The Oxford Foundry Impact Report 2019-2020. The Oxford Foundry (OXFO), entrepreneurship centre at the University of Oxford, was opened by Tim Cook, CEO of Apple in 2017. The Foundry supports all 24,000 students at Oxford, as well as all alumni, to better society through entrepreneurship. The Foundry does this through knowledge exchange, multi-disciplinary collaboration and experiential skills training.
The Foundry is building a new generation of ventures that, whilst commercial, are focused on people first. To date, the 32 startups on the Foundry’s Elevate accelerator have raised £40m, created 146 jobs globally, and are creating positive social and economic impact around the world across all sectors and industries. The Foundry has 3,400+ members from all four divisions and 39 colleges of the University, representing 103 nationalities. The Foundry has delivered over 10,500 hours of learning. In April 2020 the OXFO Covid-19 Action Plan was launched. www.oxfordfoundry.ox.ac.uk.
