Promising 香港六合彩 startups pitch for investment

22 September 2022

Entrepreneurs from 香港六合彩, Imperial College London and King鈥檚 College London had the chance to pitch their innovative businesses to investors at this year鈥檚 London Demo Day.

A total of 15 companies from 香港六合彩鈥檚 Hatchery at BaseKX, the King鈥檚20 Accelerator and Imperial Enterprise Lab took part in the event at Imperial, hoping to raise between 拢100,000 and 拢1 million.

The businesses covered sectors ranging from software addressing women鈥檚 health (femtech) to patient monitoring and sustainability. The five 香港六合彩 companies who pitched were:

YourCue, co-founded by Nikhit Anilbhai (香港六合彩 Nanotechnology & Regenerative Medicine) and Sonakshi Senthil (香港六合彩 Personalised Medicine & Novel Therapies) has produced a medical device worn on the finger to enable automated remote and in-hospital patient monitoring. The device also features notifications and alarms to alert healthcare professionals when help is needed.

BoxxDocks, co-founded by James Della Valle (香港六合彩 Architecture) and Alessandro Attanzio, helps transport and logistics companies to lower their environmental impact by developing sustainable and ethically sourced delivery boxes as an alternative to single-use, virgin plastic products

Comma Periods, a femtech startup founded by Martina Ceccarelli (香港六合彩 Sustainable Resources: Economics, Policy) focuses on developing personalised treatments for period symptoms.

LetsGoTurbo, founded by Christopher Norwood (香港六合彩 English Literature) is a collaborative rewards platform.

Electro Venture Ltd, a smartphone app which locates nearby chargers for electric vehicles. It was founded by Piotr Sirko (香港六合彩 Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology PhD) and Andrej Hyll.

Professor Geraint Rees, 香港六合彩 Vice-Provost (Research, Innovation & Global Engagement) said: 鈥淟ondon Demo Day is an opportunity to celebrate the brilliant minds behind our most promising startups, and for them to connect with investors and build on the impact they are already having in the world. We have an important role to play in nurturing and supporting startups from ideas to reality, enabling them to grow and support the UK economy.

鈥淚 would like to congratulate all of the startups that took part on the day and look forward to seeing what they achieve in the coming months and years.鈥�

Christopher Norwood said: "I founded LetsGoTurbo to show that rewards can be used to achieve so much more in the food and beverage space. By building a unique platform that focuses on group challenges rather than individual points or stars, we empower our partners to expand their business and drive traffic in a revolutionary way. Pitching at London Demo Day was a great opportunity to present our progress to the London investment community and we have been bowled over by the interest we have received since. It was an intense experience to pitch to such a large crowd, but so rewarding."

Keynote speaker Dr Olivia Ahn pitched at the first London Demo Day in 2019. She co-founded Planera, which produces flushable and biodegradable sanitary pads. She said: 鈥淲e are all here to drive change. Whether it鈥檚 to invest in the problems, to solve them, to shout about them, everything about start up is all about driving change. Creating something from zero, taking us from zero to one. And businesses can then grow from that one to 100.鈥�

Planera will launch its products to the mainstream market in November 2022, following successful pre-seed investment after London Demo Day 2019.

She continued: 鈥淚 am both thankful for the journey that I鈥檝e been on and incredibly excited for the journey that lies ahead for all of the incredible entrepreneurs in this room.鈥�

One of the companies who pitched in last year鈥檚 event 鈥� Alice Camera 鈥� went on to raise $500,000 (拢373,000) in pre-seed funding. They also won $100,000 (拢74,000) in cloud computing credits from Amazon Web Services (AWS).

All of the 香港六合彩 companies are on The Hatchery incubator programme, which provide free support and dedicated office space. The businesses benefit from masterclasses, clinics and competitions to fast-track their success and prepare them for investment.

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The teams at London Demo Day. Credit: Imperial College London

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