Pre-Seed Investment & Venture Building
Zinc invests in and builds Science-for-Impact ventures tackling urgent and complex problems in health and the environment.
We work with exceptional founders at the earliest and riskiest stages – from Start to Seed – combining deep technical expertise with hands-on venture-building support.
Our model helps founders de-risk their innovation, accelerate development, and lay the foundations for scalable impact and commercial success.
Zinc’s portfolio spans therapeutics, engineering biology, clinical services, clean technologies, and beyond. If you are building in one of these areas, and are looking for your first investor partner – we want to hear from you!
Zinc Innovation Partners
Zinc Innovation Partners works with leading funders, universities, and institutions to reimagine how science achieves impact.
We design and deliver mission-led programmes that bring together multidisciplinary research, entrepreneurial experience, and practical commercialisation support, transforming promising ideas into real-world innovations.
Through initiatives like the UKRI Food Systems Catalyst and the Zinc Innovation Fellowships, we’re mobilising new collaborations, unlocking dormant IP, and helping reshape the ecosystem that connects scientific discovery to impact at scale.
Inflection by Zinc
Inflection by Zinc is a new platform designed to help mid-career professionals achieve the impact they want in their careers through science.
We are building a global community of “Inflectioneers” – talented individuals from science, business, and the public sector who are ready to make bold career shifts towards purpose and impact.
Through peer-to-peer pods, coaching, and an AI-native platform, Inflection supports people to design their next 1,000-day journey and act on it.
Inflection’s mission is to help 100,000 professionals reimagine their careers for impact – creating a new generation of leaders at the intersection of science and impact.
Backing the next generation of Science-for-Impact innovators
Investment pitch decks are assessed on a rolling basis and we strongly advise you to review our priority investment areas prior to submission.
