• 100+

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

  • £300M

    Over £300m raised; invested into over 100 companies

  • 17 wins

    Award winning manager with track record of delivering returns

  • £1.1Bn

    Part of FTSE 250 sector specialist group with £1.1bn 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.

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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.

Alastair Kilgour
Claire Pardo
Olivia Goodchild
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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.

Covatic

Covatic has developed a decision engine to enable a unique, personalised digital media. The technology incorporates linked data and semantic reasoning. Covatic empowers media companies to deliver exceptional in-app experiences by identifying when, where and how each individual can engage with content – all without needing to expose personal data.

Fuel 3D Technologies

Fuel 3D has developed proprietary algorithms, software and 3D hardware platforms that deliver extremely high quality 3D shape and colour capture for a range of retail and pharmaceutical applications. The Fuel3D Biovolume scanner is a point-and-shoot 3D scanning system that accurately captures and reconstructs 3D tumour surface changes, enabling the analysis of texture, colour, shape

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.

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