Bristol microscopy technology spinout NuNano has secured cash from the university’s Enterprise Fund for a second time.
NuNano, a UK-based microscopy technology spinout of University of Bristol, has obtained an undisclosed sum from University of Bristol Enterprise Fund II, managed by Parkwalk Advisors.
Parkwalk Advisors is a fund management division of commercialisation firm IP Group.
Founded in 2011, NuNano designs and builds silicon probes for atomic force microscopes which provide extremely high-definition magnifications for purposes such as solid-state physics and molecular biology.
The company also manufacturers a highly responsive form of microelectromechanical sensor known as a microcantilever.
NuNano was co-founded by Heinrich Hoerber, an emeritus professor of nanobiophysics at Bristol’s School of Physics whose work covers scanning probe microscopy and high-resolution optical instrumentation.
Hoerber was assisted by James Vicary, who specialised in cantilever sensors during five years as a postdoctoral assistant on Bristol’s nanophysics and soft matter research group.
University of Bristol Enterprise I previously backed NuNano’s $515,000 round in May 2017 led by Bristol Private Equity Club, which contributed $320,000 to the transaction.
