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Life Sciences
South East
Early Stage
2020 - 2025

OrganOx is a University of Oxford spinout that developed the first fully-automated device for liver preservation. Its technology enables donor livers to be maintained in a functioning state, outside the human body, for up to 24 hours — significantly increasing the number of viable organs available for transplant and improving patient outcomes.

OrganOx offices

Founded out of the University of Oxford, OrganOx is a pioneering medical technology (medtech) company. Its liver perfusion technology has been used in more than 6,000 liver transplants to date, transforming outcomes for patients worldwide.

We first invested in the business in 2019, and participated in each of the company’s seven funding rounds (as its biggest shareholder). With investment and support from our team, OrganOx was able to scale into a world-leading medtech.

“Medical device innovation requires patient and supportive capital, to fully realise its life-saving, societal and economic impact. We feel privileged to have had the support of committed investors to take our technology from university concept to standard-of-care, and see it transform the lives of over 6,000 patients to date.”
Constantin Coussios
Co-Founder and CTO of OrganOx
OrganOx metra setup
“Thanks to the support of BGF, we rapidly expanded our global footprint, positively impacting both patients and healthcare providers, while honouring the generosity of over 6,000 donors.”
Rupa Basu
Global CCO of OrganOx

In 2025, we announced the successful exit of OrganOx. The business will continue to operate from Oxford, as a standalone division within global healthcare company Terumo Corporation.

At a $1.5 billion valuation, the exit deal was one of the largest of a UK medtech company to date, and also marked our largest-ever return, generating £175 million of proceeds. It drove a 10x MM on our initial investment, and an overall IRR in the region of 69%.

“BGF have shown conviction and support, as an investor and board member, since their first investment. Their capital and leadership have enabled the value creation inherent in this $1.5bn transaction.”
Oern R. Stuge MD, MBA
Executive Chair of OrganOx