Cella Energy


Advanced materials and technologies in safe, lightweight, high performance hydrogen storage technology.
Incorporated in January 2011
Origin: Oxford University, Science and Technology Facilities Council
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.
Celleron is an oncology healthcare company that has developed biomarkers using epigenetic techniques that match drugs to responsive disease.
Incorporated in November 2005
Origin: Oxford University, Department of Pharmacology
Software/hardware solutions
Incorporated in November 1998
Origin: Oxford University, Computing
Circadian Therapeutics identify and bring to market pharmaceutical and diagnostic platforms for the effective management of physiological and pathological conditions through their ability to modify the body's circadian rhythms.
Incorporated in September 2016
Origin: Oxford University, Ophthalmology
ClinOx offers clients knowledge and expertise in the development, placement, conduct and analysis of early phase oncology clinical trials, with particular emphasis on pharmacokinetic and mechanistic endpoints.
Origin: Oxford University, Nuffield Division of Clinical and Laboratory Sciences
Using leading edge human biomimetic platforms to test and develop therapeutics for serious human diseases.
Incorporated in July 2009
Origin: Oxford University, Institute of Biomedical Engineering
Cocotec builds software tools, which harness the power of automated formal verification. Its product, the Coco Platform, comes with a powerful software development environment that enables developers to build their software, automatically verify whether it is correct, and then generate high quality reliable code.
Incorporated in November 2018
Origin: Oxford University, Department of Computer Science
Focus on the synthesis of natural products.
Incorporated in December 2018
Origin: Oxford University, Chemistry
A broadcast personalisation engine to revolutionise audience experience.
Incorporated in January 2017
Origin: Oxford University, Computer Sciences
Cytox develops a technology platform for tests to identify individuals at risk of cognitive decline, Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
Incorporated in October 2006
Origin: Oxford University, Division of Clinical Neurology/Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine
Big data and analysis company focused on enabling reproducibility in chemistry.
Incorporated in June 2006
Origin: Oxford University
DeepReason.ai offers a Knowledge Graph Management System that can integrate seamlessly with various enterprise, and public, data sources to perform fast and intelligent reasoning
Incorporated in January 2018
Origin: Oxford University, Computer Science
Contact: Adrian Coles
Deontics is software which guides doctors and patients through the scientific and clinical decision making.
Incorporated in August 2014
Origin: Oxford University, Department of Engineering Science
Designer Carbon Materials, Developing advanced nanomaterials for a range of applications, including energy harvesting, bio-sensing and quantum nanoelectronics.
Incorporated in April 2014
Origin: Oxford University, Department of Materials
DiffBlue is a world leader in automated test generation. Their products have been developed with industry partners over the last ten years and replace the manual process of writing tests.
Incorporated in March 2016
Origin: Oxford University, Department of Computer Science
Company developing AI-based learning support applications.
Incorporated in August 2018
Origin: Oxford University, Mathematical Institute
Contact: Ben Oakley
EKB Technology commercialises a revolutionary Bioprocessing Technology developed for the use of biological systems such as plant and animal cells and microorganisms to modify, produce or purify chemical intermediates.
Origin: Oxford University, Department of Earth Sciences