Peter Baines

Venture Partner, Ahren Innovation Capital
Peter Baines blends over 25 years of venture capital experience with a physics degree and hands-on software work on MRI scanners, plus Permira private equity experience, enabling rare cross-stage deep‑tech expertise.
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About Peter Baines

Peter Baines is a Partner at Ahren Innovation Capital who uniquely combines over 25 years of venture capital experience with a technical background as a former software developer who worked on MRI scanners after earning a physics degree from Imperial College. His career path from hands-on engineering to large-cap private equity at Permira to venture capital gives him an uncommon ability to work with companies across different growth stages while bringing deep technical understanding to breakthrough science and deep tech investments.

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Ahren Innovation Capital

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Ahren Innovation Capital is anchored by nine Science Partners whose inventions and companies are collectively valued at over $100B, including Nobel laureates and creators of technologies like Illumina's genome sequencing chemistry and the cancer drug Lynparza, with founding partners including the President of the Royal Society and Masters of Trinity College making it essentially a commercial extension of top UK science institutions. The fund focuses exclusively on four science-driven domains—Brain & AI, Genetics & Platform Technologies, Space & Robotics, and Planet & Efficient Energy—and operates as patient capital willing to support companies from pre-seed through pre-IPO in frontier areas with very long development cycles.

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