Living With is a health technology company offering a pocket-friendly and simple patient management application that allows medical professionals treat and track patients remotely. The app aims to revolutionise the way doctors and hospitals access digital tools to treat patients while collecting data for medical device and pharma companies. The company owns Squeezy (a popular paid medical app in the UK) and already has five products in 17 NHS Trusts. Living With also has a contract with one of the world’s greatest medical device companies. Living With will use the proceeds to give 5 data (drug/device) and 50 access customers (clinic/doctor), become HIPAA compliant for the US and to quicken sales and marketing.
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AgPlus has created a diagnostic platform for detecting human diseases and delivering laboratory instrument results instantly, whilst keeping in mind the business requirements and unmet requirements. The company works in collaboration with leading diagnostics companies to improve and share products quickly and globally. It aims is to become known as a leader in Point of Care diagnosis.
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Carocell Bio is an early-stage Research and Design (R&D) company aiming to develop nanoparticle-based, novel peptide anti-inflammatories to treat atopic dermatitis/eczema (AD) and other serious inflammatory diseases. It argues that millions of people continue to be affected by debilitating skin ailments, which in turn, escalates the development of new pharmaceutical drugs. The company asserts that the anti-inflammatory therapeutics market will reach US$122.6 billion by 2025 from US$95.9 billion in 2019. The company aims to be a major contender in this market. Carocell Bio has also been awarded an Innovate UK grant of £390,874. The company is seeking £1 million in equity investment over the next 12 months to show that their compounds work in human tissue biopsies of several inflammatory diseases.
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INSPHERE uses image sensors and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to guide and correct robot positioning during the manufacturing process, ensuring right-first-time production. The company argues that industrial robots are not completely accurate and can experience unplanned downtime that can cost up to £10,000 per minute. INSPHERE asserts that its solution allows factory operators to operate safely with less downtime, and with multiple robot and human operators. The company has developed three products since 2013 which have received recognition in the aerospace and industrial automation sectors. INSPHERE is now launching IONA, a network of sensors that can be permanently deployed in a manufacturing environment to monitor and control industrial robots. IONA, the company points out, uses both hardware and software to correct errors taking into account the robot and its relationship to the workpiece. INSPHERE will use the investment to diversify the reach of IONA across markets.
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£1,149,999
Liquid supplements are a faster acting and a more efficient way for the body to absorb key active ingredients than taking pills. Our scientists have developed formulations involving leading active ingredients such as collagen in order to create the perfect wellness solution in every bottle. Each LQ bottle is packed full of 9 or more active ingredients all in one easy to drink, daily 50 m bottle.
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The world's first automated suturing tools for safe closure of standard and endoscopic wounds. Sutrue have already patented their devices and use industry-standard needles to offer clinical quality with improved speed and accuracy at the touch of a button. Needles are held in disposable cartridges as a safety feature to prevent injury when piercing skin with contaminated needles. This protects staff both during and after surgery for those working in medical and veterinary environments.
Sutrue is raising finance for the production process of their equipment, as well as applying for CE regulation via medical evaluations to receive approval to deploy their products in human and animal surgeries.
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Qure are an affordable and convenient on-demand healthcare service providing a doctor to users doors within 2 hours, 24/7. The hassle-free healthcare connects individuals with highly-experienced medical practitioners in the local area.
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£720,000
GymBuddy is an online platform that enables consumers to find, book, and attend a gym location, services, or products offered and operated by fitness studios, gyms, trainers, venues, or other third parties. Users can easily, through filtered searches on the app, view descriptions, and contact information of specialists within the fitness industry such as personal trainers, nutritionists, and physiotherapists. The UK fitness industry alone is currently worth over £5 billion. Based on recent statistics, the average gym membership in the UK costs members £40 a month, which often ties them into lengthy contracts. The GymBuddy app will enter the Health & Fitness club sector as a multi-gym membership feature that gives users access to gyms and various fitness plans, without the need for bricks-and-mortar locations under its brand. The company is seeking an investment of £400,000 to expand its brand identity and bring more users to its ecosystem to generate profits.
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MedicSpot is a healthcare company that is aiming to revolutionise healthcare delivery by combining the advantages of online and offline care. The company provides patients at designated hospitals with diagnostic tools like a stethoscope, oximeter, blood pressure monitor and thermometer which, in turn, is connected to the MedicSpot network. Onboard General Physicians (GPs) engage in live sessions with patients, guide them on how to use the tools, and perform a variety of diagnoses like listening to a patient’s heart and lungs, looking down their throat and into their ears, taking their blood pressure and oxygen readings, and measuring their body temperature. The company is also expanding into another subsidiary, Arc Health, which it claims will perform the aforementioned tasks with more efficiency and accuracy. The company will use the investment to increase the number of Medicspot clinics to 1,000, gain further NHS market share, launch a corporate business model and allow international pilots to take place.
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£1,048,396
Lightpoint Medical is a technology company that is a pioneer in developing and marketing precision-guided cancer surgery. Surgeons aren't able to see if the cancerous tissue has been removed in its entirety or not during a surgery. To better this situation, the company has developed an imaging technology based on PET radiopharmaceuticals, more precisely, Cerenkov Luminescence Imaging (CLI), which helps surgeons to detect cancer in a real-time during surgery. The company's first product has received marketing authorisation, i.e., the CE (European Conformity) Mark. A second product, a laparoscopic device for prostate cancer is in development. A non-clinical device has also been released. For its efforts, Lightpoint Medical won the 'Best in Show' Award at the 2014 MedTech Investing Europe Conference. The company aims to utilise the investment to scale its business.
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