Portfolio - Parkwalk

MoA Technology

MoA Technology is spun out from the University of Oxford. The company is developing novel technology with applications in plant protection products.

Quantum Motion Technologies was founded on the research undertaken by Professor Simon Benjamin (Department of Materials, Oxford) and Professor John Morton (Department of Engineering Science, Oxford). The company was formed in June 2017, and is aiming to build a… Read More

NeoPhore

NeoPhore is focused on the discovery and development of novel small molecule therapies to treat cancer through stimulation of the immune system. NeoPhore’s drug target rationale is highly validated by genetic evidence in cancer patients and cellular models…. Read More

Paragraf

The Parkwalk Opportunities Fund and the Parkwalk-managed University of Cambridge Enterprise Fund V have invested in a £2.64m seed round in Paragraf Limited, a spin-out from the Department of Materials Science at the University of Cambridge. Paragraf focuses on… Read More

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

Oxford Quantum Circuits

Oxford Quantum Circuits was founded by Professor Peter Leek, who is based at the Clarendon Laboratory Oxford, and is aiming to build a quantum computer based upon a superconducting circuit approach to forming qubits. The intention is to… Read More

Inkpath

The University of Oxford Enterprise Fund III has completed an investment in Inkpath Limited. Established by Dr John Miles, whose role at Oxford involves developing and leading the programme of professional and personal development for DPhils and Early Career… 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

Cycle.land

The University of Oxford Enterprise Fund III has completed an investment in Cycle.land Limited, a company helping the move toward sustainable urban transport by creating a global peer-to-peer social marketplace on which to share bicycles. Cycle.land was supported… Read More

Creavo Medical Technologies

We are delighted to announce that the Parkwalk Opportunities Fund has made an investment in Creavo Medical Technologies, a University of Leeds Spin-out company, as part of a £13.4 million fundraising. The round was oversubscribed, exceeded Creavo’s funding… Read More

Predictimmune

We are delighted to announce that the University of Cambridge Enterprise Fund IV and the Parkwalk Opportunities Fund have closed an investment in Predictimmune Limited, a spinout company from the University of Cambridge. Predictimmune is developing prognostic tests… 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

Azul Optics

Azul Optics is developing a device that can rapidly assess macular pigment density. The device will be affordable, fast, easy-to-use and compact, making it easy to integrate macular pigment density screening into regular eye exams. Macular pigments, which… Read More

Bibliotech

Bibliotech’s proposition was driven by the realisation that the supply of textbooks is space and cost constrained within academic institutions and students who can generally only afford a selection of those resort to borrowing or downloading titles. An… Read More

Congenica

We are delighted to announce that the Parkwalk Opportunities Fund and the Parkwalk Technology Fund VII have invested in Congenica Limited, which spun out of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and Department of Health. Congenica has developed software… 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

Focal Point Positioning

The University of Cambridge Enterprise Fund IV has invested in Focal Point Positioning Limited, a spin-out from the University of Cambridge. Focal Point has developed software which offers highly accurate positioning of smartphones both indoors and outdoors in urban… Read More

Polypharmakos

Cambridge and Kew join forces to find new antimicrobial substances in plants The Parkwalk-managed University of Cambridge Enterprise Fund IV and Cambridge Enterprise have invested £500k in Polypharmakos Limited, a spin-out from the University of Cambridge and the… Read More

Exonate

Exonate are developing a novel approach to modulating new vessel growth. By controlling the balance of two contrasting forms of a protein called Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF), they have demonstrated that they could not only treat models of… Read More

Ilika

Ilika spun out of the University of Southampton’s School of Chemistry in 2004 and quickly established a reputation for the rapid development of novel materials, working with a variety of international companies. Ilika has a wealth of experience… Read More

Ceres Power

With technology originating from Imperial College, Ceres Power is a world leader in low cost, next generation fuel cells for use in distributed power products that have the potential to bring cheaper and cleaner energy to homes and… 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

Healthera

Healthera Ltd, a provider of next-generation, pharmacy-integrated personal health management solutions, has secured seed investment from the University of Cambridge, the University of Cambridge Enterprise Fund III, FT Capital and high net worth individuals. The specific amounts are… Read More

Micrima

Micrima has developed an imaging system that exploits differences in permittivity – the ability of a substance to store electrical energy in an electric field – to identify and locate lesions in breast tissue. The company intends to develop 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

PsyOmics

PsyOmics is a University of Cambridge spin-out working to improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders. Mental illness accounts for over 15% of the disease burden in developed countries and in England alone, mental illness costs over… 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

Mind Foundry

Spun-out of the University of Oxford Machine Learning Group, Mind Foundry has developed advanced machine learning algorithms to help organisations solve problems by unlocking insights hidden deep within their big data. The day-to-day operation of successful organisations and businesses is increasingly reliant… 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

Zegami

Spun-out of the University of Oxford Computational Biology Research Group in February 2016, Zegami allows users to view large collections of images and associated metadata in a single field of view and to perform intuitive data analysis. With the… Read More

Oxford Endovascular

Oxford Endovascular are developing a novel treatment for treating brain aneurysms. The Oxford technology uses a special laser-cut metal alloy which has a shape-memory. It can be posted into a catheter during surgery, inserted into the brain and… 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

Bodle Technologies

Bodle Technologies, from the University of Oxford, has developed a novel, smart material for use in low-energy high-resolution displays and glazing. Bodle’s display device offerings offer high flexibility, ultra-high resolution, and very low energy consumption, making a highly… Read More

Boxarr

Boxarr is a Southampton University spin-out that provides analytical and data visualisation support to solve highly complex supply chain, systems, process and project business problems. The company has developed a unique, versatile tool and powerful methodology that is… Read More

GeoSpock

GeoSpock, a spin-out from the University of Cambridge, provides a real-time scaleable database for rapidly changing complex data. The company’s ambition is to become the Google Search of Big Data. GeoSpock’s technology platform sits at the base of an… Read More

Cytora

Founded in early 2013, Cytora has built an event detection technology that can detect factual, real world events in unstructured text. The technology can be scaled to cover all major event categories and be monetised across the Financial… Read More

Xerion

Xerion Healthcare seeks to commercialise Dr Helen Townley’s Research Group’s work into the use of nano-particles in cancer for therapy, imaging and drug delivery. The small size of nano-particles means they can passively accumulate in tumours due to… Read More

Quethera

Quethera, a spin-out from the University of Cambridge, is a gene therapy company developing a novel treatment for glaucoma. The company aims to deliver gene products for neuroprotectants and their receptors directly to the eye, which will provide long term… Read More

Ionix

Ionix Advanced Technologies is a Leeds University Spin-out that has developed extreme temperature piezo technology for use in the protection of high value industrial assets. The market for piezo technologies –harnessing certain material’s capacity to transform pressure into power or,… Read More

Orthox

Orthox is a medical device company founded to exploit FibroFix, a novel silk-based biomaterial platform, for the repair of injuries to cartilage and bone. FibroFix combines exceptional strength and resilience with a porous architecture and chemical structure similar… 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

Bounts

Bounts, a University of Oxford Innovation Startup Incubator spin-out, have developed a mobile health and exercise wearable app that uses industry standard secure protocols to allow members to collect all their exercise data in one place. Members can choose… Read More

Mirriad

Mirriad is a leading provider of Native In-Video Advertising (NIVA) services to brands and agencies looking to address the growing challenges presented by ad skipping and ad blindness. The Mirriad technology was originally developed at Surrey University, and claims… Read More

Cisiv

Cisiv has been a pioneering developer of technology solutions for pharmaceutical companies, enabling customers to capture new levels of information on the use of their products and treatments in real world settings. A specialist in large scale phase… Read More

Sphere Medical

Sphere’s products are used in a wide range of medical applications, enabling faster clinical decision-making and improved patient outcomes, whilst providing efficiencies that result in reduced healthcare costs.

PhoreMost

PhoreMost has developed a next-generation phenotypic screening platform called ‘Site-Seeker’ to identify the best new targets for future therapy, and crucially, how to drug them. This has the potential to significantly increase the diversity of novel therapeutics for… Read More

Fluidic Analytics

Fluidic Analytics is developing a line of tools for the rapid, accurate, cost-effective analysis of proteins and other biomolecular species. By combining a powerful microfluidics platform

TheySay

Spun-out of the University of Oxford in 2011, TheySay brings to the market ground-breaking research in computational linguistics. Impartial benchmarking studies have been carried out by three leading organisations that verify TheySay’s superior performance compared to the other… Read More

Salunda

Salunda has developed patented, contactless sensor technology for monitoring machinery in very harsh environments. Sensors scan components such as pistons, rotors and seals for wear and failure. A profile of the component surface can be recorded with sensitivities… Read More

Nandi Proteins

A spin-out from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Nandi Proteins is a market leader in developing technology and scientific expertise to improve the functional properties of proteins in food manufacturing and nutrition. Nandi specialises in working with global food… Read More

Fuel 3D

Fuel3D’s technology is being adapted for the broader 3D market, with the goal of bringing the benefits of point-and-shoot 3D imaging to consumers and professionals alike.

Perpetuum

Perpetuum engineered, produced and commercialised the world’s first practical electromagnetic vibration harvesting micro-generator delivering the power required to transmit large amounts of autonomous wireless sensor data reliably from remotely monitored assets. Perpetuum’s technology provides self-powered wireless conditioning monitoring solutions for… Read More

Brainomix

Brainomix is aiming to improve stroke treatment dramatically by developing software that gives all hospitals and clinics access to reliable diagnoses for their patients. Strokes are the third highest cause of death and the primary cause of disability… Read More

Oxtex

Oxtex – a novel self-inflating tissue expander

RoadMap

RoadMAp – silicon wavelength switch technology

Jukedeck

VocalIQ – The world’s first platform that allows you to talk to your devices

Vocal IQ

VocalIQ – The world’s first platform that allows you to talk to your devices

Ditto AI

Cloud Sustainability is a cloud based software platform that changes the way sustainability knowledge, consultancy and training is delivered.

AQDOT

Aqdot‘s technology allows for an energy- and raw material-efficient way of manufacturing microcapsules, leading to lower energy consumption and less waste.

Symetrica

Symetrica specializes in the detection and identification of radioisotopes for Security Applications.

Omega Diagnostics plc

Omega Diagnostics is focused on selling a wide range of specialist products, primarily in the immunoassay, in-vitro diagnostics (IVD) market within three segments: Allergy and Autoimmune, Food Intolerance and Infectious Disease.

Microsaic Systems plc

Microsaic is the first, and only company to have successfully miniaturised mass spectrometry through the development of its patented chip-based technologies.

Horizon Discovery

Horizon’s basic science and translational research knowledge deployed in combination with best-in-class translational genomics platforms, products and services provides meaningful solutions to the challenges of translational researchers.

Tangentix

Tangentix provides the best possible game delivery experience, using proprietary and patented technologies to compress game assets.

Sphere Fluidics

Sphere Fluidics has developed unique products for use in single cell analysis and characterisation and provides collaborative R&D services.

DefiniGEN

DefiniGEN provides human cells to the drug discovery sector for use in lead optimization and toxicity programmes.

Clean Air Power plc

Clean Air Power has pioneered the move towards using natural gas to power vehicles by developing Dual-Fuel™ technologies that guarantee diesel engine performance, with significant cost savings and low carbon emissions.

YASA Motors

YASA Motors, a spin-out from Oxford University, has developed a dynamic and innovative electric motors bringing a new generation of high power and high torque density electric motors to market.

Inotec AMD

Inotec AMD is a wound-care company that has developed Natrox™, a device that produces a continuous flow of humidified oxygen and directs it to a specially-designed dressing, allowing oxygen to constantly refresh the wound.

Cambridge CMOS Sensors

In June 2016 Cambridge CMOS Sensors was acquired by ams AG in an all-cash confidential transaction. This resulted in multiple returns for Parkwalk investors. Cambridge CMOS Sensors is a leading manufacturer of sensor solutions for monitoring air quality, with… Read More

Arkivum

Arkivum provides a large scale, long term, and cost effective digital archiving service with a unique 100% data integrity guarantee.

Mode DX

Mode Diagnostics is exploiting the electrochemical properties of biomarkers to produce novel assays for home diagnostic purposes.

Arvia Technology

Arvia’s technology removes and destroys organic contaminants from a wide range of aqueous effluents ranging from low and trace levels of difficult to treat and non-biodegradable organics to radioactive oils. The patented technology has been shown to treat… Read More