Zegami, an OTIF portfolio company commercialising a data visualisation and analysis platform, has developed a new machine learning model using X-rays of COVID-19 infected lungs, artificial intelligence techniques and data visualization tools.
In partnership with Mayfield and Melinda Gates’s Pivotal Ventures, Microsoft’s venture fund (M12) is investing $6m in four female-founded companies. As only one of only ten deeptech companies globally to be selected, OQC’s CEO Ilana Wisby pitched via weblink in mid-March. Results are expected by the end of March.
Christopher Hall, Managing Partner
At times when the headlines are alarming, it is helpful to think of the things for which we can be thankful. We at Oxford Investment Consultants (OIC) would like to acknowledge a few of those here, beginning with certain aspects of Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s first Budget on March 11th, and continuing with a recognition of what our portfolio companies are doing to combat the current adverse conditions arising from COVID-19.
Award winning manufacturer of Graphene, 2-D Tech creates a range of graphene-based products for applications such as 3D printing, Graphene Enhanced Batteries and sporting equipment. The two firms are collaborating on the development of a range of new surface treatment technologies.
Preliminary results from the NAPLES trial (Normothermic mAchine Perfusion of the Liver to Enable transplantation in difficult recipientS) with the OrganOx Metra were presented for the first time at the British Transplant Society (BTS) meeting in Belfast in early March receiving the Medawar Medal.