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Equity Investment
into UK Spinouts 2022

For the third year in a row, we’ve collaborated with Parkwalk to analyse equity investment into UK spinouts, to discover where funding is coming from and which companies are securing it.

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Equity investment into UK spinouts 2022

Academic spinouts are vital to the high-growth ecosystem, commercialising valuable and innovative intellectual property created in UK universities.

Over the last 10 years, more than a thousand of these companies have secured equity funding, and 2021 was the biggest year yet for the total amount invested.

In this report, we examine spinout equity deals by stage of evolution, as well as the top universities, deals and investors of 2021. We also explore spinout exits and international investment.

Here’s a sneak peek inside

Spinout investment by year, 2012–2021UK vs foreign investment into spinouts

About the authors

  • Henry Whorwood headshot

    Henry Whorwood

    Managing Director

    Henry leads our Beauhurst Insights team, and is an expert on equity finance and high-growth business. He's worked on briefs for the likes of Barclays, SyndicateRoom, Innovate UK, Smith & Williamson and British Business Bank. He regularly gives presentations on market trends at events around the UK.

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    Daniel Robinson

    Senior Research Manager

    Daniel conducts data manipulation and analysis as part of the Research & Consultancy team. He has a background in business analysis and commercial copywriting in Australia and the UK, having worked at The Sunday Times Fast Track, Oxford University Press, and advertising network MullenLowe Group.

  • Freya Hyde headshot

    Freya Hyde

    Senior Designer

    Freya performs data visualisation and graphic design in the Research & Consultancy team. She has worked on projects for clients including Barclays, EY and JP Morgan. Freya holds a BA in History (International) from the University of Leeds, which included a year at Fudan University in Shanghai.

  • Alice Williams headshot

    Alice Williams

    Alice executes statistical analysis and data visualisation for the Research and Consultancy team. Prior to joining Beauhurst, Alice read Law at Durham University, where she acquired an undergraduate degree (LLB) and a Masters of Jurisprudence.

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