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Frontier IP Group plc
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Frontier IP uses industrial, commercial and scientific expertise to co-found and grow groundbreaking businesses by commercialising intellectual property from universities and research institutions. Its capital-efficient model earns equity stakes in return for providing proactive, hands-on commercialisation services — including technology validation, early industry engagement and fundraising — rather than deploying cash. The firm identifies IP with strong commercial potential, spins out companies, scales them up in partnership with industry, and then raises third-party funding once milestones are achieved, targeting exits through trade sales, listings or other realisations.
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“The Exscientia share sales mean we have a strong balance sheet. We are well placed to provide additional support to our portfolio companies should it be required. The fundamentals of our business and those of our portfolio companies remain. We are in a good position to weather the highly uncertain climate we are currently experiencing and stay confident in our future prospects.”
“SC2 will help to position us at the heart of the Cambridge innovation ecosystem, raising a profile not just within Cambridge, but also in the wider UK innovation triangle of Cambridge, Oxford and London. It will also bring together our commercialisation team, portfolio companies and like-minded businesses under one roof and open all kinds of networking opportunities.”
“By having this focal point plugged into an ecosystem already interested in our clusters, you get an acceleration for the companies that are allocated that.”
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2D Photonics (CamGraPhIC) | Series A | $28m | 2024-2025 |
| Fieldwork Robotics | Seed+ | $3m | 2026-04 |
| Dekiln (DeakinBio) | Seed | $880k | 2024-2025 |
| GraphEnergyTech | Seed | $1m | 2024-2025 |
| Pulsiv | Series A | — | 2023 |
| Alusid | Seed | — | 2022 |
| Exscientia | Growth | — | 2021 |
| Nandi Proteins | Seed | — | 2022 |
| Cambridge Raman Imaging | Seed | — | 2021 |
| Elute Intelligence | Seed | — | 2020 |
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