• 200+

    The UK’s most active investor in UK university spinouts

  • £500M

    Over £500m raised; invested into over 200 companies

  • £160M

    Cash returned to investors via exits

  • £1B

    Part of FTSE 250 sector specialist group with £950m 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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Parkwalk Open Funds

Parkwalk offer early-stage investment funds, investing in high-growth, knowledge intensive companies spun out of the UK’s world-leading universities and providing tax benefits under the Enterprise Investment Scheme.

Opportunities EIS Fund

Our evergreen EIS Fund, investing in EIS-qualifying hard science and deep tech companies spun out of universities across the UK.
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Northern Universities Venture Fund

The Northern Universities Venture Fund, in collaboration with Northern Gritstone, offers investors access to businesses from the Northern Arc Universities of Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield.
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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.

Samiksha Rai
Ian Broadhurst
John Pearson
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Empowering Innovation

Parkwalk Funds invest in dynamic university spinout 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.

xWatts Ltd

xWatts, a University of Cambridge spin-out, is developing an intelligent energy management software that reduces costs and emissions by 30% in large c

Entia

Entia, a spin-out from Imperial College London, have developed an accurate blood test from a simple finger prick. Entia is developing the Aptus, for h

Echion Technologies Limited

Echion Technologies is developing a portfolio of advanced battery active materials, a key battery component with a major impact on batt

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