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OTIF Ventures backs extraordinary founders turning scientific research into products addressing the world's greatest challenges. The firm partners with transformative companies from Oxford University and other world-leading UK research institutions, investing from Seed through to exit across three core sectors: Life Sciences, Deep Tech, and Physical Sciences. OTIF believes that deep integration within university spinout ecosystems compounds knowledge, access, and long-term investment outcomes. The Oxford Technology and Innovations EIS Fund (OTIF) invests in early-stage, EIS-eligible spinout companies from world-leading UK universities, with a specialist focus on the Golden Triangle of Oxford, Cambridge, and London. OTIF only invests in companies with strong IP typically protected by the parent university, adopts a diversified portfolio approach to spread risk, and actively supports portfolio companies through board representation and strategic partnership to maximise value creation.
Notable quotes
“Don't get started until you have analysed the potential market and identified who your potential customers might be.”
“At OTIF Ventures we believe that the most compelling opportunities often lie where others hesitate—especially in the middle stages of med-tech innovation. The 'missing middle' refers to the technologically de-risked but pre-commercial phase of medical technology companies: the phase where regulatory, reimbursement and commercial adoption hurdles converge.”
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panda Surgical | Seed | $1m | 2025-09-26 |
| Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) | Series B | $100m | 2023-01-01 |
| OrganOx | Growth | $32m | 2023-01-01 |
| Salience Labs | Seed | $12m | 2022-01-01 |
| Oxford Nanoimaging (ONI) | Series B | $75m | 2021-01-01 |
| Oxford PV | Series D | $82m | 2019-01-01 |
| Caristo Diagnostics | Seed | $3m | 2018-01-01 |
| Diffblue | Series A | — | 2017-01-01 |
| Mind Foundry | Seed | — | — |
| SpyBiotech | Seed | — | 2021-01-01 |
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