IP Group highlights £1.56B UK spinout investment as scale-up funding gap widens

Podcast: Proactive - Interviews for investors · Proactive

Opublikowano: 2026-10-22

IP Group PLC (LSE:IPO) CEO Greg Smith joined Steve Darling from Proactive to discuss new data showing that investment in UK university spinouts reached £1.56 billion in the first half of 2026, marking the second-highest half-year total recorded over the past decade. The figures come from a new report produced by Parkwalk, IP Group’s EIS fund management operation, in partnership with analytics firm Beauhurst. The report highlights both the growing scale of investment into UK university spinouts and a shift in where that capital is being deployed, with funding increasingly concentrated among more established companies. IP Group and Parkwalk remained amo...