Oxford Nanopore Technologies

U.K.-based nanopore sequencing company
Organization business Q18358947
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Oxford Nanopore Technologies

Summary

Oxford Nanopore Technologies is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (280 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Oxford Nanopore Technologies is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Oxford Nanopore Technologies is in the country of GB[4].
  • Oxford Nanopore Technologies's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Oxford Nanopore Technologies's headquarters location is recorded as Oxford Science Park[6].
  • Oxford Nanopore Technologies's headquarters location is recorded as Oxford[7].
  • Oxford Nanopore Technologies's Commons category is recorded as Oxford Nanopore Technologies[8].
  • Oxford Nanopore Technologies's industry is recorded as biotechnology industry[9].
  • 2005 marks the founding of Oxford Nanopore Technologies[10].
  • March 9, 2005 marks the founding of Oxford Nanopore Technologies[11].
  • 2005-03-09 marks the founding of Oxford Nanopore Technologies[12].
  • Oxford Nanopore Technologies's official website is recorded as http://nanoporetech.com[13].
  • Oxford Nanopore Technologies's product or material produced is recorded as Q116131016[14].
  • Oxford Nanopore Technologies's legal form is recorded as public limited company[15].
  • Oxford Nanopore Technologies's legal form is recorded as B6ES[16].
  • Oxford Nanopore Technologies's privacy policy URL is recorded as https://nanoporetech.com/about/privacy-policy[17].
  • Oxford Nanopore Technologies's estimated value is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4917', 'amount': '+1500000000'}[18].
  • Oxford Nanopore Technologies's social media followers is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+42353'}[19].
  • Oxford Nanopore Technologies's social media followers is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+23273'}[20].
  • Oxford Nanopore Technologies's social media followers is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+51783'}[21].
  • Oxford Nanopore Technologies's social media followers is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+59504'}[22].
  • Oxford Nanopore Technologies's social media followers is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12600'}[23].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 213800IRWQ2Q6M2CDW55[24]

  • Registered legal name: Oxford Nanopore Technologies PLC[25]

  • Legal jurisdiction: GB[26]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[27]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): B6ES[28]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[29]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[30]

  • Entity created: 2005-03-09[31]

  • LEI first registered: 2021-08-06[32]

  • LEI last updated: 2025-07-31[33]

  • LEI next renewal: 2026-08-06[34]

  • Managing LOU: 213800WAVVOPS85N2205[35]

  • Registration authority: RA000585[36]

  • Authority entity ID: 05386273[37]

  • Other names: Oxford Nanopore Technologies Limited[38]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[39]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include 2005[10], March 9, 2005[11], and 2005-03-09[12].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Oxford Science Park[6], a facility[40], in United Kingdom[41] and Oxford[7], a county town[42], in United Kingdom[43], founded in 1000[44].

Industry

Oxford Nanopore Technologies's industry is recorded as biotechnology industry[9].

Ownership

Oxford Nanopore Technologies's product or material produced is recorded as Q116131016[14].

Why It Matters

Oxford Nanopore Technologies ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (280 views/month).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . GRID Release 2017-05-22. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . GRID Release 2017-05-22. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Fortune.com unicorn list. Retrieved . fortune.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Companies House. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Companies House. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Fortune.com unicorn list. Retrieved . fortune.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [24] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [25] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [26] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [27] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [28] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [29] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [30] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [31] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [32] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [33] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [34] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [35] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [36] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [37] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [38] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  16. [39] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Yirba · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Comparably company id oxford-nanopore-technologies
    Bluesky handle nanoporetech.com
    Inception +2005-00-00T00:00:00Z, +2005-03-09T00:00:00Z, 2005-03-09
    Commons category Oxford Nanopore Technologies
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30358|batch #30358]]: Companies House company ID to OpenCorporates company ID"
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