Investor · Cambridge and London
Parkwalk Advisors
The largest growth EIS investor in UK university spin-outs, managing funds with several research-intensive universities.
Investment profile
Stage
- Seed
- Series A
Investment type
- University-linked
- Venture capital
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.
- Nyobolt
Develops fast-charging battery systems based on niobium tungsten oxide anode materials.
- 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