# Nicholas Edwards

> Nicholas Edwards is a seed investor at Oxford Medical Products backing Medical and Health Care. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Oxford Medical Products](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oxford-medical-products)
- Location: Oxford, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-edwards-9554b9
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/medinnovate
- Website: https://x.com/medinnovate

Nicholas Edwards is a seed investor at Oxford Medical Products in Oxford focused on Medical and Health Care. Nick serves as the Chairman of Prescient’s Board of Directors. He holds a degree in physiological sciences from The Queen’s College, University of Oxford, and completed his training in clinical medicine (BM, BCh) at Green College (now Green Templeton College), University of Oxford. Nick practiced in the areas of cardiology and general surgerybefore joining Andersen Consulting (now known as Accenture), eventually becoming the global leader of Accenture’s pharmaceutical R&D business during his 18-year tenure. In 2005, he founded Kinapse to provide consulting and outsourcing services to the pharmaceutical industry. Nick served as Kinapse’s Chairman until the company was sold to HgCapital in early 2016.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medical | 1 | 50% |
| Health Care | 1 | 50% |
| Life Science | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oxford Medical Products | Oxford Medical Products is developing a safe, effective and affordable breakthrough technology for weight loss that uses a self-expanding capsule which occupies space in the stomach, reducing hunger and leading to significant weight loss. Led by a team of scientists, medical professionals, and entrepreneurs who have come together to solve one ofthe world’s toughest and most urgent medical challenges. | $3.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 09, 2022 |  |
| Oxford Medical Products | Oxford Medical Products is developing a safe, effective and affordable breakthrough technology for weight loss that uses a self-expanding capsule which occupies space in the stomach, reducing hunger and leading to significant weight loss. Led by a team of scientists, medical professionals, and entrepreneurs who have come together to solve one ofthe world’s toughest and most urgent medical challenges. | $1.6M | Seed | Mar 24, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Ada Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ada-vemtires) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Selvedge Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/selvedge-venture) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Nesta](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nesta-5) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Oxford Innovation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oxford-innovation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Verve Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/verve-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Verve Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/verve-ventures-f156) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Oxford Medical Products

VC Fund · Witney, United Kingdom

Oxford Medical Products is developing a safe, effective and affordable breakthrough technology for weight loss that uses a self-expanding capsule which occupies space in the stomach, reducing hunger and leading to significant weight loss. Led by a team of scientists, medical professionals, and entrepreneurs who have come together to solve one ofthe world’s toughest and most urgent medical challenges.

4 contacts available at Oxford Medical Products.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Camilla Easter | Chief Executive Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/camilla-easter-6978 |
| Hutan Ashrafian | Chief Medical Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hutan-ashrafian |
| Nicholas Edwards | Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nicholas-edwards |
| Robert Thong | Non Executive Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robert-thong |

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## FAQ

### What does Nicholas Edwards invest in?

Nicholas Edwards invests primarily in Medical, Health Care and Life Science startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 2 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 Nicholas Edwards last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nicholas Edwards closed in Mar 2022. Shizune tracks 2 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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