4BIO Capital is an international venture capital firm focused solely on the advanced therapies sector.
4BIO’s objective is to invest in, support, and grow early stage companies developing treatments in areas of high unmet medical need, with the ultimate goal of ensuring access to these potentially curative therapies for all patients. Specifically, it looks for viable, high-quality opportunities in cell and gene therapy, RNA-based therapy, targeted therapies, and the microbiome.
The 4BIO team comprises leading advanced therapy scientists and experienced life science investors who have collectively published over 250 scientific articles in prestigious academic journals including Nature, The Lancet, Cell, and the New England Journal of Medicine. 4BIO has both an unrivalled network within the advanced therapy sector and a unique understanding of the criteria that define a successful investment opportunity in this space.
For more information, please visit www.4biocapital.com
4BIO’s objective is to invest in, support, and grow early stage companies developing treatments in areas of high unmet medical need, with the ultimate goal of ensuring access to these potentially curative therapies for all patients. Specifically, it looks for viable, high-quality opportunities in cell and gene therapy, RNA-based therapy, targeted therapies, and the microbiome.
The 4BIO team comprises leading advanced therapy scientists and experienced life science investors who have collectively published over 250 scientific articles in prestigious academic journals including Nature, The Lancet, Cell, and the New England Journal of Medicine. 4BIO has both an unrivalled network within the advanced therapy sector and a unique understanding of the criteria that define a successful investment opportunity in this space.
For more information, please visit www.4biocapital.com
Location: United Kingdom, England, Westminster
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2014
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
Portfolio 8
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 06.10.2025 | Trogenix | trogenix.com | $94.43M | United Kin... |
| 10.07.2025 | Actithera | actithera.com | $75.5M | Norway |
| 13.11.2023 | ViaNautis | vianautis.com | $25M | - |
| 08.06.2022 | LUCA Scien... | luca-science.com | $30.3M | Japan, Chu... |
| 04.01.2022 | Ray Therap... | raytherapeutics.com | $110M | United Sta... |
| 20.04.2021 | Code Bioth... | codebiotx.com | $85M | United Sta... |
| 27.10.2020 | SparingVis... | sparingvision.com | $202.94M | France, Il... |
| 22.10.2020 | Araris Bio... | ararisbiotech.com | $46.11M | Switzerlan... |
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| Date | Title | Description |
| 16.08.2024 | 4BIO Capital Portfolio Company Ascend Acquires Florida-Based GMP Manufacturing Capacity | - |
| 16.08.2024 | 4BIO Capital Strengthens Advisory Board and Investment Team | - |
| 16.08.2024 | 4BIO Capital Portfolio Company Hornet Therapeutics emerges from stealth with data published in Science demonstrating the first potential drug intervention for Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) driven disease | - |
| 10.01.2024 | Development Bank of Japan invests in 4BIO Capital’s Ventures III fund | 4BIO Ventures III targeting $200-300 million to unlock the treatments of the future by investing in advanced therapies and other emerging technologies |
| 13.11.2023 | 4BIO Capital jointly leads $25 million Series A financing of ViaNautis Bio | - ViaNautis’s proprietary drug delivery platform polyNaut® is designed to deliver genetic therapeutic payloads across difficult-to-penetrate biological barriers, developing new medicines for diseases with unmet clinical need |
| 12.11.2023 | Araris Biotech AG Announces Research Collaboration with Taiho Pharmaceutical | AU ZH, SWITZERLAND, November 8, 2023 – Araris Biotech AG (“Araris”), a Swiss oncology biotech company developing next-generation antibody drug conjugates (ADCs), today announced they have entered a collaboration agreement under which Araris... |
| 30.10.2023 | SparingVision named a ‘Fierce 15’ Company by Fierce Biotech | SparingVision, a clinical-stage genomic medicine company developing vision-saving treatments for ocular diseases, announces that it has been named by Fierce Biotech as one of 2023’s ‘Fierce 15’ biotechnology companies, designating it as one... |
| 04.07.2023 | Cell and gene therapy manufacturing: the next generation of startups | 4BIO Capital portfolio company Ascend Gene and Cell Therapies has featured in a BioPharma Dive article from the State of Play series that takes a look at the emerging cell and gene therapy manufacturing companies |
| 18.05.2023 | 4BIO Capital Participates in $130M Funding of New Gene and Cell Manufacturing Specialist Ascend | Expert transatlantic teams merge to establish Ascend as new facilitator for gene and cell therapy companies to translate product ideas into viable clinical programs |
| 18.05.2023 | 4BIO Capital Portfolio Company Ray Therapeutics Closes Oversubscribed $100M Series A Financing | - Ray Therapeutics Closes Oversubscribed $100M Series A Financing |
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Mentions in press and media 49
| Date | Title | Description |
| 06.11.2025 | DIGIT Deal Roundup | October 2025 | Welcome to October 2025’s DIGIT Deal Roundup. Christmas came very early for a raft of Scottish firms last month, with tens of millions in fresh investment targeting Scotland’s medtech stars, robot builders, EV makers, and agri-tech innovato... |
| 13.10.2025 | Trogenix: $95 Million Series A Closed For Advancing Clinical Development Of Curative Cancer Therapies | Trogenix, a biotech company dedicated to developing innovative therapies for cancer treatment, announced the closing of its Series A financing round at £70 million (approximately $95 million). This funding will accelerate the development of... |
| 07.10.2025 | Precision Oncology Pioneer Trogenix Secures Landmark €80M Series A for Curative Cancer Fight | Trogenix, an Edinburgh-based biotech, secured a monumental €80 million Series A funding. This capital empowers its pursuit of curative cancer treatments for aggressive solid tumors. The firm's Odysseus platform uses advanced gene control an... |
| 06.10.2025 | Edin Uni Spinout Trogenix Raises £70M to Treat Aggressive Cancers | University of Edinburgh spinout Trogenix, which is developing curative therapies for aggressive, treatment-resistant cancers, has completed Series A financing of £70 million. The funding will allow the biotech company to rapidly advance its... |
| 06.10.2025 | Edinburgh-based BioTech Trogenix lands €80 million to accelerate curative cancer treatments | Trogenix Ltd, a Scottish BioTech company dedicated to innovative cancer therapies, announced the completion of its Series A financing, raising €80 million, to advance its pipeline of potentially curative cancer therapies across multiple agg... |
| 30.07.2025 | NUS Enterprise pledges $116 M to accelerate growth of deep tech start-ups in Singapore | To support the expansion of deep tech start-ups, NUS Enterprise, the entrepreneurial division of the National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore’s premier comprehensive research university, is investing S$150 million ($116 million) to... |
| 22.07.2025 | First-of-its-kind Venture Capital Programme in Asia launches as NUS commits S$150 million to boost growth of deep tech start-ups | NUS will invest S$50 million (US$39 million) in selected venture capital (VC) firms to provide structured support for NUS tech start-ups. S$100 million will be committed to an autonomous investment fund focused on NUS-affiliated start-ups, ... |
| 22.07.2025 | Singapore's NUS launches $116m VC programme to back deep tech startups | NUS Enterprise, the entrepreneurial arm of the National University of Singapore (NUS), has committed S$150 million ($116 million) for the NUS VC Programme that aims to support early-stage tech innovation. NUS will commit S$50 million ($39 m... |
| 14.07.2025 | Actithera Secures $75.5 Million to Propel Precision Radioligand Therapies | Actithera, a cutting-edge biotech firm, recently secured $75.5 million in oversubscribed Series A funding. This significant capital injection powers their precision radioligand therapy (RLT) initiatives. Funds will advance their lead FAP as... |
| 10.07.2025 | Actithera: $75.5 Million Series A Raised For Transforming Precision Radioligand Therapy | Actithera, a biotech company specializing in radiopharmaceuticals, has secured $75.5 million in an oversubscribed Series A financing round. This funding will help advance their lead FAP (Fibroblast Activation Protein) asset into clinical de... |
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