Northstar Ventures
Impact investorNewcastle upon Tyne · Pre-Seed–Late Stage · 19 people tracked
Investment thesis
Northstar Ventures backs high-growth companies working on solutions to global challenges, concentrating on climate tech and healthy ageing. The firm believes innovation and capital can generate positive impact for people and the planet, and it partners with founders and investors motivated by both financial returns and meaningful change. Beyond capital, it offers expertise, experience and a network to help portfolio companies scale. Rooted in the north of England with a global outlook, it runs funds including an EIS Growth Fund, the North East Spinout Inspire Fund for university spinouts, and the Venture Sunderland Fund for companies based in the Sunderland city region.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 19 people
from the firm's website & curated & public directories
What they invest in
from 9 of 15 portfolio companiesNew Materials ×3AI & Machine Learning ×2Biotech ×2Cleantech ×2Deep Tech ×2SaaS ×2Circular Economy ×1Construction Tech ×1
HQs:United Kingdom×7
Investments · 15 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathCo-investorsShackleton Ventures Ltd.
Vietnamese AI question-and-answer app combining large language models, local content and a social knowledge community.
Co-investorsAppWorks VenturesSquare Peg CapitalAppWorksArgor Capital
Blair West is an executive search and finance recruitment firm placing senior leadership roles such as Chairs, CEOs, CFOs and C-suite positions, along with finance and professional services (accountancy, tax, audit, legal, property) roles.
Future of WorkHR Tech
Gnosis Health builds longitudinal clinical intelligence tools that provide continuous, individualised care between medical appointments, focused on chronic disease management.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechNewcastle upon Tyne, GB
Cleantech company pioneering clean energy solutions.
Lithium Salvage is developing an end-to-end household Lithium-ion battery recycling process that uses lower-power methods and organic chemistry to chemically separate and refine metals such as Nickel, Manganese, Cobalt and Lithium from battery "black mass".
Circular EconomyCleantechNew Materials
Simon Robeson(Chairman & Founder (Commercial Director))inDuncan Noble(Chief Executive Officer)inRichard Henderson(Chief Financial Officer)inDavid Livesley(Chief Technical Officer)in
Low Carbon Materials develops materials-science additives that reduce the carbon footprint of concrete and asphalt, offering "drop-in" products such as ACLA that integrate into existing manufacturing workflows.
CleantechConstruction TechNew Materials
Co-investorsAda Ventures
NunaBio manufactures high-complexity DNA constructs from challenging sequences up to production-scale volumes using a modular, cell-free "DNA micro-foundry" platform.
BiotechDeep TechHardwareNew Materials
Co-investorsEMV CapitalMartlet CapitalMaven Capital Partners
One Utility Bill combines energy, broadband, TV, TV licence and water into a single monthly payment for renters and homeowners, with the option to split bills between housemates.
ConsumerEnergyMarketplaces
Co-investorsDSW VenturesMiddleton Enterprises
Paid is a payments platform for accounts payable, supplier onboarding, reconciliation and supply chain finance, with automated compliance checks (company, PEPs and sanctions screening across 206 countries), tiered approval flows and ERP integrations.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSDarlington, GB
Co-investorsTechstarsCrane Venture PartnersEQT VenturesFUSELightspeed Venture Partners
PolyBox is an AI-assisted marketing reporting platform that connects to over 700 data sources (including Google Ads, Meta Ads, Google Analytics, and HubSpot) to automatically generate interactive reports with pre-built KPIs, forecasts, and performance summaries.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesPaid · finance.yahoo.com · Sep 29, 2025
AI Hay · technode.global · Jul 2, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Northstar Ventures made?
- Northstar Ventures has 9 tracked investments.
- What stage does Northstar Ventures invest at?
- Northstar Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What is Northstar Ventures's typical check size?
- Northstar Ventures typically writes checks of $38.1K – $1.3M.
- What sectors does Northstar Ventures focus on?
- Northstar Ventures focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, Biotech, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Consumer, E-commerce, EdTech, Energy, Enterprise Software, Future of Work, Hardware, Healthtech, Impact & Social Good, Longevity, New Materials, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Northstar Ventures located?
- Northstar Ventures is headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne, GB.
- Does Northstar Ventures lead rounds?
- Northstar Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Northstar Ventures co-invest with?
- Northstar Ventures most often shares deals with EMV Capital, Martlet Capital, Maven Capital Partners, among 4 tracked co-investors.
Images
Co-investors · 1
Alma Angels is an inclusive community of angels, founders, investors, and partners who pledge time and capital to support women founders, aiming to generate $1 trillion in women-led wealth by 2050 through capital access, education, and collaboration.
Firms observed investing alongside Northstar Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Northstar Ventures's recorded portfolio.
Similar investors
Everywhere Ventures is an early-stage venture firm, backed by a community of founders and operators as LPs, that writes early checks (including pre-seed) into startups across many sectors and geographies.
Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm founded by Vinod Khosla.
VenturEast is one of India's longest-standing venture capital fund managers, investing since 1997 and managing over $325 million across more than 100 investments in technology, healthcare, and clean environment.
UntroD Capital is a deep-tech-focused investment firm that backs research-and-development-driven startups whose innovative technologies address challenges facing the planet and humanity, an approach it terms 'Real Tech'.