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

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.

News

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.

Entrepreneurs

Rising Star: Simon Cartmell of university spin-out Apatech

Apatech, a manufacturer of artificial bone-graft material, has grown sales to £3.1 million from £270,000 in 2005. We interview its CEO Simon Cartmell.

News

MTI joins forces with University of Manchester

Technology-focused venture capitalist MTI has formed a partnership with Manchester University to invest in spin-outs from the university's research.

News

Imperial College London spin-out gets funding

Biopharmaceutical company PolyTherics has secured funding of £2.3 million from a consortium of private equity and venture capital interests.

News

Xceleron raises £2 million

Drug development company Xceleron has secured £2 million in an early stage funding round led by Close Ventures.

News

OrthoMimetics in £5 million funding

Biotechnology developer OrthoMimetics has raised £5 million in a Series A funding round, managed by Eden Financial.

Exit Strategies

From labs to riches – How to ensure spin-out success

The difficulty of raising venture capital in recent years has made things much tougher for the entrepreneurial academic looking to turn a scientific breakthrough into a commercial business. However, for a research team that is really convinced that it has a world-beating product on its hands, it is possible to make the transition, but several success factors have to be in place.

Alternative Finance for Business

A tale of two spin-outs

The reputation and quality of British science is globally recognised. But can it be converted into the creation of world-beating businesses? Cliff Jones and Kevin Matthews provide two good reasons to be optimistic.

News

Cash hit for IXICO

IXICO, a spin-out company from London University, has drummed up £930,000 in its first institutional fundraising, from The Capital Fund and a number of private investors.

Mergers & Acquisitions

University spin-outs and venture capital funds come together

Investors are increasingly keen to back cutting-edge technology developed at UK universities, but entrepreneurial talent is what is really needed to make such ventures commercially successful.

News

Oxonica seeks £15m

Nanotechnology application developer Oxonica is looking to raise £15 million in a flotation that will see the fast-growing company join AIM in April with a possible valuation of £50 million.

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