The Oxford Innovation EIS Growth Fund 3 closed for investment and invested in a portfolio of promising technology companies over the course of 2023 and 2024. Investments completed include:
 | Interpac is disrupting the cardboard manufacturing industry by building a cold corrugation machine. The cold corrugation process means there’s no need for steam, which causes a drastic cut in the cost and equipment required to corrugate cardboard, without any compromise on quality. It is also more environmentally friendly. |
 | Cyjax is an established cyber threat intelligence business that minimises risk of attack and reduces cybercrime with their proven SaaS technology platform called Cymon. It has been deployed to 20+ large enterprise and public sector organisations including AstraZeneca, Disney, HMRC, NatWest, Zurich & the Police, and has achieved £1.7m Annual Recurring Revenue organically. |
 | Deep Planet are an AI company from Oxford building a climate tech platform and starting with transforming the wine industry. They use satellite imagery, AI and 80,000 hectares of ground data to build their machine learning model. Their customers - wine makers, farmers and grower associations are saving on logistics and productivity (yield, harvest dates) and sustainability (soil carbon, disease, fertilisers and irrigation). They are working with over 80 customers, and have 300 growers trialling in US, France and Australia. |
 | Oxford Space Systems' vision is to become the global leader in deployable antennas for Space, providing effective solutions today for the space based services of the future. Oxford Space Systems offers a portfolio of antennas aimed at improving performance, maximising stowage efficiency and minimising mass. |
 | Hexigone Inhibitors manufactures high-performance corrosion inhibitors for the coatings industry. The smart, patented technology is used to completely replace existing inhibitors or co-blend with phosphate inhibitors for synergistic results. Intelli-ion® has won numerous awards and offers key sectors - such as energy, marine, aerospace – a sustainable solution to corrosion protection. |
 | InferSens has developed a breakthrough AI-enabled flow and temperature sensor, addressing the high unmet need of automating manual Legionella Risk Monitoring - a regulation-driven global multi billion market. Their low cost, scalable solution enables reductions in manual water testing and flushing, saving cost, water, energy and CO2. |
 | Mirico provide best-in-class measurement of planet-harming emissions, using their unique laser sensors to gather high-quality data and their cloud analytics to provide actionable insights. Through this, they help owners of regulated energy infrastructure meet their sustainability goals, by quantifying their methane emissions and identifying the best route to mitigating them. |
 | Plyable: The global composites market today is worth over $91B and its growth is being driven by both environmental concerns as well as defence. Plyable is ideally set to capitalise on this trend through its unique software enabled manufacturing marketplace that today serves the biggest names in aerospace, defence and automotive enabling them to bring lightweight composite solutions to market. |
 | Aura is reinventing how funerals are planned and delivered with simple, direct cremations. Funerals are planned using Aura’s digital planning tools and are served anywhere in mainland GB. At a quarter of the price of an average funeral, customers arrange meaningful memorial or celebration of life services. |
If you're an investor in Fund 3 and would like to get in touch about your investment, please contact the Fund Custodian, KIN Capital, at fundservices@kincapital.co.uk. Alternatively, please contact Richard Cooper, Managing Director at Oxford Innovation Finance, who'll be happy to help with your query.
Companies interested in receiving investment from the Oxford Innovation EIS Growth Fund should follow the standard OION application and Showcase pitching process - further details on this can be found here.
