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      A lean spin-out, social enterprise focusing on developing a fast rapid COVID-19 test. Joint Oxford University and OSCAR company.
Incorporated in June 2020
Origin: Oxford University, Department of Engineering Science
 
            Since 1987, Oxford University Innovation has been responsible for creating spinout companies based on academic research generated within and owned by the University of Oxford, and in recent years has spun out 15-20 new companies every year.
Over £2.5bn in external investment has been raised by Oxford University Innovation spinouts since 2010, and ten of our current portfolio are currently listed in London and New York.
The creation of new spinout companies, most of which are listed below, also channels millions of pounds back into University research, benefits local economic development and has created many new jobs in the region.
 
      
      
     
      
      
     
      The OxSight ‘SmartSpecs’ help sight impaired and blind people to navigate independently, avoid collisions and see in the dark.
Incorporated in June 2016
Origin: Oxford University, Neuroscience
 
      
      
     
      OxSonics provide economic and scalable life-changing treatments to solid tumour cancer patients.
Incorporated in January 2014
Origin: Oxford University, Institute of Biomedical Engineering
 
      
      
     
      OxStem is a developer of cell programming therapies.
Incorporated in May 2016
Origin: Oxford University, Department of Chemistry
 
      
      
     
      OxStem Beta will generate novel therapies to stimulate formation of new beta cells in the pancreas
(neogenesis) by targeting pathways that are normally only active during development or following
pancreatic injury.
Incorporated in December 2018
Origin: Oxford University, Department of Pathology
 
      
      
     
      OxStem Immuno aims to develop small molecule drugs that augment macrophage efferocytosis in
vitro and enhance tissue repair in vivo. These therapies will supercede the need for cell transplantation
or cytokine therapy in the context of tissue repair for chronic wounds and a range of inflammatory
conditions.
Incorporated in December 2018
Origin: Oxford University, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics
Contact: Adam Workman
 
      
      
     
      Developing 3D printing techniques to produce a range of tissue-like and functional tissues for medical research and clinical applications. Their vision is to ultimately produce tissues that can be used in the clinic for organ repair or replacement.
Origin: Oxford University, Department of Chemistry
 
      
      
    Oxvalue.ai offers a useful new approach for appraising technology, and an important guide for decision-making in technology investment, transfer and commercialisation.
Incorporated in January 2023
 
      
      
     
      The technology consists of two patent families which collectively enable the development of cost effective, off-the-shelf vaccines based on a proprietary dendritic cell subset for the treatment of solid tumour cancers. The technology overcomes certain key roadblocks previously associated with dendritic cell vaccine technology.
Incorporated in March 2021
Origin: Oxford University, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology
 
      
      
     
      OxVent Limited is a joint-venture social enterprise that will license the OxVent ventilator design for international deployment in Covid19 and beyond, and provide consultancy on its testing, regulatory approval and manufacturing.
Incorporated in September 2020
Origin: Oxford University, Department of Engineering Science
 
      
      
     
      Biopharmaceutical company treating patients with chronic infectious diseases and cancer. In 2007 Oxxon Therapeutics was acquired by Oxford BioMedica plc.
Incorporated in June 1999
Origin: Oxford University
 
      
      
     
      Low cost three dimensional imaging of museum artifacts.
Incorporated in January 2018
Origin: Oxford University
Contact: Philippa Christoforou
 
      
      
    Provides advanced insights on global information operations, data flows, and public understanding of critical issues.
Incorporated in December 2022
Origin: Oxford University, Oxford Internet Institute
 
      
      
     
      Therapeutics biotech company developing proprietary drug delivery platform technology.
Incorporated in March 2018
Origin: Oxford University, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics
 
      
      
     
      Developing solutions for major unmet needs in diagnostic medicine in multiple internal organs. In the first instance the focus will be on, the detection and the accurate, quantitative measurement of liver, gallbladder and pancreatic disease, including precancerous and cancerous states in these organs.
Incorporated in April 2013
Origin: Oxford University, Radcliffe Department of Medicine
 
      
      
     
      Augmented reality cybersecurity assistant.
Incorporated in July 2020
Origin: Oxford University, Department of Computer Science
Contact: David Howells
 
                