Oxfordshire Investment Opportunity Network ranked most active Angel Network in the UK

Oxfordshire Investment Opportunity Network (OION) has been ranked as the most active Angel Network in the UK in the period 2011-2022 according to a new report

Oxford Innovation Finance is home to OION, a renowned angel investment network that has many years of experience, and also runs the Oxford Innovation EIS Growth Fund.

 

 

OION’s establishment in 1994 places it among the United Kingdom’s first business angel networks. It has grown over the years to become one of the largest and most prestigious platforms, linking carefully selected investment prospects not only from Oxford, but across the nation, to angel investors. To find out more about OION and its work, take a look at the case study on our Innovation Engine page.

New analysis from business and investment intelligence platform Beauhurst has looked at angel network activity, from across the whole of the UK, for the period 2011 – 2022.  OION has been ranked as the most active angel network, with the largest number of rounds, and investments into more companies than other angel networks.  The report lists the ten most active angel networks in the UK, based on Beauhurst’s data.

Read more from the report here.

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