hi-tech start –up businesses. the qubis experience
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Hi-tech Start –up Businesses. The QUBIS Experience. David Moore QUBIS Ltd. QUBIS Ltd - ‘Turning Research into Wealth’. Current Portfolio. 51 High Tech Start ups 24 Divested 27 Current Shareholdings. QUBIS Ltd - ‘Turning Research into Wealth’. MarEnCo Ltd Kainos Software Ltd - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Hi-tech Start –up Businesses.
The QUBIS Experience
David Moore QUBIS Ltd
QUBIS Ltd - ‘Turning Research into Wealth’
Current Portfolio
• 51 High Tech Start ups• 24 Divested• 27 Current Shareholdings
QUBIS Ltd - ‘Turning Research into Wealth’
Current Shareholdings • MarEnCo Ltd• Kainos Software Ltd• Lumichem Ltd• Andor Technology Ltd• Hughes & McLeod Ltd• Biocolor Ltd• Acksen Ltd • Lagan Technologies Ltd• StreamOn.net Ltd• Alta Systems Ltd• Questor Technologies Ltd• Realtime Solutions Ltd• Fusion Antibodies Ltd• Vykson Ltd
• EventMap Ltd• Amphora Non-Destructive Testing Ltd• TruCorp Ltd• Optima Numerics Ltd• Almac Diagnostics Ltd• Stone Conservation Ltd• eMS Ltd• APT Ltd• ED Medical Ltd• I-Path Diagnostics Ltd• Sengenia Ltd• TOM Ltd• Titan IC Systems Ltd• CapnaDSP Ltd
QUBIS Ltd - ‘Turning Research into Wealth’
Sectors
• Software• Electronics• Bio/Medical Technology• Physics and Chemistry• Engineering
QUBIS Ltd - ‘Turning Research into Wealth’
Low light measurement
After several moves around the Physics department Andor now accommodates its 200 staff in Springvale Business park
Andor’s Imaging CCD’s are designed with scientific imaging in mind and can be easily integrated into a wide range of industrial and scientific processes
Dr Tom Morrow Dr Hugh Cormican Dr Donal Denvir PhysicsDr Tom Morrow Dr Hugh Cormican Dr Donal Denvir Physics
AIM IPO Dec 2004 – Current Market Cap £55m
Dr Andrew Dennis, Dr Steven Dr Andrew Dennis, Dr Steven Bell, Prof John McGarvey, Bell, Prof John McGarvey, Dept of ChemistryDept of Chemistry
Acquired by PerkinElmer Inc Sept 2006
Biocolor’s Assay Kits are used by every major
pharmaceutical company in the world
Citations: over 60 in leading journals
E.g.• Brown, A.N. Kim, B.S. Alsberg, E. Mooney, D.J. [2000] Combining Chondrocytes and Smooth Muscle Cells to Engineer Hybrid Soft Tissue ConstructsTissue Engineering; 6, (Number 4), 297-305
• David E. Joyce, Larry Gelbert, Angelina Ciaccia, Brad DeHoff, and Brian .Grinnell [2001]
Gene Expression Profile of Antithrombotic Protein C Defines New Mechanisms Modulating Inflammation and Apoptosis
J. Biol. Chem. 2001 276: 11199-11203. Dr Roy Elliot Biology and BiochemistryDr Roy Elliot Biology and Biochemistry
Prof Howard Fee, Dr Jim MurrayProf Howard Fee, Dr Jim MurraySurgery & Perioperative CareSurgery & Perioperative Care
World leader in complex Semiconductor Intellectual Property
for high end Digital Signal Processing
Prof John McCanny, Dr JG Doherty, Electronic Engineering
MPEG
MPEG-2 MPEG -4
JPEG2000
M-JPEG2
WM9
H.264
Acquired by Conexant Systems Inc - $30m - June 2004
Achievements to Date• 51 ‘Spin Outs’• Won 27 DTI Innovation Awards• Campus based ‘Virtual Science Park’• Successful UCF Bid• Employment approx 1,000• £63.1m External Equity Raised• FY10 Turnover Estimate £112m• Rated #2 UK HE-BCI 08/09 Survey
Current and Past Company Turnover
QUBIS Ltd - ‘Turning Research into Wealth’
Turnover £m Growth in the QUBIS Ltd
Companies
QUBIS Ltd - ‘Turning Research into Wealth’
Turnover £m Growth in the QUBIS Ltd
Companies
QUBIS Ltd - ‘Turning Research into Wealth’
Summary• QUBIS Ltd aims to create wealth for QUB
and its partners, through focussed investment over the long term, in commercial ventures based on QUB technology
• Successful Hi-tech investment takes time and effort
• It can be done, local technology companies can and do compete successfully on the global stage
QUBIS Ltd - ‘Turning Research into Wealth’
QUBIS Ltd - ‘Turning Research into Wealth’QUBIS Ltd - ‘Turning Research into Wealth’
[email protected] 028 9097 5404www.qubis.co.uk