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

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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.

Expansion

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.

Technology

Proving the concept commercially – UK University Spinouts

The UK continues to punch above its weight by producing innovative, world-class university spin-outs. GrowthBusiness talks to scientists, entrepreneurs and investors to find out how it's done.

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Kromek raises Series D round

A Durham University spin-out with technology to help detect terrorist threats is now valued at £52 million following a fourth round of financing.

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Curzon Park leads Q Chip investment 

Biotech company Q Chip has received £1 million in a funding round led by cleantech venture investor Curzon Park Capital.

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Oxford spin-out secures Chinese investment

Zyoxel, a new spin-out company from Oxford University, has raised £1 million from Hong Kong-based multinational CN Innovations Holdings.

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University spin-out achieves $150 million exit

Thiakis, which specialises in the treatment of obesity and diabetes, has been sold to US-based Wyeth Pharmaecuticals for up to $150 million.

Growth Planning

Can academics help entrepreneurs?

First-class ideas are all well and good, but is there money to be made from entrepreneurs partnering with universities? Adam Jolly investigates.

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UCL spin-out Domainex raises £1 million

Domainex, a biopharmaceutical spin-out from University College London (UCL), has raised £1 million to develop its contract research business and commercialise its drug discovery projects.

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