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The £10m Rainbow Seed
Fund is an evergreen venture capital dedicated to investing in technologies
from its publicly funded research base but independently managed. The Fund was
established in 2001 with funding from the Office of Science and Innovation to commercialise
scientific research in a leading group of the UK publicly funded institutions,
our partners. The Fund made its first investment in 2002 and has
increased its partner base twice, in 2004 with the addition of BBSRC and in
2006 when 6 other leading research institutes joined the Fund.
The UK has prided itself on being a nation of scientific genius ever since the
industrial revolution, and our world-class science base can both create wealth
and improve the quality of our lives.
The Fund invests at the earliest stages, often before there is a company, and
helps to find people with commercial skills and other investors to turn an idea
into a business. Rainbow's partners spend over £1billion on research and
development every year giving the Fund privileged access to high quality
investment propositions at the earliest stage.
See a timeline for the Rainbow Seed Fund
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