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University Spinouts

Articles and news on the latest UK university spinouts commercialising innovative technologies, inventions, and intellectual property developed through academic research.

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Clarizon accepts £615,000 ahead of market launch

Clean technology company Clarizon has received a £615,000 phased investment from the Finance for Business North East Technology Fund to bring its water treatment and cleaning technology to market.

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Surgery spinout Oxtexs secures £500,000

University of Oxford spinout Oxtexs has secured £500,000 in seed funding to develop a new material that aims to revolutionise surgery.

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Anvil Semiconductors secures £150,000 fundraising

Midven's Early Advantage Fund has backed premium manufacturing business Anvil Semiconductors, a University of Warwick spin-out, in a £150,000 fundraising.

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IP Group leads £1 million financing for Oxyntix

Oxyntix, a spinout from the Engineering Department of the University of Oxford, has closed an investment round of £1 million that will fund an 'ambitious' research programme.

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C-Capture raises £160,500 in seed round

Carbon capture technology developer C-Capture has secured £160,500 in seed funding from the Finance for Business North East Technology Fund and fund manager IP Group.

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Private placing raises £25 million for Oxford Nanopore

Biotech developer Oxford Nanopore Technologies has raised £25 million in a latest financing round.

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Scottish spin-out NGenTec attracts £200,000

Old College Capital, the newly-created investment arm of the University of Edinburgh, has made a first investment in offshore wind technology business NGenTec.

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Fertility Focus secures £775,000

Bristol University spinout Fertility Focus has secured £775,000 in growth capital ahead of a product launch in the European market that helps diagnose and treat infertility.

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Oxford spin-out OrganOx secures £2.75 million

The Royal Society Enterprise Fund has joined a £2.75 million fundraising in University of Oxford spin-out OrganOx as the business prepares for clinical trials of a medical device that allows livers to be kept longer before transplant.

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Spin-out success stories

Corporate divestments receive less attention than spin-outs from universities, but high success rates makes the concept worthy of closer examination.

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Plastic Logic heads East for production

E-reader developer Plastic Logic has accepted investment from a state-backed Russian investor to build a new factory in the country.

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Investors back green washer Xeros with £3.5 million

Green company Xeros has raised £3.5 million in new investment, which will be used to continue development of its water-saving technology.