Our Alumni
Since The Oxford Trust was founded in 1985, hundreds of innovative people and businesses have kick-started their careers in one of innovation spaces or through our business support and networks. This community of alumni are now inspiring and influencing a new generation of innovators.
Five minutes with TNG Technology Consulting
January 23, 2024IT consultancy TNG Technology Consulting recently opened its UK subsidiary, choosing Oxford and the Oxford Centre for Innovation as its...
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Habitat Energy graduates from the Oxford Centre for Innovation
December 13, 2023Habitat Energy joins a growing number of successful alumni of the Oxford Centre for Innovation. Owing to their remarkable growth...
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From start-up to exit: Oxford Computer Consultants
June 2, 2023Following the recent acquisition of 33-year-old Oxford Computer Consultants by long-standing partner System C Healthcare, we spoke to co-founder Dr...
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Five minutes with James Peach, Co-founder & CEO at Human Centric Drug Discovery
April 11, 2022Starting with migraines, Human Centric Drug Discovery is relying on human data to find a new generation of drugs to...
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Five minutes with Adam Forsyth, CTO of TZ
April 4, 2021We spoke to Adam Forsyth CTO of TZ, an Australian start-up at the forefront of electronic locking device development and...
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Five minutes with Elspeth Briscoe at Learning with Experts
February 10, 2021It’s good to know that there are some positive stories to come out of the coronavirus crisis: we interviewed Elspeth...
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Five minutes with Tim Ballance, Lead Scientist at Infleqtion
October 28, 2020We spoke to Dr Tim Ballance, Lead Scientist at Infleqtion UK, to find out more about the mind-boggling quantum technologies...
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Five minutes with Ross Upton, CEO of Ultromics
October 22, 2020Did you know that cardiovascular disease is the largest cause of death globally? We spoke to Ross Upton, CEO of...
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Five minutes with Helen Williams at Vitaccess
March 12, 2020We had five minutes with Helen Williams, Director of Operations, at Vitaccess – a pioneering digital healthcare consultancy. We interviewed Vitacess...
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Five minutes with Jessica Dillon at the Social Tech Trust
March 2, 2020We had five minutes with Jessica Dillon, Marketing and Communications Manager at the Social Tech Trust, one of our newest...
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Five minutes with Rupert Wilkinson at Oxford Product Design
February 20, 2020We spent five minutes with Rupert Wilkinson, MD of Oxford Product Design – in fact, the only product design consultancy...
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Five minutes with Carolyn Hicks at Brill Power
February 13, 2020A recent resident of OCFI, Brill Power is going from strength to strength. We spoke to Head of Finance, Carolyn...
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Five minutes with Angela Hobbs from Triteq
February 13, 2020This is the first of our blogs on the science and tech businesses that work in the Trust’s OCFI building...
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Five minutes with Hugh Bettesworth at Mirada Medical
February 13, 2020One of the OCFI’s longer-term residents, Mirada Medical is a global brand in advanced medical imaging software, mainly for cancer...
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Five minutes with Clare Lerway at Consultant Connect
February 13, 2020Consultant Connect, a second-floor resident of OCFI, has developed a business idea that is dramatically reducing NHS costs. We spoke...
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Five minutes with Zeeshan Akhtar, CEO and founder of Scout Health
February 13, 2020We spoke to Zeeshan Akhtar, CEO and Founder of Scout Health, a brilliant new app that links you directly with...
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Five minutes with Barbara Hammond at the Low Carbon Hub
February 3, 2020We spoke to Barbara Hammond, founder and CEO of the Low Carbon Hub – a small social enterprise with big...
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Five minutes with Katie Bedborough at Oxford VR
January 22, 2020We spent five minutes with Katie Bedborough, COO and CFO of new-kid-on-the-virtual-block, Oxford VR. Started in 2016, Oxford VR is...
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Five minutes with Diego Vargas at Habitar
January 16, 2020We spent five minutes with Diego Vargas, founder and director of Habitar Architects – a small, Oxford-based architect’s practice that...
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Five minutes with Ed Pentz from Crossref
November 25, 2019We went head-to-head with Ed Pentz from Crossref, Executive Director of the ever-growing not-for-profit based at our Oxford Centre for...
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Five minutes with DeepZen
November 4, 2019We spent five minutes with Kerem Sozugecer (CTO and co-Founder), Omer Gunes (NLP lead) and Spyridoula Papandreou (TTS language engineer)...
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Five minutes with Alexander Varmuza at Sportside
August 9, 2019Based at the Wood Centre for Innovation (WCFI), Sportside is developing the go-to app and website for sports. We interviewed...
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Five minutes with Andrew Luers at Habitat Energy
July 17, 2019This week we interviewed Andrew Luers, Co-founder and CEO of Habitat Energy. Did you know we’re getting a green energy...
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Five minutes with Mike Betts at Photocrowd
April 9, 2018Photocrowd, a second-floor resident of OCFI, was started by ex-photographer Mike Betts. We spoke to him about the company and...
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Five minutes with Dr John Boyle, Founder Oxford Computer Consultants
February 2, 2018John Boyle and his company, Oxford Computer Consultants (OCC), are an Oxford Trust success story! John and Kaz Librowski co-founded...
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Five minutes with Professor Mike Brady, Founder of Mirada Medical
February 2, 2018Founding director of Mirada Medical, Mike Brady came to Oxford in 1985 to take up the newly-created post of Professor...
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Five minutes with Oliver Gummery at Createc
January 29, 2018Although a long way from its main office in Cumbria, Createc is one of the latest businesses to have moved...
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Five minutes with Nathan Bentall from Radix 2
May 12, 2017Like all good tech entrepreneurs Nathan Bentall started his company – Radix 2 Limited – in a garden shed. Fresh...
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