Oxford Angel Fund

Excited to announce our $7.14M seed round at Granza Bio (YC W24) led by Felicis and Refactor! We’re revolutionising the way we deliver therapeutic cargo like cancer treatments and genetic medicines to specific tissues, modelled from our body’s attack particles - an amazing discovery made in our co-founder Prof. Michael Dustin lab at Oxford. Crazy to think that this journey with Ashwin Jainarayanan began by chance when an email was accidentally sent to the wrong Ashwin! We owe a great deal of gratitude to many people for their support and guidance along the way. In particular, we want to extend special thanks to Surbhi Sarna and Wayne Crosby - our group partners at Y Combinator for being the catalyst and the fuel in Granza Bio’s inception. Our round was also additionally supported by some amazing investors and angels: Metaplanet, Zeno Partners, Ritual Capital, Pioneer Fund, Oxford Angel Fund, North South Ventures, Richard Aberman, JJ Fliegelman, Eric Eldon, Eli B., Eoghan McCabe, Benjamin Bryant, Yotam Rosenbaum, Will Olsen and Joel Meyer. Thank you Marina Temkin, CFA for writing this article. Read more at: https://lnkd.in/ex5yC2vD

We are excited to announce our partnership with Gannett | USA TODAY NETWORK. Gannett is a premier media powerhouse that owns over 200 publications and transforms the way stories are told and shared. In this partnership - we will provide USA Today advertisers access to the 20,000+ athletes and influencers on the OpenSponsorship platform in addition to running on Gannett's own sites. “While we have always offered brands engaging opportunities across our portfolios, we’re excited to offer this level of creator-led branded content to our advertisers,” Gannett VP of sports revenue strategy Nate Scott said in a statement announcing the offering. On the flip side, influencers will receive promotional opportunities in Gannett outlets. OpenSponsorship users could also be tapped for events and marketing initiatives. “Working with Gannett will bring new opportunities to our network and in turn offer Gannett advertisers a turn-key solution to influencer marketing,” OpenSponsorship CEO Ishveen Jolly said in a statement. Major shout out to our partner through all of this Devin Smith. Check out the full Sportico article to learn more about how we are driving change in the sports marketing industry: https://lnkd.in/esfNSnEK #InfluencerMarketing #OpenSponsorship #BrandPartnerships #AthleteInfluencers #USATODAY #GOLFWEEK #GANNETT #SPORTICO

Thanks Crunchbase for sharing some encouraging news on the Female Founders Funding front - within the AI sector 50% of US investment in 2023 went to AI companies with at least one female founder including OpenAI, Anthropic, Replit, Imbue and Adept AI. Overall, US venture funding increased to 25%, from 15% in 2022, for female founded startups. It's movement in the right direction. At the Oxford Angel Fund 40% of our portfolio have female founders 😊 - a weekend shout out to our amazing female founders: Manuela Zoninsein, Katherine French, Ishveen Jolly, Catherine Berman, Caroline Howard, Oriana Papin-Zoghbi, Allison Trowbridge, Melissa Pancoast, Jessica Chen Riolfi, Jacinda Shelly 👍 #femalefounders #vcfunding #aistartups

Oxford University Innovation (OUI) today announces the permanent appointment of Chief Executive Officer Dr Mairi Gibbs. Dr Gibbs has a track record of more than 20 years in university technology transfer including multiple roles leading strategic business management and operational areas of OUI. More info ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/euUVAZPP

WE WON! 🏆 Kadeya was named #TheReusies 2024 Most Innovative Company “Food & Beverage” 💧🔄 Thank you to Upstream + GreenBiz Group #circularity24 and everyone who voted recognizing our closed-loop vending stations for blazing a new trail in beverage reuse that will eliminate the need for single-use bottles, forever. Upstream received hundreds of nominations and submissions from leading startups, environmental activists and community leaders across the United States and Canada that are growing the reuse movement. We’re honored and inspired by the other finalists in our category Buoyzero & Revino + other winners Cabinet Health , Coblrshop and finalists Good Filling Company , Green Gooding, Pact, Rent Rax ♾️ When it comes to #reuse efforts, all ships rise with the tide. 🌊 📰 Read the full press release via link in comments…. 🔗 #circularity #reuse #circulareconomy #closedloopsystem

WE WON! 🏆 Kadeya was named #TheReusies 2024 Most Innovative Company “Food & Beverage” 💧🔄 Thank you to Upstream + GreenBiz Group #circularity24 and everyone who voted recognizing our closed-loop vending stations for blazing a new trail in beverage reuse that will eliminate the need for single-use bottles, forever. Upstream received hundreds of nominations and submissions from leading startups, environmental activists and community leaders across the United States and Canada that are growing the reuse movement. We’re honored and inspired by the other finalists in our category Buoyzero & Revino + other winners Cabinet Health , Coblrshop and finalists Good Filling Company , Green Gooding, Pact, Rent Rax ♾️ When it comes to #reuse efforts, all ships rise with the tide. 🌊 📰 Read the full press release via link in comments…. 🔗 #circularity #reuse #circulareconomy #closedloopsystem