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Inga Deakin

Health and Life Sciences VC at Molten Ventures

London, England

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Principal

    2020

    Investing in Healthtech, Life Sciences, TechBio in UK and Europe

2025

  • Director

    2025

    Led €31m Series C with ACT, Seroba, Charles River Labs in digital pathology AI company serving pharma and healthcare systems.

2023

  • Director

    2023

    Led $12m Series A: https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/20/healthcare-platform-anima-brings-salesforce-like-capabilities-to-clinics-raises-12m/

  • Director

    2023

    Led £11.5m Series A - https://www.imubiosciences.com/news/imu-biosciences-secures-ps11-5-million-in-series-a-funding-to-revolutionise-immune-powered-precision-medicine

2023

  • Director

    2023

    Led €5m round: https://www.moltenventures.com/news/molten-ventures-leads-5m-round-in-oliva-to-expand-workplace-mental-health-support

2021

  • Director

    2021

    Led $17.5m Series A in 2021: https://aktiia.com/uk/london-vc-draper-esprit-leads-17-5m-series-a-in-hypertension-health-tech-startup-aktiia Most recent financing: https://aktiia.com/uk/aktiia-secures-chf-27-million-usd-30m-in-funding

2019 - 2020

  • Entrepreneur In Residence

    2019 - 2020

    Helping academic entrepreneurs commercialise products that they invent specialising in medical devices and healthtech. EIR in Biomedical Engineering at Duke, consistently rated in the top 3 BME departments in the US. Mentor in Residence at Office of Licensing and Ventures, with 17 start-ups in 2020.

2017 - 2019

  • Chief of Staff

    2017 - 2019

    **Inivata was acquired by Neogenomics for $390m in 2021** https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/neogenomics-to-acquire-inivata-for-390m-after-success-lung-cancer-liquid-biopsy-collab Liquid biopsy molecular diagnostics company in oncology. Based in the US coordinating operations as Chief of Staff as the company gained regulatory approval and initial sales into the US healthcare system.

  • Principal

    2017 - 2018

    In January 2017, the venture investment teams at Imperial Innovations changed name to Touchstone Innovations, which was acquired by IP Group PLC, a FTSE250 company, a few months later. Identifying, building and investing in life science companies - therapeutics, medical devices, diagnostics and healthcare companies including digital health.

2014 - 2017

  • Non Executive Director

    2015 - 2017

    **Puridify, a bioprocessing company, was acquired by GE Healthcare in November 2017** https://www.touchstoneinnovations.com/news-room/2017/nov/28/portfolio-company-puridify-acquired-ge-healthcare/

  • Board Observer

    2014 - 2015