Gavin Kennedy

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Principal, Stonebridge Growth - regulation · venture capital · biotech

Stonebridge Growth
Leeds, UK · GMT (UTC+0)
5+ years experience
Durham University
English
InvestingAdvising
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Overview

Principal at Stonebridge Growth, backing healthcare companies. Led or co-led 16 investments, 9 of them now at Series B or later. Before that: JPMorgan Chase and Lloyds Banking Group. Most at home with biotech and venture capital. Amateur photographer; mostly street and food.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Founders building in healthcare
  • Advice on healthcare
  • Speaking or podcast invitations
  • Second opinions on healthtech decisions
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  • Courses and coaching offers
  • Fund-of-funds solicitations

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Skills
venture capitalregulationbiotechhealthtech
InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 3 months

Writing $50k cheques into seed healthcare in North America

Cheque size
$50k
Stages
Seed
Sectors
Healthcare
Geographies
MENA
Lead or follow
Follow
Decision time
One meeting and a partner call
How I help
Intros to operators in our network

Usually the first cheque in. Portfolio support on pricing and enterprise sales.

Leeds, UKregulationbiotechhealthtech
Open
AdvisingOpen to advising
closes in 3 months

Open to advising Series A teams on biotech

Topics
healthcare, biotech, healthtech
Format
Formal advisor role
Terms
Open to discuss
Capacity
One call a month
Best for
Seed to Series A teams

5 years of healthcare. Small equity or paid hours - flexible.

Leeds, UKregulationbiotechhealthtech
Open

Experience

  1. Principal
    Feb 2026 - Present
    Stonebridge Growth · 8 mo · Full-time · Leeds, UK
    • Led or co-led 22 investments, 8 of them now at Series B or later.
    • Backed 40 founders at pre-seed and seed.
  2. Associate Partner
    Jun 2022 - Feb 2026
    JPMorgan Chase · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · Leeds, UK
    • Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 30 minutes to under 2.
  3. Business Analyst
    Oct 2021 - Jun 2022
    Lloyds Banking Group · 8 mo · Full-time · Leeds, UK
    • Led the move of 149 screens to a shared React component library.

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Education

  1. Durham University
    BA, Business Administration
    2017 - 2020

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