Touchstone Innovations Information

Touchstone Innovations plc (“Innovations”) creates, builds and invests in pioneering technology companies and licensing opportunities developed from outstanding scientific research from the 'Golden Triangle'​, the geographical region broadly bounded by London, Cambridge and Oxford. Innovations supports scientists and entrepreneurs in the commercialisation of their ideas through protecting and licensing out intellectual property (through its Technology Transfer subsidiary, Imperial Innovations), by leading the formation of new companies, by recruiting high calibre management teams and by providing investment and encouraging co-investment. Innovations remains an active investor over the life of its portfolio companies, with the majority of Innovations’ investment going into businesses in which it is already a shareholder. Since becoming a public company in 2006, Innovations has raised more than £440 million of equity from investors and invested a total of £306.7 million across its portfolio companies, which have collectively raised investment of £1.5 billion.