Investment company Northern Gritstone has announced the appointment of Eve Howarth as co-investor and capital manager.
Founded in 2020, the company focuses on science and technology-enabled businesses in the North of England and is chaired by Lord Jim O鈥橬eill.
In its first four years, Northern Gritstone has made 30 investments into early-stage companies.
Howarth joins from Lazard, where she worked in its venture team, and will manage the relationships with Northern Gritstone鈥檚 co-investor community.聽
Her experience includes Assura’s 拢250m 20:80 joint venture with the Universities Superannuation Scheme, Pragmatic’s 拢182m Series D capital raise and Northern Gritstone’s 拢312m first close capital raise.
Duncan Johnson, CEO of Northern Gritstone, said: 鈥淓ve has a capital raising background working on scaleups, joint ventures with some of the UK鈥檚 largest pension funds, as well as Northern Gritstone鈥檚 own initial 拢312 million fundraising.聽
鈥淲e鈥檙e delighted she has joined us to help build out such a key part of Northern Gritstone鈥檚 business.鈥澛�
Howarth added: 鈥淚’m excited to join Northern Gritstone鈥檚 mission to support and grow ambitious science and deep tech companies in the North of England by building out relationships with our co-investor community.
鈥�I look forward to expanding my network within the venture capital ecosystem and building meaningful relationships. While my base will be in London, I鈥檓 proud to be Yorkshire-born, and the North remains close to my heart.鈥�