• 160+

    The UK’s most active investor in UK university spin-outs

  • £500M

    Over £500m raised; invested into over 160 companies

  • £145M

    Cash returned to investors via exits

  • £1.3Bn

    Part of FTSE 250 sector specialist group with £1.3bn net assets

About Parkwalk

Parkwalk is one of the UK’s leading growth fund managers backing world-changing technologies emerging out of UK universities and research institutions with the aim of delivering world-class returns.

Performance

We back high potential, hard science technology companies that aim to shape the future by commercialising innovation in sectors of strategic importance to UK Plc, such as AI, big data, life science, materials, cleantech, future of mobility, medtech and quantum computing.

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Meet the Parkwalk team

Combining our diverse range of skills and experience with integrity and transparency the Parkwalk team has an outstanding track record for supporting high-growth innovation that delivers returns.

Harriet Doherty
Chloe Woodacre
Alun Williams
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Empowering Innovation

Parkwalk Funds invest in dynamic university spin-out companies seeking to commercialise intellectual property and technology. From investing in seed to later stage companies, we help fantastic management teams develop and build world-class successful businesses.

Machine Discovery

Machine Discovery is an Oxford University spinout delivering a platform for optimisation, advanced statistical inference, and massive acceleration of computational simulations. The company leverages neural networks technology to replicate and accelerate simulations, thereby obtaining results many orders of magnitude faster than conventional simulation tools.

Mind Foundry

Mind Foundry’s AI and Machine Learning platform will build the systems of intelligence that allow organisations to create new opportunities, optimise complex decisions and generate better outcomes. The platform allows organisations to leverage their existing investment in technology, future-proofing their business models with state-of-the-art operational machine learning helping them help them t

Healthera

Healthera has developed an app that enables patients to use the power of their mobile device to monitor and schedule their medicine use, and to stay in contact with their local pharmacy for advice and other services. The app can also be used by carers to monitor other people &/or animals. For pharmacies it enables

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