• 150+

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

  • £400M

    Over £400m raised; invested into over 150 companies

  • 19 wins

    Award winning manager with track record of delivering returns

  • £1.7Bn

    Part of FTSE 250 sector specialist group with £1.7bn 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.

Canan Celikdemir
Harrison Custance
Martin Glen
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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.

Ilika

Ilika’s materials innovation has enabled it to develop pioneering solid state battery technology. The company’s proprietary technology enables it to construct safe and efficient batteries with a very small footprint. These miniaturised batteries can be used for powering wireless sensors deployed in applications ranging from hostile industrial environments to medical implants.

Animal Dynamics

A spinout from the University of Oxford’s Department of Zoology, Animal Dynamics will build bio-inspired vehicles mimicking animal motion in robotic devices, miniature drones and autonomous small freight transports. In March 2019 we sold the UOIF II holding via a secondary sale generating a multiple return for investors.

Oxbotica

Oxbotica is an autonomous vehicle software company whose technology operates in any location with zero dependence on external systems i.e. no GPS and no third-party maps. Its autonomous control system, Selenium, is a suite of software that combines data from vehicle sensors to drive autonomous vehicles. The Company’s cloud-based fleet management system, Caesium, schedules and

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