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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Karl Loo, Co-Founder and CEO of ServisHero
Karl Loo is the Co-founder and CEO of ServisHero, a mobile application that links consumers with local service providers.
Alex Caccia – CEO of Animal Dynamics
Alex Caccia is a serial entrepreneur, with start-ups in hardware and software, as well as sports equipment.
Nix Ticehurst, Founder of Nixercise – a breath of fresh air
Nix is the Founder of Nixercise, a refreshingly realistic approach to health, fitness and nutrition.
Professor Dame Carol Robinson, Co-founder of OMass
A company studying proteins in their native folded states.
Alex Barnes, Co-founder of Lanterne
Alex is the co-founder of Lanterne, an online platform showing the safest routes in conflict zones.
Creative Destruction Lab
Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) is a seed-stage programme for massively scalable, science-based companies.
Bethnal Green Ventures
Invests in new ideas to fix social and environmental problems through an intensive three-month programme.
OUI Angels
A business angels network for investors and private companies interested in investing in spinout companies from the University of Oxford.
The Workstation
Offering flexible room to grow through a variety of managed office services and business centres located in 6 prime locations, in Abingdon.
Elspeth Briscoe, CEO Founder Learning with Experts
Elspeth Briscoe is the CEO and Founder of Learning with Experts.
Aron Gelbard, CEO of Bloom & Wild
Aron Gelbard is the Co-founder and CEO of an online flower delivery company, Bloom & Wild.
Christoph Birkl, Co-founder and CEO of Brill Power
Christoph is Co-founder and CEO of Brill Power, developing game-changing battery control technology.
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.
Brookes Entrepreneurs
Brookes Entrepreneurs cultivates and encourages an enterprising community for Oxford Brookes University students.
James Nettleton, Founder of the Central Research Laboratory
James Nettleton is the Founder of the Central Research Laboratory (CRL) Programme.
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.
IRmage
IRmage's aim is to create cost-effective, flexible and robust remote sensing products for use within the Building and Construction industry.
Ben Davison, Founder of Salient
Ben Davison is the Founder of Salient, a startup developing professional post workout clothing.
Naveen Sharma, CEO of Connido
Naveen is the CEO of Connido, a UK-based start-up which develops products to help parenting and baby monitoring experience.
Pure Offices
Work spaces located within the Oxford Business Park, Oxford’s premier business location.
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.
Oxwash
Oxwash are aiming to be the first truly sustainable and hygienic on-demand laundry company in the world.
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.
Max Inglis, Co-founder of Tekcapital
Max Inglis is an experienced entrepreneur and Co-founder of Tekcapital.
Tiancun Xiao, Co-founder of Oxford Sustainable Fuels
Tiancn co-founded Oxford Sustainable Fuels with Prof. Peter Edwards, based on their research in chemical recycling of waste plastics.
Noam Angrist, Founder of Young 1ove
Noam Angrist is the Founder of Young 1ove, a Botswana based not-for-profit organisation, providing evidence-based sex education.
ImagineIF Accelerator
A programme of innovators across our branches worldwide, tailored mentoring and access to the Innovation Forum professional network.
Charlotte Stacey, Film Maker & Video Journalist
Charlotte is a freelance film-maker, journalist and media trainer based in Oxford.
Marja Verbon, cofounder of Jump
Marja is co-founder of Jump, an online platform and marketplace helping jobseekers find the right employment, and businesses find the ...
MBA Entrepreneurship Project (EP)
Challenging participants to develop a full business plan and present it to a panel of invited investors and other practitioners.
Emerge Education
We invest in pre-seed and seed rounds in European and North American companies focused on education.
Simon Hombersley, CEO of Oxford Flow
Simon Hombersley is the CEO of Oxford Flow, an engineering innovation business developing industrial technologies.
Oxford Case Studies: VeriVin
Smart technology for identification and classification of complex liquids in sealed containers.
Oxford University Innovation (OUI)
A wholly-owned subsidiary of the University of Oxford, it manages the University's technology transfer and consulting activities.
Avery Bang, President and CEO of Bridges to Prosperity
Avery Bang is Founder of Bridges to Prosperity, providing infrastructure to connect over 1.2 million rural people with education, healthcare and job opportunities.
Y.O.U Underwear
Y.O.U Underwear is 100% organic cotton underwear where every purchase gives underwear to people in need.
Abhinav Jain – CEO of PowerMarket
Abhinav Jain is the CEO of PowerMarket, an online renewable energy assessment and marketplace.
spotivity
spotivity is a dynamic marketplace platform and personal utility app., aiming to change the way teens live, work, and play.
Startup Bootcamp: Fintech London
A leading program supporting innovative companies in the financial services industry.
OxLEP
Championing Oxfordshire’s economic potential, acting as a catalyst and convener to drive a dynamic, sustainable and growing economy.
Oxford Case Studies – Albus Health
An University spinout determined to combat this with a radical approach to asthma care.
Vitaccess Limited
Vitaccess is a multi award-winning digital-health and strategy scale-up founded in 2017.
Oxford Women In Business (OxWIB)
A thriving student society providing a platform for opportunities for enterprising young women at the University of Oxford.
Andrew Rimmer, CEO of Opsydia
Andrew Rimmer is the CEO of Opsydia, set to bring significant security advances to the diamond gemstone market.
Developing your Creative Practice
A development fund designed to support independent creative practitioners.
Rajarshi Banerjee, CEO of Perspectum Diagnostics
Rajarshi is the CEO of Perspectum Diagnostics, detecting and quantitatively measuring of liver, gallbladder and pancreatic disease.
Tom Shopland, Co-founder of Trail Unknown
Tom is a co-founder of Trail Unknown, providing adventure tours for mountain bikers.
Sergiu Matei, Co-founder and CEO of TRAVOD
Sergiu is the Co-founder of Travod, a leading on-demand translation service platform.
Dr llana Wisby, CEO of Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC)
Ilana Wisby is the CEO of Oxford Quantum Circuits, an early stage Oxford University spin-out company founded by Dr Peter Leek.
Sarah Haywood, Managing Director for Advanced Oxford
Sarah Haywood is the Managing Director for Advanced Oxford, a membership group bringing together Oxfordshire companies, institutions and organisations focused on innovation and knowledge-related business.
Aspect
A network of organisations to support innovation, entrepreneurship and research commercialisation in social sciences.
Jamie Dundas, CEO of The Refinery London
Jamie is the CEO of The Refinery London, a collection of workspaces across London.
Patrick Beattie, Founder of Redbird Health Tech
Patrick is currently developing Redbird Health Tech, a medical diagnostics distributor expanding access to health care in Ghana.
Tech Nation
Empowering ambitious tech entrepreneurs to grow faster through knowledge and connections; to build a UK economy fit for the next generation.
Ros Deegan, CEO of OMass Therapeutics
Ros Deegan is the CEO of OMass Therapeutics, using biophysical technology to push drug discovery for genetic diseases and immunology
Dr Mark Larkin – Founder and CEO of Vitaccess
Dr Mark Larkin is the Founder and CEO of Vitaccess, a digital health and strategic consultancy start-up based in Oxford.
Deqian Jia, Co-founder of Schema
Deqian Jia is the Co-founder of Schema, a web-based note taking application.
Alex McCallion, Co-founder of Greater Change
Alex McCallion is Co-founder of Greater Change, helping to provide a way of giving to the homeless.
Simon Breese, Founder of Ground Data
Simon Breese founded Ground Data in 2017 to produce remote autonomous sensors for agricultural and other uses.
TechNation: Upscale
Helping the UK’s most promising tech companies to accelerate their growth and unlock the key to scaling successfully.
True.
Europe’s only retail and consumer sector specialist, that operates across the entire investment vertical.
Dan Holloway, Founder of Mycelium
Dan is the Founder of Mycelium, a creative thinking training tool and game.
Cristina de Sus, Founder of Miss Frida
Cristina de Sus is the Founder of Miss Frida, a social startup.
Managing Innovative Technology
Learn how organisations most effectively find, evaluate and process innovative technologies to realise their commercial value.
Dr Les Russell, CEO of OrganOx
Les has been the CEO of OrganOx, a University of Oxford spinout company, since its formation in 2008.
Swati Kanoi, Co-founder of Wallaroo
Swati is co-founder of WALLAROO, a food company dedicated to challenging our idea of clean snacking.
Ed Rosser, Founder of NX Magazine
Ed Rosser is the founder and creative director of NX Magazine, which strives to inspire and educate by showcasing and engaging members of the next generation through interviews, articles and features.
Dominique Piche, Co-Founder of UPROSA
Dominique is the Co-founder and Creative Director of UPROSA, a brand that aims to bring real science into the consumer market.
Dr Shisong Jiang, CTO of Oxford Vacmedix
Shisong Jiang is the CTO of Oxford Vacmedix, which has developed a technique to grow overlapping peptides in bacteria, for vaccines.
Vice-Chancellor’s Social Impact Awards
Presented every year to Oxford University students who show exceptional commitment to positive social change.
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.
Paula Skokowski, CMO at Incognia and Co-Founder of Oxford Angel Fund
Paula Skokowski is currently Chief Marketing Officer at Incognia, and a co-founder and investment manager of the Oxford Angel Fund.
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.
Business in Oxford
Business in Oxford has been designed to provide a detailed programme of informative presentations combined with networking opportunities.
Jemma Phibbs and James Lloyd – Co-Directors of School Space
Jemma and James started School Space while running events in high school.
Lucy Gadkari – CEO of MooDoo
Lucy is the Co-founder of moodoo, an app that lets you know which friends are nearby and what they’re in they're in the mood to do.
Sylvester Lewis, Co-founder and CEO of Suppa
Sylvester is Co-founder and CEO at Suppa, a social eating app that enables users to network with new people at restaurants, bars and cafes.
Steven Zimmer, CEO of MitoDys Therapeutics
Steven Zimmer is the CEO of MitoDys Therapeutics, a drug discovery company.
Oxfordshire Business Support
A practical guide to supporting Oxfordshire businesses at all stages, by people with honest first-hand experience.
Social Enterprise UK
National body for social enterprise – business with a social or environmental mission.
Makespace Oxford
Makespace Oxford is a new and affordable working and making space for individuals and organisations in North Oxford.
Ethical Property
Office area set up specifically to support small, start up charities, social enterprises & local businesses.
Richard Snow, Co-founder and CEO of Oxford Wood Recycling
Richard is the CEO of Oxford Wood Recycling Ltd, a social enterprise recycling wood waste.
Alexandra Littaye, Founder of Azure
Alexandra Littaye is the Founder of Azure, the first distributor of a Mexican superfood made of blue corn called 'pinole'.
Tobias Halloran, Co-founder of Pidge
Toby is the co-founder of Pidge, a software platform for the sports, fitness and wellbeing ecosystem.
Grace Gibbons, Founder of Bounce Video
Grace Gibbons is the founder/creative director of Bounce Video, a film and marketing company based in Oxford.
David Jackson, Founder and CEO of Oxtex
David is the Founder and CEO of Oxtex Limited, an early stage medical device company that was spun out from the University of Oxford in 2011.
Jessica White, VP of Meet’n’Learn
Jessica White is the VP of Meet'n'Learn, a platform for online & offline tutoring.
Startups.co.uk
UK’s leading independent, online resource for anyone starting and growing a business, established in 2000.
Oxford Case Studies: Boresha Technologies
Providing reliable and low-cost sources of working capital for small farmers.
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”.
Mike Karim, CEO and co-founder of Oxford Endovascular Ltd
Mike Karim is CEO of Oxford Endovascular Ltd, a spinout from Oxford University developing a revolutionary medical device to cure brain aneurysms.
Sarah Jordan, Co-founder of Y.O.U. Underwear
Sarah Jordan is the Co-founder of Y.O.U Underwear, 100% organic cotton underwear where every purchase gives underwear to people in need.
Julian Jost, CEO of Spacebase
Julian Jost is the CEO of Spacebase, an online booking-platform for workshop spaces and meeting rooms.
WCFI
"Set in 15 acres of beautiful woodland, our state-of-the-art office, meeting and conference facilities create an inspiring business environment."
Satellite Applications Catapult’s Spin-Up Factory
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.
Rowan Gardner, CEO of Ozo Innovations Ltd
Rowan Gardner is the CEO of Ozo Innovations Ltd (OZO), a company which develops oxidative solutions.
Common Ground Workspace & Cafe
Common Ground is a vibrant social enterprise café & workspace/social space, that also supports student mental health
OUI – Commercialising your research
Helping staff and students in the University of Oxford who want to protect and commercialise the results of their research.
Stephen Barnett, Founder and CEO of Util
Stephen Barnett is the founder and CEO of Util, a company which seeks to lead the next generation of company assessment and valuation.
Macarena Hernandez and Ana Maria Ñungo, Co-founders of Language Amigo
Macarena Hernandez and Ana Maria Ñungo are the founders of Language Amigo, connecting language ’Learners’ with native speaking ‘Amigos’.
Mark S Thompson, Founder of OxVent
Mark Thompson is Founder of OxVent, a social venture with the object of making low cost ventilator technology available in low middle income countries.
The Oxford Seed Fund
A University fund run out of the Entrepreneurship Centre with up to £50k to allocate to Oxford based start-ups annually.
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.
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.
Natalia Efremova, Co-founder of Deep Planet
Natalia Efremova is co-founder of Deep Planet, a company which applies machine learning and satellite imagery for precision agriculture
Oxford Science Park
Offices, lab space, virtual offices and meeting space to start-up and growing companies.
Alex Froom, Co-founder of Zipabout
Alex Froom is the Co-founder of Zipabout, an Intelligent Mobility project.
Brainomix
Brainomix is a spinout from Oxford University which automates the assessment of stroke damage on CT scans.
Venturefest Oxford
An annual event that brings together innovators, investors and entrepreneurs within the high-tech sector.
Matthew de la Hey, Co-founder and CEO of inploi
Matthew is Co-founder & CEO of inploi, a London-based employment marketplace for the service economy.
Olivia Sibony, Head Of Impact Investment at Seedtribe
Liv is an award-winning entrepreneur, founder of a food-tech startup, GrubClub.
OxLEP: Grow a Business
For start-up entrepreneurs and micro businesses in Oxfordshire, focusing on the critical components needed to run a successful business.
Harry Hall, Founder of UniCups
Harry Hall is the Founder of UniCups, a startup aiming to eliminate single-use coffee cups and food containers on university campuses.
1a Newtec Place
Flexible office space in East Oxford. You’ll find other like-minded, small businesses here, run by people who appreciate the benefits of working in a friendly, productive office environment.
Alexander Koelbl, Founder of HEADING ON
Alex is the Founder of HEADING ON, described like a "Fitbit® for your car".
Helen Wright, Founder and director of 9-2-3
Helen Wright is the Founder of 9-2-3, specialising in placing high quality professional candidates into jobs with flexible hours.
Perch @ Eco Business Centre
A mixture of offices and coworking space. The perfect place for people who live and work sustainably
SSE Funding List
A page where to find all the details about grants and support to social enterprises.
OUI – Engaging with Humanities
Supporting the Humanities Division research, through enterprise, entrepreneurship and consultancy.
Samuel Conway, CEO of Zegami Limited
Samuel Conway is the Co-founder and CEO of Zegami Limited, an intuitive data discovery image technology platform.
Oxfordshire Business Enterprises
For non-profit organisation providing free and impartial advice on a wide range of business issues from self-employment to forming a company and from marketing to book-keeping.
Ella Barrington, Founder of Corse Concierge
Ella Barrington is Founder of Corse Concierge, a project management and business support consultancy based in Greatworth, North Oxfordshire.
Bibliu
BibliU has one overarching mission in mind: to provide affordable, user-friendly eTextbooks and monographs to students on one platform.
Susan Burton, Founder of Classlist
Susan is the founder of Classlist, a vertical social network and platform for school parents.
Dong Xie, Founder of CodeRobin Ltd
Dong Xie is the Founder of CodeRobin Ltd., a small software company based in Oxford.
Humanities Business Engagement and Partnerships
Supporting the breadth of academic research interests in the Social Science and Humanities Divisions.
Richard Benjamin Allen, executive director of PalaeoPi Ltd.
Richard is Executive Director of PalaeoPi Ltd, a small lean spin out company originating in the School of Archaeology, Oxford.
Professor Tom Brown, Co-founder of Oswel, ATDBio and PrimerDesign
Tom Brown is Professor of Nucleic Acid Chemistry at the University of Oxford, and Co-founder of several biotech companies.
Riham Satti, CEO and Co-founder of MeVitae
Riham is the Co-founder and CEO of MeVitae, a cognitive recruiting system that makes intelligent and personalised hiring decisions.
Firetail
Consulting firm that works around the world to help ambitious organisations achieve positive social change.
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.
eScalate Social Enterprise Support
Supporting social entrepreneurs, enterprising charities and other purposeful businesses in Oxfordshire.
Irina Fedorenko, Co-founder of the Kindness Collective
Irina is a Weidenfeld Hoffman Trust scholar, and Co-founder of a social enterprise named Kindness Collective.
Chau-Jean Lin, Co-founder of Marulin
Chau-Jean Lin is the Co-founder and Director of Marulin, a London-based company that sources tea from Taiwan.
Innovation Support for Business (ISfB)
A new three-year £5.2m programme to support innovative Oxfordshire entrepreneurs and businesses.
Professor Kieran Clarke, Founder of T∆S®
Kieran Clarke is Professor of Physiological Biochemistry and runs T∆S®, a spinout company.
Building a Business
Providing basic business skills to those who would like to develop/enhance their skills.
Watlington Business Centre
A low-cost alternative to renting an office, our co-working charges are straightforward with one monthly invoice.
OCFI
We offer start-up and grow-on companies in the science and technology sector flexible and affordable office and co-working space, meeting rooms and business support right in the heart of Oxford.
Jose Miguel Alfaro Gomez, Founder of s.e.e.d
José Miguel Alfaro Gómez is an Attorney at Law in Costa Rica and Founder of s.e.e.d, a boutique law firm targeted to social impact ventures.
Spyridon Pavlos, Co-founder of IRmage
Spyridon Pavlos is the Co-founder of IRmage, an affordable remote sensing vision system.
Mariana Morris, Founder of Fruto
Mariana is Founder and Director of Fruto, a digital experience design studio.
Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship
The centre aims to maximise the impact of social entrepreneurship to transform unjust systems around the world.
Montana Butsch, Founder of spotivity
Montana Butsch is Founder of spotivity, a dynamic marketplace platform and personal utility app., aiming to change the way teens live, work, and play.
Institute of Directors (IoD)
Organisation supporting, representing and setting standards for business leaders nationwide.
Nick Pinks, CEO of Covatic
Nick is the Founder of Covatic, a company that helps broadcasters and publishers deliver the content their viewers want, when they want it.
Mike Piddock – Founder of Glisser
Mike Piddock is the Founder of Glisser, a presentation software business designed to engage audiences and gather data at live events.
Global Challenges Research Fund
A £1.5 billion fund announced by the UK Government to support research addressed to developing countries.
Shrochis Karki, Founder of Samaanta Foundation
Shrochis is the Founder of Samaanta Foundation, an initiative that promotes equality and empowerment to poor students in Nepal.
Dr Andy Woods, CTO of Flying Fish Research
Dr Andy Woods is CTO of Flying Fish Research, which helps companies + startups use the crowd to make smart decisions.
John Miles, Founder of InkPath
Dr John Miles is the Founder of Inkpath, a skills tracking and career planning app.
Oxford firm launches AI-powered interactive graphic novel app
TechTribe Oxford met Guy Gadney CEO of Charisma.ai.
Dr Colin Story, Co-founder and CEO of OxSonics
Dr Colin Story is the Co-founder and CEO of OxSonics, an Oxford University spinout company developing a new generation of ultrasound devices.
Dr Martin-Immanuel Bittner, CEO of Arctoris
Martin-Immanuel Bittner is the CEO of Arctoris, the world's first fully automated drug discovery platform, that he cofounded in Oxford.
Lampson Leung, inventor and founder of Clipmatic
Lampson Leung is the Founder of Clipmatic, a company that specialises in spiral notebook accessories.
Urbanoid
Providing high quality serviced office working space for small businesses and organisations.
xEdu
Europe's leading business accelerator for edtech startups creating transformative learning solutions with pedagogical impact.
Fujia Chen, Co-founder of Oxford Space Structures
Revolutionising baby products by using space technologies.
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.
Begbroke Centre for Innovation
Begbroke Science Park is unique - the only science park in Oxfordshire wholly owned and managed by Oxford University.
Ecogif
Ecogif is a start up building an impact centric online shopping platform giving users the power of impact trading.
Trang Tran, COO of Archangel Imaging
Trang is currently working as the interim COO at Archangel Imaging.
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses
An investment to help entrepreneurs create opportunities for education, capital and business support services.
Oxford Innospace
Leave your spare room behind and join us in our thriving co-working space for entrepreneurs, startups and freelancers.
Andrew Beale, Co-founder of Finden
Prof. Andrew Beale is the Co-founder of Finden, a scientific consultancy company.
Translational funding
Translational funding is used to bridge a ‘gap’ in development between early stage university research and its commercialisation.
Nessa Carey, Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence at University of Oxford
Nessa Carey is a Royal Society Entrepreneur in Residence at Oxford University who facilitates the route to impact through scientific research.
Conted: The Management and Business Skills Programme
Intensive, one-day courses in a variety of subjects.
Katerina Spranger, CEO and Founder of Oxford Heartbeat
Dr Katerina Spranger is an Oxford alumnus who is now CEO and Founder of Oxford Heartbeat, making cardiovascular surgeries safer and more accurate.
Prof. David Edwards, Founder of Oxford Enhanced Medical
Prof. David Edwards currently serves as Founder Director and Chief Technology Officer for Oxford Enhanced Medical Limited.
EIT Health Summer School
The EIT Health Summer Schools support innovation by empowering the healthcare leaders and innovators of tomorrow.
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.
Peter Dobson, Founder of Oxonica, Oxford Biosensors, and Oxford NanoSystems
Peter Dobson is the Co- founder of Oxonica, Oxford Biosensors, and Oxford NanoSystems.
Ronit Kanwar, CEO and Co-founder of Empower Energy
Ronit Kanwar is the CEO and Co-founder of Empower Energy, a social enterprise start-up which provides electricity in India.
OXFO L.E.V8
A University of Oxford acclerator designed to support and nurture early-stage start-up teams affiliated to the University.
Nicholas Shekerdemian, Co-founder of Headstart App
Nicholas Shekerdemian is the Co-founder of HeadStart App, a revolutionary graduate recruitment platform.
Alasdair Harris, Founder of Blue Ventures
Alasdair Harris is the founder of Blue Ventures, an award winning marine conservation charity and social enterprise.
Joy Foster, Founder of TechPixies
Joy Foster is Founder of TechPixies, upskilling women with tech for returning to the world of work, changing careers, or starting a business.
Ekaterina Damer, CEO of Prolific Academic
Ekaterina (Katia) is the CEO and co-founder of Prolific, a crowdsourcing platform for paid participant recruitment.
Alastair Sussock, Co-Founder of SafeBoda
Alastair Sussock is the Co-Founder of SafeBoda, an innovative solution to motorcycle taxi transportation in Africa.
Liz Eden, Co-founder of OpenBenches.org
Liz Eden is the Co-founder of OpenBenches.org, a way to record and celebrate the existence of memorial benches across the world.
Lantana Publishing
Lantana Publishing is a company promoting diversity and inclusion in children’s literature.
The Curious Bear Club
The Curious Bear Club, a fun and interactive virtual coffee club bringing people together to learn about, discuss, and drink fantastic coffee.
Creative Industries Federation
Membership body that represents, champions and supports the UK’s creative industries.
Jake Backus, Co-founder of Common Ground Cafe and Study Space
Jake Backus is a Visiting Senior Member of Linacre College, Managing Director of Empathy Sustainability, and co-founder of Common Ground.
Lilia Stoyanov, CEO of Transformify
Lilia Stoyanov is Chief Executive Officer and Angel Investor at Transformify.
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.
Oliver Cox, Creator of Thames Valley Country House Partnership
A way of linking entrepreneurial ideas in the heritage sector with researchers.
Stephen Patrick, CEO of Wireless Excellence
Stephen Patrick is the Founder and CEO of CableFree: Wireless Excellence, a leading Oxford based wireless telecommunications company.
Oxford Startups
Oxford Startups is a meetup for startups and people interested in the startup scene in Oxford.
Mofe Binitie, Co-Founder of The Oxford Green Partnership Ltd
Mofe Binitie is Co-founder of the Oxford Green Partnership ("OGP"), leveraging data and design to develop fintech products focused on the green economy.
European Space Agency Business Incubation Centre (ESA BIC)
Cash incentive, access to facilities, and business development for space entrepreneurs.
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!
Kabir Bali, Co-founder of Jumpstart
Kabir Bali is Founder of Jumpstart, a graduate scheme for top Russell group students, providing graduates with an alternative to the traditional graduate programmes.
Erik Abrahamsson, Founder and CEO of Digital Fineprint
Erik is the Founder and CEO of Digital Fineprint, a fintech startup that is turning social data into insurance data.
Dr Zsuzsa Mayer, Co-founder of EcoSync
Dr Zsuzsa Mayer, is the Co-founder of EcoSync, a company which is revolutionising energy saving for large organisations.
Agne Milukaite – Founder of Cycle.land
Agne Milukaite, is the Founder of cycle.land, a peer-to-peer bike sharing social marketplace.
Oxford Technology
For more than 30 years, Oxford Technology has specialised in investing in start-up and early stage technology companies based near Oxford.
Jake Schofield – CEO and Co-Founder of Labstep
Jake Schofield is the CEO and Co-Founder of Labstep, a platform to help scientists capture and record their research experiment steps.
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.
Oxford Innovation Society
A forum for open innovation, bringing together researchers, inventors, and investors.
Dr Alexander Reip, CEO of Oxford nanoSystems (OnS)
An innovative nanotech biz developing coatings to improve heat transfer in two phase systems.
William Cotton, Founder and Managing Director of TrustonTap Ltd
William Cotton, is the Founder and Managing Director of TrustonTap Ltd.
University of Oxford Entrepreneurship Support
Organisations and student groups providing opportunities to explore entrepreneurship in the University.
Christer Holloman, CEO and Co-founder of Divido
Christer Holloman is the CEO and Co-founder of Divido, a startup that lets consumers spread the cost of any purchase over a period.
Tech City Digital Business Academy
Free online courses to help you start, grow or join a digital business.
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