Investors / United Kingdom / QUBIS
QUBIS
Investor · Belfast, United Kingdom · Europe
QUBIS is the commercialisation arm of Queen's University Belfast, formed in 1984 to create technology spin-out companies from the university's research base. It provides hands-on support to academic researchers from IP discovery through business growth, and partners with entrepreneurs and investors.
Invests inHealthcare & Biotech
In its own wordsuniversity spin-outstechnology transferlife sciencesdigitalengineeringenvironmental
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Or find every investor that fitsQUBIS lists 32 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (59%), AI & Machine Learning (15%) and Education (10%). 88% of its companies are based in United Kingdom. It invests most often alongside Clarendon Fund Managers, DSW Ventures and BGF.
No funding round on record names QUBIS yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not QUBIS' whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 32. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 59% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 15% | 18% |
| Education | 10% | 7% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 5% | 7% |
| Fintech | 5% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 2% | 6% |
| Food & Agriculture | 2% | 3% |
| Media & Entertainment | 2% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Clarendon Fund Managers | 11 |
| DSW Ventures | 2 |
| BGF | 1 |
| Beta Capital | 1 |
| Deepbridge Capital | 1 |
| EMV Capital | 1 |
| HAX | 1 |
| IndieBio | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 70th | 32 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 88th | 59% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 58th | 3 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers32100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Clarendon Fund Managers
Compare QUBIS head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
32 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company specializes in biomarker driven clinical trials and provides various services across the drug development lifecycle | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Antennaware develops and provides wearable antenna technology for various applications | Industrial & ManufacturingHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Aramune Technologies develops natural compounds for animal feed to boost the immune system and natural resistance to bacterial infection. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Bia Analytical develops and provides product integrity screening solutions and laboratory-based authenticity tests | Food & AgricultureHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| BioSeer is an integrated analytical laboratory that provides various testing and analysis services in fields such as microbiology, genomics, and environmental chemistry. | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company is building a product for RNA analysis | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Cardinal Analytics provides data driven risk management products for fixed income traders, researchers and risk managers. | FintechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Causeway Sensors Ltd measures bioprocess data in real-time | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| CV6 Therapeutics is developing medicines to exploit metabolic synthetic lethality in cancer and extend uracil-DNA biology into inflammatory disease. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Dia Beta Labs is a biotech company developing therapeutic agents to address the progressive decline of pancreatic health in metabolic disease sufferers | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Esco Lifesciences Group manufactures and supplies lab equipment and medical devices, including IVF medical devices and other laboratory products. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Examen Ltd provides advanced male fertility testing and diagnostics, including sperm DNA fragmentation tests. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| FjordStrong provides marine biodiversity solutions, including marine surveys, consultancy, and data processing, to various sectors. | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company partners with mid-market companies to drive revenue growth and enterprise value as a marketing firm. | Media & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| GenoME Diagnostics develops novel blood tests for early detection of ovarian and pancreatic cancers | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Green Lizard Group provides green technological solutions to the chemical and fuels industry | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| InnovaScope develops multimodal endoscopy simulators for medical and veterinary disciplines | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| LoyalBe connects brands to millions of shoppers through their bank cards, driving incremental revenue on a pay-for-performance basis. | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company produces a photocatalytic coating system called TitanSolid that provides self-cleaning, ecological, and air-purifying protection for various surfaces. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Medinect Bioservices Ltd provides preclinical contract research services for retinal diseases | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- qubis.co.uk
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 32
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