IP Group

IP Group backs scientific discoveries and turns research into businesses that address significant unmet needs. Working with universities, research institutions, founders and entrepreneurs, the group identifies promising intellectual property and ideas and supports the companies built around them as they develop. Its activity centres on three sectors: HealthTech, DeepTech and CleanTech.

The group invests on a long-term basis, combining capital from its own balance sheet with money managed on behalf of third-party investors. It describes itself as a partner to portfolio companies across their lifecycles, from start-up and university spin-out formation through to later-stage growth. Its investment teams bring experience in building companies and in handling the strategic and commercial challenges that accompany growth.

Parkwalk, a subsidiary of IP Group, provides early-stage funding to university and research-based businesses. Across its portfolio, the group states an focus on building high-growth businesses that contribute to a healthier, more technology-enriched and more sustainable future.