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EpilepsyGTx’s $33m Series A brings hope for 'life changing' focal refractory epilepsy treatment

Spinout & portfolio news

EpilepsyGTx’s $33m Series A brings hope for 'life changing' focal refractory epilepsy treatment

The UCL Ventures spinout has secured Series A funding.

Oriole Networks raises further $22m

Spinout & portfolio news

Oriole Networks raises further $22m

Oriole - who are using light to train LLMs with a fraction of the usual AI energy consumption – will further scale its “super-brain” solution.

Gigaton has raised $26m in Series A funding

Spinout & portfolio news

Gigaton has raised $26m in Series A funding

Scaling AI to transform some of the world’s most energy-intensive industries, Gigaton will accelerate its next stage of growth.

COP30: the UCL Ventures spinouts helping achieve Net Zero

Opinion & insights

COP30: the UCL Ventures spinouts helping achieve Net Zero

After a dramatic COP30 in Brazil, we take a look at two spinouts supporting the transition – Oriole Networks and Gigaton.

First leukaemia patient receives pioneering CAR T-cell therapy on the NHS
patient smiling in hospital bed

Spinout & portfolio news

First leukaemia patient receives pioneering CAR T-cell therapy on the NHS

The first patient in England has received a pioneering CAR-T therapy on the NHS, developed by spinout venture Autolus, for an aggressive form of leukaemia.

Synthesia increases valuation to $4bn, powering the UK’s AI ambition
Synthesia increases valuation to $4bn

Spinout & portfolio news

Synthesia increases valuation to $4bn, powering the UK’s AI ambition

AI video company Synthesia, co-founded from UCL’s Department of Computer Science, has nearly doubled its valuation following a major funding round.

I-O Converse: interview with Phasecraft Co-founder, Toby Cubitt

Events & programmes

I-O Converse: interview with Phasecraft Co-founder, Toby Cubitt

Professor Toby Cubitt is the CTO and co-founder of Phasecraft, a quantum algorithms spinout designing quantum algorithms that can work on today’s hardware.

NovalGen opens new chapter for cancer treatment

Spinout & portfolio news

NovalGen opens new chapter for cancer treatment

Cancer Research UK’s Centre for Drug Development and spinout NovalGen have announced the first patient has now been dosed in a Phase 1 clinical trial of NVG222.

Stanhope AI secures $8m to accelerate next-generation, brain-inspired intelligence

Spinout & portfolio news

Stanhope AI secures $8m to accelerate next-generation, brain-inspired intelligence

The deep tech spinout draws on pioneering research from UCL and King’s College London.

UCL Ventures spinout Sola Diagnostics develops womb cancer test
sola diagnostics

Spinout & portfolio news

UCL Ventures spinout Sola Diagnostics develops womb cancer test

A new diagnostic test for womb cancer has been registered with the MHRA, allowing it to be placed on the market.

MeiraGTx enters strategic collaboration with Hologen
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Spinout & portfolio news

MeiraGTx enters strategic collaboration with Hologen

MeiraGTx has announced it has entered a strategic collaboration with Hologen, a spinout from UCL and KCL.

UCL Ventures’ spinout creation achievements awarded at One Nucleus
One Nucleus Win

UCL Ventures news

UCL Ventures’ spinout creation achievements awarded at One Nucleus

UCL Ventures won the 'Best Performing New Company Creator of the Year' award.

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