IP Group plc
ipgroupplc.com Direct + LP
IP Group is an early-stage investor in science-based companies, focusing on HealthTech, DeepTech, and CleanTech. It supports university spinouts and provides capital from its balance sheet and managed funds.
IP Group plc is a venture capital firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom, founded in 2001. It invests both directly in companies and in funds as a limited partner, from seed to growth, in HealthTech, DeepTech and CleanTech. £1.5bn AUM in science-based businesses under management and 600 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“At IP Group, we back the scientific discoveries that shape our future.”
— IP Group plc, own website
- Layer
- Direct + LP
- Type
- Venture capital
- Headquarters
- London, United Kingdom
- Invests in
- UK, Australia
- Sectors
- HealthTech, DeepTech, CleanTech
- Founded
- 2001
- Assets under management
- £1.5bn AUM in science-based businesses
- Portfolio
- 600 companies
Co-invests most often with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 76 co-investors found.
- Oxford Science Enterprises 6 shared companies: quantummotion.tech, diffblue.com, moa-technology.com, firstlightfusion.com…
- Cambridge Innovation Capital 4 shared companies: microbiotica.com, oxfordscienceenterprises.com, centessa.com, stormtherapeutics.com
- Parkwalk Advisors 4 shared companies: accelercomm.com, aqdot.com, barocal.com, moa-technology.com
- Sofinnova 3 shared companies: artiospharma.com, crescendobiologics.com, missiontherapeutics.com
- SR One 3 shared companies: missiontherapeutics.com, akamisbio.com, pulmocide.com
- Fulcrum Asset Management LLP 2 shared companies: oxfordquantumcircuits.com, oxfordscienceenterprises.com
- M Ventures 2 shared companies: artiospharma.com, stormtherapeutics.com
- Novartis Venture Fund 2 shared companies: artiospharma.com, enterprisetherapeutics.com
- AlbionVC 2 shared companies: diffblue.com, intrinsicsemi.com
- Foresite Capital 2 shared companies: centessa.com, genomicsplc.com
and 66 more — the graph.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page IP Group plc publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.ipgroupplc.com/name, is_investor, hq_country, hq_city, sectors, status, confidence
- https://www.ipgroupplc.com/about-us/our-capitallayer, stage_min, stage_max
- https://www.ipgroupplc.com/about-us/about-ustype, invests_in_geographies, description, portfolio_count
- https://www.ipgroupplc.com/about-usthesis_quote, thesis_quote_page
- https://www.ipgroupplc.com/about-us/our-storyfounded, aum
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