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# Medicxi
- URL: https://entrepreneurplus.co.uk/investors/medicxi/
- Published: 2026-10-15T17:11:15.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-15T17:11:15.000Z
- Description: Life sciences investor building and funding drug-development companies for unmet medical needs
- Author: Editorial Desk
- Tags: #ep-investor

![Medicxi logo](https://storage.ghost.io/c/05/a4/05a4a052-18ab-4836-8924-ec8b322c371c/content/images/2026/10/medicxi-logo.svg) 

Life sciences investor building and funding drug-development companies for unmet medical needs

- Venture capital
- London

Type

Venture capital

Based in

London

Stages

Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B+, Growth

Sector focus

Biotech & Life Sciences, Hardware & Robotics

Cheque size

Above €3M

Fund size

Undisclosed

Founded

2016

Website

[medicxi.com](https://www.medicxi.com/?ref=entrepreneurplus.co.uk)

Medicxi is a European life sciences investment firm founded in 2016 by the former life sciences team of Index Ventures. It has offices in London, Geneva and Jersey.

The team draws on long experience in drug discovery and in developing therapeutics for unmet medical needs, and it both creates and backs biotech companies. The firm is currently investing from its fifth fund, Medicxi V, and also manages the legacy Index Ventures life sciences portfolio. Pharmaceutical and technology groups including GSK, Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Novartis and Verily have invested in its funds. Recent portfolio news includes Vaderis Therapeutics and Ethyreal Bio.

## Team

- **Giovanni Pericolini**, Partner [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovanni-pericolini-b8653542/?ref=entrepreneurplus.co.uk)
- **Giovanni Mariggi**, Partner [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gmariggi/?ref=entrepreneurplus.co.uk)
- **Shyam Masrani**, Partner [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/smasrani/?ref=entrepreneurplus.co.uk)

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