Our Story

Our Story

June 2025

June 2025

June 2025

Received 1st Investment

Received 1st Investment

Received 1st Investment

We received funding from Zinc VC and welcomed a few notable angels focused on our mission.

We received funding from Zinc VC and welcomed a few notable angels focused on our mission.

July 2025

July 2025

July 2025

Welcomed our first hires

Welcomed our first hires

Welcomed our first hires

Early team of scientists and engineers from the best research programs at Cambridge and UCL & Imperial.

Early team of scientists and engineers from the best research programs at Cambridge and UCL & Imperial.

August 2025

August 2025

August 2025

Moved into our Lab

Moved into our Lab

Moved into our Lab

Moved into our shared space in London, with state-of-the-art equipment and easy access to the best UCL & King’s college centres for research.

Moved into our shared space in London, with state-of-the-art equipment and easy access to the best UCL & King’s college centres for research.

October 2025

October 2025

October 2025


Bolstered our Advisory Board


Bolstered our Advisory Board


Bolstered our Advisory Board

With our focus on prostate cancer diagnostics, we built our science advisory committee with the leading minds spanning: urology, biosensing and olfactory receptor design

With our focus on prostate cancer diagnostics, we built our science advisory committee with the leading minds spanning: urology, biosensing and olfactory receptor design

December 2025

December 2025

December 2025

Developed our 100th polymer

Developed our 100th polymer

Developed our 100th polymer

A key milestone reached as we perfected an efficient synthetic approach

A key milestone reached as we perfected an efficient synthetic approach

January 2026

January 2026

January 2026

Secured go-ahead for study protocol

Secured go-ahead for study protocol

Secured go-ahead for study protocol

We received the go-ahead for our pre-clinical study protocol from the UK’s medical regulatory body.

We received the go-ahead for our pre-clinical study protocol from the UK’s medical regulatory body.

January 2026

January 2026

January 2026

Completed our first Olfactory Chip

Completed our first Olfactory Chip

Completed our first Olfactory Chip

Our first fully-functioning olfactory circuit capable of sampling 48 channels in parallel.

Our first fully-functioning olfactory circuit capable of sampling 48 channels in parallel.

March 2026

June 2025

June 2025

Awarded UK Government grant

Received 1st Investment

Received 1st Investment

We secured Innovate UK funding to advance our clinical sampling pipeline, taking our sensing platform closer to the clinic.

We received funding from Zinc VC and welcomed a few notable angels focused on our mission.

June 2026

June 2025

June 2025

Closed our pre-seed round

Received 1st Investment

Received 1st Investment

We closed our pre-seed round, giving us the runway to scale our team, lab and technology.

We received funding from Zinc VC and welcomed a few notable angels focused on our mission.

July 2026

June 2025

June 2025

Filed our first sensor array patent

Received 1st Investment

Received 1st Investment

We filed a patent covering our sensor array design, protecting the core of how Anemo digitises smell.

We received funding from Zinc VC and welcomed a few notable angels focused on our mission.