• 160+

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

  • £450M

    Over £450m raised; invested into over 160 companies

  • £120M

    Cash returned to investors via exits

  • £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.

Wisdom Yemi-Makanjuola
Canan Celikdemir
Alastair Kilgour
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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.

OSSTEC

OSSTEC is an Imperial College spin-out which has developed a bone healing technology to improve patient care from the lab to the operating room. Their additive manufactured bone healing platform technology will look to change orthopaedics by keeping patients healthy and active.

Cheesecake Energy

Cheesecake Energy Limited (CEL) is developing a green energy storage technology known as eTanker that stores electricity in the form of compressed air and heat. eTanker is deployed in a modular, containerised package, making it suitable for a range of terrains and applications in industry including local renewable microgrids, electric vehicle fleet charging and heavy industry.

AccelerComm

Accelercomm is a leader in high-performance wireless communications solutions. The University of Southampton spin-out has developed patented communications algorithms for 5G, doubling network capacity whilst halving power consumption and slashing latency. Accelercomm’s patent-protected solutions offer a complete physical layer IP solution enabling optimal performance for 5G radio access networks

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