Hardware Archives

MedaPhor

We are delighted to announce that the Parkwalk Opportunities Fund has participated in the recent financing round of MedaPhor Group plc, the Cardiff University Spin-out and global provider of advanced ultrasound training simulators for medical professionals. The company… Read More

Inductosense

Inductosense specialises in the development of compact, wireless sensors for fast, repeatable detection of cracks, corrosion or defects in structures or products. The company’s aim is to become the leading provider of permanently installed non-destructive testing (NDT) sensors… Read More

NuNano

NuNano is a UK-based company specialising in the design and manufacture of probes for atomic force microscopy and cantilever-based sensor devices. It was founded in 2011 by Dr James Vicary and Professors Heinrich Hoerber and Mervyn Miles to… Read More

Covatic

Covatic is building the world’s first broadcast personalisation engine, based on world-leading IP from the University of Oxford in the field of semantic linked-data technology. It will enable broadcasters to deliver context aware, dynamic programming tailored to the… Read More

Proxisense

Proxisense has developed extreme environment proximity sensors and fluid contamination systems utilising eddy current sensors. The former are finding uses in producing systems which monitor the health of turbine blades in real-time, which can extend component lifetimes and… Read More

PervasID

PervasID is developing a high reliability, wide area passive RFID system with the potential to provide location capability based on the EPC Class1 Gen2 standard. Spun out from research activity in the Engineering Department at the University of… Read More

8Power

8Power is a University of Cambridge start-up developing novel technology for sensing and measurement in industrial applications. The University of Cambridge is a world leader in the science and technology of sensing, and is pioneering the research of new… Read More

Inflowmatix

The Parkwalk Opportunities Fund has participated in a funding round for Inflowmatix, an Imperial College spin-out company providing high-resolution sensors and associated analytics initially to the water industry. Their technology will enable clients to actively manage their asset… Read More

Cambridge Touch Technologies

Cambridge Touch Technologies (CTT) is a University of Cambridge start-up developing next-gen 3D touch technology. CTT’s next generation 3D touch technology enables mobile devices to sense both the location and force of multi-touch inputs. CTT’s technology improves on… Read More

Spectral Edge

Spectral Edge has emerged from the highly-regarded Colour Group at the University of East Anglia, a world leader in colour research. The Group is active in a range of different research areas such as Computational Colour Constancy, Physics… Read More

Silicon Microgrvity

Spun-out of the University of Cambridge Nanoscience Centre, Silicon Microgravity is commercialising a sensor technology which provides a breakthrough in the management of oil and gas reservoirs. The company’s breakthrough sensing technology combines the recording of gravity data at… Read More

Animal Dynamics

Animal Dynamics, a spin-out from the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford, is developing a portfolio of products derived from research into evolutionary adaptations in flight, swimming, walking, and stealth, where nature has arrived at significant performance optimizations… Read More

Navetas

Parkwalk invested in Navetas in November 2015. In August 2017 the company was acquired. Transaction details are confidential but if an earn-out is achieved Parkwalk investors will receive c. 85% of their investment cost back over a four year… Read More

Reduse

The Parkwalk-managed University of Cambridge Enterprise Fund III invested in Reduse in June 2015. In October 2016 the company entered voluntary liquidation. Reduse, a spin out from the Low Carbon Materials Processing Group at the University of Cambridge,… Read More