Fund managers

Eos is a hands-on, early-stage and growth investor in science and technology innovations that seek to address societal and environmental issues.  With deep roots in Scotland and a global mindset, our core values are trust, hard-work, discretion, and partnership.  Eos manages an Innovation Fund (EIS), which has an annual close in Q4.  They have sector specialism and understands the potential, and associated risks, of investing in knowledge-intensive companies.  The 4 impact areas Eos focuses on help address some of society’s largest challenges and positively impact our world.  These are:

• Disease Diagnosis, Prevention and Treatment
• Food and Water security
• Energy Security, Climate Change and Pollution
• Improvement and Sustainability of Industrial Processes

Oxford Innovation Finance is the home of the Oxford Innovation EIS Growth Fund and OION, one of the oldest and largest Angel Investment Networks in the UK. Providing investors with the opportunity to invest in pre-screened opportunities either directly through our Angel Network or indirectly via our EIS Fund, and providing companies with the opportunity to secure investment from a large, diverse investor base. We look at technology companies from across the UK with a focus on Oxford and make sure we have a diversified portfolio across technology sectors. There is a focus on using the Oxford Innovation network and angel investors with industry experience to support the companies . Oxford Innovation has over thirty years’ experience of incubating and accelerating high growth businesses through the operation  of a network of innovation centres across large parts of the UK, and through Oxford Innovation Advice who provide a range of coaching support for innovative businesses.

IQ’s initial investments range from £0.5m to £5m in disruptive deep tech companies capable of dominating their global markets. We invest at Seed and Series A across all sector verticals, including generative AI, advanced engineering and novel materials, space-tech, quantum hardware and algorithms, cyber and data security and synthetic biology. We are also able to support founders with our extensive global connections.