The Imperial Incubator – incubation facilities within a centre of excellence .
Services and Support . Networking and Events The Incubator contains a truly entrepreneurial community who share the experience of developing technology businesses . Imperial Innovations runs a programme of seminars and events at the Incubator , designed specifically for entrepreneurs and inventors . These events are designed to inform businesses about the issues affecting start-up companies , generate discussion and debate around key subjects and to help establish new networks which will aid the growth of companies .
The Imperial Incubators – incubation facilities within a centre of excellence . The Incubators are a hub for innovation and entrepreneurship providing office and laboratory space for early-stage companies . Situated at two campuses of Imperial College London , one of the highest ranked universities in the world , early-stage businesses are able to take advantage of being in close proximity to eminent scientists and experts in technology .
The Incubators central locations in London also offers easy access to customers , sources of finance and commercial partners . Incubation support is offered by Imperial Innovations , one of the UK ’ s top technology commercialisation , investment and incubation companies .
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The Incubator is wholly owned by the Imperial College London and managed by Imperial Innovations (‘ Innovations ’).
About Imperial Innovations Imperial Innovations creates , builds and invests in pioneering university technologies addressing global problems in healthcare , energy , engineering and the environment . It combines deep understanding of science and technology with commercial acumen and strong investment expertise .
Innovations supports scientist-entrepreneurs in the commercialisation of their ideas by :
• leading the formation of new companies and providing facilities in the early stages
• providing significant investment and encouraging co-investment to accelerate the transition from R & D to products
• providing operational expertise
• helping to recruit high-calibre industry figures and experienced entrepreneurs as executive management and Board members .
Innovations invests in companies based on technologies from or associated with four universities : Imperial College London ; and Cambridge University , Oxford University , and UCL supported by its collaborations with Cambridge Enterprise , OSEM and UCL Business . These are the UK ’ s leading research intensive universities , measured by research income .
Progress to Date Over 35 ( including virtual clients ) technology companies are now operating successfully from over 24,000 square feet of office and laboratory space in the South Kensington Incubator
Since it opened in July 2006 , several highly successful Imperial Innovations portfolio companies have graduated from the Incubator .
Circassia : Circassia is a specialty biotechnology company developing a portfolio of novel immunotherapy products for the long term
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treatment of common allergies through short-course treatments using its SPIRE ( synthetic peptide immune-regulatory epitope ) technology .
The Company ( an Imperial College London spin-out ) entered the Incubator in 2006 as a first base of operations and prior to 2014 had raised over £ 100 million pounds in investment .
In March 2014 Circassia Pharmaceuticals undertook an initial public offering ( IPO ) on the London Stock Exchange raising £ 200 Million pounds with a market cap of £ 581 Million pounds .
Nexeon : Nexeon has raised a total of £ 55m in funding to date , following a £ 40m round in August 2011 . The company has moved to premises in Oxford , where it operates a pilot scale production facility for its innovative lithium-ion batteries .
Midaz Lasers , a producer of high performance lasers , was acquired by Coherent in 2012 .
Some of the companies in the Imperial Incubator as of March 2016 : Abingdon Health
Autifony Therapeutics Calchan CVIS Econic Technologies Hexxcell Kesios Mentat Mesh Power Plaxica , Pulmocide Sensor Coating Systems Topivert Sub Salt Solutions
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