• 180+

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

  • £500M

    Over £500m raised; invested into over 180 companies

  • £150M

    Cash returned to investors via exits

  • £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.

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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University of Cambridge Enterprise Fund X

Our UCEF X invests in high-growth, IP-rich technologies founded at the University of Cambridge.
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Parkwalk Knowledge Intensive EIS Fund IV

The Parkwalk Knowledge Intensive EIS Funds mirror the investment strategy of our flagship Opportunities EIS Fund.
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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.

Anne Dobrée
Georgia Docker
Olivia Smith
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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.

Geospock

GeoSpock provides a real-time scalable database for rapidly changing complex data.  The company’s ambition is to become the Google Search of Big Data. GeoSpock’s technology platform sits at the base of an infinite number of Industry verticals which require real-time analysis of Big Data and all that confers in affiance and accuracy for any number

Diffblue

Diffblue is leading the automation of software creation through the power of AI. Founded by researchers from the University of Oxford, Diffblue Cover uses AI for code to write unit tests that help software teams and organizations efficiently improve their code coverage and quality and to ship software faster, more frequently and with fewer defects.

Poro Technologies

Based on research developed in Professor Rachel Oliver’s lab in energy transitions research, Poro Tech is developing a disruptive substrate platform to help commercialise the GaN revolution.Initial target markets include LED and power electronics.

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