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March 27, 2026

Investors hunt for ‘the next DeepMind’ in Oxford amid deeptech boom

A cohort of deeptech spinouts has investors hunting for deals in the historic UK city

Tom Nugent

10 min read

Investors in the Oxford tech ecosystem believe the city’s deeptech spinouts will win big from the wave of VC money in Europe flowing into strategically important technologies such as AI, quantum and defence.

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Jack Edmondson, OSE
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Motoaki Sumi, Ascension
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Oxford Seed Fund GPs Lilly Bussmann, Arif Wani and Michael Hutson
Oxford Seed Fund GPs Lilly Bussmann, Arif Wani and Michael Hutson
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Manjari Chandran-Ramesh, Amadeus Capital
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Kirsty Lloyd-Jukes, Stateful Robotics
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Moray Wright, Parkwalk
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David Mott, Oxford Capital
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Tom Nugent

Tom Nugent is Sifted’s managing editor. He covers university spinouts and robotics. Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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