Growing a Company
You have a startup which is growing.
The challenges you face at this stage are very different to when you were starting up. There are many different resources and opportunities to help you with this next stage of development, including recruitment, marketing, investment and office space.
Check out our top picks, then use the filters below to further customise your search.
Entrepreneurship @ Oxford
Our handy map shows you how to navigate the Oxford entrepreneurship ecosystem.
Turn Your Startup into a Scale Up
Once you’re on your feet, make sure you keep going – here’s a few tips.
Creating the Perfect Pitch Deck
Want a pitch that will wow visually? Take a look at what these startups have done.
Tech Hubs where your Start up can Fluorish
Looking for lab space? Take a look at these shared spaces in Oxford.
OxLEP: Grow a Business
If you’ve made it through the start-up stages and want to grow your business, we can support you in a number of ways.
Entrepreneurs Uncovered
Meet other entrepreneurs and companies linked to Oxford.
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Oxfordshire Business First
A not-for-profit organisation set up to promote entrepreneurship and innovation in Oxfordshire.
The Workstation
Offering flexible room to grow through a variety of managed office services and business centres located in 6 prime locations, in Abingdon.
Oxford Innovation Society
A forum for open innovation, bringing together researchers, inventors, and investors.
Priya Oberoi, Founder of Oberoi Capital Partners Ltd
Priya Oberoi is the founder and Managing Partner of Oberoi Capital Partners Limited, a boutique firm providing third-party fundraising and positioning expertise in the Middle East.
Social Enterprise UK
National body for social enterprise – business with a social or environmental mission.
Oxford Seed Fund
A student-led fund that provides capital to Oxford University’s most promising start-ups
Oxford Garage
A community that provides aspiring founders the opportunity to gain access to Oxford Garage’s network of mentors, partners, entrepreneurs, VCs, Oxford faculty, and alumni.
Aspect launch new Accelerator!
Aspect’s new flagship four-month social sciences student and alumni accelerator hosted by LSE to support and scale socially-responsible student and alumni ventures is now open for applications.
Bibliu
BibliU has one overarching mission in mind: to provide affordable, user-friendly eTextbooks and monographs to students on one platform.
Humanities Business Engagement and Partnerships
Supporting the breadth of academic research interests in the Social Science and Humanities Divisions.
Oxford Case Studies – Albus Health
An University spinout determined to combat this with a radical approach to asthma care.
ImagineIF Accelerator
A programme of innovators across our branches worldwide, tailored mentoring and access to the Innovation Forum professional network.
Satellite Applications Catapult’s Spin Scheme
The Satellite Applications Catapult’s Spin-Up Factory is the only accelerator programme dedicated to achieving growth, at lower risk, for businesses delivering satellite applications, products or services.
Developing your Creative Practice
A development fund designed to support independent creative practitioners.
Ethical Property
Office area set up specifically to support small, start up charities, social enterprises & local businesses.
Oxford Capital
Oxford Capital have invested in more than 40 companies, operating in industries ranging from digital media to sustainable agriculture and medical technology.
Aspect
Aspect (A SHAPE Platform for Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Transformation) is a network for organisations looking to make the most of commercial and business opportunities from Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts (SHAPE) research.
Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship
The centre aims to maximise the impact of social entrepreneurship to transform unjust systems around the world.
xEdu
Europe's leading business accelerator for edtech startups creating transformative learning solutions with pedagogical impact.
So you think you want to be a director of a company…
Top questions you need to know the answers to before you become a company director. Whether you have never been a director before, or not there are some questions you should ask about yourself before you take on the responsibility
OUI Angels
A business angels network for investors and private companies interested in investing in spinout companies from the University of Oxford.
10 Ways to Scale a Business from Startup to a Huge Company
It’s one thing to start a business and another to scale it.
Oxford University Innovation (OUI)
A wholly-owned subsidiary of the University of Oxford, it manages the University's technology transfer and consulting activities.
MBA Entrepreneurship Project (EP)
Challenging participants to develop a full business plan and present it to a panel of invited investors and other practitioners.
Engaging with Entrepreneurship Programme
Sign up for IDEA's Engaging with Entrepreneurship Programme to gain practical experience, learn transferable skills for the workplace, ...
WCFI
Set in 15 acres of beautiful woodland, our state-of-the-art office, meeting and conference facilities create an inspiring business environment.
Innovation Support for Business (ISfB)
A new three-year £5.2m programme to support innovative Oxfordshire entrepreneurs and businesses.
Hexagon Business Centres
A unique business hub in central Witney providing serviced offices, meeting rooms, virtual office services and business support to businesses of all sizes.
Bethnal Green Ventures
Invests in new ideas to fix social and environmental problems through an intensive three-month programme.
Oxford Entrepreneur’s Network
Oxford educated entrepreneurs, investors and mentors. The Oxford Alumni network for those interested in entrepreneurship.
#StartedinOxford Demo Night 2023
Enterprising Oxford brings you the latest #StartedInOxford Demo Day!
Oxford Case Studies: Project SOUP
Enjoying a simple bowl of soup for an evening can be the first step to making a number of positive changes in your community.
EIT Health Summer School
The EIT Health Summer Schools support innovation by empowering the healthcare leaders and innovators of tomorrow.
Head-to-head with Rupert Wilkinson at Oxford Product Design
The Oxford Trust went head-to-head with Rupert Wilkinson, MD of Oxford Product Design – based at OCFI, they are only product design consultancy working out of central Oxford. Their mantra is “making things better by making better things”.
Kat Mayhew and Guada Oliver, founders of Candour
Kat Mayhew and Guada Oliver founders of Candour, a canned wine business offering more sustainable and convenient alternative to traditional glass bottles.
Generation Medics wins big at Oxfordshire Business Success Awards
Generation Medics named the ‘Most Socially Minded Business’ at Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP) Business Success Awards.
Oxford Case Studies: VeriVin
Smart technology for identification and classification of complex liquids in sealed containers.
Entrepreneurship.org
An online resource from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation to help entrepreneurs grow great ideas.
Tech hubs where your start-up can flourish
Workspace is about more than a desk: it’s about access to the right equipment, services, and facilities.
eScalate Social Enterprise Support
Supporting social entrepreneurs, enterprising charities and other purposeful businesses in Oxfordshire.
Eagle Labs at The Wood Centre For Innovation
A flagship for early stage science and technology companies aimed at supporting spinout scientists, university graduates and entrepreneurs.
Oxford Technology
For more than 30 years, Oxford Technology has specialised in investing in start-up and early stage technology companies based near Oxford.
Oxfordshire Business Support
A practical guide to supporting Oxfordshire businesses at all stages, by people with honest first-hand experience.
Bioescalator
Bio-escalator provides flexible lab space for your small and growing biomedical science company.
Pure Offices
Work spaces located within the Oxford Business Park, Oxford’s premier business location.
Oxford Case Studies: Pick Me Up Parcels
Emily Tench bagged a social enterprise award for Pick-Me-Up Parcels, a venture that does what it says on the parcel.
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses
An investment to help entrepreneurs create opportunities for education, capital and business support services.
Tech City Digital Business Academy
Free online courses to help you start, grow or join a digital business.
Oxford Women In Business (OxWIB)
A thriving student society providing a platform for opportunities for enterprising young women at the University of Oxford.
OUI – Engaging with Humanities
Supporting the Humanities Division research, through enterprise, entrepreneurship and consultancy.
Oxford Case Studies: SociAbility
Matt Pierri is the CEO and Co-founder of SociAbility, whose main aim is to map the accessibility of social spaces within Oxford’s 44 colleges and halls, as well as a broad sweep of social venues, including cafes, restaurants and bars in a dedicated app.
NHS Clinical Entrepreneur
The clinical entrepreneur training programme is designed to offer opportunities for clinical, NHS staff and wider health professionals to develop their entrepreneurial aspirations during their clinical training period.
Institute of Directors (IoD)
Organisation offering professional development, valuable connections and meaningful influence.
Oxford Innovation Finance
Oxford Innovation Finance is the home of OION, one of the oldest and largest angel investment networks in the UK, and the Oxford Innovation EIS Growth Fund.
Tech Nation
Empowering ambitious tech entrepreneurs to grow faster through knowledge and connections; to build a UK economy fit for the next generation.
Global Challenges Research Fund
The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) supports cutting-edge research to address challenges faced by developing countries.
Oxford Innospace
Leave your spare room behind and join us in our thriving co-working space for entrepreneurs, startups and freelancers.
University of Oxford Entrepreneurship Support
Organisations and student groups providing opportunities to explore entrepreneurship in the University.
Managing Innovative Technology
Learn how organisations most effectively find, evaluate and process innovative technologies to realise their commercial value.
Witney Business and Innovation Centre
If you’re looking to accelerate your business growth, Witney Business & Innovation Centre provides the ideal environment to do just that.
Translational funding
Translational funding is used to bridge a ‘gap’ in development between early stage university research and its commercialisation.
Common Ground Workspace & Cafe
Common Ground is a vibrant social enterprise café & workspace/social space, that also supports student mental health
TechNation: Upscale
Helping the UK’s most promising tech companies to accelerate their growth and unlock the key to scaling successfully.
Entrepreneurship Events Grant – Trinity 2023
If you're an Oxford student or staff member, you can apply for an entrepreneurship events grant.
Urbanoid
Providing high quality serviced office working space for small businesses and organisations.
SSE Funding List
A page where to find all the details about grants and support to social enterprises.
Oxford Science Park
Offices, lab space, virtual offices and meeting space to start-up and growing companies.
Oxford Case Studies: Boresha Technologies
Providing reliable and low-cost sources of working capital for small farmers.
Amazon Small Business Accelerator
Join the #AmazonAccelerator to access a catalogue of more than 15-hours of online training anytime, led by leading business experts. The e-learning is tailored to individuals just starting their entrepreneurial adventure, as well as those looking to go for growth!
Startup Bootcamp: Fintech London
A leading program supporting innovative companies in the financial services industry.
Oxfordshire Social Entrepreneurship Partnership (OSEP)
OSEP has been set up to help existing and prospective social entrepreneurs plan, develop and grow their businesses across Oxfordshire.
Conted: The Management and Business Skills Programme
Intensive, one-day courses in a variety of subjects.
Startups.co.uk
UK’s leading independent, online resource for anyone starting and growing a business, established in 2000.
OUI – Commercialising your research
Helping staff and students in the University of Oxford who want to protect and commercialise the results of their research.
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