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Firms / Ahren Innovation Capital LLP
Ahren Innovation Capital LLP
Institutional venture firmCambridge, Cambridgeshireahreninnovationcapital.comSEC venture capital fund adviser
Ahren Innovation Capital is a World Changing Institution. A group of highly diverse, creative and original thinkers, at the cutting edge of their domains.
venture manager, reported GAV $573M across 2 vehicles
Importance
42
elevated
Active deployment
30
moderate
Emerging
0
low
Completeness
75
high
Freshness
100
high
Research priority
13
low
Identity and regulatory footprint
- Headquarters
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdomadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- THE BRADFIELD CENTRE 184 CAMBRIDGE SCIENCE PARK, MILTON ROAD, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 0GAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- 4.47907E+11adviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC adviser type
- exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- venture capital fund adviseradviserinfo.sec.govItem 2.B(1): advises solely venture capital funds
- Latest Form ADV
- Mar 25, 2024
- Private funds reported
- 2 (2 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets
- $573Madviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Owners on Schedule A
- FSP Limited (Member), NA; FMF Limited (Member), NA; Stava Limited (Designated Member), NA
- business phone
- 4.47907E+11adviserinfo.sec.govpublished by the subject
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
27 observed deals
Stated (the firm’s website)
- Sectors
- ai, energy, deep tech, hardware, robotics, space
- Stages
- pre seed, seed, series a, early, multi stage
- Geography
- not stated
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Observed (from deals on record)
Stage at participation: no observed deals yet
Stage at first entry: no observed deals yet
Sectors
unknown 96%Biotechnology 4%
lead rate n/afollow-on rate n/anew logos, 12 months 27
Funds and vehicles
2 reported
| Vehicle | Type | Vintage | Lifecycle | Reported GAV | Owners | Form D sold | Latest Form D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahren II L.P. | Fund | 2022 form d first sale | Active deployment | $309M Mar 25, 2024 | 44 | $84.0M | May 10, 2024 |
| Ahren LP | Fund | unknown | Unknown | $264M Mar 25, 2024 | 82 | unknown | unknown |
GAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.
Investment team
19 current, 2 departed
Phoebe Seltzer
AssociateAssociate
Sabila Chilaeva
AssociateAssociate
Vera Kunz
AssociateAssociate
David Novak
Board or advisoryAdvisor
Alice Vanessa Newcombe-Ellis
Founder or executiveCeo · since Sep 1, 2017
Alice Newcombe-Ellis
General partnerFounding & General Partner
Lord Martin Rees
Managing partnerFounding Partner
Professor Andy Parker
Managing partnerFounding Partner
Professor Zoubin Ghahramani
Managing partnerFounding Partner
Sir Gregory Winter
Managing partnerFounding Partner
Sir Shankar Balasubramanian
Managing partnerFounding Partner
Sir Steve Jackson
Managing partnerFounding Partner
Sir Venki Ramakrishnan
Managing partnerFounding Partner
Janusz Marecki
PartnerAI Partner
Joanna Green
PartnerPartner
Professor Roberto Cipolla
PartnerScience Partner
Anuj Nanwani
PrincipalPrincipal
Oliver Hedaux
PrincipalPrincipal
Peter Baines
Venture partnerVenture Partner
2 departed (kept with end dates)
- Alma Louise Donohoe · Investment Partner · May 1, 2018 to Mar 26, 2020 Inference
- Peter Anthony Baines · Investment Partner · May 1, 2018 to Mar 21, 2019 Inference
Investments on record
27 edges, 27 companies, 0 partner-attributed
“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.
Co-investors
10 relationships from shared deals, counted for the whole firm
AIR Street Capital II LP 2 shared · recurringCollaborative Fund Management LLC 1 shared · one timeCoatue Management, L.L.C. 1 shared · one timeDCVC 1 shared · one timeSynthesis Capital LLP 1 shared · one timeNSV Management LLC 1 shared · one timeMV Advisers LLP 1 shared · one timeWalden Catalyst 1 shared · one timeNeman Ventures LLC 1 shared · one timePledge Ventures Ltd 1 shared · one time
Limited partners
0 disclosed
No LP commitment on record. An LP edge needs a public disclosure with a quote: a pension report (see Limited partners for the plans read), a fund announcement naming the LP, or a Form ADV owner. The fund page carries the LP’s reported performance.
Timeline
7 dated events
- Sep 16, 2026Web Design London no longer listed on Ahren Innovation Capital LLP's portfolio pageRemoved from portfolio pagePortfolioInferenceWeb Design LondonVenture organization websites (about, team, portfolio, thesis, news pages)
- Mar 30, 2023Ahren II L.P. first reported on Form ADV by Ahren Innovation Capital LLP (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $283,544,979Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactAhren II L.P.SEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Mar 26, 2020Alma Louise Donohoe (Investment Partner) no longer on Schedule A of Ahren Innovation Capital LLP
- Mar 21, 2019Peter Anthony Baines (Investment Partner) no longer on Schedule A of Ahren Innovation Capital LLP
- Jul 19, 2018Ahren Innovation Capital LLP first filed Form ADV (ERA, venture capital fund adviser exemption)First SEC adviser filingOrganizationFactSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Jul 19, 2018Ahren LP first reported on Form ADV by Ahren Innovation Capital LLP (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $100,000,000Fund first reported on Form ADVFundsFactAhren LPSEC Form ADV filing data 2011 to 2024 (every filing, Schedule D 7.B.(1) private funds, Schedules A/B)
- Jul 11, 2018Ahren LP filed Form D: no sales yet (indefinite offering), Venture Capital Fund
Classification history
- Sep 12, 2026Institutional venture firm (confirmed, 95%, cls-1)venture manager, reported GAV $573M across 2 vehicles
Evidence
49 observations from 3 sources