Parkwalk Advisors

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Parkwalk is an investment management firm focused on UK-based technology companies that are spun out of UK university and research centres.

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Entity type: Venture Capital
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Website: www.parkwalkadvisors.com

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Open
Funding type: Equity investment;
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Public/Private: Private
Stage focus: Seed; Series A; Series B;
Applicant target: Startup;

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Overview

Parkwalk is a leading investor in ‘hard science’ companies: commercialising the scientific discoveries made at the UK’s globally-ranked research universities.

Parkwalk is the UK’s most active investor in the university spin-out sector, and currently has over £450m of assets under management. They have invested in over 160 companies across our managed funds, including funds managed in conjunction with the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial and Bristol.
In 2017 Parkwalk joined forces with IP Group plc, a FTSE 250 listed company.

Parkwalk has invested in over 160 UK technology spin-outs. Over 2,000 patents protect their technology and processes, and the companies have raised in excess of £2bn of funding since 2010.

Parkwalk believes it has unparalleled access to some of the highest calibre innovation and IP generated within UK universities and research-intensive institutions through its strong position within the university commercialisation ecosystem and its relationships with university Technology Transfer Offices.

Parkwalk Advisors has raised a total of £321.9M across 29 funds, their latest being University of Cambridge Enterprise Fund IX.

Portfolio: Concr, OSSTEC, Zomp, Spirea.

Last updated on 2023-09-21 22:37