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.
days to go:
TBC
investment:
£127,001
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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Extended
investment:
Withheld
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.
days to go:
Extended
investment:
£295,000
Candy Kitten are a confectionary company that were built to modernise the confectionary industry by introducing new flavours and a higher quality product than those currently available.
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Expired
investment:
£161,016
Caldera is a heat battery company that seeks to institutionalise zero-carbon energy solutions for the masses. Its patented breakthrough, Warmstone heat battery, can store 100kWh of heat for a standard home for 24 hours. Caldera asserts that it takes renewable energy using a flexible green tariff with prices as low as 5p/kWh and stores it as heat, providing carbon-free hot water and heating via Warmstone. The company has raised over £1.5 million through grants and investment to date, installed its first pilot Warmstone product in a family home, established a manufacturing and R&D base, and acquired the support of an energy think tank, Energy Systems Catapult. It aspires to become a contender in the estimated £3.5 billion renewable energy storage market in the European Union (EU). The company is working with König Metall to build and sell Warmstone units via approved UK installers. Caldera will use the investment to install a small number of pilot units in trial homes in 2021 before a full commercial rollout in 2022.
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Expired
investment:
£1,572,524
Kipferl started life more than 10 years ago as a delicatessen shop with the ambition to bring Viennese food culture to London, offering traditional and high quality cakes, sausages, Viennese coffee varieties and Austrian staples. As Kipferl quickly gained its reputation, it decided to close its small cafe and open a proper Viennese coffeehouse and kitchen instead to meet the higher demand for its products.
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Expired
investment:
£125,386
An alternative to vodka, gin and many other spirits, with a deliciously smooth and unique, light taste available across the best bars in the UK and most recently in Italy and New York. This multi-award winning spirit is sustainably sourced from wild Northern Europe birch trees and distilled from birch sap.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£252,647
Feast is a late night delivery service working with over 80 hotels and have served 20k customers to date. They work with some of the best 24-hour restaurants and deliver to customers and partner hotels between the hours of 7pm and 5am.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£152,570
Carnot is an engineering company that is developing biofuel and hydrogen-powered Carnot engines with the aim of reducing global CO2 levels by 13%. The company asserts that metal engines, unable to withstand fuel combustion temperatures, waste one-third of fuel energy to cooling & have operating efficiencies of only 30%. Carnot argues that its engines can bring operating efficiencies up to 70%, halving fuel costs. It also intends to develop clean, secure, and affordable global off-grid energy solutions and provide disruptive technologies that are both commercially viable and environmentally friendly. Carnot was awarded a £157,000 Innovate UK Grant to develop an energy access solution in Sub-Saharan Africa. It was also awarded a place on OGTC Tech X accelerator, in partnership with organisations like British Petrol (BP), Equinor, and KPMG with a £100,000 funding. The company will use the investment to bump up the maximum theoretical engine efficiency to ~85%.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£307,911
Guest are creating the world's best cocktail bar. They aim to do this by offering a new menu from some of the most creative food and cocktail innovators in the world. With the money invested Guest are going to place a deposit on a venue for the bar, refurbish and fit out the venue and then start an international marketing campaign.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£107,180
