Top 5 Visible Scaleups by Employee Growth

Blue Earth Diagnostics
Blue Earth Diagnostics develops novel techniques to improve prostate cancer detection rates.

Exscientia
Exscientia uses artificial intelligence to design millions of potential small molecule drugs. It then predicts their potency and effects, providing indications of which molecules are most likely to make successful drugs.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies
Oxford Nanopore Technologiesdevelops a range of portable DNA and RNA sequencing devices, that are also capable of characterising epigenetic modifications.

Perspectum
Perspectum develops various products to improve the detection and measurement of liver, gallbladder and pancreatic disease, including medical imaging and software technology.

Lawrence Baker
Lawrence Baker specialises in the construction of care homes.

Top 5 Visible Scaleups by Turnover Growth

Exscientia
Exscientia uses artificial intelligence to design millions of potential small molecule drugs. It then predicts their potency and effects, providing indications of which molecules are most likely to make successful drugs.

Oxbotica
Oxbotica develops software designed to power driverless vehicles, with technology that uses features such as cameras and lasers in order to sense and navigate the surrounding environment.

Tokamak Energy
Tokamak Energy aims to advance the development of energy production by the process of fusion, through using devices that combine plasma in a magnetic field along with superconductors.

Aurora Energy Research
Aurora Energy Research provides data analysis, forecasting and market intelligence on the UK and global energy markets.

Perspectum Ltd
Perspectum develops various products to improve the detection and measurement of liver, gallbladder and pancreatic disease, including medical imaging and software technology.

Local LEP ScaleUp Programmes

OxLEP offers a range of cross-sector support to help scaling businesses from inception to established. The eScalate programme and Peer Networks remain central but with new tailored support focused on overcoming key barriers to growth coming online. Further bespoke support is available to scaling businesses through NED (Non-Executive Director) for a Day where scaling businesses are matched with a specialist advisor who works withthe business for eight hours over a month. OxLEP’s Cherwell Business Adaptation Fund (CBAF) offers match-funded grants to support businesses with job creation, resilience, product development, diversification, strengthening supply chains and reaching global markets as well as lowering their carbon footprint. Further funding is available through the relaunched ISfB Go-Create grants offering flexible grant support to tech and non-tech scaling businesses with innovation projects. The Harwell Science and Innovation Campus offers – a unique collaboration between government, academia and industry is home to clusters in the Space, Energy, Health and, from 2022, Quantum sectors. It offers scaling businesses access to a diverse network of 200+ organisations, networking events and activities, collaborative opportunities, funding, technical partnerships, sector expertise and access to laboratories and accommodation. The Harwell start-up incubator programme, an accelerator initiative and the Proof of Concept grant programme funded by the UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) provide further support for cluster businesses as they start and scale.