UK Innovation Zones

Investor · Cambridge

Cambridge Enterprise Ventures

The University of Cambridge's commercialisation arm, which licenses university IP and invests in its spin-outs.

Investment profile

Stage

  • Pre-seed
  • Seed

Investment type

  • University-linked

Geographic mandate

UK only

Typical cheque size is shown only where the investor publishes it. Where it is absent, it is not published rather than estimated.

Connected ecosystem

Companies in the same place and sectors

  • Arm

    Processor architecture and semiconductor IP company whose designs are licensed into the majority of the world's mobile devices.

  • Riverlane

    Builds the quantum error correction stack that quantum computers need to run useful workloads.

  • Nu Quantum

    Develops quantum networking hardware to connect quantum processors into larger systems.

  • Paragraf

    Manufactures graphene-based electronic devices using a contamination-free production process.

  • CMR Surgical

    Designs and manufactures the Versius surgical robotic system for minimal access surgery.

  • Bicycle Therapeutics

    Develops bicyclic peptide therapeutics, with research operations on the Cambridge biomedical campus.

  • Congenica

    Clinical genomics software used to interpret genomic data in diagnostic settings.

  • AstraZeneca

    Global pharmaceutical company with its strategic research centre and headquarters in Cambridge.

  • Quantinuum

    Quantum computing company with significant Cambridge software and research operations within an international group.

Universities in Cambridge

Relevant proposed UKIZ missions

Listing does not imply participation. No investor here is a UKIZ participant unless stated on the UKIZ people page.

Proposed by UKIZ · not a government designation

Sources

  • Organisation's own published material

Last verified: 15 August 2026