Past Press Releases - The Oxfordshire Investment Opportunity Network (OION)

November 29, 2011
Oxford Investment Opportunity Network set to participate in £50 million Business Angel Co-investment
Oxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION), Europe’s leading technology business angel network, is to participate in the Business Angel Co-investment Fund (Angel CoFund) announced by the government today that will provide £50 million to invest in high growth companies alongside business angels.

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April 18, 2011
Oxford Investment Opportunity Network secures access to £50 million
Oxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION), Europe’s leading technology business angel network, has welcomed the Government’s announcement of the Regional Growth Fund which looks likely to provide £50 million for the development of a national fund to invest in high growth start-ups alongside business angels. More

December 14, 2010
Baldon Jets raises £500,000 to power cars of the future
Bladon Jets, an award-winning company leading the world in developing micro gas turbine engines for cars and power generation, has raised £500,000 in a recent funding round from members of the Oxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION), Europe’s leading technology investment network.

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July 13, 2010
Oxford investment network announces major new sponsor
Oxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION), Europe’s leading technology investment network, has announced the signing of the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus as a major new sponsor on a deal that is intended to boost the links between high growth companies, investors and research organisations in Oxfordshire. More

June 16, 2010
Aeristech secures £500,000 to turbo charge development of high performance vehicle engines
Aeristech set to enter tests with global vehicle manufacturers. More

May 6, 2010
Successful Year for Europe’s leading technology Investment Network
Oxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION), Europe’s leading technology business angel network, has announced results showing that it has maintained its success in helping innovative companies to secure funding despite challenging economic conditions. More

July 15, 2009
OION Investment Network wins BBAA Angel Network of Year Award
Oxford Investment Opportunity Network Ltd (OION), Europe’s leading technology business angel network, is celebrating after being named Angel Network of the Year at the prestigious British Business Angels Association (BBAA) Awards held at the world famous Belfry Golf Course Hotel near Birmingham. More

May 5, 2009
Record-breaking Year for Europe’s leading technology Investment Network
Oxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION), Europe’s leading technology business angel network, has announced results showing that it has enjoyed a
record-breaking year of helping innovative companies to secure funding.
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August 20, 2008
Parafricta secures £230,000 with help of Oxford Investment Opportunity Network
As part of a £230,000 funding round, the MedInnovate group of business angels from Oxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION) has provided £115,000 of new funding to APA Parafricta Ltd, a developer of low-friction products for the medical sector. More

July 18, 2008
Oxford Investment Opportunity Network backs Mould Tooling Innovators
As part of a £450,000 funding round, members of Oxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION) have provided £140,000 of new cash to mould tooling technology innovators, Surface Generation. More

April 20, 2008
Europe’s leading technology Investment Network announces Results
Results announced by Oxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION), Europe’s leading technology business angel network, show that it has marked another successful year of helping innovative companies to raise funding More

February 14, 2008
Unified Communications Innovator, Camrivox, secures £1.2 million to target SME market
Camrivox Ltd (Cambridge, UK), a Unified Communications innovator and developer of Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) software for the SME market, has raised £1.2 million from a consortium of investors. More

February 4, 2008
Bank of Scotland and Oxford Investment Opportunity Network launch £2 million Co-Investment Programme
Bank of Scotland Corporate's Growth Equity team and Oxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION) have launched a Co-Investment Programme that will provide a new source of funding for innovative companies. More

December 4, 2007
Oxford Investment Opportunity Network launches Medical Healthcare Group
Oxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION), Europe’s leading technology business angel investment network, has launched a new Medical Devices and Healthcare Technologies Group, known as OION MedTech, to assist companies in the healthcare sector seeking business development funding.

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October 23, 2006
CMP Therapeutics raises €4.5 million to develop Respiratory Allergies Treatment
CMP Therapeutics Ltd, a new Oxford company that has developed a natural treatment for sufferers of asthma, hay fever, dust mite and other allergies, today announced the closing of its Series A funding round provided by Inventages Capital Investments Inc. More

May 3, 2006
Oxford Business Angels Network announces Superb Results
Oxfordshire Investment Opportunity Network (OION) is celebrating another successful year of raising crucial development finance for innovative companies. More

March 26, 2006
IQ Capital becomes UK’s First £25 million Enterprise Capital Fund
High growth technology companies seeking equity funding through business angel Investment Networks located in Oxfordshire, the Thames Valley and Silverstone, are set to benefit substantially from a new £25m business angel co-investment fund. More

January 19, 2006
Caretek Medical signs Feasibility Study Agreement with major Pharmaceutical Company for delivery of
Caretek Medical Ltd, an Oxford-based company developing an innovative needle-free drug delivery system, today announced that it has signed a feasibility study agreement with a major global pharmaceutical company. More

December 6, 2005
Needle-free Injection System secures £2.1 million from Oxford Angels
Caretek Medical Ltd, an Oxford-based company developing an innovative needle-free drug delivery device, has completed an oversubscribed £2.1 million funding round in just four weeks. More

August 20, 2005
Astron Clinica raises Significant Investment for Revolutionary Skin Cancer Technology
Astron Clinica, a Cambridge-based company which has developed a revolutionary skin-imaging technology that enables doctors and skincare specialists to look beneath the surface of the skin, has raised venture finance from Kuwait Finance House, Bahrain. More

May 11, 2005
Surgical Robots win £1.025m Funding through Oxford Angels Network
A Buckinghamshire company whose intelligent robots can assist surgeons during complex operations has raised £1.025 million with the help of Oxfordshire Investment Opportunity Network (OION), Europe’s leading technology business angel network, More

April 23, 2005
Oxford Business Angels Network celebrates Success
Oxfordshire Investment Opportunity Network (OION) is celebrating another successful year of raising crucial development finance for innovative companies. More