PORTFOLIO

Investing in amazing people doing incredible things

  • We invest responsibly in sustainable and scaleable technologies and services. Each of which has the potential to create employment and a wider economic regional impact.

LIFE SCIENCE

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    Crucible Therapeutics

    Developer of novel therapies treating neurological diseases with significant unmet medical needs, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal dementia.

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    Pencil Biosciences

    Developer of a novel gene modulation technology which aims to transform the gene editing landscape as applied to therapeutics and industrial biotechnology.

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    QV Bioelectronics

    Developers of a first-of-its-kind implanted electrotherapy device for the treatment of brain cancer, targeting dividing cancer cells without affecting healthy cells.

health-tech

  • adsilico

    adsilico, a computational medicine company, is developing an end-to-end in-silico solution to test medical devices.

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    Imperagen

    A life sciences company building unique technology to accelerate the design, optimisation, and validation of novel enzymes for large molecular drug discovery.

  • Dental tech

    Mimetrik

    Developer of an AI-driven 3D-scanning technology that uses machine learning to generate fully digitised images of a patient’s dentition and facial structure.

  • Phagenesis

    Phagenesis is a medical device company specialising in bringing relief to patients with swallowing disorders, also known as neurological dysphagia.

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    Re:course

    A deeptech company developing an artificial intelligence healthcare training simulator, providing healthcare professionals with realistic patient interaction training.

TECHNOLOGY

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    AssetCool

    Developer of a novel and durable coating for overhead power lines, increasing the performance of electricity networks while reducing energy losses, cost and emissions.

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    Auxetec

    A deeptech company developing auxetic materials from liquid crystal elastomers.

  • Cavero Quantum

    Cavero Quantum has developed a new passwordless encryption technology for secure key generation and authentication. It is compatible with legacy hardware, requires little bandwidth and has the potential to be secure against cyber attacks by quantum computers.

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    C-Capture

    The leading designer of chemical processes for CO₂ removal, with a unique patented solvent-based technology which offers a safe, low-cost way to capture CO₂ from emission sources.

  • Floreon

    Floreon is an advanced bioplastic made from crops like corn and sugar cane, providing a renewable substitute for oil-based plastics.

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    Iceotope

    Global leader in environmentally efficient, precision immersion cooling technology for data centre servers, contributing towards net-zero emissions in the industry.

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    Optalysys

    A deep-tech company developing a revolutionary photonic processing technology to unlock a new form of secure processing known as Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE).

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    Opteran

    Re-engineering insect brain patterns to power advances for autonomous machines by mimicking brain functions of insects, enabling complex visual and navigational challenges.

  • Phlux

    Developing high-performance infrared sensors that will dramatically improve the performance of laser rangefinder, LIDAR, fibre sensing and imaging systems.

  • Pragmatic Semiconductor

    Pragmatic aims to revolutionise semiconductor fabrication with ultra-low-cost, flexible integrated circuit (FlexIC) technology that makes it quick and easy to embed intelligence almost anywhere.

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    Silveray

    Developing a new type of highly sensitive material that makes X-ray equipment significantly more efficient, using innovative direct conversion detectors.

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    Slingshot

    Pioneering digital twin and decision intelligence company, with two decades of extensive experience in large-scale modelling, simulation and data science.