£30m Raised in Share Issue by Oxford Spin-out, Oxford Catalysts
Oxford Catalysts was spun-out to produce catalysts for the generation of clean fuels by Isis in 2005 and is now valued at approx. £130m.
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Oxford Catalysts was spun-out to produce catalysts for the generation of clean fuels by Isis in 2005 and is now valued at approx. £130m.
The latest spin-out from the University of Oxford, Run3D Ltd, offers Europe’s first computerised three-dimensional assessment for preventing the types of overuse injuries that affect 50% of runners. Run3D’s service uses 3D motion analysis checked against the world’s largest biomechanical database to identify any abnormal patterns in a runner’s gait. These abnormal patterns are often the root cause of an injury which once corrected can prevent any recurrence.
A spin-out from the University of Oxford, Oxford Vacmedix, will commercialise a new technology with the potential to reduce the cost of vaccine development significantly and increase the effectiveness of vaccines in providing immunity against both infectious diseases and cancer. The technology makes use of techniques that have already produced effective vaccines under laboratory conditions.
University of Oxford researchers have developed a technology that allows devices such as mobile phones and cameras to both charge and transmit data without cables. Current applications target smaller, low power devices. However, employed on a larger scale, this technology might eliminate the need for power and data cables altogether.
Aurox Ltd has won a 2012 Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation for designing and manufacturing novel equipment for optical microscopy.
Activity Rewards, a start-up company, has today announced the launch of imotiva.com, providing incentives for individuals to exercise and a new way for sports-related organisations to engage with their members. imotiva has been developed within the Isis Software Incubator, which provides support to allow business ideas from Oxford University staff and students to be developed into successful companies.
A new Oxford spin-out, OxeHealth, spun out from Oxford's Institute of Biomedical Engineering, will allow patients' health to be monitored using a webcam and a software application.
Isis start-up TheySay is to work alongside Autonomy and Okana to provide a data- and sentiment-analysis solution to the UK’s Care Quality Commission. The information system is co-ordinated by QinetiQ.
Zyoxel, spun out by Oxford University Innovation in 2009, has announced it will collaborate with researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory and MatTek to develop a circuit of miniature human organs on a chip as part of a five year, up to $26.3 million program awarded by the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
Oxford University Innovation Ltd is responsible for managing the formation of new spin-out companies from the University of Oxford with the academic founders, on behalf of the University of Oxford.