Oxford Investment Opportunity Network

The following four companies are seeking investment via the Network as a result of the 18 January 2011 OION investment meeting at Egrove Park in Oxford. The descriptions available summarise the investment proposal made by the company. The information is provided by the company and has not been vetted in any way by OION.

If you are interested in receiving further information on any of the companies then please contact us.

Company A is a Sussex based UK company working on a new patented engine design which will double current fuel efficiency. Early revenue will be achieved by targeting the stationary engine market rather than the automotive market which is much more conservative.

We have a small focussed team with 70 years+ of engineering experience, led by a legend of engine development and testing, and are less than 3 months from proof of concept. Our science and engineering has been ratified externally

Company A has a platform technology which will be broadly licensed to manufacturers. The company will continue to specialise in intellectual property (invention). They have a patent pending with a particularly strong claim 1, no third parties on the patent and no x or y citations.

They are currently raising £400k at a post money valuation of £3M. Based on comparable companies, we would anticipate that if successful Company A will rise to a value greater than £300M in less than 10 years, and anticipate an IPO earlier than that. The £400k takes them beyond proof of concept.

Honda and Cummins are both already keeping tabs on their progress.

Company B represents a unique opportunity to invest in the rapidly growing capacitive touchscreen market. Almost all new smartphones which are being released now feature this kind of user input device and many other market sectors such as medical, white goods and industrial are beginning to follow.

Company B's management team have developed, scaled and implemented the high volume market leading technology behind capacitive touchscreens while working for Quantum Research Group and Atmel Corporation and will now implement this technology in the medium volume markets which are currently unaddressed due to lack of resource in Atmel and their competitors.

The business is scalable according to the level of resource available and needs no new IP for the applications and markets which will be addressed. The business plan shows that taking only a modest share of the available market can generate annual revenues in excess of $40M annually within 5 years.

To support the business plan, Company B is looking to raise £1.7M over two years. The funds will be used primarily for rent, salaries, a small amount of capital investment and to pay our suppliers for prototypes and samples during project design-in activities.

The combination of a seasoned management team, a strong and immediate market pull and with no requirement to develop new technology to address current requirements provides a compelling low risk business opportunity.

Company C’s revolutionary patented coating technology addresses the huge and diverse $20 billion thin/thick film coating market. This platform technology developed based on over 10 years work of Professor Choy’s team and it does not simply have a cost advantage (circa. 50% cost reduction) but can also produce thin/thick coatings that outperform conventionally produced coatings for a whole variety of applications. Immediate opportunities are in clean energy based sectors.

Company C is seeking £250k (i.e.1/3) as matched funding to an EU backed NanoPV solar cell project to develop the ESAVD process and use nanotechnology for a breakthrough in the manufacturing economics of photovoltaics to below 1 €/watt, and to exploit the exciting near term commercial opportunities in photovoltics and other synergetic opportunities available to Company C in thin films for display and capacitor applications. In NanoPV, Company C will work closely with the supply chains of thin film solar cells, and be responsible for the development of specialised non vacuum deposition of nanostructured films based on ESAVD and its variants.

Company C’s unique non vacuum based technologies, and the experience commercial and technical team are well positioned to offer cost-effective manufacturing of nanomaterials and ultrathin films for efficient solar cells and will contribute to bringing the successful project into market, by providing a qualified process and tool, as well as support for partners/customers towards production.

Osteoporosis is a silent disease which results in worst health outcomes than most cancers. Hip fractures cost over $6bn in the US and over £1bn in the UK each year. Under-diagnosis is a major problem, fewer than 24% of at-risk women receive preventative testing.

Company D has developed the proprietary non-invasive test, a completely new test for bone fracture which can predict hip fracture up to twenty years in advance at a fraction of the cost of the current standard test. The company has completed award winning clinical studies with a major US university which have demonstrated the superior performance of our test against the standard. Company D’s business model is to sell developed instruments, consumables and algorithms to women’s health focused central laboratories in the EU and USA who will promote and sell the test to physicians. Revenue growth to £5m per annum over a three year period is projected.

£1.5m in funding has been raised to date, we are now seeking another £1.5m in funding including £200k from private investors. This funding will allow Companyd D to complete its trials for regulatory approval, develop its instrument and consumable platform and commence sales over the next two years.