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Welcome

Agenda

We are delighted to welcome you to Engage Invest Exploit with Scotland’s most exciting early stage technology companies.

08:00 Registration opens

It is particularly pleasing that so many of you have travelled from all over the world to join us today.

One minute spotlight pitches

Selected live pitch presentations and investor Q&A

One minute spotlight pitches

The eco-system continues to develop and is increasingly outward looking in recognition of the fact that you don’t create global companies sitting here in Scotland.

Informatics Ventures is playing a leading role with the continuing expansion of EIE in London and a planned visit to China with ten of our most exciting and ambitious companies. We aim to create the connections that will enable companies to grow into international successes.

We also plan to take EIE in Scotland to a new level which will be previewed at today’s event. EIE on May 11th 2017 will build on the past success of EIE but will offer a new experience in terms of scale and scope.

We look forward to welcoming you to EIE17 and would encourage early registration so that you don’t miss out.

Networking, breakfast & exhibition

09:30 Welcome to EIE16

10:45 Morning break 11:30 One minute spotlight pitches

Selected live pitch presentations and investor Q&A

One minute spotlight pitches

EIE alumni

12:45 Lunch, exhibition & networking 14:00 One minute spotlight pitches

Selected live pitch presentations and investor Q&A

One minute spotlight pitches

15:15 Afternoon break 16:00 Keynote: David Rose, Gust

Keynote: Hugh Campbell, GP Bullhound

Q&A

Vote of Thanks

17:15 Drinks reception, networking & exhibition 18:30 Call to dinner 19:30 Conference dinner 21:00 After Dinner Guest: Ann Budge, IT Entrepreneur Pitch of the Day award 21:45 Networking & drinks 22:45 Carriages

Welcome

This confirms that we, collectively, are progressively getting the message out that Scotland is a true technology hot spot with the emergence of genuinely world class companies.

We need to sell Scottish tech harder Nick Freer, Freer Consultancy

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In an interview with Germany’s Die Welt in February following a ‘Townhall Q&A’ meeting in Berlin, Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerburg discussed his views on tech startup capitals, in particular how Berlin stacked up against Silicon Valley. Zuckerberg referred to US publication Business Insider who rate Berlin as the 9th-ranked hub for startups and Montreal in 20th place (there are only 20 startup cities listed) just ahead of Amsterdam in The Netherlands and London coming in at 6th, in what is unsurprisingly a North America-weighted league table. It kind of begs the question where our fast-growing startup capital that is Edinburgh matches up. Back of the fag packet workings complete, a few thoughts on the subject…

At last count, Montreal has no billion dollar valued tech companies. We have two - Skyscanner and FanDuel.

The one million plus person metropolis that spreads out beneath Mont Royal in Quebec has highlyrated Informatics and business schools although Edinburgh’s School of Informatics is streets ahead in 5th place globally. So, on these measures, Edinburgh

can’t be too far off the top-twenty as a tech hub - a similar spot to where the University of Edinburgh ranks in world terms. Happy days then right? Not entirely, because unlike Montreal we’re not likely to see Scotland’s capital up in the firmament of global tech hubs as reported on by international media outlets. I’ll come back to this point shortly.

Back to Zuckerburg. He says a big factor in Silicon Valley’s success is the foundation of chip companies that came before the Apples and Googles; the thinking being this foundation of technology groups produced the best possible environment for startups - an environment rich in tech skills, people talent and smart money to help fuel rapid growth. No arguments here.

Back to the fag packet - didn’t we produce a global leader in chip manufacturing in the form of Wolfson Electronics? We did. Some of the tech know-how from that company transferred skills in the form of people and money into the next wave of Scottish technology companies, like Skyscanner. This shows we had the foundation of technology companies that Zuckerberg

So why doesn’t Edinburgh get listed in these kind of rankings? The first thing would seem to be that we’re relying on a primarily US-centric media to report on our tech scene to gain truly international profile and in spite of the successes of Skyscanner and FanDuel, we’re not as firm a fixture on the international map with tech journalists as we should be. I know about this first hand because I spent months, literally months, emailing and phoning London and then US news outlets trying to ‘sell in’ Skyscanner as a story several years ago, then University of Edinburgh spin-out pureLiFi in more recent times, before either company was that well known outside of Scotland. Having said that, The Next Web’s UK editor attended EIE14 and revered tech news outlet Venture Beat are in attendance at EIE16 - small, but significant victories on the press front. The role of our own media in Scotland, including one of EIE16’s media partners, The Scotsman, should not be underestimated either when you consider their not inconsiderable international readership.

Selling or marketing, whatever you want to call it, can be hard when you have to knock on the door a hundred or even a thousand times before anyone wants to listen. We need to sell our tech scene harder to the rest of the world, sell it harder to the places that matter - the US, Asia and Europe. Why? Because everyone else is and they’re selling hard, really hard.

We’ve now got some great success stories to sell but we’ve got to get them told in more of the right places.

That might be an annual tech festival in Texas, an international media conference in Amsterdam, London or New York or an investor gathering in Shenzhen. If the mountain won’t come to Muhammad…

I’m not saying we’re not trying hard, whether it’s the enterprise agencies or the private sector there are now a number of excellent initiatives happening - not least

Informatics Ventures and EIE - but we need to have more of the very best people - the people that have been there and done it - leading the charge in foreign fields. We need to be more clever by doing a ton of market research on how we get Scotland’s tech brand to hit the right spots. If that means having a giant, inflatable whisky bottle hanging over a stand that has people from Skyscanner, FanDuel and the Informatics school standing underneath, Mogwai strumming their tunes or Calvin Harris spinning them, BrewDog beers in an oversized ice bucket and Banchory-born Mashable founder, Pete Cashmore, as guest of honour drawing in the crowds then let’s do that. And okay, that’s back of the packet (last use of term) marketing but there are brilliant marketing people in Scotland that could be brought in to add real expertise to an admittedly crude sketch.

It’s not that we’re not doing some of the right things, just not enough of them. I guess I’m making a case for a bit more collaboration from the people that could really make a difference to the future success of Scottish tech. I reckon we are going to need public and private money and support to begin with. I think we need to rip up the plans (although I’m not really convinced we have that many plans in the first place) and bring cutting edge talent to the table – founders, academics, marketers, investors and government – and get a real and accountable plan of action on the go.

There’s a lot of happy-clappy stuff going on at the moment when it comes to Scotland’s tech scene but it’s mainly coming from ourselves - and I’m a big proponent so hardly guilt free - when what we really need is the rest of the world talking about us and how great we are when it comes to tech. So it’s time we shook it up a bit and make sure we’re not resting too much on our nicely woven laurels. Has anyone had a word with Mark Zuckerburg to see that he thinks about all of this? You know what, there would be worse places to start from than that.

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talks about and this foundation has helped the ecosystem to evolve and thrive.

Smart partnerships key to global growth

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Scottish Equity Partners

The rapid growth of travel search firm Skyscanner from less than 30 employees seven years ago to more than 750 worldwide today generating huge revenues, underlines the extraordinary value that a technology company can create by executing successful globalisation.

It is no mean feat to match Skyscanner’s growth which involved new bases in Barcelona, Budapest, Sofia,

Miami, Singapore, Shenzhen and Beijing. It now has 80% of sales outwith the UK and serves as a great (but not isolated) example of a company that has maximised global opportunities from Scotland.

Scottish Equity Partners (SEP), an investor in Skyscanner since 2007 and its largest shareholder, has supported its expansion through acquisition, joint venture and organic growth. The global push

Calum Paterson, Managing Partner at SEP and a non-executive director of Skyscanner says: “When we invested in Skyscanner the rationale was to help it internationalise. It has done this incredibly well, thanks to a combination of great technology, great strategy and great execution. It has enormous potential for further growth.”

There is no surefire globalisation blueprint – different approaches work for different businesses.

For some, such as Mister Spex, an online eyewear retailer, acquisition can build market share fast.

It obtained funding from SEP to fund a series of acquisitions that have rapidly transformed it from a German firm to a European leader.

The challenge facing CEOs is to make sound choices on critical issues including: prioritising markets; which functions to base overseas; the best talent pool and cost base; whether to buy or build an operation; and the legislative environment. For Skyscanner, targeting Europe first, helped avoid a head-to-head battle with larger US rivals in its early days and enabled it to steal a march in key geographies although for some companies, the US or Far East may be priorities.

Andrew Davison, a Partner at SEP, says size and scalability of a company’s domestic market can dictate the speed at which it moves into other markets. In any case, companies supported by investment partners with international experience are better equipped to seize opportunities and to mitigate risk.

Davison says a successful international partnership can even lead to a takeover offer. “Establishing a constructive commercial relationship that puts you on

the radar of a potential acquirer without putting out a ’for sale’ flag can be a good approach.”

A key advantage for e-commerce firms is they may not require investment in physical infrastructure to internationalise. However, they do need a robust IT infrastructure to support growing sales, an effective marketing strategy, and potentially a customer support team if they operate across time zones.

Having the right executive team to lead global expansion is vital. One of the founding team may fulfil the role but recruiting people with local knowledge and experience can be highly beneficial, says Jan Rutherford, a Partner at SEP with a focus on healthcare companies.

An investment partner with a strong international network can help with C-suite recruitment as well as finding partners and premises, adds Rutherford.

“When Skyscanner was expanding into Russia we all pooled contacts with experience of working there and we did the same for our healthcare companies moving into the US. Internationalising your board before you internationalise the company can significantly accelerate growth in priority markets,” she adds.

Rutherford says it is also important to reduce administrative and cost burdens for companies moving into new markets and to advise on corporate structure, tax and banking. “One of our companies struggled to find a suitable banking partner that would service their needs on both sides the Atlantic so we introduced them to Silicon Valley Bank who are experienced in managing international banking for venture-backed technology companies.”

The key lesson for technology companies looking to internationalise from a Scottish base is that access to the right contacts can open the door to exponential growth.

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is continuing with strong growth coming from AsiaPacific underpinned by a joint venture with Yahoo!

JAPAN and its Chinese acquisition Youbibi.

The Journey to EIE16 The journey to where we are today began many months ago.

valuable skills to develop their business... and your investment!

Scotland has a well-developed eco-system of support organisations, including ourselves at Informatics Ventures, who work closely with university spin-outs and start-ups across the IT & digital, life sciences and energy sectors. They offer training and mentorship to develop ideas into fledgling companies, and viable businesses. When these businesses are ready to seek investment, they are invited to apply for EIE.

Today you will see live pop-up pitches from all of our exhibitors, and 12 extended live pitches, each followed by an investor Q&A. There will be the opportunity to meet with companies on a one to one basis during the exhibition and throughout the day. Please take full advantage of our company messaging service which enables you to directly contact a company to arrange a meeting or notify them of your interest if you are having trouble finding them in the venue. We also have three meeting points available in the bar area for you to have quieter conversations away from the crowds. Finally, if you should wish to connect to a specific delegate, please see the event staff at the information desk who can put you in touch.

The Journey to EIE16

The cream of this crop are then selected for EIE and embark on their own journey of preparation through skill sessions and workshops offered by Informatics Ventures focusing on pitch preparation and presentation skills. This not only provides them with the necessary skills for today’s showcase, but instils

Pitch Preparation with Bill Joos

Presentation Skills Workshops

Live Pitch Selection Panels

Stage Skills Workshops

INFORMATICS VENTURES Informatics Ventures

We work in partnership with other like-minded organisations in order to create a joined up entrepreneur support and eco-system in Scotland; developing individuals and their companies through a range of high-profile events including: Engage Invest Exploit (EIE): Our flagship technology investor showcase, connecting technology based life sciences, IT & digital and energy companies with international investors and has become the largest event of its kind in the UK. iV Tuesday: A regular networking series featuring inspirational talks from local heroes and global success stories, providing the opportunity to network with other entrepreneurs, mentors and investors and experience the unexpected outcomes that can result from these connections.

Executive Forums: A series of focused sessions which see an experienced practitioner share their advice and experiences in dealing with and overcoming the issues facing scaling tech companies today.

Contact Details Informatics Ventures Wilkie Building, 22-23 Teviot Row Edinburgh, EH8 9AG www.informatics-ventures.com e: info@informatics-ventures.com t: +44 (0)131 650 4404 Twitter: @infventures LinkedIn: Informatics-Ventures-924137 Dr Colin Adams, Director of Informatics Ventures e: colin@informatics-ventures.com t: +44 (0) 131 650 4432 Gordon Stuart, Director of Operations e: gordon@informatics-ventures.com t: +44 (0) 131 650 9915 m: +44 (0) 7853 30883

TUESDAY BETTER CONNECTED

Danny Helson, Programme Manager e: danny@informatics-ventures.com t: +44 (0) 131 650 4427 m: +44 (0) 7984 035399

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Informatics Ventures supports and encourages globally ambitious technology companies head quartered in Scotland. Through practitioner-led entrepreneurship education and community networking, Informatics Ventures prepares and equips Scotland’s technology entrepreneurs to scale up and take their businesses global.

Scottish Enterprise Scottish Enterprise is proud to be a partner in EIE16.

Our aim at Scottish Enterprise is to help create a more globally competitive Scotland, ensuring that all ambitious starting early-stage and scaling businesses with high growth potential have access to the support they need to become successful global companies.

Our representatives here today – from the High Growth Ventures team and Scottish Investment Bank – would welcome the opportunity to hear about your business and discuss how we could help you, from supporting your innovation based ideas through to getting your company ready to raise finance and investing alongside the private sector in some of Scotland’s most promising companies. We’d also be delighted to talk to investors attending EIE about our investment funds which can help these companies maximise their growth potential.

Sponsors

EIE is a unique opportunity to bring together all those who have a role helping Scotland thrive and grow on an international stage. We are glad you have chosen to be part of this exciting experience and hope you have a rewarding and enjoyable day!

Contact Details Atrium Court 50 Waterloo Street Glasgow G2 6HQ www.scottish-enterprise.com e: enquiries@scotent.co.uk t: 0845 607 8787 Twitter: @scotent LinkedIn: Scottish Enterprise Eleanor Mitchell High Growth Ventures Director e: Eleanor.Mitchell@scotent.co.uk

Kerry Sharp Head of the Scottish Investment Bank e: kerry.sharp@scotent.co.uk

Silvio Clemente High Growth Ventures Support Director e: Silvio.clemente@scotent.co.uk

Johnston Carmichael

We work with over 500 fast growing technology and life sciences companies to help them deliver on their strategy. We do this by: - Enabling investors and companies to qualify for Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) and Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) tax reliefs - Preparing and submitting Research and Development tax relief claims (over ÂŁ100m in tax relief claimed for clients, with a 100% success rate) - Providing advice and support at the early stage to get the accounting and compliance set up correctly - Using our investor contact base to help secure investment and make appropriate introductions The technology team has strong relationships with Engage Invest Exploit companies, having worked with many of the exhibiting businesses from past and present EIE events.

We offer a range of services designed around you and your business needs.

Contact Details 7 - 11 Melville Street Edinburgh EH3 7PE t: +44 (0) 131 220 2203 www.jcca.co.uk Blog: blog.jcca.co.uk Twitter: @jc_accountants LinkedIn: johnston-carmichael-chartered-accountantsand-business-advisers Facebook: JohnstonCarmichael YouTube: user/JCAccountants Shaun Millican, Partner and Head of Technology & Life Sciences e: shaun.millican@jcca.co.uk

Simon Burton, Director, Tax e: simon.burton@jcca.co.uk

Toby Rintoul, Director, Business Solutions e: toby.rintoul@jcca.co.uk

Sponsors

Johnston Carmichael, Scotland’s largest independent firm of Chartered Accountants and Business Advisers, is a proud sponsor of EIE16.

www.mbmcommercial.co.uk

MBM Commercial MBM Commercial is an award-winning niche commercial legal firm which has a focus on working with investors, entrepreneurs and high growth companies. Many of our clients work in the technology sectors, including information technology, www.johnstoncarmichael.co.uk biotechnology, life sciences and healthcare.

We have been involved in establishing several investment funds (including Enterprise Capital Funds), and we represent various early stage venture capital funds and Business Angel Syndicates throughout the UK. We are the market leaders for advising on early stage investment deals in Scotland.

We are committed to providing the very best legal advice and the mantra of the firm is to help you get the result you want, on time and on budget. Much of the work that we do is based on fixed fees.

Sponsors

The firm provides a full range of commercial legal services to its clients, including corporate, corporate finance, intellectual property, commercial property, dispute resolution, employment and company administration. We also provide intellectual property consultancy services and software escrow services.

Contact Details 5th Floor, 125 Princes Street Edinburgh EH2 4AD 5 Albany Court Yard London WIJ OHF www.mbmcommercial.co.uk t:. 0131 226 8200/0203 096 0122 Blog: www.mbmcommercial.co.uk/blogs Twitter: @mbmcommercial LinkedIn: mbm-commercial-llp Facebook: mbmcommercial G+: www.gplus.to/mbmcommercial Stuart Hendry, Senior Partner e: stuart.hendry@mbmcommercial. co.uk t: +44 (0) 131 226 8203 Kenny Mumford, Partner & Head of Corporate e: kenny.mumford@mbmcommercial. co.uk t: +44 (0) 131 226 8205 Michael Arnott, Partner & Head of London office e: michael.arnott@mbmcommercial. co.uk t: +44 (0) 203 096 0122

Marks & Clerk Marks & Clerk has Scottish offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen and is the UK’s largest firm of patent and trade mark attorneys. We work with innovative enterprises – from start-ups and SMEs to universities and multinationals – helping them to protect their intellectual property and maximise its value.

We offer a full range of IP services covering patents, designs, trade marks, domain names and copyright: - Protection in the UK and worldwide - Commercialisation - Portfolio management - IP consulting and strategy - Licensing

together with unrivalled long-established relationships with other leading IP firms worldwide to ensure our clients receive the highest quality representation on both a domestic and an international basis.

Contact Details Atholl Exchange, 6 Canning Street Edinburgh EH3 8EG +44 (0) 131 221 7000 www.marks-clerk.com Twitter: @MarksClerkScot LinkedIn: marks-&-clerk Tim Hargreaves, Partner Information Technology; Energy e: thargreaves@marks-clerk.com

- Enforcement

Our patent professionals all have technical backgrounds and advise on maximising the value of new technologies across the spectrum of innovation.

Our trade mark attorneys work across a wide range of sectors to protect and exploit the value of brands.

We have a network of offices in the UK (8 locations), Canada, China, France (2 locations), Luxembourg, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia

Maureen Kinsler, Partner Information Technology; Energy e: mkinsler@marks-clerk.com

Paul Chapman, Partner Life Sciences e: pchapman@marks-clerk.com

Sponsors

- IP Due Diligence

Scottish Equity Partners Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) is a leading UK venture capital firm. Operating from offices in London, Glasgow and Edinburgh, we make equity investments of up to £20 million in high growth technology and technology-enabled, companies.

We are investors in some of Europe’s most exciting and innovative companies including Skyscanner, the world’s leading independent travel search company, Mister Spex, Europe’s leading online eyewear business, and MATCHESFASHION.COM, a luxury omni-channel fashion retailer. We build value by playing an active and supportive role in the growth and development of our portfolio companies.

SEP was named ‘Venture Capital Firm of the Year’ at the Unquote British Private Equity Awards 2015 for the fifth time in recent years.

Sponsors

In addition to venture capital for high growth companies, we also provide infrastructure finance for small scale clean energy projects.

Contact Details 17 Blythswood Square Glasgow G2 4AD www.sep.co.uk Twitter: @SEPInvestment LinkedIn: scottish-equity-partners

Stuart Paterson, Partner e: contact_stuart@sep.co.uk

Paul Neeson, Associate e: contact_paul@sep.co.uk

– Supporting Enterprise

At Royal Bank of Scotland, we’re encouraging a more entrepreneurial culture. We know that starting and running a business can be both exciting and challenging, and that’s why people need the right combination of support, guidance and funding to succeed. Our locally based relationship managers work closely with businesses of all shapes and sizes in every sector of the economy.

We also know that people need help to explore the idea of enterprise, unlock their potential, and gain the right skills, knowledge and networks before they can achieve their ambitions. This is why we have 11 new Business Growth Enablers offering local support beyond banking, and partnerships with Entrepreneurial Spark, Everywoman, and Prince’s Trust.

We believe in enterprise, and will do everything we can to support it.

Contact Details Fay Weir Entrepreneur Development Manager e: fay.weir@rbs.co.uk t: +44 (0) 7818 458038 Twitter: @RBSBusiness

Acknowledgments We would like to thank the following EIE supporters for their time and advice on live pitch selection panels and other assistance: Andrew Aldridge Mary Jane Brouwers Simon Burton Lorne Byatt Lyn Calder Margaret Coughtrie Paul Devlin Jamie Drysdale Veronica Ferguson Sanday Finlayson Nick Freer Paul Funnell Ana Gallardo Richard Gibbs Lindsay Hamilton Adam Hardie Tim Hargreaves Jonathan Harris Kirsty Irvine Jane Kennedy Fraser Lusty Nick Lyth

Gillian MacAulay Alec Mackie Ritchie Martin Evelyn McDonald Michael McPherson Shaun Millican Siobhan Moore Tom Morris Paul Neeson Laura Peachey Philip Petersen Alan Ritchie Toby Rintoul Laura Robertson Sheila Robinson Melanie Schwindt Malcolm Shannon Catherine Simpson Lisa Thomson Joe Tree Kenny Wiggins

Sponsors

Royal Bank of Scotland

Acknowledgments

Thank you

We would like to thank the following people for their support and contributions in making EIE the success it has become.

Speakers Quentin Cooper, Host Best known for presenting the UK’s most listened to science programme, Material World on BBC Radio 4 – Quentin has been hailed as “quite the best thing on radio” by Bill Bryson, and “the world’s most enthusiastic man” by The Times. He hosts a diverse range of events in Britain and beyond and is a regular contributor to science, technology, arts and entertainment programmes; appearing regularly on radio, TV and in print.

David Rose, Gust

David S. Rose is a serial entrepreneur, Inc. 500 CEO, and one of the world’s most active business angel investors, who has founded or funded over 100 pioneering companies.

Described by Forbes as “New York’s Archangel”, by BusinessWeek as a “world conquering entrepreneur”, and by Red Herring magazine as “patriarch of Silicon Alley”, he is the New York Times best selling author of Angel Investing, the international standard textbook on startup funding. David is the founder and CEO of Gust, the world’s largest online platform for entrepreneurs and early stage investors, used by hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs in 190 countries to connect with tens of thousands of accredited investors.

Hugh Campbell, GP Bullhound

Hugh Campbell is a Founder and Managing Partner of GP Bullhound. Hugh is passionate about technology innovation and entrepreneurs with 15 years’ experience advising and investing in Europe’s current and future Unicorns. He has worked with all the leading growth equity funds in Europe and has sold businesses to Real Networks, Tesco, Disney, Accenture and Experian amongst others. Hugh opened the Manchester office in 2012, is a Manchester Grammar School alum and graduated from Pembroke College, Oxford.

Ann Budge is currently the owner, CEO and Chairwoman of Heart of Midlothian Football Club. She completed the purchase of Hearts in May 2014, and is currently responsible for driving a 3-5 year plan to both stabilise and develop the club. She co-founded the IT services company Newell & Budge in 1985 before selling it in 2005. That same year Ann was named the Entrepreneurial Exchange Entrepreneur of the Year, before being recognised with a Woman of Outstanding Achievement award in 2009. She has been inducted into both the Strathclyde Academy of Distinguished Entrepreneurs and the Entrepreneurial Exchange Hall of Fame (in 2013).

Speakers

Ann Budge, Heart of Midlothian Football Club

Scottish investment Bank

David Rose

Kerry Sharp is Head of The Scottish Investment Bank, Scottish Enterprise’s successful investment division whose role is growing Scotland’s private sector funding market ensuring SME’s have adequate access to growth capital.

David is a serial entrepreneur and one of the world’s most active business angel investors, who has founded or funded over 100 pioneering companies. He is the founder and CEO of Gust, the world’s largest online platform used by entrepreneurs in 190 countries to connect with tens of thousands of accredited investors.

Cocoon Networks

Founders4Schools

John is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Cocoon Networks. He is also the Founder and Chairman of British Chinese Young Entrepreneurs Association. In addition, he established companies in international luxury goods trading, international organic food trading, real estate and management consulting.

Sherry is an Entrepreneur, NonExec Director, Investor and Advisor to Companies, Universities and Charities. She possesses a deep understanding of the dynamics of both b2b and b2c businesses, portfolio management and macro-economics and recently published ‘The Scale-Up Report’ focusing on UK Economic Growth.

Horizon Ventures

GP Bullhound

Anne Lo joined Horizons Ventures in January 2015. Horizons Ventures is Mr. Li Ka Shing’s private investment arm targeting disruptive technologies across sectors. With a focus on science and healthcare, Anne serves as a Board Member for several Horizons funded companies including Evolve Biosystems, MeMed and Medial EarlySign.

Hugh is a Founder and Managing Partner of GP Bullhound. He is passionate about technology innovation with 15 years’ experience advising and investing in Europe’s current and future Unicorns.

He has worked with all the leading growth equity funds in Europe and sold businesses to Real Networks, Tesco, Disney, Accenture and Experian amongst others.

Kerry Sharp

John Zai

Anne Lo

Investor Panellists

Gust

Sherry Coutu CBE

Hugh Campbell

IBM Ventures

Scottish Equity Partners

Deborah Magid represents IBM’s $40 B business units in the company’s 15-year old Venture Capital Group. Deborah is responsible for sharing insights about emerging markets, technologies, and business models with venture firms and entrepreneurs globally. Deborah fuels IBM’s ecosystem pipeline in strategic businesses such as cloud, security, analytics and Iot.

Stuart is one of SEP’s founding Partners and has been investing in technology companies for almost 20 years. He is especially interested in growth stage investment opportunities in software, Internet and new media.

Equity Gap

Investing Women

Business Mentor working with SMEs to help them grow and develop through input of sound business knowledge and funding if required. He founded Equity Gap – a business angel syndicate in 2010.

He is Chairman of LINC – Scottish Business Angel Association.

At 25, Jackie was the youngest CEO in the UK enterprise sector. She has run 3 companies and served on multiple boards. Jackie led the Access to Finance for Women Agenda for the UK government as an external advisor and was appointed to the Global Banking Alliance for Women, based in Washington D.C.

Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH

Pitch@Palace

Jock Millican

Gitte Bedford

Gitte Bedford is Vice President at Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH, the VC arm of the leading technology group. She is responsible for evaluating investment opportunities in a variety of fields, with a particular focus on software, specifically the Internet of Things, AI, security and data analytics.

Stuart Paterson

Jackie Waring

Martin Harriman

Martin Harriman is an entrepreneur, investor and strategic advisor to a number of international companies including AT&T, Affinion, Actavo, Inmarsat and Dixons Carphone. He is the Chairman of Wave Optics, a UK technology company that is a pioneer in the world of augmented reality. He is a Judge of the Pitch@Palace programme and is also a member of its Board of Directors.

Investor Panellists

Deborah Magid

Table Hosts We would like to thank the following companies for hosting a table at the EIE16 conference dinner.

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Key Icons In this brochure you will find information on each of the companies exhibiting at EIE15. Each company has identified which group they are seeking investment from, and provided a level of funding requirements.

The following icons will help you quickly establish with whom to engage, invest in and exploit the opportunity together.

Crowdfunding High Net Worth Individual Business Angel Syndicate

Exhibitor - Life Sciences

VC

Venture Capital

Christophe Portal e: c.portal@edinimage.com t: +44 (0) 131 6585306 @edinimage

VC Level >£2m

Edinburgh Molecular Imaging Ltd Currently, clinicians need diagnostic tools to help them make quicker life saving decisions. EM Imaging develops molecular imaging agents, that can visualise the invisible, within seconds, at the bedside. Our portfolio of products light up diseases, to detect early cancer and critical lung conditions, and also assist surgeons in removing tumours more accurately. Our team of experienced scientists has already made our most advanced agent ready for phase II, with another three agent currently in early clinical stages.

Corporate Venturer Exhibitors are seeking an investment within the following levels: <£100k £100k - 249k

Started: 2014 Pre or Post revenue: Pre Current funding: Venture Capital Investment for: EM Imaging is now seeking for investment to carry out Phase II clinical studies.

£250k - 499k £500k - 999k £1m - 2m >£2m

www.edinimage.com

Alex Papanikolaou e: alex@freedomonelife.com t: +44 (0) 7530 716936 @FreedomOneLife

VC Level >£2m

VC Level £500k - £999k

Epipole Ltd

Freedom One Life

Epipole is a truly disruptive medical device company founded in 2011. Our award winning team of engineers have delivered epiCam, a retinal camera which is set to revolutionise the market in cost and capability. Working with NHS hospitals, research institutes and independent clinicians to gain regular feedback we constantly improve existing products and develop new ideas. In 2015 Epipole won the Higgs EDGE Award, for engineering, science or technology businesses that have products that are scalable and capable of globalisation.

We have designed and will manufacture a new generation of power wheelchair. Existing powerchairs on the market use heavy, out-dated technology (existing manufacturers use lead batteries and steel frames) and come with an out-dated customer experience – they do not meet modern customer needs. We are harnessing modern technology (lithium-ion technology and aluminium alloy) to create a lightweight and durable powerchair, which will be delivered through a modern business model to give people new levels of freedom.

Started: 2011 Pre or Post revenue: Post Current funding: Angel Investment for: We are looking for a £4-5M fighting fund to sell epiCam globally.

Started: 2013 Pre or Post revenue: Pre Current funding: Grant/Loan Investment for: We need investment to launch our product into the active power wheelchair market.

www.epipole.com

www.freedomonelife.com

Exhibitor - Life Sciences

Craig Robertson e: craig@epipole.com t: +44 (0) 7790 930268 @ Epipole_ltd

Stephen Mutch e: Stephen@Hi-Innovation.com t: +44 (0) 7703 298645 @Hi_Innovation_

Exhibitor - Life Sciences

VC Level £250k - £499k

Cemal Kavasogullar e: cemal@innovativehealthcare solutions.co.uk t: +44 (0) 7799 403614 @c_kavasogullari

VC Level £500k - £999k

HI INNOVATION

Innovative Healthcare Solutions

Over 15 million of us in the UK alone exercise weekly!

Elastic tubing is frequently used in public gyms, hospital, military and professional sport environments.

There is, however, no reliable way to track exercise or performance with tubing, and it is not always safe to set up or use effectively. Our simple customdesigned products improve safety, and measure the effectiveness of exercise, rehabilitation and sports performance. Hi Innovation can help people get better quicker and enhance athletic performance.

ToothScan is a toothbrush sized, handheld dental scanner for home use. It actively monitors dental health. Associated mobile app provides an educational platform enabling better dentist-client communication and dental telehealth solutions. An industry first, ToothScan is well suited for insurance companies and dental groups to provide a better customer service.

Started: 2010 Pre or Post revenue: Pre Current funding: Self Funding Revenues, I4 Profit Share Agreement, Se Innovation Support Grant, Sporting Chance Initiative Star Award Investment for: To complete the final developments, electronics testing and commence production in order to take the product to market.

www.Hi-Innovation.com

Started: 2015 Pre or Post revenue: Pre Current funding: Founders, Scottish Enterprise Smart Grant Investment for: To obtain CE mark and setting up manufacturing.

www.t-brush.com

Tom Freeman e: tom@kajeka.com t: +44 (0) 131 4455362 @ kajekaltd

Carmel Reilly e: carmel.reilly@neurocentrx.com t: +44 (0) 7855 659098 @neurocentrx

VC Level £500k - £999k

VC Level >£2m

Kajeka Ltd

Neurocentrx pharma Ltd

Kajeka are dedicated to delivering advanced software solutions for the analysis and interpretation of big data. Our unique visual analytics software provide an immersive environment where data can be explored and interrogated, enabling fast informed decision making from complex data. We are initially focused on delivering solutions for the bioscience sector, but our tools have application in almost any data rich industry.

Neurocentrx is a “Specialty Pharma” business. This business model identifies true unmet patient need from medical specialists, and satisfies these needs with “close-to-market” or “on-market” products from international sources. We have successfully manufactured and commenced sales of our first product – a new oral capsule medicine of an existing drug, and identified a target list of products to inlicense or develop in complex pain and neurology.

Our next funding round is focused on business growth – through product acquisition, team building and

Started: 2014 Pre or Post revenue: Post Current funding: SMART award, SE, UP business accelerator Investment for: We have launched our first product, we now need financial and commercial help to reach a global market.

Started: 2013 Pre or Post revenue: Post Current funding: Equity Gap Syndicate, Edinburgh/ Scottish Enterprise Investment for: Growth capital to: build full executive team; complete product diligence and do deals; grow sales and develop new markets.

www.kajeka.com/

www.neurocentrx.com

Exhibitor - Life Sciences

partnerships.

Parkure Lysimachos Zografos e: lzografos@parkure.co.uk t: +44 (0) 7811 328108 @ParkureUK

Mel MacKendrick e: mel@optomize.solutions t: +44 (0) 141 3038203 @OptomizeLtd

VC Level >£2m

Exhibitor - Life Sciences

VC Level £250k - £499k

Optomize Ltd

Parkure Ltd

With £1B in annual NHS medical negligence claims, the gap between medical trainees and experts is concerning. Using Optomize’s unique eye tracking training tool, trainees have developed more focussed attention and reduced procedure times considerably.

With eight years of eye-tracking experience, Chartered Psychologist Dr. Mel McKendrick leads a strong team, including leading Anaesthetist Professor Graeme McLeod and former head of Instrumentation at NHS Tayside Professor George Corner. With combined clinical and technical expertise, Optomize can change the face of training.

Parkure has the sole mission of finding a cure for Parkinson’s disease by discovering drugs that stop or delay its progression. At a time of a significant focus shift towards new drugs against Parkinson’s, Parkure’s innovative in-vivo drug discovery approach, combined with pre-clinical validation, can address the shortcomings of traditional methods, and allow access to a growing $3.6 billion market through licensing or co-development deals.

Started: 2013 Pre or Post revenue: Pre Current funding: Scottish Enterprise, SMART Feasibility Award/ Gabriel Angel Syndicate Investment for: Investment will enable us to expand our team and equipment to conduct clinical trials, secure license deals and sales.

Started: 2014 Pre or Post revenue: Pre Current funding: Crowdfunding, Scottish Enterprise (SMART), Deepbridge Capital LLP Investment for: Parkure is raising investment in order to do a full scale candidate screen and follow up the best candidates pre-clinically.

www.optomize.solutions

www.parkure.co.uk

Joe Mee e: joe.mee@rbiomedical.com t: +44 (0) 7912 479938

VC Level £250k - £499k

VC Level £250k - £499k

Precidar Diagnostics

R Biomedical

Cervical cancer is caused by infection with Human Papillomavirus. Globally, 110 million women are screened every year with 7-10% sent to clinic for examination, But 2 in 3 of them don’t need any treatment. Precidar Diagnostics are developing a laboratory test that can be used to ‘triage’ screen positive women with true disease without additional clinic visits. Our technology has the potential for wide adoption and will have global impacts in reducing cervical healthcare costs and improving women’s health.

R Biomedical’s aim is to be a major contributor to the drive to provide new cures through Regenerative Medicine Research in partnership with both academics and other major companies. R Biomedical does research, product development and contract services. We specialise in supplying new tools and technologies for regenerative medicine. This includes deriving the highest quality human cells from primary tissue as well as developing optimised serum free culture media and other tools and services to researchers working on regenerative medicine.

Started: 2015 Pre or Post revenue: Pre Current funding: SBRI Funding Investment for: We are seeking investment for company formation and clinical validation of technology.

www.precidardiagnostics.com

Started: 2008 Pre or Post revenue: Post Current funding: Sales and Grants Investment for: New product catalogue release and service provision expansion.

www.rbiomedical.com

Exhibitor - Life Sciences

Ramya Bhatia e: info@precidardiagnostics.com t: +44 (0) 131 2426625

Jeffrey Wright e: jeff.wright@reminova.com t: +44 (0) 7723 061188

Bill Primrose e: bill.primrose@ripptide-pharma.com t: +44 (0) 7788 441945

@ReminovaLtd

@ripptide_pharma

VC

Exhibitor - Life Sciences

VC Level £250k - £499k

Level £500k - £999k

Reminova Ltd

Ripptide Pharma Ltd

A staggering $100 B is spent annually treating tooth decay, the most prevalent epidemic in mankind.

Extraction of rotten teeth is the number one reason for a child under 10 to be in UK hospital overnight every year. Reminova’s transforming dentistry; from the 100 year old drill and fill process, to our treatment that quickly and painlessly rebuilds the natural enamel – no injections, no drilling, no more fear of the dentist – a new paradigm in oral healthcare.

Ripptide is dedicated to the discovery of medicines against diseases with significant markets. Our unique technology creates diverse and novel macrocycles, a new drug class which can target complex diseases and be administered orally. This is protected by two patent family applications. Shareholder value will be created from commercial revenues from discovery alliances with high quality pharmaceutical partners and through the multiple licensing opportunities from the company’s internal discovery programs.

Started: 2014 Pre or Post revenue: Post Current funding: Crowdfunding Investment for: Developing our first products and building our commercial operations.

www.reminova.com

Started: 2015 Pre or Post revenue: Pre Current funding: Grant Investment for: Hire key staff and a management team of industry professionals; develop additional IPR; support revenue generating deals; secure grants to build internal pipeline.

www.ripptide-pharma.com

Chris McCann e: christopher@snap40.com t: +44 (0) 7779 102812 @snap40

VC Level ÂŁ500k - ÂŁ999k

snap40

Started: 2014 Pre or Post revenue: Post Current funding: FFF, Founder, Scottish Enterprise Investment for: The company is raising ÂŁ2.5 million to support sales & marketing, manufacturing and further product R&D.

www.snap40.com

Exhibitor - Life Sciences

snap40, who have already won their first contract, use automated risk analysis to continuously identify the highest and lowest risk patients in hospital and out in the community. Automatic early warning alerts of high risk patients to healthcare staff allows earlier, preventative action to be taken, reducing length of hospital stay and saving lives, whereas low risk patients can be safely maintained at home or discharged from hospital early.

ACT Blade Ltd Paul Jonsen e: p.jonsen@thzpower.com t: +44 (0) 7834 629162

Sabrina Malpede e: s.malpede@actblade.com t: +44 (0) 7919 888654 @ActBlade

Exhibitor - Energy

VC Level >£2m

VC Level >£2m

THz Power

ACT Blade Ltd

THz Power builds high-power, tuneable T-ray amplifiers. T-rays are a disruptive technology that improve speed and bandwidth of scientific instruments and telecommunications. THz Power is brought to you by the world’s number one T-ray amplifier team at the University of Strathclyde and is attracting interest from the largest instrument vendor and leading scientists.

THz Power amplifiers will be in each and every city in the world, providing 1,000 times more speed for the mobile infrastructure of the future.

UK based, ACT Blade Ltd develops the lightest and most controllable wind turbine blade using carbon fibre reinforced structures and textile. By enabling longer blades, the ACT Blade can increase energy production by 10%, reduce the cost of energy by 9% and the CapEx by 90%. ACT Blade is based on the company’s proprietary technology and the experience matured with the design of the fastest boat in the world, the America’s Cup boat. The company targets a total addressable market worth over £6bn per year.

Started: 2016 Pre or Post revenue: Pre Current funding: Leading scientific instrument vendor, Founders Investment for: To build the commercial product.

www.thzpower.com

Started: 2015 Pre or Post revenue: Pre Current funding: Founders Investment for: Over the period 2016-2018, the company will design, test and certify a full scale blade. The required investment is £4.12m.

www.actblade.com

Cognitive Geology Know the Earth. Build the Earth

Dane Ralton e: dane@losstek.com t: +44 (0) 7941 233033

Luke Johnson e: Luke.Johnson@cognitivegeology.com t: +44 (0) 7957 038106

@Losstek

VC Level £250k - £499k

VC Level >£2m

Cognitive Geology

Losstek Ltd

We do one thing, extremely well: we build petroleum geoscience software. This niche market, worth over $4.5 Billion pa, and serviced by a handful of vendors, is ripe for disruption. Our technologies respond to a fundamental change in our customer’s methods of managing oilfield investment uncertainty – replacing workflows 30 years out of date – and the customers love it. With >200 years of combined oil industry, sales, marketing and software development experience, we will deliver the disruption.

Lossteks expertise lies in turning raw data generated by meters and sensors into useful, practical and valuable commercial information. The data sets refer to assets in the field such as electricity transformers, aircraft engines or property such as social housing.

We extend the life of these assets by highlighting the opportunity to defer spend on under-utilised assets or predicting issues and avoiding expensive failures. We are maximising the potential of the Internet of Things, deploying decades of experience in analytics.

Started: 2014 Pre or Post revenue: Pre Current funding: Founders, Grants, SIB Investment for: £2.3MM allows us to expand our development team, build our US base of operations, and take 7 products to market.

Started: 2012 Pre or Post revenue: Pre Current funding: Founders, Shareholder buy in Investment for: To employ data scientists to further develop our offering and refine our applications particularly for energy distribution. Business development.

www.cognitivegeology.com

www.losstek.com

Exhibitor - Energy

@ cognitivegeo

Jim Cargill e: jim@plansea.co.uk

Jeremie Warner e: Jeremie@poweralife.com t: +44 (0) 1506 238485

t: +44 (0) 7514 088766

@poweralifeuk

Exhibitor - Energy

VC Level £500k - £999k

VC Level £100k - £249k

PlanSea Ltd

Power A Life

PlanSea provides offshore fleet optimisation cost efficient scheduling software, previously successfully deployed in other sectors, for the £40 billion annual cost global oil and gas support market. Cost pressures in the industry and calls for collaboration amongst oil companies position the PlanSea software as a key facilitator in such initiatives. The two founders are an oil industry veteran (Jim Cargill) and a Robert Gordon University professor (John McCall) with complementary skills and long experience in their sectors.

Power A Life is changing school children’s lives in Africa. The Company targets ethically minded smartphone users – combining high quality accessories with a unique USP – giving solar lights in Africa with every purchase. The Company launched in 2016 with its first product, the wee PAL charger, which solves the need for on-the-go charging of mobile devices. Power A Life has won a number of accolades, including Scottish EDGE’s wildcard, and has been profiled in National Press and Television.

Started: 2014 Pre or Post revenue: Post Current funding: RGU Venture fund + sweat equity Investment for: To bring software currently in development to a fully market-ready position.

Started: 2015 Pre or Post revenue: Post Current funding: Founders, Grant Investment for: To bring additional product lines to market, develop battery technologies and increase marketing activities to build brand profile.

www.plansea.co.uk

www.poweralife.com

Pas Pallawela e: pas@pmpcontrols.com

Sarah Morgan e: sarah@nano-lit.com t: +44 (0) 7780 992843

t: +44 (0) 131 5690727

@quantumdotsblog

VC Level £250k - £499k

Power Migration Partners Ltd

Nano-Lit Technologies

Power Migration Partners (PMP) has developed a novel flow battery technology to store renewable energy. The core invention is an economical and energy dense rechargeable liquid. Invention has won several awards. Inventor of the product is a former scientist and a lead engineer who worked for General Electric’s (GE) Advanced Technology Group. This flow battery is 4 times cheaper and will work 4 years longer than existing flow batteries. PMP needs funding for further development of the technology.

Light as a material. Light for well-being. Human Centric Lighting is the next big wave in the lighting industry and we are ready to surf it. Four years of sweat equity building relationships across Europe, USA and China with expertise in Nanotechnology, LEDs, IoT and manufacturing. Design and Product led, we are developing lighting products using quantum dots. To date we have received investment from four angels, an R&D contract and a pilot project with a $2 Billion lighting manufacturer.

Started: 2013 Pre or Post revenue: Post Current funding: SMART award, PMP and Pas Pallawela Investment for: We hope to commercialize our product in 2017 and have already started discussions with potential customers. We need £110,000 for product development and a further £350,000 to build a demonstrator.

www.silverhydro.co.uk www.powermigrationpartners.co.uk

Started: 2013 Pre or Post revenue: Post Current funding: Four angels, SMART grant Investment for: Agile product development building Human Centric Lighting data. Scale up.

www.nano-lit.com

Exhibitor - Energy

VC Level £500k - £999k

agency core Matt Davies e: matt@agencycore.co.uk t: +44 (0) 7825 769464

Tom Walkinshaw e: tom@pocketqubeshop.com t: +44 (0) 7784 858329

@ agency_core

@pocketqubeshop

VC Level £250k - £499k

Exhibitor - Information Technology

VC Level £500k - £999k

Agency Core

Alba Orbital

Agency Core is an online business tracking tool designed exclusively for creative agencies. We reward creative teams for tracking their time and delivering on time. We’ve run an agency ourselves so we understand the challenges that creatives face.

We help creatives understand what generates profit; so that they can enjoy the adventure of growing their business. Our mission is to make running an agency simple and enjoyable!

Alba Orbital aims to build the first ever system for tracking oceanic flights from space using the world’s smallest satellites – PocketQubes. We are the world leaders in PocketQube technology and have secured a £150,000 contract to build the European Space Agency’s smallest satellite, Unicorn-1. Fuel savings, safety and process optimisation is the added value to future customers. Our team of 5 FTE have extensive experience in both small satellites and start-ups, and we have already built robust industry connections.

Started: 2014 Pre or Post revenue: Pre Current funding: Founders, Friends and Family, UP Accelerator, Angel Investment Investment for: We are looking for £500k to expand our offering into international markets.

Started: 2012 Pre or Post revenue: Post Current funding: SMART Scotland Grant Investment for: To develop two more PocketQubes as demonstrator satellites to prove data generation to future series A VC and corporate investors.

www.agencycore.co.uk

www.pocketqubeshop.com

Callum Murray e: callum@amiqus.co t: +44 (0) 7894 592687

Leah Hutcheon e: leah@appointedd.com t: +44 (0) 131 5570857 @appointedd

VC Level £100k - £249k

VC Level £1m - £2m

Amiqus

Appointedd

Amiqus are improving access to civil justice with their online tools which resolve complex problems by blending machine learning, open data and expert intervention. In their first 6 months, the team of five have built and launched their first product ‘AmiqusID’ which generates recurring revenues from local and national firms. Amiqus are set to take advantage of recent UK & EU legislation changes and democratize the £15bn dispute resolution market in 2016

Appointedd is an online booking and business management system for independent businesses.

Appointedd enables any business to sell any resource or service, for any amount of time, online on any platform or from any device. Managing staff resources, CRM, automating all marketing and delivering reports on live financial and productivity statistics, Appointedd is the most flexible system on the market. Appointedd is the world’s first cross-timezone booking product, enabling businesses to schedule in several different timezones, booking across timezones intuitively.

Started: 2015 Pre or Post revenue: Post Current funding: Founders, RSE fellowship, Scotedge & The Datalab Investment for: SEIS / EIS round to Increase development team & initial hires for sales & support functions.

Started: 2011 Pre or Post revenue: Post Current funding: Angel Investment for: Appointedd is building relationships to deliver a Series A round in 2017. This will enable us to scale worldwide.

www.amiqus.co

www.appointedd.com

Exhibitor - Information Technology

@amiqus

CITY ROOM RENTALS Nick Findlay e: nfindlay@cityroomrentals.co.uk t: +44 (0) 7868 234050 @CityRoom Rentals

Nikki Th’ng e: nikki@class4kids.co.uk t: +44 (0) 7985 314874 @class4kids

VC Level £250k - £499k

VC Level £500k - £999k

Exhibitor - Information Technology

City Room Rentals

Class4Kids Ltd

City Room Rentals provides an online accommodation platform matching students and universities from around the world with purpose built student accommodation. Our commercial hotel division also provides partners with the expertise to utilise underused assets during vacant summer periods, through peak commercial leisure occupancies, to operate as hotels.

We partner within institutional investors, private providers and leading universities. The founding team have a combined experience of 20 years in senior management in hotel and student accommodation.

Class4Kids is cloud-based software that lets parents book and pay for kids classes online. In less than a year we have processed online payments of over £1,000,000 with early-adopter clients. The potential market is very large, with 150,000 clubs in the UK and millions more internationally. Our small team have a great mix of software, sales and commercial experience and we have recently secured a large national client and started international expansion.

Started: 2014 Pre or Post revenue: Post Current funding: Scottish Young Edge, Digital Scotland Grant, IP Audit- Scottish Enterprise Investment for: We are seeking funding to grow the core team and scale our profitable business model

Started: 2014 Pre or Post revenue: Post Current funding: Founders, FFF, Grant Investment for: Growing our development team and enhancing our sales, support & marketing activities so that we can scale fast.

into European markets in early 2017.

www.cityroomrentals.co.uk

www.bookings.class4kids.co.uk

Jim Goodman e: jim@comcarde.com t: +44 (0) 7922 038868

Vincenz Klemt e: vincenz@mylupo.com t: +44 (0) 7550 002458 @mylupo

VC Level £1m - £2m

VC Level £250k - £499k

Comcarde Ltd

Connect-In Ltd

Comcarde’s Bridge payments software is designed to provide businesses with all of the tools needed for online and in-store commerce. Bridge is set for launch in 2016 with three core products targeting banks and businesses. Comcarde’s management team have a wealth of experience in finance and technology and are supported by expert developers who have produced some of the most successful payment systems in the UK.

Bluetooth Smart™ systems design and integration specialist Connect-In Ltd. innovates for mobile, wearable technologies and the Internet of Things (IoT). Its core product, LUPO, is a personal location tracking system to track taged items from the user’s smartphone. Built on its patented platform technology covering crowd-sourced location services, LUPO provides unparalleled user friendliness, functionality and power efficiency in its segment. With a decade domain experience in wireless communication and international operations, the core team is set for scalability.

Started: 2014 Pre or Post revenue: Pre Current funding: HNWI investment and Government grants (HIE, SMART R&D award) Investment for: Expanding Comcarde’s software development and marketing team for Bridge’s launch in 2016.

www.comcarde.com

Started: 2013 Pre or Post revenue: Post Current funding: Founders, Grant, Angel, Crowdfunding Investment for: Scaling production and distribution channels whilst growing the team (+3) to expand into international markets and innovating from within Scotland.

www.mylupo.com

Exhibitor - Information Technology

@ comcarde_Bridge

Ian Stevenson e: Ian.Stevenson@cyanforensics.com t: +44 (0) 7775 854922 @CyanForensics

Exhibitor - Information Technology

VC Level £1m - £2m

Calum Alexander e: calum@data-science-analytics.com t: +44 (0) 141 6493890

VC Level £100k - £249k

Cyan Forensics

Data Science and Analytics Ltd

Cyan Forensics’ software scans computers for illegal content 100x faster than competitors, doing in minutes what usually takes days. This radically reduces delays and costs in police investigations, helping take dangerous criminals off the streets. We are targeting sectors worth >£200m/year in the rapidly growing Digital Forensics market, estimated at $5bn in 2021.

The team has startup experience, and the CTO is a former police forensic analyst. We have strong support from potential key customers.

Data Science & Analytics aims to use Artifical Intelligence to analyse business information and communication to provide an understanding of how employees interact within an organisation. Large organisations lose millions every year due from poor communications. Staff don’t pass on crucial information or misunderstandings between teams lead to poor decision making, time wasted, delays, & increased costs. “Information flows” is a software platform to understand how staff communicate and to help identify & resolve these problems.

Started: 2016 Pre or Post revenue: Pre Current funding: Investment for: Seed in 2016 for product development, first sales. Series A in 2017 for UK and EU growth, US market entry.

Started: 2015 Pre or Post revenue: Pre Current funding: Founder Investment for: Develop the core team to continue software development, promote awareness of “Information Flows”, and initial customer engagement.

www.cyanforensics.com

www.data-science-analytics.com

Digital Connextions Morag Webster e: morag@theweddingfixers.com t: +44 (0) 7884 356725 @ wedfix

VC Level £100k - £249k

VC Level £250k - £499k

Digital Connextions Ltd

Event Software Ltd

Digital Connextions analytics platform Hiryzr, has been created to tackle youth unemployment and the global skills crisis. It’s data visualisation tools help young people discover what their valuable non academic skills are. In one glance, young people quickly discover and close skill gaps, while finding relevant and desirable job opportunities. 100% of its users have found positive destinations into education, training and employment. Digital Connextions’ customers, including the government, benefit from increased cost effectiveness whilst reducing unemployment.

The Wedding Fixers take the pain out of advertising and managing a wedding business; consumers want instant results, traditional wedding directories just don’t cut it anymore. With The Wedding Fixers’ unique global marketplace, suppliers advertise and manage their business on the go whilst making it easy for their customers to buy products, get real time choices, availability and appointments. It’s like a Booking.com for Weddings. The Wedding Fixers are giving a global industry, worth over £200bn, a well overdue technical make-over.

Started: 2013 Pre or Post revenue: Post Current funding: Founder, Scottish Enterprise SMART Feasibility Funding, Start Global, Make it to Market and Innovation Grants Investment for: Your investment will enable rapid expansion of the team and first mover advantage, by securing multiple pre-contract agreements.

www.digitalconnextions.com

Started: 2014 Pre or Post revenue: Post Current funding: Founder, Grant Investment for: Develop and launch Mobile App, increase customer acquisition and international expansion.

www.theweddingfixers.com

Exhibitor - Information Technology

Kirsty Mitchell e: kirsty.mitchell@digitalconnextions.com t: +44 (0) 7841 097904 @DConnextions

Ben Greenock e: ben@joindouble.com t: +44 (0) 7713 570281

Ann Attridge e: info@klik2learn.com t: +44 (0) 141 3038495

@joindouble

@ klik2learn

Exhibitor - Information Technology

VC Level £1m - £2m

VC Level £100k - £249k

Double

Klik2learn

Double is a location based double dating app that helps people get over the awkwardness, intimidation and safety concerns of online dating. Double allows you to sign up with a friend and get matched with other pairs nearby. From early 2016 we have gone from 4k MAUs to 32k MAUs with over 1 million messages exchanged. We have a dynamic team with a complimentary skill set and are backed by Michael Birch of Bebo and Nick Jenkins of Moonpig.com.

Klik2learn’s expertise and creativity led to the first endorsement of completely digital ESOL course by the Scottish Qualifications Authority. The team’s capacity for innovation and research has now resulted in the development of the Protalk app. This takes the company into new territory with the filing of a patent for a new approach to language learning.

Opportunities are now opening up with major players in the call centre industry for speech analytics and for collaboration in large scale healthcare projects.

Started: 2015 Pre or Post revenue: Pre Current funding: Founders Bootstrap funds, Angel investment Investment for: Increasing our tech and marketing teams, growing our userbase and executing an aggressive rollout across the USA, Europe and Australia.

www.joindouble.com

Started: 2010 Pre or Post revenue: Post Current funding: Syndicate seed funding, Innovate UK grants, Founders Investment for: Company growth internationally in B2B and B2C markets, expansion of the team and commercialisation of the IP.

www.klik2learn.com

Jossie Ellis e: jossie@levima.com t: +44 (0) 7903 262798

Andrew Sykes e: andrew.sykes@loxxly.com t: +44 (0) 7966 551998 @_AndrewSykes

Levima

Loxxly

We simplify business expense management. Our app integrates upfront budget approval with corporate cards. This saves time and money; cutting out reconciliation and manual data entry whilst giving real-time reports. Unlike other services that just retrospectively improve data capture, Levima actively controls spend making it predictable, visible and insightful. With a SMART grant, our core team of 3 has developed and begun trialling a beta app. We are expanding our pilot customers and in discussion with channel partners to go-to-market.

There are millions of SMEs around the world still afraid of ecommerce. They’re afraid because every ecommerce provider in the industry, tells them to throw their site away and start again. Loxxly turns any website, hosted anywhere, built by anyone into an ecommerce platform for free, in minutes. Loxxly is no sale no fee, SaaS Charging 5% commission on every sale. Online retail is the only trillion-dollar industry still growing at 20% per annum. This is your chance to invest!

Started: 2015 Pre or Post revenue: Pre Current funding: Grant Investment for: £150k seed investment to expand our development and marketing team to take the product to market.

www.levima.com

Started: 2015 Pre or Post revenue: Pre Current funding: Investment for: Develop social engagement strategy and build sales pipeline. Integrate and launch fully functional SaaS platform. Acquire first 100 customers.

www.loxxly.com

Exhibitor - Information Technology

VC Level £100k - £249k

VC Level £100k - £249k

Eddie Robb e: eddie@makeitsocial.com t: +44 (0) 7920 016588

Susanne Mitschke e: susanne@mindmate-app.com t: +44 (0) 7931 070881 @MindMateApp

@make_it_social

Exhibitor - Information Technology

VC Level £1m - £2m

VC Level £1m - £2m

Make it Social

MindMate Ltd

Booking anything as a social group is a huge headache. The challenges of organising the group and arranging payments amongst friends leads to on average 25% of group bookings failing to convert for travel and ticketing organisations. Make it Social delivers a solution that integrates directly with the providers website to allow for consumers to invite friends, manage the group and pay individually without leaving the website. We’re making the world a truly social place.

MindMate is an award-winning platform to assist people who live with dementia, their caregivers and family-members. MindMate - Makes people with dementia more independent; - Improves the caring process; and - Gives family-members a greater peace of mind.

In the last 6 months, we gained several ten thousands of monthly active users, which makes MindMate the fastest-growing platform for conditions like dementia and Alzheimer’s. Furthermore, we gained the NHS Trust Greater Glasgow and Clyde as well as a major care home chain in the UK as paying customers, and raised a pre-seed round with Potential VC.

Started: 2013 Pre or Post revenue: Post Current funding: FFF, Angels, Founders Investment for: We’ve proven product market fit and secured major clients. The investment is to grow the business rapidly.

www.makeitsocial.com

Started: 2015 Pre or Post revenue: Post Current funding: ignite100 accelerator fund, Potential VC Angel Syndicate Investment for: MindMate is currently building relationships for a bigger seed-round end of this year, which will help us entering the US market, as well as do further R&D.

www.mindmate-app.com

Graeme Bodys e: graeme@nooq.co t: +44 (0) 7720 558540 @graemebodys

@my1login

VC Level £500k - £999k

VC Level £1m - £2m

My1Login

nooQ

My1Login eliminates the need for users to remember various business passwords. Competitors are largely US-based and with the recent invalidation of the safe harbour legislation this presents an opportunity for European-based Identity Providers such as My1Login. The market is growing rapidly, primarily as a result of large enterprises utilising a mix of cloud, legacy and mobile applications and My1Login is already winning business with large financial services and public sector organisations.

Current communication tools like Yammer & Slack are fun, BUT they are huge distractions and productivity drains. Employees using Slack are spending 10 hours per day chatting on their platform. nooQ has volume controls for your communications. Our customers love being able to turn people up, turn subjects down and even mute. At Socialnow we beat IBM and 3 NASDAQ companies winning all awards including best product, & coolest feature and best fit for my organisation.

Started: 2012 Pre or Post revenue: Post Current funding: Founder, Angels, Angel Syndicates Investment for: My1Login have tested and proved a highly-effective marketing strategy that is delivering enterprise sales. We are now seeking to scale this approach.

Started: 2012 Pre or Post revenue: Post Current funding: Self funded thru founders, Scottish Edge award and grants Investment for: We need investment to grow sales, marketing and customer support.

www.my1login.com

www.nooq.co

Exhibitor - Information Technology

Mike Newman e: mike@my1login.com t: +44 (0) 141 4270454

Carlos Labra e: carlos.labra@particle-analytics.com t: +44 (0) 131 4724809

Kirsten Lord e: kirsten.lord@physiomedics.com t: +44 (0) 7789 812612

Exhibitor - Information Technology

VC Level £500k - £999k

VC Level £250k - £499k

Particle Analytics

PhysioMedics Ltd

Particle Analytics is an engineering software company.

We develop solutions for the pre- and postprocessing, visualisation and analysis of numerical simulations of particulate and bulk solids. Our software is used in industry to significantly improve efficiency and reduce costs in the design and optimisation of processes and machines that handle such materials. Sales of our Early Adopter licence have already been made to 4 global multi billion organisations and partnerships agreed with leading partners in the sector.

12.5% of all employee absenteeism is due to back pain. Our product reduces this. PhysioWizard is the worlds first, CE-marked & clinically validated software platform that reduces absenteeism. We simplify the management of back pain, replace many of the roles of GPs & Physiotherapists, and are changing the way employees are treated globally. With letters of intent from national and global occupational/healthcare providers and our prototype built, we are ready to launch. Future investors – come and see us at our stand to find out the latest medtech opportunity.

Started: 2015 Pre or Post revenue: Post Current funding: Founders, Grant, VC Investment for: Accelerated growth of sales and support teams to drive revenue and develop a commercial strategy for international markets.

www.particle-analytics.com

Started: 2010 Pre or Post revenue: Pre Current funding: Corporate loan, Founder Investment for: Product development, Team Growth, and Implementation & Support for Early Adoption Trials.

www.physiowizard.com

Rebecca Pick e: rebecca.pick@pickprotection.com t: +44 (0) 141 3038206

@RoboticalLtd

VC Level £100k - £249k

VC Level £250k - £499k

Pick Protection

Robotical Ltd

There are 6 million lone workers in the UK. Only 5% of these are given any kind of lone worker protection yet companies have a legal obligation to protect their employees. The Personal Guardian is a personal attack and lone worker alarm. When launched in July 2016 the Personal Guardian will be the smallest, most cost effective lone worker alarm on the market with an industry leading 12 month battery.

We make educational robots to inspire and engage the next generation of engineers and scientists. Our lead product is a patent pending low cost walking robot that’s more than a toy. Fully programmable and customizable, perfect for kids and parents, makers, and educators to learn about electronics, mechanical design, 3D printing and robotics. Robotical’s founder Alexander Enoch has a PhD in robotics and a Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Fellowship.

Started: 2014 Pre or Post revenue: Pre Current funding: Angel Investment/SIB Investment for: Pick Protection is seeking £250,000 to develop version 2 of the Personal Guardian.

www.pickprotection.com

Started: 2015 Pre or Post revenue: Pre Current funding: Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Fellowship Investment for: To grow the company by hiring staff, and to get the best product to market in the best time frame.

www.robotical.io

Exhibitor - Information Technology

@PickProtection

Alexander Enoch e: alexander@robotical.io t: +44 (0) 7734 877324

Mike Boyd e: mike@riplnews.net t: +44 (0) 7834 339497

Ian Bian e: ian.bain@sensor-works.com t: +44 (0) 1506 592356

@RiplNews

@SensorWorks

Exhibitor - Information Technology

VC Level £100k - £249k

VC Level £250k - £499k

Ripl News

Sensor-Works Ltd

Ripl News is reinventing the news for the smartphone generation. Shortlisted for Virgin Media’s Pitch to Rich 2015, their social app crowdsources news, harnessing the ripple effect to share the biggest stories fast.

Collaborative reporting, location based notifications and viral mechanics are used to make the news faster, more engaging and told from more perspectives than ever before. Fresh out of the UP Accelerator’s first Edinburgh cohort, Ripl entered Beta late last year and has been growing steadily ever since.

Using Bluetooth wireless sensors, Data Analytics and the Industrial Internet of Things, Sensor-Works has developed an innovative, flexible and cost-effective solution to machine health monitoring, applicable to many industries. Wireless sensors and the IIoT is a huge business opportunity. With initial sales at home and abroad combined with 25+ years market experience, the company is seeking investment to take advantage of the opportunity, by developing its commercial operations, driving sales into blue chip organisations and creating a multi-million pound business.

Started: 2014 Pre or Post revenue: Pre Current funding: Investment for: Seed investment for additional staff, continued app development and audience acquisition throughout the UK.

www.ripl.news

Started: 2014 Pre or Post revenue: Post Current funding: Founders and SMART Grant Investment for: Strengthen the management team and resource the business to drive sales growth into blue chip customers.

www.sensor-works.com

Gordon MacGregor e: gordon@spotsensors.com t: +44 (0) 7753 621691

Kevin Walker e: kevin@sixbysix.co.uk t: +44 (0) 141 4134020 @ the6by6

@spotsensors.com

SixBySix

Spotsen

SixBySix build innovative eCommerce solutions, particularly system integrations, and have worked with a broad range of clients including Tesco, Financial Times and Sports Direct. We are working on a product to improve the consumer experience and merchant marketing capabilities of high street retail. We have a fast route to market through a Telefonica partner to a display and free WiFi network covering 4,500 sites in Spain and we’re trialling in the UK and in a flagship department store in Barcelona.

Our vision is to revolutionise the way we see, and respond to, the environment around us. We have developed low cost, low power, environmental sensor devices that monitor air quality, UV strength, weather conditions, temperature, humidity, movement and vibration. Our products communicate wirelessly with smart devices for personal, business and city-wide sensing using Bluetooth SMART, BLE Mesh and LPWA Networks. Our highly skilled team has developed targeted applications and use cases for IoT, leisure, home, office and transport.

Started: 2014 Pre or Post revenue: Post Current funding: Founders Investment for: We seek investment to expand our research team and to buy additional hardware for field trials.

www.sixbysix.co.uk

Started: 2014 Pre or Post revenue: Pre Current funding: Founders, Grant Investment for: Commercialisation for our AirSpot and SunSpot products during 2016/17.

www.spotsensors.com

Exhibitor - Information Technology

VC Level £250k - £499k

VC Level £100k - £249k

Cameron Graham e: cameron@storii.com t: +44 (0) 7949 231619

Andrew Duncan e: andrew@swarmonline.com t: +44 (0) 3301 222800

@StoriiPlatform

@SwarmOnline

Exhibitor - Information Technology

VC Level £1m - £2m

VC Level £500k - £999k

Storii

SwarmOnline Ltd

Storii is changing the way we store memories and interact with loved ones in care. Their B2B and B2C platforms enable families and carers to collaborate, logging videos, images, and audio recordings to build a person’s life story. Storii has received support from tech giant Apple, and aims to be a major player in the care and private social networking market. The platform is being piloted by large care providers before a public launch this summer.

SwarmOnline are at the hive of the connected world. We help businesses and consumers connect their lives in new and innovative ways. We use a combination of cloud, mobile and web technologies to build solutions that connect vehicles, houses, employees and consumers. Our latest cloud product, SwarmConnect, enables consumers to connect directly with their smart meter to monitor energy consumption in realtime and view important information on their smart phone, tablet or TV.

Started: 2014 Pre or Post revenue: Pre Current funding: SMART Award, Private Investment, Grant Funding, The Santander Digital Pitching Competition Investment for: Financing further development, server costs, expansion of our development + marketing team and to support our Summer public launch.

www.storii.com

Started: 2011 Pre or Post revenue: Post Current funding: Founder Investment for: For product development, expansion to far east for manufacturing and marketing within energy sector.

www.swarmonline.com

Colin Gray e: colin@thepodcasthost.com t: +44 (0) 3300 010854 @thepodcasthost

@SymbaSync

VC Level <£100k

VC Level £100k - £249k

SymbaSync

The Podcast Host Ltd

SymbaSync, the Match.com for jobs, allows organizations and prospects to weight and rank key preferences including ALL skill and task history, education, workplace culture, management style, test scores, and more. SymbaSync’s LIVEMatch creates percentage matches, e-mailing the details to top prospects, allowing them to click to express interest.

Our Founder/CEO grew up in recruiting and has built & exited other companies. Our CTO is from the School of Infomatics. Together we provide the wisdom and energy to commercialize SymbaSync globally.

Podcasting generates huge amounts of attention, trust and credibility, and it’s now starting to hit the mainstream. Businesses, however, are struggling to take advantage. The process is technical and there’s no ‘one way’ to podcast. We build upon our founder’s doctorate in online education and extensive experience in podcasting to create compelling, effective courses which help podcasters grow. For businesses we offer a one-stop solution which takes the technical process off your hands. We make podcasting easy for anyone.

Started: 2012 Pre or Post revenue: Pre Current funding: Founders Investment for: We seek investment to compliment grant funding for additional development team members, securing beta partners, and commercialization by Fall 2017.

Started: 2015 Pre or Post revenue: Post Current funding: Investment for: A content marketing tool which enables simple production and huge cross-medium repurposing value, allowing any business to produce prolific content.

www.SymbaSync.com

www.ThePodcastHost.com

Exhibitor - Information Technology

Joseph McElmeel e: joseph@SymbaSync.com t: +44 (0) 7518 407403

Stephen Pearce e: steve@tickx.co.uk t: +44 (0) 7801 843224 @tickx_

Michael Groves e: michael.groves@topolytics.com t: +44 (0) 7798 892045 @topolytics

VC Level £500k - £999k

Exhibitor - Information Technology

VC Level £1m - £2m

TickX

Topolytics

TickX, the event ticket search engine, is a rapidly growing tech start-up backed by Ministry of Sound.

Comparing prices from 20 leading ticket sellers to find you the best deals on over 50,000 club nights, gigs, festivals, sports, theatre and comedy shows. Our aim is to become the ‘Skyscanner’ of event ticketing.

Since launching we’ve been featured in Virgin’s young entrepreneurs to watch, Musically’s top 20 start-ups and now have over 18,000 event goers using our platforms each month.

Topolytics is an environmental smart grid for business – harnessing the power of geography to make commercial waste, emissions and resource use visible and actionable. Our software combines mapping with real-time sensor-driven data to allow corporates to visualise, analyse and share their performance instantly and powerfully. Our combination of data, geography and reporting is a unique offer in an already significant compliance driven market. One of TechRepublic’s top ten cleantech start-ups and named UK’s best environmental management technology in 2016.

Started: 2014 Pre or Post revenue: Post Current funding: Angel Investment for: We’re seeking investment so that we can accelerate our growth in the UK and further develop our tech.

Started: 2013 Pre or Post revenue: Post Current funding: Grants Investment for: Product and channel management, outbound and inbound marketing, partnership and user-group development, UK and international sales.

www.tickx.co.uk

www.topolytics.com

Pippa Gardner e: pippa.gardner@urbantide.com t: +44 (0) 7967 188513

Alistair Campbell e: alistair.campbell@wearesure.co.uk t: +44 (0) 7701 326922 @wearesure.co.uk

VC Level £1m - £2m

VC Level £100k - £249k

Urban Tide

We Are Sure Limited

There is an Urban Tide happening. The world is undergoing the largest wave of urban growth in history as more people choose to live in cities. The team at Urban Tide has a world-leading track record in the global smart cities marketplace (estimated at $1.5TN by 2020) and a top-quality Chief Technology Officer leading development of the next generation U~SMART data platform. U~SMART shares, integrates, analyses and ultimately opens up city data to make smarter, sustainable and more liveable cities for everyone.

We Are Sure Limited provides simple, easy to use online financial transactional systems. We bring solutions to market in months not years, dramatically reducing the cost and risk. Current clients include Sports Direct Insurance, Get Sure Travel Insurance and FloodExcess.com. We are looking for an investment partner to help us develop our software to the next level. Ideally we are looking for a partner who can also provide us with market credibility and channels to prospective clients.

Started: 2014 Pre or Post revenue: Post Current funding: SMART: Scotland Feasibility Study Grant plus Founders Investment Investment for: Scaling-up the U~SMART data platform for sale to identified urban areas within the global smart cities marketplace.

www.urbantide.com

Started: 2012 Pre or Post revenue: Pre Current funding: Founders Investment for: The investment will create a configurable software toolset that improves our productivity and ability to enter new markets.

www.wearesure.co.uk

Exhibitor - Information Technology

@urbantide

Petros Papapanagiotou e: petros@workflowfm.com t: +44 (0)

Alex McAndrew e: alex@yavi.co t: +44 (0) 7778 205651

@WorkflowFM

VC Level £500k - £999k

Exhibitor - Information Technology

VC Level £100k - £249k

WorkflowFM

Yavi

Health and social carers have to follow tens of pages of guidelines or work with limited documentation.

They end up with error-prone practices, such as post-it notes, raising NHS costs due to preventable errors to £2.5bn annually. Our smart technology allows the formal recording of policies, guidelines, and best practices as diagrammatic workflows in a simple but verified way to improve everyday care provision. We focus on a partner strategy and a route to market through large Health IT vendors.

Yavi is a messaging platform that connects shift workers with their teams and employers, putting all important work information at their fingertips. We’re a team of eight spun-out of the company that made the apps for Skyscanner and FanDuel; creating worldclass product experiences is our bread and butter.

Through a product designed to delight workers, supported by our proprietary IP, we are able to give employers (eg. global retailers or fast food chains) a single channel to reach their staff.

Started: Pre or Post revenue: Pre Investment for: Expanding the team to scale up product and business development and gain further market and partner traction.

www.workflowfm.com

Started: 2015 Pre or Post revenue: Pre Current funding: Incubated within Kotikan, including a SMART grant, Founders Investment for: Bring product to market, begin monetisation, and prepare for growth.

www.yavi.co

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Life Sciences 1 Edinburgh Molecular Imaging Ltd 2 Epipole Ltd 3 HI INNOVATION 4 Innovative Healthcare Solutions 5 Kajeka Ltd 6 Freedom One Life 7 Neurocentrx pharma Ltd 8 Optomize Ltd 9 Parkure Ltd 10 Precidar Diagnostics 11 R Biomedical 12 Reminova Ltd 13 Ripptide Pharma Ltd 14 snap40 Energy 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

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Information Technology 23 Agency Core 24 Alba Orbital 25 Amiqus 26 Appointedd 27 City Room Rentals 28 Class4Kids Ltd

29 Comcarde Ltd 30 Connect-In Ltd 31 Cyan Forensics 32 Data Science and Analytics Ltd 33 Digital Connextions Ltd 34 Event Software Ltd 35 Double 36 Klik2learn 37 Levima 38 Loxxly 39 Make it Social 40 MindMate Ltd 41 My1Login 42 nooQ 43 Particle Analytics 44 PhysioMedics Ltd 45 Pick Protection 46 Ripl News 47 Robotical Ltd 48 Sensor-Works Ltd 49 SixBySix 50 Spotsen 51 Storii 52 SwarmOnline Ltd 53 SymbaSync 54 The Podcast Host Ltd 55 TickX 56 Topolytics 57 Urban Tide 58 We Are Sure Limited 59 WorkflowFM 60 Yavi

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