🔦 Here’s this week’s round-up of exciting news from across our portfolio: 🎥 Oxford Ionics on CNBC Chris Ballance, Co-Founder & CEO of Oxford Ionics, spoke to CNBC about the transformative potential of quantum computing. 🌟CEO of OMass Therapeutics wins major award Congratulations to Ros Deegan, CEO of OMass Therapeutics for winning this year’s Women-Led Business Leader of the Year, at the Life Star Awards! A well-deserved recognition for Ros’ incredible leadership. 💉 Theolytics Begins First-In-Human Trial Theolytics has dosed the first patient in their Phase I/IIa trial of THEO-260, a novel oncolytic immunotherapy for advanced-stage platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. This milestone marks a major step forward in tackling the challenging disease. 🏆 Neu Health bestowed NHS Journal Award Congratulations to the Neu Health team for winning the NHS Journal Award for digitising patient care. Awarded at an event with over 2,000 people, opened by the Secretary for State for Health, Wes Streeting, the awards honour exceptional achievements in the NHS. 🏢 Oxford University Innovation in Forbes “Each company formed represents major progress,” says Dr Mairi Gibbs, CEO of OUI, featured in a recent Forbes piece speaking about how spinout creation has continued to accelerate despite current state of capital markets. 🩺 FDA Recognition for Ultromics Ultromics achieved FDA Breakthrough Device Clearance for its cardiac amyloidosis screening device, enhancing early detection capabilities for a condition often diagnosed too late.
Oxford Science Enterprises
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Oxford, England 16,489 followers
We found, fund and build transformational businesses via our unique partnership with the University of Oxford
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Oxford Science Enterprises (OSE) is an independent, billion-pound investment company, created in 2015 to found, fund and build transformational businesses across specialist areas of life sciences, health tech, AI, new compute, climate tech and agtech. Via our unique partnership with the University of Oxford, the world's #1 research university, we turn the world's most advanced science and technology into companies tackling the world's toughest challenges. In nine years, we have invested £0.7 billion in over 120 ambitious companies built on Oxford science. A key player in Oxford’s innovation ecosystem, we are highly motivated to foster an environment that catalyses pioneering research and steers it to commercial success. We are committed to doing this in an inclusive and sustainable way.
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- Life Sciences, Deep Tech, and Health Tech
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📽️ #MeetThePortfolio - Refeyn 🔬 Led by CEO Gerry Mackay, Refeyn is redefining the molecular research landscape through mass photometry—a revolutionary technique for better measuring molecular mass, by simply shining light on single biomolecules. Refeyn's technology emerged from a breakthrough moment in 2014 when researchers from the University of Oxford discovered that a light microscope could measure individual proteins' mass. By 2018, the team had transformed this concept into a quantitative tool. Today, valued at over $250 million and with a global team of 150+, Refeyn’s instruments are empowering scientists worldwide, from pharmaceutical labs to academic research. #innovation #healthtech #lifesciences #oxford
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🎉 A Major Milestone for Theolytics Congratulations to the team at Theolytics, on achieving a significant breakthrough in their mission to develop best-in-class adenoviral oncolytic immunotherapies. 💡Theolytics has dosed the first patient in its latest trial of THEO-260, a novel oncolytic immunotherapy uniquely designed to tackle the complex, immune-suppressed nature of advanced solid tumours, such as platinum-resistant ovarian cancer (PROC). Ovarian cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths among women, with limited treatment options available for those facing platinum-resistant cases. THEO-260 targets not only cancer cells but also the tumour’s stromal microenvironment, showing promise to alleviate immune suppression and drive meaningful patient outcomes. This milestone underscores Theolytics’ pioneering approach to harnessing the power of adenoviral oncolytic immunotherapies to combatting cancers with significantly unmet needs. #innovation #lifesciences #oxford
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🔦 Introducing a new weekly round-up of exciting news from across our portfolio of groundbreaking companies (links in comments): 📰 Genomics in The Financial Times The FT reported on a new study published by Stanford University researchers and Genomics on genetic screening tests that have the potential to reverse 25% of preventable deaths from common diseases. 💰Funding Milestone for Diffblue Generative AI pioneer Diffblue raised $6.3M in new funding, accelerating its platform that catches bugs early in the development cycle to deliver better quality software for clients including 4 of the 10 largest US banks. 🏥 AlveoGene receives Rare Paediatric Disease Designation from FDA Alveogene, a company focused on transforming rare respiratory disease outcomes, has been granted a new designation from the FDA for its novel inhaled gene therapy. 📈 PQShield Recognised as Cybersecurity Standout Congratulations to PQShield for making Fortune Magazine’s list of the fastest-growing cybersecurity startups! Their work is setting new standards in post-quantum cryptography, ensuring a safer digital future.
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🌟 Calling All Visionary Founders! 🌟 Oxford Venture Scouts is on the lookout for founders ready to bring cutting-edge science and technology to market. If you have a unique idea for a venture across health tech, deep tech and life sciences, or are an industry leader seeking a breakthrough opportunity, this programme is for you. Created by Oxford University Innovation, supported by the University of Oxford, OSE and Parkwalk Advisors, we connect founders with leading scientific teams, provide venture-building support, and invest up to £0.25M to spin out a company. Start your journey with Oxford Venture Scouts today! Application details 👉 https://lnkd.in/gcHAtvFD #OxfordVentureScouts #Innovation #DeepTech #HealthTech #LifeScience #Entrepreneurship
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🚀 #PortfolioNews Congratulations to Robert Johnson on his appointment as CEO of Kesmalea Therapeutics! Robert will oversee the next phase of the company’s growth as it develops a new class of CNS-penetrant protein degraders aimed at treating neurological diseases. Robert joins Kesmalea Therapeutics with extensive experience in building innovative biopharma, having previously co-founded Boston-based Affinia Therapeutics and most recently serving as CEO of Adrestia Therapeutics. We’re looking forward to collaborating with Robert and the team at Kesmalea as they work to make a real impact in neuroscience! #Biotech #Innovation
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🚀 Our CEO Edward Bussey joined a BVCA-hosted roundtable with Lord Vallance, Minister for Science, Research and Innovation, discussing the urgency of directing pension investments into private capital to support UK businesses at the scale-up stage. #innovation
🦄 We need to get pensions investment into private capital “faster than fleeing unicorns”. That was the message BVCA members left with Lord Vallance, Minister for Science, Research and Innovation after a roundtable today. Whilst the UK has a strong funding ecosystem at the early stage, the ‘scale-up’ stage of VC investing often prompts UK companies to seek investments from the US and elsewhere. The UK should be the best place to both start and scale a business. That means protecting our world class universities, having investor support for spin-outs and encouraging a greater appetite for risk taking at later stages to ensure companies can scale in the UK. Attendees outlined wider challenges such as: 👨💼 Access to talent 👩🎓 The skills gap 🏠 The challenges created in the planning system. And emphasised the UK’s strengths including: 🏢 A world class university system 🧪 Incredible science developments 🤝 The UK’s global reputation as a great place to do business. The Minister told us that he wants the forthcoming Government multiyear spending review to focus on what Government can do for companies in the round, and how to create a joined up approach from Government when seeking to drive up investment into the UK – “from labs to listings”. BVCA members look forward to ongoing engagement with the Government on this vital agenda.
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🎙️ OSE Insights: The Future of Innovation 🎙️ Our CEO Edward Bussey recently sat down with Oxford Founders Global to discuss his journey to entrepreneurship, OSE’s role in helping build companies from Oxford’s groundbreaking research and his love of extreme sports. Watch the full clip below! #Innovation #Entrepreneurship #OxFounders
🚀 Quickfire Insights with Ed Bussey! 🚀 Excited to share that our latest episode of the OxFounders Global Podcast just dropped! 🎙️ We sat down with Edward Bussey, CEO of Oxford Science Enterprises (OSE) — the fund backing Oxford’s most innovative research startups. From British army beginnings to serial entrepreneurship in the dot-com era, Ed’s journey is packed with the kind of resilience and vision that define true founders. Having led and exited three companies (including the pioneering e-commerce platform, figleaves.com), Ed shared his thoughts on: • The evolution of the startup world 🌐 • OSE's unique approach to scaling breakthrough research 📈 • And, yes — his drive for extreme sports like North Pole treks and climbing adventures! 🧗♂️ Tune in to catch Ed’s advice for today’s founders and his take on the future of entrepreneurship! Spotify: https://lnkd.in/epNPfPnT Apple Music: https://lnkd.in/e6QydAA3 YouTube: https://lnkd.in/egy9m3uf
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📽️ #MeetThePortfolio - Moa Technology 🌱 Dr. Virginia Corless and team are leading an extraordinary effort to tackle global weed resistance – a threat to our climate, biodiversity and food security. Through pioneering research, Moa is developing a new generation of safe, effective, and affordable herbicides. Their innovative approach combines regenerative farming practices with cutting-edge herbicidal technology to ensure a sustainable future for agriculture. Earlier this year, the company agreed on a partnership deal with agri-giant Nufarm to license their technology, marking a key milestone in global agricultural innovation. Check out the below video on Moa’s international field trials: #AgriTech #Innovation #DeepTech
Our next round of international field trials is just about to start and it's even bigger than the last one, with new locations in the southern hemisphere (Australia and Paraguay) as well as follow-up trials in northern hemisphere sites across the US and Europe during the winter growing season. In this short video filmed earlier this year, Tom Clark, our global field trials manager, checks in on one of our trial sites in Tennessee, where Moa's novel herbicidal modes of action are taking on some of America's toughest superweeds... #agtech #foodsecurity #cropprotection #superweeds
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🎬 “You’ve got that great combination of deep science and technology backing a business that can become commercial” The UK’s universities are home to world-class research in science and technology. Their spin-outs are potentially the world-leading businesses of tomorrow tackling global challenges whether related to heath, climate change, food security or the transition to quantum computing. What makes them an attractive asset class for institutional investors? We asked Ben Luckett of Aviva Investors at the first Oxford Science Enterprises, Cambridge Innovation Capital and Northern Gritstone joint investor event showcasing UK universities as an asset class. Watch the full film below.