Success Stories

These pages feature some of our significant successes in recent years. They include examples of technology licensing and spin-out company formation as well as knowledge exchange through academic consultancy and innovation management services. The stories help illustrate the substantial impact the University and Oxford University Innovation have in transferring both technology and expertise to external organisations for social and economic benefit.

See our Impacts brochure (PDF, 1MB).

View a wider range of success stories from Oxford University on the Oxford Impacts page.

Onfido: world-leading identity verification

Onfido

Onfido is building the new identity standard for the internet.

colwiz: accelerating global research

colwiz

colwiz’s comprehensive research platform streamlines the entire research process, enabling academics to focus on their next big idea

Esdspire: discovering online learning resources

Edspire

Edspire enables users to search tens of thousands of online educational resources to find the learning solutions that are right for them.

TheySay

Sentiment analysis software from TheySay enables clients to monitor opinions on social media, and elsewhere on the internet, in real time. Clients range from FTSE 100 companies to small businesses, in industries from healthcare to banking.

Pilio: energy management with scientific integrity

Pilio

UK businesses waste £129 million per year on energy, according to The Carbon Trust. Oxford start-up Pilio has helped hundreds of clients, including Whitbread, the YMCA, and the Royal Albert Hall, to understand and manage their energy consumption.

Brainomix: stroke evaluation in minutes

Brainomix

Brainomix has developed software which helps doctors to evaluate the severity of strokes and quickly identify appropriate treatments.

Oxford BioChronometrics

Oxford startup’s “ultimate password” protects ad spend and company information

bounts: rewards for exercise

bounts

bounts currently has over 3 million members, aged 8 to 87. Users in over 11 countries have downloaded the app, and collect rewards points each time they exercise.