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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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Midven backs Cytox’s Alzheimer’s research

Cytox, a university spin-out that creates diagnostics tests and therapeutic cures for Alzheimer's disease, has raised £1.25 million from Midven, NESTA and angel investors including members of Cambridge Angels and Cogent Lifesciences.

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Xceleron raises £2 million

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

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OrthoMimetics in £5 million funding

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

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Technology company powers up

Oxford Capital Partners has helped to raise £1.7 million for Concurrent Thinking, a University of Warwick spin-out company based in the Warwick Technology Park in Leamington Spa.

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.

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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.

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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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Proximagen proposes £30m IPO

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.

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