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Woodford Investment Management

Last cheque observed Nov 2015. Silence since then is not evidence of inactivity: our sources miss unannounced rounds.

QuietPrivate equity

SeedSeries ASeries BInternetSocial Media Marketing

Cheques on record
0%of best year0cheques in 12 months, 13 on record
Since the last cheque4011days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$39MRounds led0 of 13Sole investor3 roundsMostly inUnited Kingdom, 73%
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Woodford Investment Management highlights

  1. 01

    13 rounds on record

  2. 02

    Mostly Venture and Growth: 54% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 3 rounds, median $50M

What they do

The page only contains press releases and updates about the winding up of funds, with no description of investment activities.From their own website
Type
Private equity (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
InternetSocial Media Marketing
Based in
Oxford, United Kingdom
Cold pitches
Not accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first13 appearances

  1. 2015

    7 rounds

  2. Nov
    UltrahapticsSeries A · GB$16MWith 1 other
  3. Sept
    AMO PharmaGrowth · GB$25MWith 1 other
  4. Sept
    CeQurSeries C$100MWith 4 others
  5. Jul
    ImmunocoreVenture · GB$320MWith 2 others
  6. May
    Psioxus TherapeuticsSeries C · GB$39MWith 4 others
  7. Apr
    SciFluor Life SciencesSeries B · US$30MWith 2 others
  8. Jan
    NovaBioticsVenture · GB$7.6MSole investor
  9. 2014

    6 rounds

  10. Nov
    GenomicsVenture$16MWith 2 others
  11. Nov
    Cell MedicaSeries B · GB$78MWith 2 others
  12. Oct
    Cosmederm BioscienceVenture · US$50MSole investor
  13. Oct
    Spin Transfer TechnologiesGrowth · US$70MWith 1 other
  14. Aug
    PurpleBricksSeries A · GB$13MWith 3 others
  15. Aug
    Oxford Nanopore TechnologiesGrowth · GB$59MSole investor

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration2 named

NRNeil Russell WoodforddirectoriCompany registersince 2016
CFCraig Frederick NewmandirectoriCompany registersince 2016

We also hold 2 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the UK company register, which it must file accurately by law

Companies House
10118169, since 2016

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

0 of 4 we have independently watched raise

Further updates from LinkIncomefocusLondonstockexchangethe Schroders

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Woodford Investment Management. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

On podcasts

1 episode naming Woodford Investment Management in the title.

Quick answers about Woodford Investment Management

What does Woodford Investment Management invest in?

Woodford Investment Management invests most often at Venture and Growth (54% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Internet and Social Media Marketing.

How active is Woodford Investment Management?

13 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Nov 2015.

How big are Woodford Investment Management's cheques?

The median round it joins is $39M.

Does Woodford Investment Management lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 13 investments on record names it as the lead.

Where does Woodford Investment Management invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United Kingdom (73%) and the United States (27%).

Is Woodford Investment Management investing now?

No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Nov 2015.

Who does Woodford Investment Management invest alongside?

Most often Invesco Perpetual (3 rounds together), Allied Minds (2 rounds together) and Imperial Innovations Investment Management (2 rounds together).

What kind of investor is Woodford Investment Management?

Woodford Investment Management is a private equity firm based in Oxford, United Kingdom.

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