IP Group Plc·Financial Services

IP Group PLC (LSE:IPO), the LSE-listed science and technology investor, has launched a new fund with Australia's Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) to back cleantech companies targeting hard-to-abate industries. The IP Group Climate Catalyst Fund has a target size of up to A$150 million, with IP Group contributing A$30 million and the CEFC A$20 million as cornerstone investors at first close.

Analysts at three brokerages maintain 'buy' ratings after strong full-year results IP Group PLC (LSE:IPO), the London-listed investor that commercialises intellectual property from leading universities, reported a 13% rise in net asset value (NAV) per share to 110.4p for the year ended December 2025, driven by a licensing deal tied to Pfizer's $10 billion acquisition of obesity drug developer Metsera. The company's shares rose 11% on Tuesday to 54.7p.

Shares in IP Group PLC (LSE:IPO) rose 9% to 53.5p on Monday after the company reported net asset value per share climbing to 110.4p, with total NAV reaching £975.1 million. The recovery was driven largely by Pfizer's acquisition of Metsera, a biotechnology company developing obesity treatments.

The university spinout investor posted a 13% increase in net asset value per share after Pfizer's acquisition of obesity drug developer Metsera IP Group PLC (LSE:IPO), the London-listed investor in university spinout companies, has reported a return to growth in 2025, with net asset value (NAV) per share rising 13% to 110.4 pence and total NAV reaching £975.1 million. The improvement follows a difficult 2024, when NAV per share fell 15% and the group posted a loss of £207 million.

IP Group PLC (LSE:IPO), the London-listed science and technology investor, said portfolio company Oxa Autonomy has raised $103 million in the first close of a Series D funding round, backed by the UK's National Wealth Fund and NVentures, the venture capital arm of chip designer Nvidia. IP Group invested £7.5 million from its own balance sheet and a further £19 million through funds it manages on behalf of Australian pension fund Hostplus, giving it a combined beneficial holding of 20.3% in Oxa.

MB310, a live biotherapeutic developed by Cambridge-based Microbiotica, achieves 63% remission rate in early study IP Group PLC (LSE:IPO), the London-listed investor in science and technology companies, has announced that portfolio company Microbiotica has reported positive results from a Phase 1b trial of its lead microbiome medicine in ulcerative colitis. The trial met its primary and secondary endpoints, with MB310 demonstrating a strong safety profile, robust engraftment of its eight-strain bacterial consortium and statistically significant clinical improvements compared with placebo.
IP Group Plc is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in seed, early stage, start-up, incubation, growth capital, and mature financing. The firm also provides seed capital financing to spin out companies from the universities. It seeks to invest in the life sciences, physical sciences, energy & renewables, medical equipment and supplies, healthcare, technology, cleantech, intellectual property, pharmaceuticals & biotechnology, information technology & communications, and chemicals & materials. It also provides support for its university partners' intellectual property commercialization activities, as well as in the identification of intellectual property. It typically invests between £0.5 million ($0.75 million) and £1 million ($1.50 million) per investment. The firm prefers to takes equity positions in its portfolio companies. IP Group Plc was founded in 2001 and is based in London, United Kingdom with additional offices in Wilmington, Delaware; Hong Kong S.A.R., Hong Kong and Melbourne, Australia.
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