Announcing the latest University of Oxford-affiliated startups to join our portfolio, with many in this batch graduating from Y Combinator 👀 These investments span the likes of disruptive #AI, frontier #simulation, novel #deeplearning and more → 📈 Arva AI - AI agents for instant business verification Rhim, Oliver 🪿 Dodo (YC S24) - AI employees for specialty clinics Julius, Dominik, Tim ⚡ Ionworks - Simulation software for batteries & automotives Valentin, Robert ➰ Ligo Biosciences - AI-designed enzymes for industry Edward, Emily, Arda 🔄 Redouble AI - Human-in-the-loop AI in regulated industries Martin, Haotian 🩺 Taxo (YC S24) - Automated medical billing and coding Ahmed 🕒 Zeit AI (YC S24) - Insights from spreadsheets with just a few words Leopold ❔ Stealth startups (Crypto, Fintech, Climate) - watch this space! 👏 Shout-out to the summer team who worked to sprint on these deals day and night over the summer break! Arif, Michael, Isobel, Raymond, Theresia. ⏩ Great to see stellar founding teams backed by partners Gustaf, Surbhi, Nicolas and #Oxonian Tom Blomfield. And good to be investing alongside VCs such as General Catalyst, Character, A.Capital Ventures, SV Angel and many more. 🟠 Are you an Oxford student or alumni currently building your startup in #YC #F24 or another accelerator? Or are you interested in applying to the next batch #W25? If so then get in touch as we'd love to chat! Oxford Seed Fund is powered by Oxford Saïd Entrepreneurship Centre, housed in Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, and backed by Oxford Science Enterprises and the University of Oxford itself.
Oxford Seed Fund
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
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University of Oxford's student-and-alumni managed venture capital fund, backing Oxford founders.
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The Oxford Seed Fund is a founder-friendly team comprising students and alumni from the University of Oxford. We invest up to £100,000 in early-stage startups where the founding team has at least one current student, alumni or academic staff member from the university, and provide additional support to scale. Supported by the Oxford Saïd Entrepreneurship Centre at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.
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Theresia M.R. Heinrich
Oxford ExecMBA Candidate | Visiting Investor @Oxford Seed Fund | Founder @OxWAVES | VC Lawyer @YPOG | Multi-Venture Scout | Executive Chair @OxVC…
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🙋♀️ How cool is this? Our portfolio company luna got to the TechCrunch Disrupt finals - over 2,000 startups applied and only 5 got to pitch on the big stage - congrats Jas & Jo for making us proud, an excellent pitch, worth the watch for any VCs out there or founders looking for tips on how it's done! https://lnkd.in/enA7VZyR
Excited to announce that luna and Co-Founders Jas Schembri-Stothart and Jo Goodall —were the only UK startup to reach the Top 20 at TechCrunch Disrupt, and a Top 5 finalist in San Francisco last week 🇺🇸 Selected from over 2,000 companies, luna’s team is pioneering a powerful mission: providing young girls with trusted, accessible health resources and support throughout adolescence. Watch their full pitch here: https://lnkd.in/eY9f_Rny Read their well-earned press release here too: https://lnkd.in/gzSk6rdn Well done team!
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⚗️ Another #oxford startup in the news - recommended read, Labiotech.eu covering the top #biotech ventures coming out of #europe, and Infinitopes making the list! https://lnkd.in/dx5kkqqM
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🚢 our portfolio company Armada Technologies in the news again, signing a deal with Gibdock Ltd to explore the integration of Armada's proprietary air lubrication system, the Passive Air Lubrication System (PALS), into vessels serviced by Gibdock! https://lnkd.in/eJhPQFjH
Armada and Gibdock Sign MoU for Hull Air Lubrication Installations
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⚡ UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has put a fantastic map together for ventures innovating in the built environment - check out Kestrix, your machine-learning energy surveyor!
💡Innovators in the built environment are pivotal players in our joint mission of creating a sustainable future and UKGBC has a unique position in the industry to help support and scale the solutions we need to maximise impact. 🎉That's why we're excited to announce that UKGBC has exceeded 100 innovative start-up and scale-up members! With solutions ranging from construction systems and building materials to design tools, optimisation software and upskilling platform, we're proud to work with this collection of exciting companies. In our latest blog, Emily-Rose Garnett and Bradley Nissen, from UKGBC's Solutions & Innovation Team, discuss how UKGBC unlocks barriers to solution adoption and scaling, enabling these solutions to drive impact throughout the industry. The blog includes insights from AirEx Technologies - Smart Draught Control and One Click LCA, as well as our Director of Industry Transformation, Yetunde Abdul, about the role UKGBC can play in supporting innovators scale. 📚Read the full blog here and discover the various ways you can engage with our Solutions work: https://lnkd.in/eXzmwhSY 🗓Sign up for our speed networking event on November 21st where you can meet these innovative start-ups: https://lnkd.in/e4MtkzWe
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✂️ Great to see more #oxford based startups raising and building - this time, Repolywise who's 'atomic scissors' technology reduces plastic waste to base molecules for reprocessing. The founders have raised grants from Innovate UK to support commercialization of the tech! https://lnkd.in/exiMpsVx
Oxford startup unveils 'Atomic Scissors' to reprocess waste plastics
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📈 VC is seeing a surge in megadeals, but AI isn’t leading the pack … Recent data highlights that sectors like fintech and healthcare have been attracting larger investments. Gen AI startups still secure notable funding, but the focus looks to have shifted to more diverse technology areas, indicating a maturing investment landscape since the AI boom last year. This trend reflects a pivot towards businesses with strong revenue models and broader applications beyond AI's hype. Investors seem to be prioritizing companies that can demonstrate tangible returns in the current market environment.
Generative AI mega-deals by tech giants compel VCs to react | PitchBook
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📆 looking forward to the Oxford Saïd Entrepreneurship Forum? Us too! Check out the rest of Oxford Saïd Entrepreneurship Centre's term card here!
❄ OSEC Michaelmas term card 🎄 Michaelmas term is notoriously busy for us OSEC Minions, so here's what we've got going on over the next few months: 🗣 Oxford Saïd Entrepreneurship Forum (OSEF) - buy your ticket! https://lnkd.in/eYW8bGHt 🏗 Building a Business - register for our sessions! https://lnkd.in/edJrCn3P 📽 E-School - freely available 24/7 with your SSO https://lnkd.in/eUB8kJDq 🏆 Oxford X Yope award (applications now closed) - https://lnkd.in/ebqzjDjC Remember, we are always available in The Nest, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, if you need us! EnSpire Oxford
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📰 Recommended reading this week - NVIDIA's venture fund quietly putting $$$ into healthtech - supporting startups like Hippocratic AI, Moon Surgical, and CHARM Therapeutics. These collaborations aim to revolutionize areas such as AI-driven healthcare access, robotic surgery, drug discovery, and medical imaging, broadening Nvidia's impact beyond hardware and generative AI. https://lnkd.in/e5Q2wA-n
Nvidia’s Venture Capital Arm Is Silently Investing Millions Into Healthcare
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🎉 Good luck to Jas & Jo and the luna team who made the final 5 at TechCrunch Disrupt’s #startupbattlefield! The TechCrunch editorial team selected 200 companies from thousands that applied, then chose 20 finalists who pitched this week onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 to investor judges and packed crowds...luna then made the final five!!! As a finalist, luna follows in the footsteps of Startup Battlefield legends like Dropbox, Discord, Cloudflare and MINT on the Disrupt Stage. We’re there in spirit with you - good luck Jas Schembri-Stothart & Jo Goodall! Make sure you’re at the final cheering them on in the audience Viktoriia! https://lnkd.in/g3hUgJp3
Here are the 5 Startup Battlefield finalists at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 | TechCrunch
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