Parkwalk Advisors

Parkwalk Advisors, established in 2009 and headquartered in London, is a venture capital firm specializing in investing in UK-based technology companies spun out from universities. The firm focuses on sectors such as AI, big data, life science, materials, cleantech, medtech, and quantum computing, typically investing between £2.5 million and £10 million. Parkwalk seeks to generate capital gains for its investors, enhanced by attractive tax reliefs like the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS). It operates as a subsidiary of IP Group Plc since 2017, with combined net assets of £1.2 billion as of March 2019.

Ian Broadhurst

Investment Director

Enrico D'Angelo

CFO

Martin Glen

Investment Director

Alastair Kilgour

Founder

John Pearson

Chief Investment Officer

Kathy Samii

COO

Alun Williams

Investment Director

Moray Wright

Co-Founder and CEO

Karolina Zapadka Ph.D

Senior Investment Manager

Past deals in 3D Printing

Wayland Additive

Series A in 2024
Wayland Additive is a company based in Huddersfield, United Kingdom, that specializes in the development, manufacture, and distribution of metal additive manufacturing 3D printing machines. Founded in 2019, Wayland Additive focuses on advancing electron beam 3D printing technology to serve industrial end-users, particularly in the aerospace and medical sectors. The company's machines are designed to provide exceptional process monitoring and control, enabling the use of super hard-wearing and high-temperature materials that are challenging to work with using traditional methods. By offering enhanced versatility and precision, Wayland Additive aims to support clients in achieving high-performance products across various industries, including aerospace, medical, energy, and tooling.

Cambridge Touch Technologies

Series B in 2023
Cambridge Touch Technologies, Ltd., established in 2011 and based in Cambridge, UK, specializes in developing advanced 3D touch technology for various applications. The company's core product, UltraTouch, combines a proprietary AI engine with an innovative Piezoelectric Force Film to create a simplified, yet powerful touch and force sensor architecture. This technology offers superior functionality, lower costs, and scalability to diverse device sizes and shapes, including curved and foldable ones, catering to smartphones, tablets, automotive, and industrial sectors.

Wayland Additive

Series B in 2023
Wayland Additive is a company based in Huddersfield, United Kingdom, that specializes in the development, manufacture, and distribution of metal additive manufacturing 3D printing machines. Founded in 2019, Wayland Additive focuses on advancing electron beam 3D printing technology to serve industrial end-users, particularly in the aerospace and medical sectors. The company's machines are designed to provide exceptional process monitoring and control, enabling the use of super hard-wearing and high-temperature materials that are challenging to work with using traditional methods. By offering enhanced versatility and precision, Wayland Additive aims to support clients in achieving high-performance products across various industries, including aerospace, medical, energy, and tooling.

OSSTEC

Seed Round in 2023
OSSTEC is a company specializing in advanced technology for the operating room, focusing on metal 3D printed bone healing implants. These orthopedic implants are designed to mimic the natural structure of bone, effectively addressing high failure rates associated with conventional implants. By promoting long-term bone growth, OSSTEC's innovative solutions aim to improve the quality of life for patients suffering from osteoarthritis, enabling them to remain healthy, active, and pain-free.

Cambridge Touch Technologies

Series A in 2022
Cambridge Touch Technologies, Ltd., established in 2011 and based in Cambridge, UK, specializes in developing advanced 3D touch technology for various applications. The company's core product, UltraTouch, combines a proprietary AI engine with an innovative Piezoelectric Force Film to create a simplified, yet powerful touch and force sensor architecture. This technology offers superior functionality, lower costs, and scalability to diverse device sizes and shapes, including curved and foldable ones, catering to smartphones, tablets, automotive, and industrial sectors.

Fuel3D

Series A in 2022
Fuel3D is a company that specializes in advanced 3D scanning technology, offering an affordable handheld scanner designed for high-quality shape and color capture across various creative applications. The scanner utilizes a unique combination of pre-calibrated stereo cameras and photometric imaging to produce detailed 3D images quickly, making it accessible to independent game developers, designers, and artists. Originally developed for the medical imaging sector at Oxford University by a team of engineers and scientists, Fuel3D's technology has been adapted for broader markets, aiming to democratize point-and-shoot 3D imaging. The company, now led by CEO Stuart Mead, focuses on providing rapid and accurate analysis of organic subjects, serving clients in fields ranging from art and animation to gaming and retail.

Wayland Additive

Series A in 2021
Wayland Additive is a company based in Huddersfield, United Kingdom, that specializes in the development, manufacture, and distribution of metal additive manufacturing 3D printing machines. Founded in 2019, Wayland Additive focuses on advancing electron beam 3D printing technology to serve industrial end-users, particularly in the aerospace and medical sectors. The company's machines are designed to provide exceptional process monitoring and control, enabling the use of super hard-wearing and high-temperature materials that are challenging to work with using traditional methods. By offering enhanced versatility and precision, Wayland Additive aims to support clients in achieving high-performance products across various industries, including aerospace, medical, energy, and tooling.

Fuel3D

Series A in 2020
Fuel3D is a company that specializes in advanced 3D scanning technology, offering an affordable handheld scanner designed for high-quality shape and color capture across various creative applications. The scanner utilizes a unique combination of pre-calibrated stereo cameras and photometric imaging to produce detailed 3D images quickly, making it accessible to independent game developers, designers, and artists. Originally developed for the medical imaging sector at Oxford University by a team of engineers and scientists, Fuel3D's technology has been adapted for broader markets, aiming to democratize point-and-shoot 3D imaging. The company, now led by CEO Stuart Mead, focuses on providing rapid and accurate analysis of organic subjects, serving clients in fields ranging from art and animation to gaming and retail.

Cambridge Touch Technologies

Series B in 2019
Cambridge Touch Technologies, Ltd., established in 2011 and based in Cambridge, UK, specializes in developing advanced 3D touch technology for various applications. The company's core product, UltraTouch, combines a proprietary AI engine with an innovative Piezoelectric Force Film to create a simplified, yet powerful touch and force sensor architecture. This technology offers superior functionality, lower costs, and scalability to diverse device sizes and shapes, including curved and foldable ones, catering to smartphones, tablets, automotive, and industrial sectors.

Fuel3D

Venture Round in 2019
Fuel3D is a company that specializes in advanced 3D scanning technology, offering an affordable handheld scanner designed for high-quality shape and color capture across various creative applications. The scanner utilizes a unique combination of pre-calibrated stereo cameras and photometric imaging to produce detailed 3D images quickly, making it accessible to independent game developers, designers, and artists. Originally developed for the medical imaging sector at Oxford University by a team of engineers and scientists, Fuel3D's technology has been adapted for broader markets, aiming to democratize point-and-shoot 3D imaging. The company, now led by CEO Stuart Mead, focuses on providing rapid and accurate analysis of organic subjects, serving clients in fields ranging from art and animation to gaming and retail.

Cambridge Touch Technologies

Series A in 2018
Cambridge Touch Technologies, Ltd., established in 2011 and based in Cambridge, UK, specializes in developing advanced 3D touch technology for various applications. The company's core product, UltraTouch, combines a proprietary AI engine with an innovative Piezoelectric Force Film to create a simplified, yet powerful touch and force sensor architecture. This technology offers superior functionality, lower costs, and scalability to diverse device sizes and shapes, including curved and foldable ones, catering to smartphones, tablets, automotive, and industrial sectors.

OxSyBio

Series A in 2018
OxSyBio Ltd. is a biotechnology company based in London, United Kingdom, specializing in the development of advanced 3D printing techniques for creating tissue-like and functional tissues intended for medical research and clinical applications. Founded in 2014, the company focuses on innovative methods that utilize three-dimensional networks of lipid monolayer aqueous droplets, which can conduct electrical signals along designated pathways and self-fold into intricate structures. These engineered tissues aim to facilitate organ repair or replacement, supporting precision medicine initiatives. The technology builds upon pioneering research from Professor Hagan Bayley's group at the University of Oxford, emphasizing the integration of chemical and synthetic biology in the field of regenerative medicine.

Fuel3D

Venture Round in 2017
Fuel3D is a company that specializes in advanced 3D scanning technology, offering an affordable handheld scanner designed for high-quality shape and color capture across various creative applications. The scanner utilizes a unique combination of pre-calibrated stereo cameras and photometric imaging to produce detailed 3D images quickly, making it accessible to independent game developers, designers, and artists. Originally developed for the medical imaging sector at Oxford University by a team of engineers and scientists, Fuel3D's technology has been adapted for broader markets, aiming to democratize point-and-shoot 3D imaging. The company, now led by CEO Stuart Mead, focuses on providing rapid and accurate analysis of organic subjects, serving clients in fields ranging from art and animation to gaming and retail.

Cambridge Touch Technologies

Series A in 2016
Cambridge Touch Technologies, Ltd., established in 2011 and based in Cambridge, UK, specializes in developing advanced 3D touch technology for various applications. The company's core product, UltraTouch, combines a proprietary AI engine with an innovative Piezoelectric Force Film to create a simplified, yet powerful touch and force sensor architecture. This technology offers superior functionality, lower costs, and scalability to diverse device sizes and shapes, including curved and foldable ones, catering to smartphones, tablets, automotive, and industrial sectors.

Cambridge Touch Technologies

Seed Round in 2016
Cambridge Touch Technologies, Ltd., established in 2011 and based in Cambridge, UK, specializes in developing advanced 3D touch technology for various applications. The company's core product, UltraTouch, combines a proprietary AI engine with an innovative Piezoelectric Force Film to create a simplified, yet powerful touch and force sensor architecture. This technology offers superior functionality, lower costs, and scalability to diverse device sizes and shapes, including curved and foldable ones, catering to smartphones, tablets, automotive, and industrial sectors.

Tangentix

Series B in 2015
Tangentix, a UK-based Sheffield, UK-based startup that is exploring the use of 3D graphics compression.

Fuel3D

Series B in 2014
Fuel3D is a company that specializes in advanced 3D scanning technology, offering an affordable handheld scanner designed for high-quality shape and color capture across various creative applications. The scanner utilizes a unique combination of pre-calibrated stereo cameras and photometric imaging to produce detailed 3D images quickly, making it accessible to independent game developers, designers, and artists. Originally developed for the medical imaging sector at Oxford University by a team of engineers and scientists, Fuel3D's technology has been adapted for broader markets, aiming to democratize point-and-shoot 3D imaging. The company, now led by CEO Stuart Mead, focuses on providing rapid and accurate analysis of organic subjects, serving clients in fields ranging from art and animation to gaming and retail.

Fuel3D

Series A in 2014
Fuel3D is a company that specializes in advanced 3D scanning technology, offering an affordable handheld scanner designed for high-quality shape and color capture across various creative applications. The scanner utilizes a unique combination of pre-calibrated stereo cameras and photometric imaging to produce detailed 3D images quickly, making it accessible to independent game developers, designers, and artists. Originally developed for the medical imaging sector at Oxford University by a team of engineers and scientists, Fuel3D's technology has been adapted for broader markets, aiming to democratize point-and-shoot 3D imaging. The company, now led by CEO Stuart Mead, focuses on providing rapid and accurate analysis of organic subjects, serving clients in fields ranging from art and animation to gaming and retail.

Tangentix

Series A in 2013
Tangentix, a UK-based Sheffield, UK-based startup that is exploring the use of 3D graphics compression.

Reinnervate

Venture Round in 2013
Reinnervate Limited is a biotechnology company based in Durham, United Kingdom, established in 2002. It specializes in the development of technologies that enhance research into cell growth and function in vitro, with a particular focus on stem cell biology. The company creates and markets 3D cell-culture products that enable researchers to establish assays and biological models that closely simulate in-vivo cell growth. Reinnervate's innovations also facilitate the control of stem cell differentiation and the formation of specific tissue types, contributing to the development of diagnostics and treatments for neuro-degenerative diseases.

Reinnervate

Series B in 2011
Reinnervate Limited is a biotechnology company based in Durham, United Kingdom, established in 2002. It specializes in the development of technologies that enhance research into cell growth and function in vitro, with a particular focus on stem cell biology. The company creates and markets 3D cell-culture products that enable researchers to establish assays and biological models that closely simulate in-vivo cell growth. Reinnervate's innovations also facilitate the control of stem cell differentiation and the formation of specific tissue types, contributing to the development of diagnostics and treatments for neuro-degenerative diseases.

Eykona Medical

Series A in 2010
Eykona Medical develops and markets portable three dimensional imaging systems. Its systems are used to capture environments for videogames and in medical imaging for dermatological care. The company is based in Oxford, the United Kingdom.
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