# Oxygen Accelerator

> Oxygen Accelerator is a VC fund in Birmingham backing Apps and Mobile. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jun 2015
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/oxygen-accelerator/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/oxygenaccel
- Website: http://www.oxygenaccelerator.com/

Oxygen Accelerator is a 13-week, intensive mentor led bootcamp for technology startups. Oxygen Accelerator is designed to nurture groups or individuals and create workable companies that will produce marketable and innovative technology solutions for the future. In addition to the vision to help develop real businesses, its goal is to create asustainable tech community outside of the hub of the capital, and to draw in more international talent to cities of equal technological standing.Oxygen Accelerator is held for 10 selected groups or individuals that applied through http://oxygenaccelerator.com and was selected after careful assessment by a panel of judges. The successful teams will then be situated in the heart of technological innovation at BSPA, which will help promote inspiration and provide access to state-of-the-art facilities all aiming to propel these burgeoning companies to success. Furthermore, the nurturing and mentoring from like-minded entrepreneurs, business people, and investors will enable the selectees to be equipped with all the tools to take their business to the next level.Oxygen Accelerator was founded in 2011 by serial entrepreneur Mark Hales, who wanted to turn people's ideas into solid businesses, while helping to develop a sustainable future for his home city of Birmingham.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 25% |
| Mobile | 1 | 25% |
| Sports | 1 | 25% |
| Internet | 1 | 25% |
| Data Mining | 1 | 25% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Angel | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| James Waddington | Mentor | 0 | — |
| Kath Preston | Programme Manager | 0 | — |
| Mark Hales | Founder | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-hales |
| Simon Jenner | Accelerator Manager | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simon-jenner |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oxford Space Structure | The company was founded with support from the European Space Agency, Future Business Oxford, and the Said Business School. | $266K | Seed | Jun 01, 2015 |  |
| Reality Games | Reality Games is a product company divided into two sectors: Mobile Gaming and Big Data. We are one of the first movers on the market - creating a new genre of mobile games – games based on Big Data as content. |  | Pre-Seed | Oct 18, 2014 |  |
| Lowdownapp Ltd | Lowdown is a new iPhone first business service that helps busy professionals plan, prepare and navigate to meetings by automating mundane yet essential information so they can focus on the more human interactions.Notifying users prior to the meeting with snapshot and in-depth views of highly relevant and contextual attendee information, companydetails, meeting particulars, location, directions, email and more...Lowdown utilises data available on users' smartphones, online accounts, and public web services, to minimise the need for manual input via internet searches and multiple application sessions and searches. Lowdown collates this information - while users get on with other tasks - and delivers it in a user-friendly, and 'available anytime, anyplace, anywhere' format. | $209K | Angel | Jan 10, 2014 |  |
| TipTapped | TipTapped is a sports data provider. We analyse social media to find out what people are saying about upcoming sports games. TipTapped aggregate the data to show outcome forecasts for upcoming games, along with the complete prediction histories for each individual.We then share this data with sports fans, sports media and other sports companies. |  |  | Mar 01, 2013 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Angels Den](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angels-den) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- Oxford University Innovation — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Oxygen Accelerator invest in?

Oxygen Accelerator invests primarily in Apps, Mobile and Sports startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Oxygen Accelerator?

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### Who are the partners at Oxygen Accelerator?

The team at Oxygen Accelerator includes James Waddington (Mentor), Kath Preston (Programme Manager) and Mark Hales (Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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