Donating to the Cancer Impact Booster
Are you interested in boosting our investment in cutting-edge cancer start-ups?
£8m
Seed Fund committed to date
£32.9m
co-investment secured to date
26
new investments to date
2
pending investments
Fast-tracking research into patient impact
Through advances in technology, we’re on the threshold of a golden age of scientific progress against cancer. Start-ups are one of the fastest ways of translating that progress into impact for patients.
But there’s a funding gap between cutting-edge academic cancer research and a start-up becoming ready for commercial investment. Too many potential treatments, devices and innovations are lost here.
We have an opportunity to deliver huge future impact for patients by supporting start-ups through this gap. Which is why we committed £15m to a Seed Fund which accelerates high-potential, early-stage innovations into patient impact through seed funding, expert networks and business building support. We’re fundraising to double the fund, to double its impact, led by an extraordinary £10m donation from the Garfield Weston Foundation.
Any financial returns generated are reinvested in the fund and into more cancer research.
We’re proud to be supporting Cancer Research UK’s work to help bridge the gap between discovery science and the clinic.
Supporting innovative cancer start-ups to succeed
With your support we can grow the number and scale of our investments and translate these innovations into real benefits for patients.
We aim to double the impact of our Seed Fund through a total of £15m donations to our Cancer Impact Booster from visionary philanthropists who want to help us invest in the most innovative cancer start-ups. To date, over £10m has been donated to the fund by the Garfield Weston Foundation and other generous donors, bringing the fund total to over £25m, with just under £5m to go until we close the fund at the end of 2025.
With huge thanks to our Cancer Impact Booster donors:
- Garfield Weston Foundation
- Cancer Impact Club members
- Nick and Annette Razey
- The Chris Banton Foundation
Speak to the Philanthropy team to find out more
