Necessary Ventures

Recursion Pharmaceuticals is a clinical stage TechBio company leading the space by decoding biology to radically improve lives. Enabling its mission is the Recursion OS, a platform built across diverse technologies that continuously expands one of the world’s largest proprietary biological and chemical datasets. Recursion leverages sophisticated machine-learning algorithms to distill from its dataset a collection of trillions of searchable relationships across biology and chemistry unconstrained

Vicarious Surgical is revolutionizing robotic surgery with a focus on minimally invasive procedures using advanced robotic systems designed for abdominal access and visualization through a single port.

Wayve is pioneering a new era for automated driving with its advanced AI technology, focusing on embodied AI for autonomy and next-gen autonomous driving solutions.

Akido Labs is focused on leveraging AI and advanced medical technologies to provide high-quality, personalized healthcare accessible to everyone. Their mission is to build a healthcare system that anticipates needs and responds with precision, ensuring accessibility regardless of financial means or geography.

Alyf is focused on redefining heart care through advanced data insights, leveraging AI and engineering expertise to enhance patient outcomes.

Beyond Health provides a blend of in-person and virtual care aiming to reduce hospital and urgent care visits. They focus on restoring community health and revolutionizing chronic condition management.

Brellium uses AI to review every note against your strictest payor’s latest requirements, helping clinics improve the standard of care in the US healthcare system.

Circularity Fuels is focused on transforming waste gases into sustainable fuels, including sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), renewable diesel, and lab-grown diamonds, using innovative reactor technologies.

EnsoData provides AI-powered solutions for sleep disorder diagnosis and management, including cloud-based platforms for sleep study management and scoring.

Everycare is a well-established private health and social care organisation that has been helping to improve the quality of life for people with care needs since 1993. They provide a range of health, social care, and nursing services for individuals requiring personal home care and organisations looking for nursing support.

Targets companies addressing labor shortages in manufacturing, construction, logistics, and food production; cutting healthcare costs from aging and chronic disease; and enabling sustainable food production for growing populations.

Pre-seed lead investor for deeply technical AI, biotech, climatetech and infrastructure startups, offering female operator-led go-to-market expertise and structured fellowships to source technical-founder deal flow. Divergent Capital is run by two female operator-investors who combine deep-tech investing experience with hands-on go-to-market expertise, and they cultivate deal flow through structured fellowships targeting students and emerging investors in their technical-founder network.

Data-obsessed venture fund focused on infrastructure for complex, regulated or fragmented systems across continents. Pairs a small core team with a deep sector-specific advisor network including CEOs, former Nike/Uber executives, and founders, while embedding sustainability as core investment criteria.