1 |
Spain | 1 |
Outsized Ventures' recent investments
Here are the most recent investments by Outsized Ventures:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 25, 2025 | United Kingdom | Seed | $10.5M | Redalpine [+5] | |
Nov 14, 2024 | Spain | Seed | $3.71M | YZR Capital [+3] | |
Aug 07, 2024 | Romania | Seed | $1.6M | Underline Ventures [+1] | |
Nov 04, 2022 | United Kingdom | Seed | $5.91M | Cherry Ventures [+2] | |
Mar 31, 2022 | United Kingdom | Series A | $10M | Xplorer Capital [+2] |
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Here are Outsized Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 16, 2024 | - | - | - |
Team profile of Outsized Ventures
Outsized Ventures has a team of 8 members听颈苍肠濒耻诲颈苍驳 4 Partners and 1 Venture Partner聽located in United Kingdom, United States and . Outsized Ventures' team sits on the board of 4 companies.Here is a list of all team members in Outsized Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact details |
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Partner | London | |||
Partner | Lisbon | |||
Partner | London | - | ||
Partner | San Francisco | - | - | |
Venture Partner | Chicago | - | - | |
Advisor | London | - | - | |
Advisor | Westminster | - | - | |
Advisor | San Francisco | - | - |
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Over the past 3 years, 27 investors have co-invested in Outsized Ventures's portfolio companies.
- Invested before Outsized Ventures:听EIC Fund, Founders Fund and 13 others have invested in rounds before Outsized Ventures. There are 1 company where EIC Fund has invested before Outsized Ventures and 1 company where Founders Fund has invested before Outsized Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Outsized Ventures:听12 investors entered a company along with Outsized Ventures. These include investors like Redalpine (1 company).
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