IP Group

Growth Equity·London, UK·£975M NAV (FY2025); £663M third-party AUM via Parkwalk

IP Group plc is a London-listed intellectual property commercialisation company that partners with leading universities and research institutions to transform scientific breakthroughs into high-growth businesses. Founded in 2001, it focuses on early-stage science-based ventures across deeptech, life sciences and cleantech, also operating Parkwalk, the UK's largest growth EIS fund manager. Notable portfolio companies include Oxford Nanopore Technologies, First Light Fusion and Featurespace (acquired by Visa in 2024).

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AccelerComm

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Semiconductors·Series B

AccelerComm is a Southampton-based semiconductor IP company spun out of the University of Southampton's Electronics and Computer Science department in 2016 by Professor Rob Maunder and Dr Taihai Chen. The company commercialises forward error correction and channel coding algorithms for 5G, 6G, and satellite non-terrestrial networks, with products including high-performance LDPC and POLAR error correction IP. AccelerComm's technology powers over 200 production satellites currently in orbit, with customers including Vodafone, Intel, AMD, and National Instruments. The company raised a total of $52.8M, including a £21.5M Series B in 2023 led by ParkWalk, SwisscomVentures, and Hostplus, and a subsequent $15M round in 2025.