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Old College Capital — Seed VC Firm

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Old College Capital is a Seed venture capital firm investing in Deep Tech, Other, Healthcare. The firm has 10 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
10 companies on record
Partners
1 listed
AUM
$1B
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Deep Tech, Other, Healthcare, EdTech, AI / ML, Climate / Energy, Developer Tools
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Last verified: 2026-10-12

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

AUM

$1.0B

Portfolio

10+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Old College Capital is the University of Edinburgh’s in-house venture fund, backing early-stage companies including climate and biochar-related startups. It invests at seed stage into technically ambitious ventures.

How Old College Capital invests

Old College Capital is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Deep Tech, Other, Healthcare, EdTech, AI / ML.

Old College Capital manages approximately $1B in assets. Our records include 4 funds raised by the firm.

Old College Capital has backed 10 companies in our records, including Excellio Labs, REBEL BIONICS, KONPANION.

Partners & Team

U

Unknown

GP

Seed
Deep tech

Industry Focus

Invests In

Deep Tech
Other
Healthcare
EdTech
AI / ML
Climate / Energy
Developer Tools

Funds

Fund IV

$350M2020
actively investing

Fund III

$300M2016
fully deployed

Fund II

$200M2011
fully deployed

Fund I

$150M2007
fully deployed

Portfolio Companies (10)

Other

EX

Excellio Labs

Not specified in source; appears to be an early-stage startup·Pre-seed·Old College Capital Launch 20

Pre-seed startup supported in OCC’s Launch 20 cohort.

RE

REBEL BIONICS

Not specified in source; appears to be a health/medtech startup·Pre-seed·Old College Capital Launch 20

Pre-seed startup supported in OCC’s Launch 20 cohort.

KO

KONPANION

Not specified in source; appears to be an early-stage startup·Pre-seed·Old College Capital Launch 20

Pre-seed startup supported in OCC’s Launch 20 cohort.

NG

NGentec

Clean energy / wind tech·Early-stage / venture

Wind-power technology company formed from the University of Edinburgh.

BL

Blackford Analysis

Health tech / medical imaging AI·Venture

Medical imaging software company; later acquired by Bayer.

SY

SymphoMe

Not specified in source; appears to be an education/health or software startup·Pre-seed·Old College Capital Launch 20

Pre-seed startup supported in OCC’s Launch 20 cohort.

CA

Carbon Glance

Climate tech·Pre-seed·Old College Capital Launch 20

Pre-seed startup supported in OCC’s Launch 20 cohort.

PO

Podspectrix

Not specified in source; appears to be a hardware/data startup·Pre-seed·Old College Capital Launch 20

Pre-seed startup supported in OCC’s Launch 20 cohort.

SI

SimPat

Not specified in source; appears to be an early-stage startup·Pre-seed·Old College Capital Launch 20

Pre-seed startup supported in OCC’s Launch 20 cohort.

AM

Amytis Ltd

Not specified in source; appears to be an early-stage startup·Pre-seed·Old College Capital Launch 20

Pre-seed startup supported in OCC’s Launch 20 cohort.

How to pitch Old College Capital
  • •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Deep Tech, Other, Healthcare — the sectors they actively back.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Unknown, GP.
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