Best Infectious Diseases Companies in England, United Kingdom
The 124 best Infectious Diseases companies in England, United Kingdom in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Immunocore.
Our analysis of 50 Infectious Diseases companies
$7.1b in tracked funding; 59% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Infectious Diseases companies in England
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Stage | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Immunocore Developer of bispecific T cell receptor therapies for human diseases | $525M | 47 mo ago | 293 293 → 604 (+106%) | Nicholas Cross Co-Founder | Public | 776 patents Patents concentrated in chemistry & materials | 3 job openings · 1 launch |
| 2 | F2g Developer of therapeutic treatments for rare and life threatening infections 64Fin. health top 22%Funding top 23%Moat top 26%Growth top 28% All 11 signals ▾Fin. healthtop 22% Fundingtop 23% Moattop 26% Growthtop 28% Patentstop 38% Markettop 45% Innovationtop 46% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 47% Techbottom 28% Newsbottom 22% Fin. health: Revenue ~$101M Funding: Raised $353M across 12 rounds · 12 rounds over 24 yrs (0.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $353M | 21 mo ago | 27 | Francesco Lavino CEO | Series H | 142 patents Antifungal heterocyclic drug compounds and their pharmaceutical formulations. | — |
| 3 | Pulmocide Developer of inhaled antifungal medicines for treating respiratory lung infections | $205M | 42 mo ago | 9 | Pete Strong Co-Founder | Series C | 124 patents Polymorph forms and manufacturing processes for triazole antifungal agents | — |
| 4 | ReViral Developer of antiviral compounds for RSV | $121M | 69 mo ago | 28 | Khattereh Ahmadi Co-Founder | Acqui-Hired | 91 patents Antiviral benzodiazepine derivatives for treating respiratory syncytial virus infections | — |
| 5 | Vicebio Developer of vaccines to treat viral infectious diseases 35Growth top 15%Funding top 26%News top 26%Moat top 47% All 9 signals ▾Growthtop 15% Fundingtop 26% Newstop 26% Moattop 47% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 37% Patentsbottom 35% Marketbottom 25% Innovationbottom 22% Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo Funding: Raised $100M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 2 yrs (0.5/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100 | $100M | 20 mo ago | 4 | Emmanuel Hanon CEO | Acquired | 2 patents Recombinant chimeric fusion protein vaccines for hMPV and RSV respiratory viruses | — |
| 6 | Chimerix Developer of antiviral oral therapeutics | $95M | 139 mo ago | 78 | — | Acquired | — | — |
| 7 | Oxford Immunotec Commercial-stage diagnostics company using immune markers to diagnose disease | $94M | 101 mo ago | 184 | — | Acquired | 40 patents Immunodiagnostic assays for TB, SARS‑CoV‑2 and microbial protein‑fragment ELISpot testing | — |
| 8 | DNA Electronics Developer of semiconductor‑based DNA‑sequencing systems for use in healthcare | $90M | 116 mo ago | 111 111 → 174 (+57%) | Christofer Toumazou Founder & Executive Chairman | Series C | 123 patents Patents concentrated in chemistry & materials | — |
| 9 | Sense Biodetection Provider of point of care molecular diagnostics solutions | $79M | 55 mo ago | 43 | — | Acquired | 82 patents Rapid nucleic acid detection biosensors with integrated heating for point‑of‑care diagnostics | — |
| 10 | Centauri Therapeutics Developer of immunotherapeutics to treat infectious diseases 35Funding top 26%Growth top 35%Moat top 36%Patents top 46% All 9 signals ▾Fundingtop 26% Growthtop 35% Moattop 36% Patentstop 46% Talentbottom 49% Innovationbottom 42% Globalbottom 42% Techbottom 41% Marketbottom 25% Funding: Raised $64.9M across 12 rounds · 12 rounds over 11 yrs (1.1/yr) Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100 | $65M | 3 mo ago | 6 | Jennifer Schneider CEO | Series A | 50 patents Patents concentrated in chemistry & materials | — |
| 11 | Prokarium Developer of bacterial immunotherapy treatments for various types of cancer | $62M | 41 mo ago | 20 20 → 17 (-15%) | Ibraheem Mahmood CEO | Series C | 77 patents Patents concentrated in health & consumer products | — |
| 12 | QuantuMDx Group Manufacturer of molecular diagnostic platforms and assays for infectious diseases | $57M | 46 mo ago | 98 98 → 53 (-46%) | Jonathan Halloran CEO & ex-Co-Founder | Series D | 154 patents Microfluidic nucleic‑acid diagnostic platforms for rapid qPCR and sample‑prep automation | — |
| 13 | SpyBiotech Developer of vaccines for bacterial infections and cancer by using proprietary protein superglue technology | $39M | 39 mo ago | 10 10 → 20 (+100%) | Simon Draper Co-Founder | Series A | 29 patents Engineering adenoviral vectors and capsid-modified viral vaccines for immunization | — |
| 14 | PrEP Biopharm Developing RNA based immunomodulators for the prevention of respiratory infections | $32M | 127 mo ago | 118 | — | Series A | — | — |
| 15 | Emergex Vaccines Developer T-cell Vaccines for treating viral and bacterial infections | $30M | 51 mo ago | 19 | Storme Moore-Thornicroft Co-Founder | Series A | 89 patents Peptide-based vaccines and MHC I epitope therapeutics for coronaviruses and flaviviruses | — |
| 16 | Novacta Biosystems Antibiotics developer | $29M | 203 mo ago | 51 | — | Deadpooled | 139 patents Novel lantibiotic and polymyxin antibiotic compounds and their infusion formulations | — |
| 17 | Immune Targeting Systems Vaccines against mutating viruses | $20M | 195 mo ago | 46 | — | Acqui-Hired | 36 patents Fluorocarbon‑conjugated peptide vaccine delivery platforms for infectious and oncology antigens | — |
| 18 | Phico Therapeutics Developer of antibiotic technology to address multi-drug resistant infections | $20M | 61 mo ago | 16 | — | Series A | 101 patents Engineered bacteriophages with customized tail fibers for targeted antibacterial therapy | — |
| 19 | Base Immune Developer of AI based vaccines for treating infectious diseases | $20M | 27 mo ago | 8 | Joshua Blight Co-Founder | Series A | — | — |
| 20 | Population Genetics Developing and out-licensing biochemical tools and approaches for NGS applications | $18M | 175 mo ago | 5 | Sam Eletr Co-Founder & Chairman | Deadpooled | 116 patents Advanced DNA sequencing library prep, normalization, and high‑sensitivity variant detection | — |
| 21 | NeuTec Pharma Developer of recombinant antibody therapies for infectious diseases | $12M | 337 mo ago | 20 | Ruth Christine Matthews Founder & COO | Acquired | 105 patents HSP90‑targeted therapeutics and antibody treatments for fungal, bacterial, and cancer diseases | — |
| 22 | ProteinLogic Biomarker discovery and exploitation platform | $11M | 28 mo ago | — | Nicolas Huber CEO | Funding Raised | 14 patents Discovery and application of protein biomarkers for disease diagnosis, notably tuberculosis. | — |
| 23 | Genedrive Provider of point of care molecular diagnostics platform for genotyping and sequence analysis | $9M | 14 mo ago | 43 43 → 45 (+5%) | Christopher Potten Co-Founder | Public | — | 1 partnership |
| 24 | Poolbeg Pharma Developer of therapeutics for the treatment of infectious diseases | $9M | 12 mo ago | 7 | Carol Dalton Co-Founder | Public | 18 patents p38 MAPK inhibitor therapeutics for cytokine storm mitigation in influenza and cancer immunotherapy | — |
| 25 | iFAST Diagnostics Standalone pathology laboratory center 40News top 24%Growth top 25%Talent top 33%Funding top 47% All 9 signals ▾Newstop 24% Growthtop 25% Talenttop 33% Fundingtop 47% Techbottom 48% Productbottom 39% Innovationbottom 37% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 17% News: 10 BI events in 12 mo (of 26 tracked, 5 types) · +233% YoY Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100 | $9M | 0 mo ago | 6 | Hywel Morgan Co-Founder & CTO | Seed | — | 1 partnership · 2 awards |
| 26 | iosBio Developer of therapeutic solutions for treating diseases like Covid-19, Influenza & others | $8M | 51 mo ago | 15 | — | Series C | 15 patents Engineering chimeric coronavirus spike proteins to increase viral titers for vaccine production | — |
| 27 | Lumora Developer of molecular diagnostics for infectious diseases | $7M | 159 mo ago | 19 | Laurence Tisi Co-Founder | Acqui-Hired | 47 patents Rapid isothermal nucleic acid amplification and sample preparation technologies | — |
| 28 | Blue Water Vaccines Developer of influenza vaccine for protection against all influenza strains | $7M | 83 mo ago | 11 | Joseph Hernandez | Public | — | — |
| 29 | Destiny Pharma Developer of drugs for the treatment of infectious diseases | $7M | 47 mo ago | 23 | William Love Founder | Public | 62 patents Antimicrobial agents targeting bacterial biofilms and prophylactic infection treatments | — |
| 30 | PBD Biotech Developer of diagnostic test to detect Mycobacterium in bovines | $6M | 44 mo ago | 5 | — | Series B | 14 patents TB diagnostics and therapeutics, especially bacteriophage-based mycobacterial detection methods. | — |
| 31 | Infex Therapeutics Developer of drugs for treating multiple infectious diseases 37Patents top 27%Innovation top 33%Funding top 44%Moat top 45% All 8 signals ▾Patentstop 27% Innovationtop 33% Fundingtop 44% Moattop 45% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 44% Techbottom 37% Marketbottom 32% Patents: 60 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 50 filings since 2022 vs 10 in 2017-21 Innovation: 60 patents (top 42% of patent-holders) · 50 filings since 2022 vs 10 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 37/100 | $6M | 1 mo ago | 23 23 → 24 (+4%) | Pete Jackson CEO | Series A | 60 patents Small-molecule antivirals and metallo‑beta‑lactamase inhibitors for infectious diseases | — |
| 32 | Chain Biotech Developer of microbiome-based oral immunotherapies | $6M | 36 mo ago | 8 | — | Seed | — | — |
| 33 | SMi Developer of a single molecule imaging tool for research and clinical diagnostics | $5M | 36 mo ago | 15 | Andrew Thompson Founder & Director | Seed | — | 1 partnership |
| 34 | Procarta Biosystems Developer of oligonucleotide-based therapeutics against antimicrobial resistance | $4M | 81 mo ago | 3 | Mervyn Bibb Co-Founder | Seed | 51 patents Nucleic‑acid complex and transcription‑factor decoy platforms for diagnostics and therapeutics | — |
| 35 | Motif Bio Developer of antibiotics for multidrug resistant bacterial infections | $4M | 86 mo ago | 1 | Graham Lumsden CEO | Deadpooled | — | — |
| 36 | Linear Diagnostics Developer of a molecular diagnostic test for sexually transmitted infections | $4M | 36 mo ago | 4 | Matthew Hicks Founder & CTO | Seed | — | — |
| 37 | Absynth Biologics Developer of vaccines and antibodies to treat bacterial infections | $4M | 110 mo ago | 3 | Simon Foster Co-Founder | Deadpooled | 52 patents Formulation and delivery of bacterial and combination vaccines, including antimicrobial peptide antigens. | — |
| 38 | Nemesis Bioscience Developer of therapeutics to reverse microbial resistance to antibiotics | $3M | 50 mo ago | 8 | Frank Massam Founder & CEO | Seed | 24 patents Nucleic acid delivery vectors and therapeutic formulation technologies for gene‑based medicines. | — |
| 39 | ReadyGo Provider of diagnostic test and sample collection tools for research labs | $3M | 15 mo ago | 8 | Elaine Warburton Co-Founder | Seed | — | — |
| 40 | Aptorum Group Developer of small molecular therapeutics for multiple disorders | $3M | 42 mo ago | 26 | Ian Huen Founder & CEO | Public | — | — |
| 41 | Fluoretiq Developer of a diagnostic platform for bacterial identification | $2M | 51 mo ago | 9 | — | Seed | 4 patents Fluorescence-based detection probes for cellular materials and bacterial spectrofluorometry | 1 launch |
| 42 | Fuse Provider of ultra rapid diagnostics solutions for the detection of COVID-19 | $2M | 24 mo ago | — | Harry Lamble CEO | Seed | — | — |
| 43 | Presymptom Health Developer of AI-based diagnostic blood tests for infection. | $2M | 15 mo ago | 3 | Iain Miller Chief Executive Officer | Seed | — | — |
| 44 | Halo Therapeutics Developer of therapeutics for the treatment of Covid-19 | $2M | 37 mo ago | 1 | Daniel Fitzgerald Co-Founder & CEO | Seed | — | — |
| 45 | NALIA Systems Customisable multiplexed Immunodiagnostic biomarker panels | $1M | 54 mo ago | 5 | — | Deadpooled | — | — |
| 46 | Amprologix Developer of antimicrobial-resistant drugs | $993K | 8 mo ago | — | Mat Upton Founder & CSO | Seed | 2 patents Design and synthesis of novel antimicrobial peptide therapeutics | — |
| 47 | Luas Diagnostics Developer of sensors and connected app for diabetes management | $949K | 38 mo ago | 3 | — | Seed | — | — |
| 48 | Evolvere BioSciences Developer of next generation antibiotics using artificial intelligence models to outpace bacterial resistance | $500K | 24 mo ago | — | Weronika Ślesak Co-Founder | Seed | — | — |
| 49 | GenomeKey Developer of diagnostic solutions for infectious diseases by using DNA sequencing and machine learning | $259K | 22 mo ago | 10 | Michael Roberts Co-Founder & CEO | Seed | — | — |
| 50 | Renewvax Developer of vaccines to treat bacterial infections and antimicrobial resistance | $166K | 10 mo ago | 6 | Aras Kadioglu Co-Founder | Seed | — | — |
Top 12 Infectious Diseases companies in England
#1
Series A · Kent, England · founded 2014 · 6 employees$64.9Mraised▾
Developer of immunotherapeutics to treat infectious diseases. The company has proprietary Alphamer technology based on "programmable immunity" in which chemically synthesised molecules redirect naturally occurring antibodies to selected pathogens to fight the infections.
- Feb 2026Series A$8.1M
- Jul 2025Grant (prize money)$5.1M
- Nov 2024Grant (prize money)$1.3M
- Jul 2023Series A$11.5M
#2
Seed · Southampton, England · founded 2022 · 6 employees$8.9Mraised▾
Standalone pathology laboratory center
- Nov 2024Seed$6.4M
- Jan 2023Seed$2.4M
#3
Series A · Alderley Edge, England · founded 2016 · 23 employees$5.9Mraised▾
Developer of drugs for treating multiple infectious diseases. The company's proprietary platform has developed RESP-X for treating respiratory infections in patients with lungs damaged, MET-X helps to treat urinary tract infections caused by critical priority pathogens, GON-X for gonorrhea, VAP-X helps in the prevention & treatment of hospital-lung infections, and many more.
- May 2026Series A$5.9M
- Mar 2019Seed$3M
- 2017Seed$2.9M
#4
Series H · Manchester, England · founded 1998 · 27 employees$353.3Mraised▾
Developer of therapeutic treatments for rare and life threatening infections. Research focuses on identifying and creating pharmaceutical compounds to address fungal pathogens. These medical products aim to provide treatment options for patients affected by serious fungal conditions.
- Sep 2024Series H$100M
- Aug 2022Series E$70M
- Aug 2020Series D$60.8M
- Jan 2019Series C—
#5
Acquired · London, England · founded 2019 · 4 employees$100Mraised▾
Developer of vaccines to treat viral infectious diseases. The company has Molecular Clamp technology for high yield production of viral fusion proteins in native trimeric “prefusion” form. The lead candidate of the company includes VXB-211 which targets respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The company has developed a pipeline for Metapneumovirus, influenza, and SARS-CoV-2.
- Sep 2024Series B$100M
#6
Public · London, England · founded 2021 · 7 employees$8.9Mraised▾
Developer of therapeutics for the treatment of infectious diseases. The company's product pipeline include POLB 001 is a p38 MAP Kinase inhibitor and small molecule immunomodulator that reduces harmful inflammation in patients with influenza, POLB 002 for respiratory virus infections treatment and POLB 003 is a Melioidosis vaccine.
- May 2025Post IPO$6.5M
- Nov 2022Grant (prize money)$2.4M
#7
Public · Manchester, England · founded 2000 · 43 employees$9.3Mraised▾
Provider of point of care molecular diagnostics platform for genotyping and sequence analysis. The company offers MT-RNR1 ID Kit, a pharmacogenetic test to prevent antibiotic induced deafness in infants, and Genedrive HCV ID Kit is used to screen for hepatitis C and COVID-19.
- Apr 2025Post IPO$1.6M
- Nov 2018Post IPO$7.7M
#8
Public · Abingdon, England · founded 2008 · 293 employees$525Mraised▾
Developer of bispecific T cell receptor therapies for human diseases. These biological medicines utilize modular technology to modulate immune system activity. The therapies target diseased cells to facilitate destruction or reduce immune responses in patients with cancer, infectious diseases, and autoimmune conditions. The research and development process focuses on creating treatments that interact with the human leukocyte antigen system to address unmet medical needs.
- Jul 2022Post IPO$140M
- Feb 2021Post IPO$15M
- Jan 2021Series C$75M
- Jan 2021Conventional Debt$100M
#9
Seed · Plymouth, England · founded 2018$993Kraised▾
Developer of antimicrobial-resistant drugs. The lead candidate NI01, is a bactericidal peptide for topical use for nasal decolonization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, pneumonia, and surface skin infections such as impetigo.
- Oct 2025Seed$993K
#10
Seed · Bath, England · founded 2020 · 8 employees$3.2Mraised▾
Provider of diagnostic test and sample collection tools for research labs. The company offers a sample collection product called "Snap" and a diagnostic testing product called "Snapshot". Also, offers a rapid test platform for small laboratories, pharmacies, and off-grid diagnostic requirements.
- Mar 2025Seed$644.5K
- Jul 2022Seed$1.8M
- Feb 2022Seed$297.4K
- Mar 2021Seed$1.2M
#11
Series C · London, England · founded 2013 · 9 employees$205.4Mraised▾
Developer of inhaled antifungal medicines for treating respiratory lung infections. These investigational therapies target fungal pathogens directly within the lungs to minimize systemic exposure. The drug design focuses on maintaining high concentrations at the site of infection to address conditions associated with pulmonary aspergillosis. This approach aims to provide treatment options for patients who do not respond to standard antifungal therapies.
- Dec 2022Series C$52M
- Dec 2021Series C$3.5M
- May 2021Series C$92M
- Mar 2017Series B$30.4M
#12
Seed · Salisbury, England · founded 2019 · 3 employees$1.9Mraised▾
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- Feb 2025Grant (prize money)$253.3K
- Mar 2024Grant (prize money)—
- Mar 2024Seed$1.9M
- Aug 2021Seed$862K
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How research on Diagnostics in England is moving
A read on the academic research around Diagnostics in England — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 66 papers.
Public Health England and affiliates lead England's diagnostics research, focusing on reproductive/respiratory infections and antibiotic resistance, with a cautiously optimistic yet contested tone balancing breakthroughs against growing resistance concerns.
- Public Health England38
- New England Biolabs6
- Hunter New England Local Health District4
- Genomics England4
- University of the West of England4
- Point-of-care testing5
- Virology3
- Public health2
- Workflow2
- Computational biology2
- Point-of-care testing13
- Point of care7
- Chlamydia trachomatis4
- Test (biology)3
- Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests3
- Point-of-care testing5→8