Carocell Bio is innovating by developing patented anti-inflammatory peptides delivered via nanoparticles to address severe inflammatory conditions such as atopic dermatitis. Their primary peptide, JEL0305, not only halts inflammation but also prevents its initiation, as evidenced by its effectiveness in reducing inflammation in human AD biopsies and burn tissue. With AD impacting a substantial population and costing $21 billion yearly for unsafe treatments, Carocell Bio's safer peptide remedy has the potential to avert AD recurrence. Additionally, their pioneering approach to skin-related inflammation involves topical peptide products that target mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), a crucial element in inflammation. This breakthrough offers promise for managing and forestalling AD and mitigating skin aging.
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PULMOBIOMED is addressing the failings of current lung tests, which are expensive, infrequent, and invasive. Their so-called "clinically proven" solution claims to offer non-invasive liquid samples from deep within the lung, promising affordable tests for lung diseases. They assert that their product can empower clinicians to diagnose and treat conditions like lung cancer and infections, even though there's limited evidence to support these claims. With a few customers in the USA and Australia, and vague partnerships in the EU, PULMOBIOMED hopes to disrupt the asthma diagnostics market by introducing what they call a comprehensive diagnostic test for asthma, despite the skepticism around their capabilities.
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Extended
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£295,000
Studio Pictures Ltd is a UK-based film and TV production company founded by producers Adam Rolston and David Braithwaite in 2019. Specializing in creating high-quality British entertainment content, the company focuses on adapting books to screen and telling unique true-life stories that entertain and inspire both domestic and international audiences. With successful productions like "A Street Cat Named Bob," the company is building a strong brand and reputation in the industry. Studio Pictures has access to top creative talent and collaborates with major studios like Warner Bros, Sony Pictures, Lionsgate, and Studio Canal. The company is located at Twickenham Studios in Richmond, UK.
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15
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Optimise BP, the debut product by Optimise Health, introduces an innovative digital solution that offers secure and efficient semi-automated blood pressure management within primary care, focusing on hypertension. This advancement is projected to lead to substantial appointment savings in the range of millions.
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TBC
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£127,001
The Writers’ e-Publishing Community, with leading-edge technology, LinkedIn for writers, on-line destination for contemporary writing. In 2015 “CUT” will become the world’s largest e-book publisher by author numbers. Over 700 pro-writers already pre-registered. CUT sells e-books, readable on ALL e-readers. Writers create content, driving traffic, reducing costs. e-Book publication is free. CUT receives 99 year rights and a 50/50 revenue share. CUT are building huge content, with over 170 e-books published already.
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Expired
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£95,656
Endlesss is a cloud-connected mobile and desktop app that turns music creation into a live, collaborative social event where musicians and fans can interact in real-time from anywhere in the world. The company argues that despite users making music, sharing that piece of music is a long and lonely process that takes days or months, requires multiple different apps and services, and carries no guarantee on whether those songs would be heard or not. Endlesss aims to change this via its software. The company witnessed over 9,000 sign-ups in May 2021, oversaw over 40,000 jams and 2.6 million riffs being created in 2020, and has spread across 100+ countries. Endlesss aspires to dominate the music creation software market that is expected to grow to $1.86 billion by 2027, up from $884 million in 2020. The company has received acclaim from entities such as Verge, TechCrunch and Pitchfork. Endlesss states it will use the investment to grow its team, develop new features, boost marketing, and promote Research & Development (R&D) to grow its business.
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Expired
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£415,541
Studio Pictures Limited is a UK based production company that specialises in the development of high-quality British film and TV projects. The company's interest predominantly lies within the British film and television industry that can be created within budget ranging from £1 million - £15 million. The company has established relationships with studio houses such as Warner Bros., Sony Pictures and Lionsgate and aims to build upon projects that can be made into a franchise. Their production, A Steet Cat Named Bob, went on to be distributed by Sony Pictures in the UK and had a Royal Premiere in London. Studio Pictures Limited will consider putting up to a maximum of 20% of the budget for each project as equity, on a case by case basis, subject to company reserves. With the proceeds, the company will grow and scale the business. It will become a tenant at Twickenham Studios in West London and look to profitable emerging markets, i.e. streaming, animation and interactive movies to become one of the leading UK production companies.
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Expired
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Grabr is a social platform that connects users with their passions such as; wine, books, cars etc. Grabr's first site Games Grabr, is a social platform for gamers that allows users to showcase the games they're currently playing/ favourite games. They soon followed with another site called Book Grabr, which did very much the same think but for book lovers.
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Expired
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£120,440
Seadog TV and Film Productions create and film television programmes. Since the launch of the Seadog they have taken part in several commercial projects and have received a nomination from the royal television society for excellence and factual film making. They are looking to launch Leaderbox which uses the power of film to engage young people with the Leaderbox system. The investment will fund a commercial manager and grow their development team.
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Expired
investment:
£509,820
Receive an affordable massage at home and on-demand by easily booking straight from an app. Since the start of year, Urban Massage has delivered more than 114,000 massages and received a 4.85/5 or above rating for the level of treatment provided to their customers. The company has successfully launched in Birmingham, Manchester and Paris with an Annualised Run Rate (ARR) of 3,300% from June 2014 and in June 2018, an ARR of £10.4m.
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Expired
investment:
£3,491,730
