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Our performance highlights

The infographics below present some of our performance highlights for the financial year 1 August 2022 to 31 July 2023.

‘Investment in numbers’ includes highlights from our Ventures team, and includes some cumulative data.

‘Technology and knowledge transfer in numbers’ summarises our performance across our knowledge transfer activities: academic consultancy, IP protection and development, and licensing.

Read our Annual Review 2023

Investment in numbers

16
Pre-seed investments (2022-23)
£9.2m
Invested in 21 spin-outs (2022-23)
19
New companies formed (2022-23)
£10m
Returned to Cambridge Enterprise and University of Cambridge (2022-23)
3.36x
Multiple across realised investments
£275m
Total amount raised by portfolio companies across all holdings
293
Total investments made in 158 companies
£97m
Current portfolio value
Impact
Notable spin-outs: Gyroscope, BlueGnome, VocalIQ, Solexa and Centessa
£3.7bn
In follow-on funding raised by portfolio companies since 1995
£43m
Invested over fund lifetime

Technology and knowledge transfer in numbers

301
Patent applications filed
170
Commercial and research licenses signed
£1.3m
Invested in patents and proof of concept
£7.9m
In translational funding won with our support
441
Consultancy contracts signed, including extensions
325
Consultancy clients
£18.7m
In operating income generated from licensing and consulting
2,399
Researchers supported