Oxford Foundry

Building a new generation of ventures

Oxford Foundry COVID-19 Action Plan

Find out more about the ventures in our portfolio responding to COVID-19 and how you can get involved.

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OXFO Hilary 2021 Termcard

All-Innovate 2021!

All-Innovate is Oxford's inter-college competition run by the Oxford Foundry in partnership with Oxford colleges. Students (undergraduate, postgraduate and DPhil) pitch entrepreneurial ideas for a chance to win a top prize of £10,000 prize money, and two runner-up prizes of £5,000 each. Delivered in collaboration with EY.

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OXFO Impact Report 2019-2020

Read about the impact of the Oxford Foundry and our ventures, including the OXFO Covid-19 Action Plan.

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LAUNCH OF WHITE PAPER - Universities: Drivers of Prosperity and Economic Recovery

A white paper written by Ana Bakshi, Director of the Oxford Foundry, calls on government and the private sector to invest in scaling university entrepreneurship, technology and venture acceleration-focused centres nationwide in order to rebuild the economy and build back better.

The white paper is endorsed by leading Business CEOs, Founders, and Higher Education leaders of universities across the UK, with a foreword written by Reid Hoffman, Cofounder of LinkedIn.

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JOIN OUR COMMUNITY- BECOME AN OXFO MEMBER - IT'S FREE

Our community includes 3000 students, staff and alumni from all Oxford's Divisions and Colleges, University of Oxford alumni, and a global network of leading entrepreneurs, advisors and investors.

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OXFO venture iLoF receive $1m from Microsoft & Mayfield Fund for search to find Alzheimer’s cure

OXFO startup ILoF has received $1 million from Microsoft’s venture fund, Mayfield, and Melinda Gates’s Pivotal Ventures to reduce the cost and time of drug discovery for diseases including Alzheimer's. They are one of four teams chosen from female-led companies from around the world to receive a share of $6m investment, resources and mentoring through the Female Founders Program.

OXFO COVID-19 HEROES

13 ventures in our portfolio are responding to the pandemic. They include a GP-to-patient remote platform that has scaled in three weeks to help hundreds of thousands of patients, fever detection cameras, sensors to monitor NHS hospital bed availability, a communication platform for care home residents and families to keep in touch, and a remote tutoring app for students.

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Biz Stone, Cofounder, Twitter, Medium and Jelly

As an advisor to the Oxford Foundry, I am part of a talented multidisciplinary community. At this moment in history, it's imperative that we harness the ability of networks like Oxford for the greater good and for the future of society.