Businessweek

Imperial Innovations Group plc is a venture capital and private equity arm of Imperial College specializing in all stages of development including incubation, seed, early, development funding, and later stage investments. The firm typically invests in all sectors. It focuses on technology, bioengineering, therapeutics, software, healthcare, energy, engineering, materials, clean tech, environment, and bioscience companies founded by or based on technology and intellectual property from the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, Imperial College, and University College, London. It primarily invests in companies based in the United Kingdom. The firm prefers to lead or co-lead its investments. It also makes subsequent funding technology rounds working in partnership with founders, management, and co-investors. The firm seeks to take a board seat on its portfolio companies. It also provides technology transfer services. Imperial Innovations Group plc was founded in 1986 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.