£1.7m investment round led by Northstar Ventures to develop pioneering refinery for waste Lithium-ion household battery materials in Sunderland.

Northstar Ventures has led a £1.7m investment round, via its Venture Sunderland Fund, into Lithium Salvage, who plan to build a pioneering refinery for waste Lithium-ion household battery materials based in Sunderland. The volume of waste generated from Lithium-ion household batteries used in items such as power tools, mobile phones and vacuum cleaners is already […]
OnHand Secures £750,000 Investment to Help Businesses Supercharge Corporate Responsibility with Its Social Impact Platform

OnHand Secures £750,000 Investment to Help Businesses Supercharge Corporate Responsibility with Its Social Impact Platform. Northstar Ventures has led a £750,000 investment round into OnHand, the innovative social impact platform enabling businesses to become more responsible by empowering employees to drive meaningful change through corporate social responsibility initiatives. £325,000 has been invested by the […]
Northstar Venture’s Final North East Social Investment Fund Investment: A £272,500 boost for the Foundation for Good

Northstar Ventures has invested £235,000, alongside a £37,500 grant from the Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland, in Foundation for Good, a charity based in Consett. Foundation for Good is transforming the lives of local residents by offering a powerful blend of alternative educational services, specialist boxing training and health and wellbeing services, whilst […]
Northstar Ventures lead £1.6m funding round into AI-powered customer feedback analysis provider Wordnerds

Gateshead-based Wordnerds’ innovative AI customer insight analysis tool has gained the company £720,000 of investment from Northstar Ventures as part of a £1.6m a funding round. Several well-known organisations such as Sainsbury’s, M&S, Network Rail and the Department for Work and Pensions are using Wordnerds’ product, which enables them to identify in real time how […]
Welcome to Dr Will Cousins

Northstar Ventures adds fresh talent to its investment team Congratulations to Dr Will Cousins on joining the team at Northstar Ventures as an investment manager. Will completed his PhD in Translational and Clinical Research at Newcastle University. With an extensive background in life sciences, his research has focused on identifying novel prognostic biomarkers and treatment […]
Northstar Ventures backs AMLo Biosciences in the fight against skin cancer with £800,000 of funding

Innovative individualised prognostic test producer AMLo Biosciences has received £800,000 of investment from North East based VC Northstar Ventures, matched by Esperante Ventures, completing a total round of £1.6 million. A spin-out from Newcastle University, the company has developed a simple to use diagnostic test called AMBLor®. The test allows clinicians to ascertain whether early-stage […]
Northstar Ventures Event on 11th December – Unlocking female success in Venture Capital

Announcing our series of 1-2-1 Venture Capital mentoring sessions The sessions led by Naomi Allen Seales are open to undergraduates, postgraduates, and anyone in industry curious about careers in Venture Capital. First session date: Wednesday, 11th December Location: Northstar Ventures office, Maybrook House, Newcastle Session length: 30 minutes Interested? Book your slot here: https://lnkd.in/eT4iddG2 Know someone […]
Positive Support For You empowers lives with £150,000 of funds from Northstar Ventures

Co-Authored by Laura Goldsmith Positive Support for You (PSFY) aims to transform care by transforming lives with individualised support for people in need. Following the £150,000 investment from Northstar Ventures, Positive Support for You can reach more people, families and communities and pave the way for a revolutionised system of care on a larger scale. […]
Funding Boost of £287,500 for cultural hub, Dance City

Each year Dance City works with a diverse range of over 8,000 people in a variety of settings around the North East. They are an operator of a purpose-built dance centre off Waterloo Square in Newcastle where people can get together to participate in, experience and enjoy dance. In this cultural hub, both aspiring and […]
Northstar Ventures makes its first investment from the Venture Sunderland Fund into FAT32

FAT32 takes the costs out of compliance with £350,000 first investment from the Venture Sunderland Fund Northstar Ventures has ignited its new Venture Sunderland Fund leading a £625,000 investment round into FAT32, a company making exciting changes in the regulatory tech industry. The words ‘compliance’ and ‘innovation’ are rarely found in the same sentence. However, […]
Northstar Ventures launches new £15m fund to drive growth and prosperity in Sunderland

Northstar’s new Venture Sunderland Fund, which has been designed to accelerate the growth of start-ups and scale-ups in Sunderland, is set to play a key part in the city’s transformation, fostering innovation, creating high-quality jobs and driving long-term prosperity in Sunderland and the wider north. The fund will complement and leverage the £2bn+ regeneration programme […]
Low Carbon Materials raise £3 million in investment to advance their mission of making net zero construction a reality

Low Carbon Materials (LCM) have received funding to scale production capacity and accelerate growth in another important milestone in their journey to decarbonize the construction industry. The built environment sector accounts for 25% of the UK’s carbon emissions and reducing emissions from the sector will be a crucial component of achieving net zero. To date, […]
AMLo Biosciences passes another important milestone with its ground-breaking cancer test

Rapidly evolving cancer diagnostics company AMLo Biosciences have just received the UKCA marker for their patented melanoma test, AMBLor®. This means that AMBLor® can now be marketed and used by the NHS and private healthcare professionals throughout the UK. Simply put, AMBLor® helps to detect the presence of biomarkers which identify if patients are at […]
Northstar Ventures invests £400,000 into award winning synthetic DNA producer NunaBio

Northstar Ventures invests £400,000 into award winning synthetic DNA producer NunaBio Northstar Ventures has invested a further £400,000 into NunaBio, a fast scaling Newcastle-based company that is meeting demand for synthesised DNA in a market which is set to grow exponentially. NunaBio’s technology enables it to supply DNA to its clients rapidly and at a […]
Northstar Ventures makes investment in recruitment specialist Blair West

Northstar Ventures has made its first investment in a fast-growing recruitment specialist. Blair West combines a wealth of industry experience with sophisticated technology, and an effective approach to matching ambitious professionals with high growth businesses. With bases in both Newcastle and London, the company has a strong track record of managing successful recruitment campaigns in […]
Funding boost of £700,000 for iconic Tyneside Cinema

Newcastle’s iconic Tyneside Cinema has recently received a £700,000 loan from the North East Social Investment Fund, managed by Northstar Ventures. For the cinema, as with so many of our cultural venues, times have been challenging. But now, this beloved city centre venue – which most locals know as ‘the Tyneside’ – is in a […]