Foresight Williams Technology (Foresight Group) Invests Growth Capital in Opsydia
September 7, 2022
Foresight Group’s Foresight Williams Technology funds have made a growth capital investment into Opsydia, a University of Oxford spin-out that develops sub-surface gemstone laser inscription systems. The round was completed alongside existing investors Parkwalk Advisors and Oxford Science Enterprises to support Opsydia’s R&D expansion, scale manufacturing and increase customer support for diamond and laboratory-grown gemstone markets.
- Buyers
- Foresight Group / Foresight Williams Technology (FWT) funds, Parkwalk Advisors, Oxford Science Enterprises
- Targets
- Opsydia
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Location
- Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
- Transaction Type
- Growth capital
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