We publish news of technology innovations, investment opportunities, together with updates from spinout & startup companies and licensees
Genomics, a 2014 spin-out developing an analytical platform for genomic sequence data analysis, has completed a £10.3 million fundraising.
Oxford University Innovation spin-out Oxford Medical Diagnostics is working on a hand-held diagnostic to identify children with diabetes before they become ill.
NaturalMotion began as a project in the Zoology Department at the University of Oxford in 2001. Working with Oxford University Innovation, CEO Torsten Reil developed a business plan and secured first-round investors for the company. NaturalMotion was acquired by Zynga in early 2014 for $527m.
Software startup Onfido has raised £500,000 in seed funding as its online real-time employee screening service is rolled out to help employers conduct vital background checks.
A spin-out from Oxford University’s Department of Engineering Science and Oxford University Innovation will target new opportunities in robotics and autonomous systems.
Isis Outcomes will be presenting on two recent collaborative ePRO activities at this event in Amsterdam 8th – 12th November 2014. In association with Professor Crispin Jenkinson and colleagues at the University of Oxford, PharmaQuest Ltd and CRF Health, Isis Outcomes will explain where it has supported the development of ePRO versions of its portfolio of health outcomes instruments.
Oxford University Innovation, the University of Oxford’s commercialisation company, has been named “Technology Transfer Unit of the Year” at a gala dinner in London, held as part of the Global University Venturing 2014 Summit.
US life sciences company Sequenom purchases non-invasive prenatal screening intellectual property from Oxford University Innovation for $14.55m.
OBN has celebrated the best of UK life science at its annual awards ceremony, and five of the winners are Oxford University Innovation spin-outs.
Brainomix, a start-up from the Isis Software Incubator, has been announced as the winner in the ICT category of the Academic Enterprise Awards 2014.
