Sponsorship and partnership funding are key to the long-term sustainability of our organisation and our ability to meet our strategic objectives. TheHill seeks to generate funding to support its accelerator programmes and digital skills for healthcare education, adhering to the following guidelines.
TheHill works with partners who can add real value to our activities, and themselves benefit from the interactions with our communities, our wider digital health and care ecosystem, and our extensive innovator and clinical network. We are looking for new partnership opportunities and contributors to our programmes and activities.
Email Abdul Gufar, our Partnerships and Alumni Manager, if you are interested in partnering with us.
Corporate Sponsors
Richardsons drive success from start-up to exit. Based in Oxfordshire, their dedicated team understands the unique challenges faced by pioneering and innovative technology companies and university spinouts, making them the trusted partner of tech growth entities and start-ups alike.
They guide innovative companies within Oxfordshire through complex financial landscapes and have experience spanning science & technology sectors, supporting investment and assistance on the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) and Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS).
Richardsons sponsor our MAA programme.
Naq helps digital health innovators navigate compliance, so they can bring their solutions to market faster and without the complexity of high costs. They simplify meeting complex healthcare standards such as DTAC, DCB0129, ISO 27001 and more, ensuring organisations stay compliant over time.
Naq sponsor our MAA programme.
At Cavell HR, we specialise in transforming Health & Social Care workplaces into happier, high-performing environments. Blending expert HR consultancy with done-for-you systems, we make it easy to align your people with your purpose, and deliver better care.
Cavell HR are a referral partner.
Founded in 2012, IMed Consultancy offers a wide range of expert services to the global medical and health technology industry. We support medical device and in vitro medical device manufacturers to drive innovation, improve patient care and outcomes worldwide, providing assistance through all stages of the product lifecycle from: from concept and design through clinical studies and post-market surveillance.
IMed Consultancy’s team of highly skilled and experienced medical regulatory professionals offers an outstanding yet accessible global regulatory service. We are committed to our team, to innovation, to our client’s growth and success, to the health tech community, and patients. With over 70 years of combined hands-on problem-solving expertise, our remit is truly global, ensuring that client devices are successfully launched and maintained in total compliance in the UK, EU and internationally.
IMed sponsor our MAA Programme.
Taylor Wessing is a global law firm that serves the world’s most innovative people and businesses. Deeply embedded within our sectors, we work closely together with our clients to crack complex problems, enabling ideas and aspirations to thrive. Together we challenge expectation and create extraordinary results.
Our Venture Capital team is recognised as one of the strongest in Europe, advising our clients across all stages of their life cycle from ‘cradle to liquidity’. Our international offering includes many of the major tech hubs, such as Silicon Valley, London, Berlin, Paris and Amsterdam. We see all sides of the investment dialogue enabling us to understand and focus on the commercial drivers and drive efficiency in managing transactions.
TaylorWessing sponsor our MAA programme.
Mathys & Squire is an intellectual property powerhouse, putting specialist technical knowledge to work to strengthen and secure what most modern businesses today treat as one of their most valuable strategic assets. Their central Oxford office sits in the heart of Oxford’s thriving innovation ecosystem in the Oxford Centre for Innovation (twinned with the Wood Centre for Innovation in Headington), a hotbed for startups and early-stage businesses specialising in science and technology.
Mathys & Squire are experienced at developing and implementing bespoke IP strategies to help startup and scaleup businesses in the Oxfordshire innovation ecosystem achieve their commercial goals – whether it be for the purposes of protecting market share, securing investment, boosting valuation for exit or otherwise. The Oxford team has particular expertise in the fields of chemistry, materials science and physics, and our door is always open to companies looking for advice.
Mathys & Squire sponsor our MAA Programme.
Barclays Eagle Labs provide a wealth of support to startup businesses, particularly those who are focused on technology and innovation, with the aim to help these businesses grow and scale.
The Eagle Labs offer access to state of the art labs and facilities built to complement their local ecosystems – a perfect environment to harbour connection and collaboration among startups, investors and mentors. In line with this, they have a team of expert mentors and coaches who can help to develop businesses and support entrepreneurs.
Barclays Eagle Labs sponsor our Pre-Seed Programme as well as TheHill Team activities.
The Oxford Trust is an independent charitable trust that was established in 1985 by Oxford entrepreneurs the late Sir Martin Wood and Lady Audrey Wood, founders of Oxford Instruments. The Trust’s mission is to encourage the pursuit of science. To do this, The Oxford Trust runs programmes across three key objectives:
- Innovation – to support the innovation ecosystem in our region.
- Education – to inspire young people about science, technology, engineering and maths.
- Engagement – to engage public audiences with science as an important part of our culture.
Oxford Trust sponsor our Pre-Seed Programme as well as TheHill Team activities.
Ecosystem Partners
Digital Health Rewired 2025, the UK’s #1 digital health event will run between 18-19 March at the NEC (Hall 2), Birmingham. It will bring together the diverse digital health communities for an unmissable CPD-accredited programme, digital NHS best practice presentations and multiple networking opportunities.
Delegates can expect a variety of keynotes, education, and best practice sessions, spanning the diverse and fast-evolving sector, along with the popular Pitchfest pre-revenue and post-revenue start-ups competition.
We’re part of the Headington Science Cluster, working with other organisations focused on digital innovation in health and life sciences who are based in this area of Oxford.
Oxford Academic Health Partners is the new name for the Oxford Academic Health Science Centre. OAHP’s vision is to respond to major challenges facing healthcare such as healthy ageing, multimorbidity and mental health, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and the best use of digital tools to improve care and patient self-management. TheHill has a close relationship with OAHP.
Health Innovation Oxford and Thames Valley is an innovation exchange transforming clinical practice, improving patient safety, outcomes and experience, and generating economic growth through collaboration between the NHS, industry and universities.
Oxford Brookes University became a university in 1992 and was renamed to honour its former principal, John Henry Brookes. It is spread across four campuses, with three primary sites based in and around Oxford and the fourth campus located in Swindon. The university is divided into four faculties: Oxford Brookes Business School, Health and Life Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Technology, Design and Environment. TheHill has worked with the School of Architecture, the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences and the Research and Business Development Office.
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust is a community-focused organisation that provides physical and mental health services and social care with the aim of improving the health and wellbeing of all our patients and their families.
During 2019 and 2020 TheHill was part funded from the European Regional Development Fund through Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP)’s Innovation Support for Business (ISfB) programme. OxLEP champions Oxfordshire’s economic potential, acting as a catalyst and convener to drive a dynamic, sustainable and growing economy. The ISfB programme supported our 2020 NHS Market Access Accelerator.
The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world’s second-oldest university in continuous operation. The university is made up of 39 semi-autonomous constituent colleges, six permanent private halls, and a range of academic departments which are organised into four divisions. TheHill has worked with various academic departments and with staff and students to apply their expertise and research.
Oxfordshire County Council and The British Library have teamed up in order to support small business owners, entrepreneurs and inventors like you. The BIPC team help entrepreneurs, inventors, innovators and pre-business start-ups take the right steps to start up, protect and grow their business. With a diverse curriculum, BIPC offers a wide range of entrepreneurship opportunities to explore.
Grassroots provides a vibrant and collaborative environment for professionals, offering state-of-the-art facilities and amenities to enhance productivity and networking opportunities. Located in the heart of Oxford on Woodstock Road. Easily accessible using the Park & Ride and close to Jericho with an array of bars and restaurants.
Transparency Statement
TheHill seeks to generate funding to support its accelerator programmes and digital skills for healthcare education, adhering to the following guidelines:
- Any funded collaborative work must benefit our ecosystem and support our strategic objectives.
- TheHill is transparent about who we are working with as sponsors and partners.
- Partners and sponsors will not have control or undue influence over our activities and strategy.
- All sponsors are selected using criteria to avoid conflicts of interest and are required to state their sponsorship of our programmes and events in any bid or proposal to OUH or any other public body.
- There are no implied benefits for future bids and proposals to OUH or other public bodies by taking part in sponsorships or partnerships with TheHill