Parkwalk
UK venture fund investing in university spinouts.
Parkwalk, the UK's largest university-spinout investor, returned for Moa Technology's Series C, a £22.2m round closed 23 July 2026, backing a 2017-vintage Oxford spinout through its latest funding round.
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University spinout deals fell 33% last year; why is Parkwalk still backing a 2017 vintage?
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Parkwalk returned as an investor on Moa Technology's register for the £22.2 million Series c, closed 23 July 2026 with Oxford University Innovation also on the cap table, backing the Oxford Plant Sciences spinout through its latest round.
Founded in 2009 by Moray Wright and Alastair Kilgour and acquired by IP Group in 2017, Parkwalk is reported to be the UK's largest investor in university spinouts, with roughly £450-500 million under management across nearly 200 companies from Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial.
UK university spinout deal counts fell 33% by count last year. A specialist fund like Parkwalk still backing a 2017-vintage spinout through Series c reflects the surviving tail of that shrinking pipeline, patient capital that shorter-cycle sectors rarely extend to companies this FAR from exit.