VC profile

Woodford Investment Management

Venture capitalLimited partner

Founded 2014 · Oxford, United Kingdom

#1,350 Investor rankamong investors on Dealroom

Focusing on long term investments in companies with sustainable growth prospects

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42 Portfolio companies+3600% in 5 years

3 Unicorns

57 Investments

Jul 2021 Last investment

01 · Fund commitments

The funds Woodford Investment Management backs.

Woodford Investment Management is a limited partner in 9 funds.

Accelerated Digital Ventures - ADV

United Kingdom

Allied Minds

United States

Cambridge Innovation Capital

United Kingdom

Dementia Discovery Fund

United Kingdom

Mercia Asset Management

United Kingdom

Molten Ventures

United Kingdom

Precision Biopsy

United States

Rosetta Capital

United Kingdom

SV Health Investors

United Kingdom

02 · Exits

Woodford Investment Management’s biggest exits.

Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from Woodford Investment Management’s transaction record.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies

$4.5B IPO · 2021

Entered Series ANow $1.3BHealth

BenevolentAI

$1.6B IPO · 2021

Entered Series B+Now Health

Kymab

$1.4B acquisition · 2021

Entered Series B+Health

Immunocore

$1.2B IPO · 2021

Entered Series ANow $1.3BHealth

03 · Portfolio analysis

Where Woodford Investment Management’s portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 37 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount

UK29
USA10
Brazil1
Ireland1
Switzerland1

By sectorCount

Health23
Energy5
Fintech4
Real Estate2
Semiconductors2
Space2
Telecom2
Transportation2
Engineering and Manufacturing Equipment1
Food1
Home Living1
Legal1

By stage enteredCount

Series B+24
Series A12
Seed1

By growth stageCount

Late Growth19
Breakout Stage17
Early Growth5
Mature1

04 · Portfolio market map

Inside Woodford Investment Management’s portfolio.

The 40 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 37 tracked.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies

CeQur

Health

$600M

BenevolentAI

Health

Reaction Engines

Transportation

Nexeon

Energy

$200M

Kymab

Health · Unicorn

$1.4B

Federated Wireless

Telecom

$290M

Kuur Therapeutics

Health

$185M

Autolus

Health

$412M

MISSION Therapeutics

Health

$396M

Akamis Bio

Health

$240M

Inivata

Health

$500M

Spin Transfer Technologies

Semiconductors

$208M

Carrick Therapeutics

Health

$475M

Genomics

Health

$185M

Mereo Biopharma

Health

$6.5M

Evofem Biosciences

Health

$52M

Metalysis

Space

$63M

Yoyo Wallet

Fintech

$120M

Republic Europe

Fintech

$100M

RateSetter

Fintech

$16M

ReNeuron Group

Health

Drayson Technologies

Energy

$74M

Econic Technologies

Energy

$46M

Precision Biopsy

Health

$39M

HaloSource

Food

$13M

Eve Sleep

Wellness Beauty

$5.7M

ROOFTOP

Legal

B-

B-Secur

Health

$30M

Purplebricks

Real Estate

$24M

NovaBiotics

Health

$16M

OxSyBio

Health

$53M

LIGNIA Wood Company

Real Estate

$40M

Bodle Technologies

Semiconductors

$32M

Metaboards

Energy

$20M

Northwest Biotherapeutics

Health

$364M

Gigaclear

Telecom

AMO Pharma

Health

$25M

05 · Portfolio founders

Where Woodford Investment Management’s portfolio founders come from.

38 founders across the 42 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

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