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Hexagonfab Limited

Flexible automation for protein analysis

Biological sensors for rapid and cost-effective detection of biological substances like proteins, DNA or small molecules. This award-winning technology eliminates the need for lengthy and expensive lab processes.

CRN
11106423
Founded
2017
Age
8

Overview

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Legal name
HEXAGONFAB LIMITED
Region
East of England
Registered address
UNIT 1, CAMBRIDGE HOUSE CAMBORO BUSINESS PARK
OAKINGTON ROAD, GIRTON
CAMBRIDGE
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
UNITED KINGDOM
CB3 0QH
Insolvency history
No

Company events

Reference milestones and recent Companies House filing stream events.

6 events
30 Sep
2027

Accounts due

Accounts Due

Next accounts due date

24 Dec
2026

Confirmation statement due

Confirmation Due

Next confirmation statement due date

31 Dec
2025

Accounts filed

Accounts

Last accounts made up date

10 Dec
2025

Confirmation statement filed

Confirmation

Last confirmation statement made up date

14 Aug
2024

Resolution

Resolution

RESOLUTIONS | Transaction WUQ5QklZOFdhZGlxemtjeA | Paper/PDF filed

Published 15 Aug 2024 07:53

11 Dec
2017

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Spinout profile

1 entry

Company description

It is our mission to design novel nanomaterials for innovative future applications in biotechnology, sensing and quantum computing. Our technology is scalable and sustainable. At HexagonFab, we bring these materials from the laboratory to the market. By scaling to the nanoscale, we not only reduce material input, but also enable novel technologies. New material properties open the door to new application that have so far been unmet with conventional material approaches. Our material will enable affordable, ultrasensitive point of care bio-sensors, advanced photo-detectors and controlled single photon emitters for quantum computing. We offer individual 2D materials like graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN). But going a step further, we are the world's first company to offer vertical stacks of 2D materials, commonly known as van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures, on an industrial scale. Our advanced process technology allows the assembly of 2D materials with atomic precision layer by layer. We can engineer material properties at unprecedented level for your specific requirements.

Project impact

2 paying customers within first months of incorperation.

HexagonFab Limited
2017

Public funding

7 awards
First funded
2019
Funded years
2019, 2020, 2022, 2024, 2025
Age at first award
1 years

Projects

2025 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Improved surface functionalisation for biosensor based analytics of membrane proteins

1 Jan 2025 to 31 Mar 2025

Awarded
£36,341
Total cost £36,341

Herceptin, also known as Trastuzumab, is a pioneering antibody drug used in the treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer. By targeting the HER2 protein abundantly expressed on the surface of certain breast cancer cells, Herceptin serves as a beacon, marking these cells for immune system recognition and subsequent destruction. This mechanism highlights the...

2024 Collaborative R&D

Next generation high-yield producer platform for cell and gene therapy viral vectors and other complex biologics.

1 May 2024 to 30 Sep 2026

Awarded
£226,052
Total cost £322,931

Cell and gene therapies are promising treatments for several unmet medical needs. Most of these therapies rely on viral vectors as the delivery tool for cell modification. HEK-293 cell line is the most used platform for the manufacturing of cell and gene therapy viral vectors that have achieved successful clinical data and regulatory approval for commerci...

2024 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Enhancing Biosensor Surface Functionalization for new applications in Drug Development & Production

1 Jan 2024 to 31 May 2024

Awarded
£51,348
Total cost £85,580

Antibody therapeutics are a class of drugs with synthetic antibodies as the active ingredient. They offer highly targeted and effective treatments for a wide range of diseases. The analysis of antibodies during drug development presents significant challenges due to their complexity. First, assessing their binding affinity and specificity necessitates int...

2022 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Optimization of Surface Functionalization of Biosensor for Accelerated Drug Development & Production

1 Nov 2022 to 31 Mar 2023

Awarded
£42,220
Total cost £70,367

The goal of HexagonFab is to unlock the secrets of biomolecules and shed light on how they interact. The protein analysis instrument BOLT created by HexagonFab helps the pharmaceutical industry to develop the medicine of the future, to find the best practice to produce drugs and to ensure their efficacy and safety through convenient and accelerated qualit...

2022 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Analysis of Surface Functionalization of Biosensor for Accelerated Drug Development

1 Jan 2022 to 31 Mar 2022

Awarded
£31,504
Total cost £31,504

The goal of HexagonFab is to unlock the secrets of biomolecules and shed light on how they interact. The tools created by HexagonFab help researchers to develop the medicine of the future, to find the best ways to produce novel biomolecules and to assure that medicine is always safe and efficacious. The current systems used in drug discovery and developme...

2020 Feasibility Studies Lead participant

Molecular Analysis of Surface Functionalization of Nanomaterials - Continuity

1 Jun 2020 to 30 Nov 2020

Awarded
£33,500
Total cost £33,500

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2020 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Molecular Analysis of Surface Functionalization of Nanomaterials

1 Feb 2020 to 31 Jan 2021

Awarded
£77,353
Total cost £110,505

The influenza burden Each year more than 800'000 people in the UK see their GP for suspected influenza infection and 20'000-30'000 people are admitted to hospitals. Hospitals face the daily risk that incoming patients (110,000 annually in the Emergency Room in Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge 2017/2018) will lead to Influenza outbreaks in the hospital....

2019 Collaborative R&D Lead participant

Molecular Analysis of Surface Functionalization of Nanomaterials

1 Apr 2019 to 30 Jun 2019

Awarded
£24,765
Total cost £24,765

Each year more than 800'000 people in the UK see their GP for suspected influenza infection and 20-30'000 hospital people are admitted to hospitals. Hospitals face the daily risk that incoming patients (100,000 in the Emergency Room 2017 in Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge) will lead to Influenza outbreaks in the hospital. Indeed, there were more 700 c...

Product types

Collaborative R&D Feasibility Studies