• 150+

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

  • £400M

    Over £400m raised; invested into over 150 companies

  • 25+ wins

    Award winning manager with track record of delivering returns

  • £1.4Bn

    Part of FTSE 250 sector specialist group with £1.4bn 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
Olivia Goodchild
Kathy Samii
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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.

Xampla

Xampla is developing a novel class of plant-protein materials which provide natural alternatives to plastics. These materials can be manufactured in a wide variety of forms, including films, threads, gels and microbeads, and all have a high degree of biodegradability.

Creavo

Creavo has developed diagnostic technology using magnetocardiography (MCG) to measure fluctuations in magnetic fields caused by heart activity. The first product resulting from the work will help physicians in A&E departments rule out significant heart disease in patients presenting with chest pains. This represents a considerable portion of A&E patients but existing protocols take up

First Light Fusion

First Light Fusion is researching energy generation by inertial confinement fusion. First Light’s work to-date has included theoretical analysis, detailed numerical simulation and experimental validation. This has allowed description of the accessible parameter space and has led to a clear vision of the pathway to fusion.

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