Where science scales

Early venture capital and company‑building for UK deeptech. Turning research into enduring businesses since 2008.

Oxford Space Systems leverages textile knitting techniques and origami to design high performance antennas for next-generation satellite constellations.

We are deeptech specialists who help transform UK research into global businesses.

  • Ready for the challenge

    Complex challenges require complex solutions in complex markets.

  • Taking the lead

    We bring decades of experience to building global businesses out of hard science.

  • Pragmatic builders 

    We build patiently and deliberately. We talk to customers. We avoid over-engineering.

  • Hands-on and collaborative

    From day one, we get stuck in. We are long-term partners.

Early in the journey. 

Highly theoretical. 

Pre-market-fit.

Great science doesn’t emerge from the lab market-ready. 

Deep, emergent technology needs capital that understands the journey: from prototype to product, from first customer to category leader.

That takes a different kind of investor. Patient capital. Technical fluency.

We back the ideas others underestimate.

life Sciences

Lightcast Discovery

Programmable single cell analysis on a massive scale. Analyses single cell interactions, profiling cell function, thousands at a time. One cell per droplet, each controlled by a beam of light.

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physical Sciences

EXITED

Cobalt

Measuring chemical contents through packaging using Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy. It became the market leading bottlescanner technology for airports and is widely used in the pharma industry for capsules, tablets and goods-in.

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physical Sciences

Oxford Space Systems

Lightweight, deployable, high-gain antennas for low cost, high performance satellite constellations.

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