UK Innovation Zones

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