# George MacGinnis

> George MacGinnis is a grant investor at UK Research and Innovation backing Virtual Reality. See 30 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [UK Research and Innovation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/uk-research-and-innovation)
- Total investments: 30
- Last investment: May 2023
- Lead investor: 93%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-macginnis/?originalSubdomain=uk

George MacGinnis is a Healthy Ageing Challenge Director at UK Research and Innovation.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Virtual Reality | 9 | 30% |
| Health Care | 7 | 23% |
| Wellness | 5 | 17% |
| Education | 5 | 17% |
| Software | 3 | 10% |

47 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 27 | 90% |
| Seed | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 25 | 83% |
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 3% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rescape Innovation | Rescape Innovation is pioneering the use of Virtual Reality to solve challenges in Healthcare such as reducing anxiety and pain and improving the patient. |  | Grant | May 26, 2023 |  |
| SyncVR Medical | SyncVR Medical (syncvr.tech) is on a mission to improve healthcare with VR/AR (XR). We are the largest XR Platform for European/UK healthcare, providing a variety of XR solutions to over 125 healthcare institutions in NL, DE, DK, SW, BE, UK and FR. Next to numerous patients and healthcare staff benefiting from applications on the SyncVRPlatform, >25 third party developing companies supply their XR healthcare app through our Platform, thereby accessing an otherwise unreachable number of customers. Before 2025, we aim to be the dominant XR Platform in the top 5 European healthcare markets. |  | Grant | May 26, 2023 |  |
| Brainspark Games | Brainspark Games is an Edtech Gaming studio, building free, culturally inclusive, AI-powered, Augmented Reality educational mobile games, aligned with the UK national curriculum. |  | Grant | May 26, 2023 |  |
| Cineon Immersive Training | Cineon Immersive Training offers eye tracking, research and development, training consultancy, behavior training, and VR training services. They provide eye tracking services that detect signs of a person's attention and concentration, giving some indication of their mental, emotional, and cognitive health. |  | Grant | May 26, 2023 |  |
| Care Reality | Care Reality are a hybrid of EdTech and HealthTech building a new reality for learning. |  | Grant | May 26, 2023 |  |
| Oxford Dynamics | We're developing a new range of cutting-edge AI-based tools that solve some of the world's toughest data processing challenges. We achieve this by enabling computers to process data in a more human-like way than ever before. Our current activities are focused in the following areas:> AI-Enabled Space Situational Awareness (SSA) >Real-time understanding of multi-modal data > Enabling complex technical data to be understood by a non-technical audienceWe're slowly coming out of 'stealth mode' so be sure to check out our website and LinkedIn profile for exciting updates. |  | Grant | May 26, 2023 |  |
| Phase Space | Phase Space’s unique approach uses VR to supercharge stress and anxiety relief in minutes, with effects that last. |  | Grant | May 26, 2023 |  |
| i2 media research | i2 media research limited is a small interdisciplinary team of experts in how humans and technology can work together – for the benefit of consumers and business. We're the expert consumer insight and user experience research and strategy consultancy based at Goldsmiths University of London, delivering rigorous research and innovation tobusiness. Founded in 2002 as a spin off from Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London, we are now in our 16th successful year of business. Fully self-funded through commissioned projects and through collaborative research and development projects, i2 media has successfully completed more than 200 commissions, focused on both sides of (and across) the digital divide: from late adopters, to people with very specific access and usability needs, to the earliest adopters of the latest technology and service innovations. |  | Grant | May 26, 2023 |  |
| Tycho Medlink | Tycho Medlink is to help people achieve new levels of rehabilitation through digital therapy. |  | Grant | May 26, 2023 |  |
| InsideOut | InsideOut specializes in providing mental health care and well-being support. The company is based in London, England. |  | Grant | May 26, 2023 |  |

10 of 30 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Northstar Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/northstar-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [24 Haymarket](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/24-haymarket) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About UK Research and Innovation

VC Fund · Swindon, United Kingdom

UKRI intends to be an outstanding organisation that ensures the UK maintains its world leading position in research and innovation.

5 contacts available at UK Research and Innovation.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dame Ottoline Leyser | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dame-ottoline-leyser |
| Damien Hatton | Service Design Lead | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/damien-hatton |
| Dario Canale | Head of UKRI Creative Services (JRS) | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dario-canale |
| Disa Lee Choun | Assessor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/disa-lee-choun |
| George MacGinnis | Healthy Ageing Challenge DirectorHealthy | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/george-macginnis-618f |

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## FAQ

### What does George MacGinnis invest in?

George MacGinnis invests primarily in Virtual Reality, Health Care and Wellness startups, most often at Grant and Seed stage. Most of the 30 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did George MacGinnis last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for George MacGinnis closed in May 2023. Shizune tracks 30 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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