About us
Nottingham Technology Ventures Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Nottingham. Its role is to advise the University of Nottingham on the formation of spin-out companies and the management of its spin-out company portfolio. It also advises on the management of investments from the Pathfinder Fund and the Nottingham Invention Fund.

Nottingham Technology Ventures is based in the Ingenuity Centre within the University of Nottingham Innovation Park (UNIP). The Nottingham Invention Fund is a £5m fund dedicated to investing in University spin-out companies to accelerate their development and growth.
The University of Nottingham currently has 28 spin-outs in the portfolio and has achieved significant exits from its previous portfolio, demonstrating significant success in the past three years.
Our board
Dr Andrew Naylor
Professor Dame Jessica Corner
Dr Susan Huxtable
Professor Andy Long
Margaret Monckton
Spin-out company formation and development is the remit of the University’s Intellectual Property (IP) and business formation advisors based in our IP Commercialisation Office.
While the specifics of any company development may be unique, there are a number of common elements and the IP office has developed standard mechanisms and support structures to help with this process.

NTV News

New University of Nottingham Spin-out receives funding boost
New treatments for lung fibrosis being developed by researchers at the University of Nottingham, are being advanced further with investment in a new spin-out company.

University spin-out named best medtech start-up
University of Nottingham spin-out company Cerca Magnetics was named best start-up medtech company at the annual OBN awards. Cerca Magnetics received the award in recognition of their

Steve Cliffe joins BlueSkeye AI as it scales the development of its technology and customer portfolio
BlueSkeye AI appoints Steve Cliffe to its board of directors. BlueSkeye has deepened the deep tech expertise on its board by appointing former CEO of