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Grant Aarons

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Founder at Fabricnano

United Kingdom

Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $25K

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Grant Aarons is VP Life Sciences at OpenEvidence. From 2018 to 2025 he founded and led FabricNano, an AI-native biomanufacturing company in London that raised $25M from Atomico and angel investors, built an automated wet-lab, and sold deep-tech R&D to clients including Sumitomo Chemical, Veolia, Ginkgo Bioworks, and BASF; he wound down its core program in late 2024 and spun out two licensing ventures from the residual IP. He has made over 50 pre-seed and seed investments in companies such as Latent Labs, Peptone, and Hoxton Farms, co-founded the Entrepreneur First angel syndicate, and has consulted for companies in the generative AI and AI-services sector.

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Air Street CapitalSt. Peter Port · $500K – $10M checks · since 2019Amadeus Capital PartnersLondon · $50K – $12.7M checks · since 2021AtomicoLondon · since 2021BackedLondon · $500K – $5M checksBlossom CapitalLondon · since 2021BoxOne VenturesMontréal · $500K checksCharlie Songhurstsince 2019Dawn CapitalLondon · $317.5K – $6.3M checks · since 2021Dell Technologies CapitalPalo Alto · $500K – $50M checks · since 2021Entrepreneur FirstBengaluru · $1M – $7M checks · since 2019foobar.vcReykjavik · since 2019General CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checks · since 2021Hitachi VenturesMunich · since 2021Hoxton VenturesLondon · $500K – $5M checks · since 2021Insight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checks · since 2021LocalGlobeLondon · since 2021Merck Global Health Innovation FundRahway · since 2021Olima VenturesWashingtonPace VenturesBerlin · $550K – $1.6M checksPassion CapitalLondon · since 2021SeedcampLondon · $378K – $1.1M checks · since 2019Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2019SoftBank GroupTokyo · since 2019SOSVNew York · $30K – $550K checks · since 2021Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2021

Experience

  1. OpenEvidenceVP Life Sciencescurrent2026 — presentMiami, Florida, United States
  2. Portfolio (select investments)Early-stage investorcurrent2020 — presentUS / UK / EU
  3. Invisible TechnologiesAdvisor2024 — 2026
  4. FabricNanoFounder CEO/CTO2018 — 2025Greater London, England, United Kingdom
  5. Entrepreneur FirstEntrepreneur In Residence2018London, United Kingdom
  6. London Business SchoolMaster of Research (withdrawal from PhD Economics Programme)2016 — 2018London Area, United Kingdom
  7. Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkResearch Analyst2014 — 2016New York City Metropolitan Area

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Who is Grant Aarons?
Grant Aarons is VP Life Sciences at OpenEvidence. From 2018 to 2025 he founded and led FabricNano, an AI-native biomanufacturing company in London that raised $25M from Atomico and angel investors, built an automated wet-lab, and sold deep-tech R&D to clients including Sumitomo Chemical, Veolia, Ginkgo Bioworks, and BASF; he wound down its core program in late 2024 and spun out two licensing ventures from the residual IP. He has made over 50 pre-seed and seed investments in companies such as Latent Labs, Peptone, and Hoxton Farms, co-founded the Entrepreneur First angel syndicate, and has consulted for companies in the generative AI and AI-services sector.
Where does Grant Aarons work?
Grant Aarons is Founder of Fabricnano.
What check size does Grant Aarons write?
Grant Aarons typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
What companies did Grant Aarons found?
Grant Aarons founded Fabricnano.
What companies has Grant Aarons invested in?
Investments tracked here include Healthtech 1, Hirebolt, Mytos, Nanograb, Ochre Bio, Spot Health, Valink Therapeutics.
Where did Grant Aarons go to school?
Grant Aarons studied at London Business School (Master of Research, Economics); The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (Bachelor of Science and Engineering (B.S.E.), Mechanical Engineering).

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