Complex sentence: The company was founded in June 2000 by Allan Jaenicke and Philip McLauchlan; the pair had previously been carrying out joint research, at the University of Surrey, in advanced computer vision technology.
Split into simpler sentences: The company was founded in June 2000 by Allan Jaenicke and Philip McLauchlan. The pair had previously been carrying out joint research, at the University of Surrey, in advanced computer vision technology.