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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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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£127,001
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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£295,000
Stroli – the shopping trolley reimagined for modern needs. The shopping trolley, often associated with a particular image, is an untapped category ready for innovation. The market is flooded with generic, budget-friendly options that lack charm, with the exception of Rolser, which is pricier and claims the green niche. Stroli steps in as the go-to brand, offering a unique approach, positioning, voice, and eco-friendly credentials. Say goodbye to sore hands and plastic bags – Stroli makes shopping a pleasure with its high-quality, stylish trolley bags designed to enhance your convenience and style
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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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Get My Grades is an e-learning platform for Maths, English, and Science, providing students with effective practice and revision tools and teachers with meaningful data. Get My Grades reduces teacher's workload, helps students to learn more, allows schools and education systems to access up-to-date data on student attainment, and provides bespoke educational solution to national curriculum anywhere in the world. Get My Grades has evoked interest in major distributors in both the UK and around the world. Within 6 months of launching, the platform signed two international contracts with a minimum revenue of £5.2m pa. With the proceeds, the e-learning platform is planning to expand its core team to address growing global demand for a consistently high-quality education, content and technical development.
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Expired
investment:
£501,770
Chop2Bowl is the first in a line of kitchenware products created by Lewis Pennicott Design. The core Chop2Bowl product is made up of a split-board and six bowls, which are inserted into a base unit. The split-apart function means that cross-contamination can be easily avoided.
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£33,100
Elizabeth Henley® Ltd is designing the world's first smart window shutter developed with microprocessor technology. The product is designed to automatically close the blinds at the time of dusk. It can also turn on LED switches, thereby offering mood lighting to a room. It has a license contract with Apple to promote integration with HomeKit tech. Elizabeth Henley® Ltd. also has design patents for wingtip® and shutter design with which it aims to cover the central and higher end of the market. The company has attracted interest from customers in the UK, USA, Europe, Dubai and Australia. With the proceeds, the company will further improve the prototype and buy tooling and machinery.
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Expired
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£26,700
SaigolEd is an Education Technology (EdTech) company that aims to make quality teaching available to millions of 7-18-year-olds across the UK at an affordable price. It is developing an app to combine immersive videos with charismatic teachers from leading schools, rich visual effects, leading Artificial Intelligence (AI) and tests to inspire learning. The company points out that its teaching courses will be available to students wherever/whenever they wish to access the relevant course. SaigolED also aims, once the company's app development is complete, to cover the full student curriculum so that its users have the tools to excel in their exams. The company argues that there is no dominant UK EdTech player in a multi-billion pound market. It aspires to fulfil that gap. SaigolEd will use the investment to build a prototype that would be overseen by its team including a star teacher from a top UK school, initiate rigorous user group testing, and target General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSEs) as its beachhead market.
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£230,724
Electric Assisted Vehicles Limited or EAV is a new generation vehicle design and manufacturing company providing a world-class solution. In August, the company has been revealed at the UK EV summit in Oxford. DPD is the technical partner of EAV and it has issued Letter of Intent for 50 more EAVans. With the proceeds, the company will expand into the international market, develop the product and will set its business lease plans.
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Expired
investment:
£215,130
