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Investor in Oxford university spinouts raises £215mn

 Please use the sharing tools found via the share button at the top or side of articles. Copying articles to share with others is a breach of FT.com T&Cs and Copyright Policy . Email licensing@ft.com to buy additional rights. Subscribers may share up to 10 or 20 articles per month using the gift article service. More information can be found here . https://www.ft.com/content/9ba99519-6545-495f-98d4-8a3cd9b85070 Oxford Science Enterprises, the investment company backing businesses spun out of Oxford university’s academic research, has completed a £250mn fundraising to support breakthroughs focused on science and technology. The OSE rights issue involving existing and new shareholders cements the company as one of the biggest of its kind in the UK, with assets worth more than £1bn and investments in 80-plus spinout businesses. Existing OSE shareholders include Huawei, the Chinese telecoms equipment maker that the UK government in 2020 banned as a supplier of kit for Britai...