Alternative Finance for Business

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

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

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

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.

News

Drug developer Proximagen, a spin out from King’s College, will join AIM at the end of the month with a £30 million starting price tag.