Parkwalk Advisors
UK venture capital firm specializing in university spin-outs; participated in Phasecraft's pre-seed, seed, and Series A rounds.
Parkwalk Advisors is a London-based venture capital firm and the UK's most active investor in university spin-outs, backing knowledge-intensive technology companies with defensible IP spun out of UK research institutions across deeptech, healthtech, and cleantech. Founded in 2009 by Moray Wright, Parkwalk merged with IP Group plc, a FTSE 250-listed company, in 2017 and now operates as part of the IP Group family.
Overview
- Firm
- Parkwalk Advisors
- Headquarters
- London, UK
- Founded
- 2009
- AUM
- Not disclosed as a current AUM figure; Parkwalk states £500m+ raised/deployed cumulatively since 2009 across 200+ companies backed
- Stages
- Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C
- Thesis
- To bridge the gap between academic innovation and commercial success — turning world-changing research into world-leading companies across medicine, engineering, genetics, and computer science.
- Website
- parkwalk.vc
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Frequently asked
- What is Parkwalk Advisors?
- To bridge the gap between academic innovation and commercial success — turning world-changing research into world-leading companies across medicine, engineering, genetics, and computer science.
- How much does Parkwalk Advisors manage?
- Parkwalk Advisors manages Not disclosed as a current AUM figure; Parkwalk states £500m+ raised/deployed cumulatively since 2009 across 200+ companies backed in assets, and was founded in 2009.
- What stages does Parkwalk Advisors invest at?
- Parkwalk Advisors invests at Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C.
Sources & citations2
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Parkwalk Advisors' mission and investor positioning as the UK's most active investor in university spin-outs.
Parkwalk: About UsVerified2026-08-09 - 2
Parkwalk Advisors was founded in 2009 and merged with IP Group plc in 2017.
Parkwalk: About UsVerified2026-08-09