Rob Woodman
Director Healthcare Ventures @ Imperial Innovations
London, United Kingdom
Rob Woodman is a Series A investor at Imperial Innovations in London focused on Health Care and Biotechnology. Rob Woodman is Director of Healthcare Investments at Imperial Innovations, and currently serves on the board of Mission Therapeutics, Stanmore Implants, and Nascient Therapeutics. Rob joined Innovations in 2012 and was previously Principal in the life science team at Sofinnova Partners, a leading European venture capital firm. Whilst atSofinnova, Rob was actively involved in numerous investments throughout Europe. Rob’s experience ranges from technology transfer with Cancer Research Technology (CRUK) through to pharmaceutical consultancy with IMS Health. Rob holds an MSc in Biochemistry from the University of Oxford and a PhD in Oncology from the University of Cambridge.
- Total investments:
- 15
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 40%
Last updated:
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Industries Rob Woodman invests in
Stages Rob Woodman invests in
Countries Rob Woodman invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Health Care 7 (47%)
- Biotechnology 7 (47%)
- Therapeutics 5 (33%)
- Medical 2 (13%)
- Medical Device 2 (13%)
Stage
- Series A 5 (33%)
- Series B 3 (20%)
- Funding Round 2 (13%)
- Series C 1 (7%)
Country
- United Kingdom 5 (33%)
- United States 2 (13%)
- Israel 1 (7%)
Investments
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| Enterprise Therapeutics is a drug discovery company dedicated to the researchand development of novel therapies for the treatment of respiratory diseases.In diseases such as cystic fibrosis, asthma and COPD the lungs become congested with mucus leading to difficulty in breathing. New disease modifying therapies that target the underlyingmechanisms of mucus congestion will reduce the frequency of lung infections and improve patient quality of life. | $33.1M / Series B / Jan 29, 2024 | ||
| Complement Therapeutics operates as a preclinical stage company. Complement Therapeutics develops a precision medicine diagnostic platform allowing it to stratify patients based on their complement-activation profile with the potential to enable both patient selection and serving as an efficacy biomarker in future clinical studies. | $78.7M / Series A / Apr 17, 2023 | ||
| Catamaran Bio is a biotechnology company that specializes in allogeneic immune cell therapies. It offers cell therapy company developing allogeneic, off-the-shelf products for patients with an unmet medical need. It was founded in 2020 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | $42M / Series A / Nov 23, 2020 | ||
| BiomX discovers and develops innovative microbiome therapeutics. The Company's mission is to develop novel therapeutics for preventing and treating diseases in which microbiome imbalances have been implicated. BiomX's microbiome modulation technologies are based on the cutting-edge innovative research of its scientific collaborators:Professor Rotem Sorek, PhD and Dr. Eran Elinav, MD, PhD both of the Weizmann Institute of Science and Professor Timothy K. Lu, MD, PhD of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. | $32M / Series B / Feb 20, 2019 | ||
| Mission Therapeutics is a drug development company targeting the ubiquitin pathway for the treatment of kidney disease, neurodegenerative disease, rare mitochondrial diseases and fibrosis. The Company has built a leading platform for the discovery and development of first-in-class, small-molecule drugs that selectively target deubiquitylatingenzymes (DUBs) – an emerging drug class that is attracting significant commercial interest in the area of protein homeostasis. | $78.6M / Series C / Feb 02, 2016 | ||
| Inivata is a clinical cancer genomics company harnessing the emerging potential of circulating DNA analysis to improve testing and treatment for oncologists and their patients.Unlike conventional invasive biopsies, Inivata detects and analyses genomic material from a cancer patient’s cell-free, circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) which can be collectedthrough a simple blood sample. This non-invasive approach – a liquid biopsy – offers a revolution in how cancer is detected, monitored, and treated. | $41.2M / Series A / Jan 26, 2016 | ||
| Inivata is a clinical cancer genomics company harnessing the emerging potential of circulating DNA analysis to improve testing and treatment for oncologists and their patients.Unlike conventional invasive biopsies, Inivata detects and analyses genomic material from a cancer patient’s cell-free, circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) which can be collectedthrough a simple blood sample. This non-invasive approach – a liquid biopsy – offers a revolution in how cancer is detected, monitored, and treated. | $5.2M / Sep 23, 2014 | ||
| Crescendo Biologics is a new Cambridge-based company whose vision is to deliver next-generation antibody therapeutics based on novel class-leading platforms.The focus of the company is on developing platforms that will address key issues in generating high-affinity, soluble, human VH antibody fragments. These are the smallest fragments thatretain antibody binding, and have many desirable properties as potential therapeutics. Crescendo will then utilise these platforms for product development of in-house targets or in partnership with other companies. | $2.6M / Series A / Apr 03, 2014 | ||
| Crescendo Biologics is a new Cambridge-based company whose vision is to deliver next-generation antibody therapeutics based on novel class-leading platforms.The focus of the company is on developing platforms that will address key issues in generating high-affinity, soluble, human VH antibody fragments. These are the smallest fragments thatretain antibody binding, and have many desirable properties as potential therapeutics. Crescendo will then utilise these platforms for product development of in-house targets or in partnership with other companies. | $22.9M / Series A / Dec 17, 2013 | ||
| Mission Therapeutics is a drug development company targeting the ubiquitin pathway for the treatment of kidney disease, neurodegenerative disease, rare mitochondrial diseases and fibrosis. The Company has built a leading platform for the discovery and development of first-in-class, small-molecule drugs that selectively target deubiquitylatingenzymes (DUBs) – an emerging drug class that is attracting significant commercial interest in the area of protein homeostasis. | $26.2M / Series B / Nov 18, 2013 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Imperial Innovations
Imperial Innovations is a technology commercialization and venture capital investor that focuses on technology. Imperial Innovations no longer invests in startups and now functions as the technology-transfer office of Imperial College.Imperial Innovations is focused on commercialising leading UK academic research sourced from the 'goldentriangle' formed between Cambridge, Oxford and London. We are a technology commercialisation company that combines the activities of technology transfer, intellectual property protection and licensing, company incubation and investment. Innovations is focused on commercialising the most promising UK academic research across a broad range of technology sectors, and has developed particular expertise in: therapeutics, medtech, engineering and materials and information communication technology.
Imperial Innovations Contacts
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David Parker
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Laura Guida
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William Rayner
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What does Rob Woodman invest in?
Rob Woodman invests primarily in Health Care, Biotechnology and Therapeutics startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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