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September 23, 2026

Anthropic and Nvidia back Basecamp Research in $140m round

Anthropic’s Anthology Fund — a partnership between the AI giant and Menlo Ventures — has backed Basecamp


Freya Pratty

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Basecamp's founders.

London-based Basecamp Research has raised a $140m Series C round led by California-based VC firm S32, to build the next generation of its biological foundation models — and bring medicines designed through it to the clinic.

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Freya Pratty

Freya Pratty is Sifted's associate editor. She covers UK tech and leads Sifted's investigations. Follow her on X , LinkedIn and Bluesky

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