The Wyvern Seed Fund has a mixed portfolio of investments across the two Universities. In addition to investments into new spin-out companies the Fund has been used to support the development and commercialisation of academic research and Intellectual Property, for example by establishing License Agreements or other collaborative ways of returning value from the science/technology.

Apitope | www.apitope.com

Apitope Technology is a biopharmaceutical company developing treatments for allergy and autoimmune diseases.

Atlas Genetics | www.atlasgenetics.com

Atlas Genetics is developing rapid tests for serious disease such as chlamydia and the hospital superbug MRSA.

Azellon | www.azellon-ltd.com

Azellon, is developing a cellular therapy to repair knee mensicus cartilage.

Capsant Neurotechnologies Ltd | www.capsant.co.uk

Capsant Neurotechnologies has developed a novel in-vitro tissue testing platform for high throughput drug screening.        

Ilika Technologies Ltd | www.ilika.com

Ilika's proprietary high throughput screening technology is used to discover novel materials for the energy, electronics and biotechnology industries. 

Imetrum | www.imetrum.com

Imetrum has developed a high accuracy, non-contact measurement system for materials and structural testing and monitoring.

Karus Therapeutics Ltd | www.karustherapeutics.com

Karus Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing innovative therapies to treat cancer, inflammation and heart disease.

KWS Biotest | www.kwsbiotest.co.uk/

KWS BioTest supplies a variety of disease models to drug development companies.

Lectus Therapeutics Ltd | www.lectustherapeutics.com

Lectus Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing drugs focused on ion channels.      

Micrima | www.micrima.com

Micrima is developing a microwave array for high resolution breast tumour imaging.

Nanotecture Ltd | www.nanotecture.co.uk

Nanotecture exploits nanoporous metals and metal oxides focused on the improvement of supercapacitors and other energy storage devices.

Perpetuum Ltd | www.perpetuum.co.uk

Perpetuum has developed a kinetic energy harvesting system which produces electrical energy for a variety of possible applications.   

Plexus Planning Ltd | www.plexusplanning.com/

Plexus Planning is commercialising a planning software tool for large complex product development projects.

ProVision Communications Technology Ltd | www.provision-comm.com

ProVision Communication Technologies designs high performance consumer HDTV wireless applications.  

Revolymer | www.revolymer.com

Revolymer has a pipeline of products based on novel polymers. Its lead product is a proprietry formulation of non-stick chewing gum.

Stratophase | www.stratophase.com

Stratophase has developed an optical microchip sensor for measuring chemical processes.

Symetrica | www.symetrica.com

Symetrica is commercialising proprietary, high performance gamma-ray spectroscopy for detection of nuclear threat materials.

The Retention People Ltd | www.theretentionpeople.com

The Retention People commercialises software systems for the leisure sector. 

Xmos Ltd | www.xmos.com

Xmos is a semiconductor company with novel processor architecture that emulates hardware functionality.