Commercialisation firm Frontier IP takes 40% equity stake in latest Cambridge spin-out Cambridge Simulation.cac

Chemical processes emulator Cambridge Simulation, the latest spin-out from the university, has exchanged a 40% equity stake in the business for Frontier IP in return for advisor and business development services from the commercialisation firm.

The Cambridge University company is commercialising a method developed at the institution to simulate chemical processes.

Neil Crabb, CEO at Frontier IP, said: “This collaboration with [Cambridge academic] Vassilios Vassiliadis represents an exciting new opportunity for Frontier IP. We have in-depth experience in commercialising intellectual property and we look forward to working with Vassiliadis and the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge to maximise the potential of the existing and the upcoming intellectual property.”