Companies formed
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.
Base Genomics (acquired by Exact Sciences)


DNA methylation detection using this TAPS technology. Base Genomics was acquired by Exact Sciences in October 2020.
Incorporated in June 2020
Origin: Oxford University, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research
Qdot


High heat flux technology. The company will provide advanced engineering solutions to challenging thermal problems such as those that occur in fusion reactors, or high power density electronic systems.
Incorporated in April 2020
Origin: Oxford University, Thermofluids Institute
Contact: Adrian Coles
OxEd

GaitQ


Improving the lives of people living with Parkinson’s.
Incorporated in March 2020
Origin: Oxford University, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics
Spintex Engineering


To develop commercially scalable manufacturing process for spinning spider silk.
Incorporated in January 2020
Origin: Oxford University, Department of Zoology
Contact: Adam Workman
Living Optics
3D laser spectrometer and single shot hyperspectral imaging.
Incorporated in January 2020
Origin: Oxford University, Department of Physics
Contact: Steve Silvey
2019
ORCA Computing


building a scalable, modular and flexible quantum computing platform.
Incorporated in December 2019
Origin: Oxford University
Ground Truth Labs
Mining large digital pathology datasets through a web platform that can manage a crowd sourced approach to annotation.
Incorporated in December 2019
Origin: Oxford University, IBME and NDM
Ivy Farm


First commercial producer of sustainable, guilt-free meat.
Incorporated in December 2019
Origin: Oxford University, Institute of Biomedical Engineering
Global Malaria Vaccinces
GyreOx

Lime Biosciences
Nucleome Therapeutics


Platform technology based on NG capture-c technique computational pipelines and experimental know-how.
Incorporated in July 2019
Origin: Oxford University, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine
Contact: Matthew Carpenter
Akrivia Health (Cristal Health)

Machine Discovery


Development and commercialisation of quantum physics, acceleration and optimisation software for intelligent computational R&D.
Incorporated in May 2019
Origin: Oxford University, Department of Physics
Oxford Brain Diagnostics


Software and patented approach to differential diagnosis of cognitive diseases
Incorporated in April 2019
Origin: Oxford University, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences
MiroBio


A biologics company with a mission to treat a range of autoimmune and inflammatory disorders.
Incorporated in April 2019
Origin: Oxford University
Oxford Ionics


High performance quantum computing
Incorporated in April 2019
Origin: Oxford University, Department of Physics
Greater Change


Personalised cash grants to help people out of homelessness for good. £1,319 spent by Greater Change unlocks £35,177 in cost savings to the government. A return of over 20x.
Incorporated in March 2019
Origin: Oxford University, Department of Economica
Asymmetric Suzuki Reactions (EnantiOx)


To develop compound libraries based on the asymmetric synthesis methodolofies.
Incorporated in March 2019
Origin: Oxford University, Department of Chemistry