Sarah Shackelton's Contact Details

Sarah Shackelton's Company Details

Oxford Science Enterprises

N/A, N/A, GB • 20 - 49 Employees
Venture Capital

We are Oxford Science Enterprises, the Science Business Builder.We want to help solve the world's toughest problems for more people, in more places, faster.• Enabling people to lead longer, healthier lives• Protecting the future of our planet• Creating a safe, secure world• Accelerating the pace of positive changeWe do this by transforming world-leading science into world-changing businesses, partnering the best scientists, from the world's best university with the best business brains.We grow our companies with care and expertise; in a way that is systematic and scalable. We invest for real-world impact, not only financial returns. And we re-invest proceeds back into the next generation of original research and world changing businesses.Our enterprises address problems that affect people in life-changing ways: their health; the availability of food; the survival of the planet. Since 2015, we have received an automatic stake in all Oxford University science spinouts; more than 100 businesses, founded by over 200 of Oxford's leading academics – and we have taken a leading role in creating and building over 60 of these; adding +55,000 sq ft of lab & start-up space to support them. Today our businesses are worth over £2bn and have created +1,500 jobs.Our vision is a world where the best scientists and brightest business minds combine to solve our biggest challenges at unprecedented speed. We're working to create that world, and we're doing it in a way that we'll be proud of in years' to come: diverse, inclusive, and sustainable.