Portfolio

Some recent examples of companies that have successfully raised investment from Oxford Innovation Finance can be found below. Companies may have raised investment from Oxford Innovation Finance's angel network, OION, the Oxford Innovation EIS Growth Fund, or both.

Interpac Ltd

Low energy, low cost, and small corrugated cardboard machine delivers up to 25% cost reduction allowing production to be moved to the point of need

Sector

Manufacture/Engineering

Stage

Early stage (first sales)

Investment required

£2,000,000

Filisia

We reimagine play, therapy and learning for people with Special Education Needs and Disabilities

Sector

Other

Stage

Growth (established sales)

Investment required

£1,500,000

InferSens Limited

AI-enabled Liquid Flow Sensing: Revolutionising Global Legionella Risk Monitoring

Sector

Technology/IT/Software

Stage

Startup (pre revenue)

Investment required

£600,000

Lineat Composites Ltd

We have secured a fully funded ICURe grant of £300,000, together with Min £175,000 guarrentted from UKI2S, £48,680 from UoB as a convertable loan

Sector

Other

Stage

Startup (pre revenue)

Investment required

£150,000

MitoRx Therapeutics Limited

Pioneering transformational mitochondrial-protective therapeutics in muscular dystrophy and dementia

Sector

Life Science/Pharma

Stage

Startup (pre revenue)

Investment required

£500,000

Oxford Medical Products

OMP are looking to raise £5M to conduct FIH trials for weight loss product.

Sector

Healthcare/Medical Device

Stage

Startup (pre revenue)

Investment required

£5,000,000

Active Needle Technology Ltd

ANT develops ultrasonically powered needles that greatly enhance visibility, reduce off-target bending and reduce trauma. CE mark achieved May 2021.

Sector

Healthcare/Medical Device

Stage

Startup (pre revenue)

Investment required

£400,000

FluoretiQ Limited

FluoretiQ builds products that identify a true and correct need for antibiotics; saving time, saving money, saving lives.

Sector

Healthcare/Medical Device

Stage

Startup (pre revenue)

Investment required

£1,500,000

Envorem Limited

Greentech to treat the millions of tonnes of oily sludge otherwise dumped or incinerated with massive environmental impact on our oceans, land and air

Sector

Environment/Green

Stage

Early stage (first sales)

Investment required

£650,000

Wayland Additive Limited

Next generation metal Additive Manufacturing machines from an experienced team and with a strong IP portfolio

Sector

Manufacture/Engineering

Stage

Early stage (first sales)

Investment required

£3,000,000

EcoSync

STOP HEATING EMPTY ROOMS!

Sector

Environment/Green

Stage

Early stage (first sales)

Investment required

£1,000,000

VR Entertainment Ltd

Introducing the future of entertainment to the UK

Sector

Leisure/Entertainment

Stage

Startup (pre revenue)

Investment required

£1,350,000

VisusNano

Developing a pipeline of exciting drug-eluting intraocular lens implant, for use in patients undergoing cataract surgery.

Sector

Life Science/Pharma

Stage

Startup (pre revenue)

Investment required

£2,700,000

NX3 Technologies Limited

Transforming digital education through accessibility

Sector

Technology/IT/Software

Stage

Growth (established sales)

Investment required

£2,000,000

Cognitant Group Ltd (Healthinote)

Healthinote: a platform for lifescience companies to deliver interactive and personalised information about health and to gather patient insight.

Sector

Healthcare/Medical Device

Stage

Early stage (first sales)

Investment required

£300,000

HydRegen Limited

Answering the call for cleaner chemicals

Sector

Life Science/Pharma

Stage

Startup (pre revenue)

Investment required

£150,000

Muddy Machines Ltd

We build robots that automate field work to fix farmers' urgent labour shortage issues. Our starting point is green asparagus harvest.

Sector

Other

Stage

Startup (pre revenue)

Investment required

£250,000

Fourth State

Platform technology across multiple markets. Revenue generating with order book looking for growth capital to support COVID demand.

Sector

Healthcare/Medical Device

Stage

Early stage (first sales)

Investment required

£1,200,000

Collegia

Collegia: the simple, efficient and sustainable pension.

Sector

Other

Stage

Startup (pre revenue)

Investment required

£400,000

Finboot

We unlock blockchain for enterprise. We are a pioneer in enabling enterprise blockchain adoption using our middleware and application suite, MARCO.

Sector

Technology/IT/Software

Stage

Early stage (first sales)

Investment required

£2,000,000

Sunswap Ltd

Decarbonising the cold chain with zero-emission transport refrigeration.

Sector

Manufacture/Engineering

Stage

Startup (pre revenue)

Investment required

£350,000

La Salle Education

Using our sector leading learning technology, large teacher community and reputation to address significant opportunities introduced by Covid-19

Sector

Technology/IT/Software

Stage

Growth (established sales)

Investment required

£500,000

FungiAlert

FungiAlert discovers, develops & licences game-changing bio-based products for agricultural (e.g. bio-controls), using disruptive SporSenZ technology

Sector

Life Science/Pharma

Stage

Early stage (first sales)

Investment required

£500,000

Settld

Simplifying end of life admin

Sector

Other

Stage

Startup (pre revenue)

Investment required

£500,000

Thrive Partners Ltd

Thrive - a secure cloud-based platform that facilitates people finding and connecting with a real coach, mentor, trainer, teacher or advisor on demand

Sector

Technology/IT/Software

Stage

Growth (established sales)

Investment required

£500,000

Aiydec Corporation Limited

Zinia, is our ground breaking self-serve AI platform for business users proven to improve revenue by 15-20% within financial institutions.

Sector

Technology/IT/Software

Stage

Early stage (first sales)

Investment required

£750,000

action.ai

Powering the next generation of chatbots that automate interactions between people and businesses. One of the most awarded AI companies in Europe.

Sector

Technology/IT/Software

Stage

Early stage (first sales)

Investment required

£750,000

Inulox Ltd

Inulox is developing a supplement to convert dietary sugars to plant fibre inside the gut.

Sector

Life Science/Pharma

Stage

Startup (pre revenue)

Investment required

£450,000

Alvant Group PLc

Increasing the capability of the worlds most demanding products.

Sector

Manufacture/Engineering

Stage

Early stage (first sales)

Investment required

£1,000,000

Flare Bright Ltd

FlareBright is creating true autonomy in drones and has just won its first contract.

Sector

Manufacture/Engineering

Stage

Early stage (first sales)

Investment required

£500,000

News

Introducing Oxford Innovation Finance

The home of OION and the Oxford Innovation EIS Growth Fund.

Successfully Managing Innovation – Funding and navigating the innovation landscape - Episode 6

This event from The Institution of Engineering and Technology will show how to navigate the technology angels UK early-stage funding landscape for innovative technology investment.

Now Open for Investment – the Oxford Innovation EIS Growth Fund 2

The Fund will aim to invest in promising early stage technology businesses that have the potential for significant and tax-free capital gains. (Capital at risk).

Oxford Innovation EIS Growth Fund leads £1.45m funding round into Envorem Ltd

The Oxford Innovation EIS Growth Fund, managed by OION Ltd, alongside Angel investors from OION, SAIC, Danube Angels, TSP Ventures and Morrow Moylan Capital have invested in the early stage Greentech company Envorem.

Taylor Vinters - Future Focus Series: Fresh thoughts on environment and innovation

Co-hosted by Taylor Vinters and Oxfordshire Greentech, their Future Focus series highlights the innovative thinking and business practices that will tackle the world’s greatest challenges.

Oxford Innovation EIS Growth Fund Completes First Investments

The Oxford Innovation EIS Growth Fund has now completed its first two deals, investing £200k in to both Cognitant Group and FungiAlert.

Peeling back the layers of OION’s financial year

During a year unlike any other, OION has continued to assist ambitious, innovative companies with 28 of them securing funding from the network.

Exclusive Transformation Bootcamp for Funding/Investment Readiness

Impakt It out of Oxford University Innovation solving the $7.4Trillion question on why 84% of business transformations fail. Bringing you an exclusive opportunity for the Business Transformation Bootcamps with tailored focuses, including the Transformation Bootcamp for Funding and Investment-Readiness.

First EIS fund marks significant new milestone for Oxford Innovation

Oxford Innovation, the UK’s leading organisation helping ambitious entrepreneurs and innovators with advice, innovation space and capital, has successfully raised a £2million EIS fund for providing finance to the next generation of innovative businesses.

Introducing the Oxford Innovation EIS Growth Fund

Oxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION Ltd), is delighted to introduce the Oxford Innovation EIS Growth Fund, offering investors the opportunity to invest in a portfolio of promising technology companies with the potential to achieve significant tax-free capital gains.

Autonomous Drone start-up, Flare Bright Ltd closes initial investment round

Flare Bright pitched at OION's September Showcase and have recently closed their round with investment from OION members.

RAB Microfluidics secures £1.24m investment

Following their pitch at OION's July 2020 Showcase, RAB Microfluidics have recently closed their round with investment from OION.

Jens Tholstrup shares his thoughts on 'How Innovation Works'

OION Ltd's Chairman, Jens Tholstrup, explores Matt Ridley's latest book.

The Founders Series - Season 3 // Mikesh Udani

For episode 2 in Season 3 of Taylor Vinter's Founders Series, they'll be meeting a spin-off CEO whose revolutionary tech-based approach addresses a health issue that’s existed for decades.

Taylor Vinters - The Founders Series

Taylor Vinters Founders Series reveals how leaders of breakthrough businesses have identified opportunities in fast-moving markets and taken a disruptive, tech-based approach to make their concepts succeed. Sign up now for Season 3.

The impact of Covid-19 on early stage investing

We've been working with Advanced Oxford to find out how Covid-19 may change the levels of early stage investment within the knowledge economy.

OION welcomes Taylor Vinters in new sponsor partnership

International legal business Taylor Vinters shows continued support for the innovation ecosystem in new partnership with Oxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION).

UK-Singapore Innovation Matching Day – opportunity for startups to pitch to global organisations

The Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) and its partners are organising an event on 13 May 2020 in central London for European startups to pitch to Singapore organisations.

The Show must go on: OION’s most recent Showcase goes virtual

Following the recent developments and in the interests of all attendee’s safety, the decision was made to move OION Ltd’s March Showcase, originally scheduled to be held at Culham Science Centre, to an online only virtual event.

OION Fund portfolio company, techspert.io, closes Series A funding round

Congratulations to techspert.io who’ve just raised £3.76m Series A funding.

Messly closes round with investment from OION members

Messly pitched in September 2019 with their professional network for UK junior doctors who they connect with recruiting hospitals and agencies through a tech-enabled hiring platform.

Saltee secures investment following pitch at OION Showcase

Saltee pitched their new direct to consumer, premium beauty sector sun care brand at the October 2019 OION Ltd Showcase held at the HB Allen Centre in Oxford.

OION’s first Showcase of 2020 held at Cazenove Capital’s offices in London

The first OION Ltd Showcase of 2020 was a sell-out event with eleven impressive companies pitching for investment.

Oxford Investment Opportunity Network and Oxford Angel Network join forces

Leading angel networks in Oxford merge to catalyse early-stage tech investment in the Oxford Cluster.

Final OION Showcase of 2019 sees nine companies pitch for investment

The final OION Showcase of 2019 was hosted by OION sponsor, PwC, last week at their Frontier hub in the Reading offices.

Coffee and Danish with Jens Tholstrup of Oxford Investment Opportunity Network

OION MD Jens Tholstrup talks with Antony David at TechTribe about the early stage ecosystem in Oxford.

Keble College’s new H B Allen Centre hosts OION’s October Showcase

Our October Showcase took place last week with eleven companies presenting for investment at the recently completed H B Allen Centre, Oxford.

OION’s September Showcase held at Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire

Following a short break over the summer, our Showcase events resumed last week with the first of the Autumn series held in the new Visitor Centre at Harwell Campus.

Learning with Experts, Oxford EdTech Company, Raises £800k

Learning with Experts has just completed a latest funding round above target, raising £800k with an impressive group of High Net Worth (HNW) Angels, including members of OION.

Success for Somaserve...

Somaserve has recently announced that it has secured the IP and global commercial rights to the PolyNaut technology and also the closure of its seed round funding in which a small group of investors, including OION, participated.

Eleven companies present at joint OION and OUI Showcase

Last week, the Oxford Martin School on Broad Street hosted the latest joint Oxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION) and Oxford University Innovation (OUI) Showcase.

Oxford Medical Simulation closes investment round with funding from OION members

Oxford Medical Simulation pitched at OION Ltd's London Stock Exchange Showcase in November and have recently closed their round with investment from OION members.

OION welcomes The Oxford Trust as new sponsor

OION is delighted to welcome The Oxford Trust as a sponsor of the network.

Crypta Labs raises investment following pitch at OION Showcase

Crypta Labs is developing the world's first portable quantum hardware security module to secure edge of network devices that rely on weak random numbers in their encryption protocols. We’re pleased to confirm that they’ve recently closed their round with investment from OION.

OION a finalist in Syndicate of the Year category at the UKBAA Awards

We’re delighted to announce that we’ve been shortlisted for Syndicate of the Year at the UKBAA Angel Investment Awards 2019!

OION Ltd’s latest Showcase hosted by Rathbone Private Office

Eleven companies pitched for investment at OION Ltd’s most recent Showcase, held at the London offices of Rathbones.

OION sponsor, PwC, seeking ambitious businesses to test their ‘My Financepartner Digital’ Software

PwC have developed ‘My Financepartner Digital’ to allow you to login to your mobile or laptop and quickly see all the key performance metrics of your business (or businesses) without logging in to your accounting software.

Perkier Foods secures funding following pitch at OION’s London Stock Exchange Showcase

Perkier Foods, producers of healthy, free-from and plant based snack bars and breakfasts, have recently closed their £350k round with significant investment coming from OION members.

OION celebrates successes of the past year at Annual Dinner

Oxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION), now in its 25th year of connecting companies and investors, celebrated the occasion and the successes of the past year at the well-renowned OION Annual Dinner.

OION welcome PwC as newest sponsors

OION Ltd are delighted to welcome PwC who’ve recently joined as a sponsor of OION.

Twelve companies pitch at OION’s Blenheim Palace Showcase

Twelve companies pitched for investment at last week’s OION Ltd Showcase held at the stunning Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire.

OION Dinner 2019 - Tickets now available!

The OION Annual Dinner has a reputation of being a great networking event. This year will be no exception as we return to Trinity College, Oxford on Wednesday 10th April.

First OION Ltd Showcase of 2019 hosted by Centrica at Windsor HQ

Ten companies from across OION Ltd’s three investment networks (OION, TVIN & OEI) pitched for investment, followed by networking and lunch.

Advanced Materials company, Alvant, secures investment following pitches at OION

Alvant have pitched at two OION Ltd Showcase events recently, first at the Saïd Business School, Oxford in July last year and second with an update at the London Stock Exchange in November.

OION Ltd’s final Showcase of 2018 held at Sophos HQ, Abingdon

Ten companies pitched for investment at last week’s OION Ltd Showcase, the final of 2018.

RootWave receives investment following pitch to OION Ltd

RootWave pitched at OION Ltd’s July Showcase and as a result have recently closed their round with a £150k investment from OION members.

Success for Inovo Robotics

After pitching at OION Ltd’s Robotics and AI Showcase held at Culham back in January, Inovo Robotics have recently closed their round after accepting a £1.5m investment from a technology EIS Fund.

CHAIN Biotechnology raises funding from OION Ltd for the second time

Following their pitch to OION Ltd members in May at Leander Club, CHAIN Biotech have recently closed their round with investment from a number of OION members included.

OION Ltd’s latest Showcase sees thirteen companies pitch at London Stock Exchange

Last week’s OION Ltd Showcase at the London Stock Exchange featured presentations from thirteen fascinating companies seeking investment.

OION Ltd’s first Showcase of the current series held at Bisham Abbey, Marlow

Following a brief pause for the summer, September 27th saw the first OION Ltd Showcase of the current series. Held at the stunning Bisham Abbey near Marlow, ten companies from a broad range of sectors pitched.

Bookabees secures funding following pitch at OION Ltd’s May Showcase

Bookabees pitched to OION members at the May Showcase held at the Leander Club overlooking the river in Henley on Thames. Since then, we’re pleased to report that they’ve recently closed their round with investment from OION included.

Rovco named ‘Game Changer’ by the Offshore Renewables Energy Catapult

Rovco, after receiving £280,000 of investment from OION members as part of a £1.2m raise, have been named a ‘Game Changer’ by the Offshore Renewables Energy (ORE) Catapult.

OION Ltd’s final Showcase of the summer series sees ten companies pitch for investment

OION Ltd returned to Oxford’s Saïd Business School last Thursday for the final Showcase before the summer break. Ten company pitches were followed by networking and refreshments providing investors with the opportunity to find out more from the companies of interest.