Oxford University Innovation has revealed it launched 37 new companies between April 2020 and March 2021, its best run yet.

Oxford University Innovation (OUI), the tech transfer subsidiary of University of Oxford, has announced it formed 37 new spinouts and startups between April 2020 and March 2021, marking its best 12-month period yet.
OUI’s portfolio raised a total of more than £423m during Q1 across 13 deals.
The institution also revealed the creation of a dozen new companies specifically in the first quarter of the year. These include eight spinouts as follows:

  • Augmented Intelligence, which is working on analysis and decision making tools for marketing;
  • Curacode, which is developing laser technology for high-security, low-cost authentication labels;
  • Salience Labs, which is focusing on waveguides using photonic switching elements;
  • Hare Analytics, which is working to understand human interaction and behaviours;
  • Hydregen, which is developing hydrogenation reactions to replace metal catalyst reactions in pharma and chemical sectors;
  • Aisentia, which is exploiting artificial intelligence to create CT angiograms from non-CT images;
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Thierry Heles

Thierry Heles is the editor of Global University Venturing, host of the Beyond the Breakthrough interview podcast and responsible for the monthly GUV Gazette (sign up here for free).