Oxford Innovation

if you are not sure what types of support are right for you, here is a list of terms explaining what each one means and how we can help.

If there are any other areas of support that you need, please contact us – we are quite likely to be able to help.

Access to expertise
Oxford Innovation has a wealth of experience and contacts across the UK providing you with access to the information you need when your business needs it most.
Access to finance
Oxford Innovation can help you choose and prepare for the right way to fund you innovation whether through investment networks, research and development grants or other approaches.
Access to mentoring
Some of Oxford Innovation’s business support programmes can put you in touch with mentors to act as sounding boards to work with you through business challenges and issues.
Access to new business opportunities
Oxford Innovation has access to many networks and companies who are often looking for opportunities to find new technology or partner in projects.
Access to research and market intelligence services
Oxford Innovation has close ties with much of the knowledge base including universities and public sector research establishments. In addition we can provide you with links to market intelligence services to help you better understand your customers.
Assess your businesses needs
The process will help you decide how to proceed with your innovation, including an initial appraisal, examining the market prospects and assessment of the project economics.
Action planning
Check the health of your company; look at the barriers to innovation; identify examples of good practice and examine techniques for the generation of new ideas.
Develop and protecting Intellectual Property
Oxford Innovation will help you work out the best strategy to develop, protection or exploit your IP, enabling you to generate real value.
Guidance and personal support
Many of our staff has worked in start-up and innovative environments. They are skilled at helping you assess your business needs and helping you satisfy them.
Investment readiness
Investment readiness programmes provide advice on sources of funding or support to maximise chances of raising finance making sure you can provide sufficient information, credibility and trust to an investor to motivate him to invest in a proposition.
Networking events
Oxford Innovation arranges networking events around key areas of interest including funding, IP and Open Innovation giving you the opportunity to ask questions and mix in the right circles.
Open Innovation
Oxford Innovation supports organisations of all sizes develop and implement their Open Innovation strategies enabling them to gain better access to ideas, knowledge and technology.
PR, marketing and event organisation
Oxford Innovation can help you raise your profile through coverage in a range of media from national, business, financial and trade press to broadcast and on-line media. Oxford Innovation has considerable experience in marketing, organising events and competitions.
Workshops and training
Oxford Innovation delivers tailored workshops and training programmes to support the needs of innovative companies. In addition we promote the events of organisations that we feel will be of interest to you.

Contact details

Head Office
Oxford Innovation Ltd

Mill Street
Oxford
OX2 0JX

tel +44 (0)1865 811127

fax +44 (0)1865 209044

email