IQ-AI specializes in improving patient care through affordable, innovative medical imaging diagnostics, utilizing proven technologies to provide reliable clinical solutions that simplify the diagnostic process for healthcare providers.
Autins Group plc, established in 1966 and headquartered in Rugby, UK, is an investment holding company specializing in the design, manufacture, and supply of acoustic and thermal insulation solutions. Primarily serving the automotive sector, both in the UK and internationally, Autins offers a range of materials such as non-woven PET/PP, thermoplastics, polyurethane, and laminates. Their services include manufacturing, conversion, tooling, component design and testing, along with technical support like acoustics and thermal expertise, bespoke solutions, and program management. While automotive is their core market, Autins also caters to sectors like white goods, power generation, construction, marine, and others, contributing to lighter, quieter, more thermally efficient, and environmentally friendly products.
Pharm2Farm
Venture Round in 2019
Pharm2Farm specializes in enhancing nanoparticle performance across various applications. It produces functionalized nanoparticles to boost trace mineral absorption in plant fertilizers, improving crop yields and developing antiviral face masks.
Paraytec Limited
Acquisition in 2018
Founded in 2005, Paraytec Limited designs, develops, manufactures, and distributes solutions for pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical applications. It offers a range of products including ActiPix UV imaging systems, Viscosizer TD for conformational stability analysis, Sirius SDI for surface dissolution imaging, PrinCE Next|800 capillary electrophoresis system, and ActiPix D100 UV area imaging system. The company also provides contract research services.
Gyrometric Systems
Venture Round in 2017
Gyrometric Systems Limited specializes in designing and developing advanced shaft monitoring systems, focusing on the analysis of rotating shafts across various applications. The company offers technologies such as Incremental Motion Encoders, which utilize multiple sensors, and remote monitoring systems that transmit data to cloud storage via satellite communications. These innovations provide detailed predictions of potential mechanical failures, enhancing protection for a range of industries, including marine, energy, manufacturing, and engineering. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in Nottingham, United Kingdom, Gyrometric Systems Limited aims to improve operational efficiency and reduce costs by safeguarding drive-trains from overload and asymmetry damage, thus enabling businesses to optimize performance and minimize maintenance needs.
Kirkstall
Venture Round in 2016
Founded in 2006, Kirkstall is a biotechnology company dedicated to advancing human-relevant science. It specializes in developing interconnected cell culture flow systems, enabling researchers to test drugs on living tissues and reducing the need for animal testing.
Comparameglio.it
Venture Round in 2013
Comparameglio.it (formerly Comparafinanza.it) is the new reference point for those who want to save time and money in search of the cheaper insurance .
mLED
Venture Round in 2012
mLED Limited is a developer and manufacturer of gallium nitride micropixellated light-emitting diode (LED) array systems, headquartered in Glasgow, United Kingdom. The company specializes in micro-LED technology, providing system integrators with the tools necessary to create both prototype and production units for various sectors, including industrial, medical, and commercial applications. mLED's technology supports customized light patterns based on pixel layout and addressing, as well as tailored wavelengths, offering solutions that can deliver continuous pulsed or modulated light patterns.
Neon Capital Partners
Acquisition in 2012
Neon Capital Partners Ltd. is an FSA regulated fund manager. Established in 2010, Neon Capital operates from offices in Barnsley and Leeds and manages the £48m Finance Yorkshire Equity Fund.
AppShare is a technology company that emerged from the University of Strathclyde in 2008, specializing in web application technology. It offers a unique collaboration platform known as ePlace, which facilitates secure communication and application sharing across various locations. AppShare's development is protected by patents, positioning it as a leader in scalable and secure collaborative solutions. By leveraging its innovative technology, AppShare aims to significantly enhance web collaboration on a global scale.
Conjunct Ltd. is a company based in Livingston, United Kingdom, that specializes in designing and developing advanced transceiver modules utilizing Fibre-Lyte technology for high-speed optical communications. Established in 2004, Conjunct's innovative Fibre-Lyte glass substrate technology encapsulates optical waveguides, enabling the production of specialized thin film metallization. The company offers a range of products, including 4x25G and 4x10G transceiver modules, as well as 300G and 400G transceivers, which are applicable in various fields such as active optical cables, data storage, high-performance computing I/O interfaces, and ASIC/FPGA optical interfaces. Additionally, Conjunct provides Dynamic Serial Optical Interconnect (DSOI) solutions that facilitate the integration of optics into FPGA-based systems, serving diverse applications from cable extension to digital cinema. The company also extends its expertise through transceiver design and consultancy services, contributing to enhanced connectivity in storage area networks, local area networks, and network-attached storage systems.
Design LED Products
Funding Round in 2011
Design LED Products designs and manufactures LED lighting tiles and related lighting systems. The company develops LED light tiles that integrate optical resins and films, with features covering optical, electrical, beam angle and mechanical aspects, and applies these in architectural, retail and automotive backlighting, signage, and shelf lighting applications. Its products support customizable optics and light distributions across tile surfaces, enabling targeted beam control and design flexibility for various environments. Headquartered in Livingston, United Kingdom, the company was incorporated in 2003 and has pursued an international market presence, serving customers worldwide through integrated lighting solutions.
Tayside Flow Technologies
Venture Round in 2010
Tayside Flow Technologies is a medical devices company, engages in the research, development, and commercialization of vascular devices based on an understanding of blood flow dynamics. It develops Spiral Laminar Flow technology to help restore the body’s natural method of transporting blood in situations where own vessels need to be replaced by prosthetic vascular grafts to repair diseased veins and arteries.
Traak Systems
Venture Round in 2010
Traak Systems Ltd., founded in 2005 and based in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, specializes in real-time predictive analytics for intelligent mobility solutions. The company develops the Traak Analytics Platform, which delivers predictive analytics, and offers various tools including ONEtraak, a user-friendly dashboard and inquiry interface, RIGHTtraak, a solution for data review, audit, and cleansing, and ONtraak, which provides cloud hosting and related services. Traak Systems focuses on high-performance complex event processing tailored for the RFID and sensor network markets, utilizing optimized techniques to manage raw data efficiently and mitigate the risks of data overload associated with advanced technologies.
AppShare
Private Equity Round in 2010
AppShare is a technology company that emerged from the University of Strathclyde in 2008, specializing in web application technology. It offers a unique collaboration platform known as ePlace, which facilitates secure communication and application sharing across various locations. AppShare's development is protected by patents, positioning it as a leader in scalable and secure collaborative solutions. By leveraging its innovative technology, AppShare aims to significantly enhance web collaboration on a global scale.
mLED Limited is a developer and manufacturer of gallium nitride micropixellated light-emitting diode (LED) array systems, headquartered in Glasgow, United Kingdom. The company specializes in micro-LED technology, providing system integrators with the tools necessary to create both prototype and production units for various sectors, including industrial, medical, and commercial applications. mLED's technology supports customized light patterns based on pixel layout and addressing, as well as tailored wavelengths, offering solutions that can deliver continuous pulsed or modulated light patterns.
Conjunct Ltd. is a company based in Livingston, United Kingdom, that specializes in designing and developing advanced transceiver modules utilizing Fibre-Lyte technology for high-speed optical communications. Established in 2004, Conjunct's innovative Fibre-Lyte glass substrate technology encapsulates optical waveguides, enabling the production of specialized thin film metallization. The company offers a range of products, including 4x25G and 4x10G transceiver modules, as well as 300G and 400G transceivers, which are applicable in various fields such as active optical cables, data storage, high-performance computing I/O interfaces, and ASIC/FPGA optical interfaces. Additionally, Conjunct provides Dynamic Serial Optical Interconnect (DSOI) solutions that facilitate the integration of optics into FPGA-based systems, serving diverse applications from cable extension to digital cinema. The company also extends its expertise through transceiver design and consultancy services, contributing to enhanced connectivity in storage area networks, local area networks, and network-attached storage systems.
NXVISION
Venture Round in 2009
NXVision, based in Dunfermline, Scotland, was founded in August 2006 as Inxstor Ltd. The company specializes in digital media software, focusing on innovative solutions for video content delivery. It has developed proprietary technology that enables any Internet-connected device or mobile phone to access and display content from a home set-top box or Internet-connected television. NXVision has quickly established itself as a prominent supplier of set-top box applications, offering comprehensive place-shifting and sideloading solutions that ensure secure and efficient video streaming.
Pyreos
Venture Round in 2009
Pyreos Limited is a UK-based company specializing in the development of infrared sensor array products. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Edinburgh, Pyreos utilizes patented thin film pyro-electric ceramic technology to create a range of infrared sensors applicable in various fields. The company's product offerings include bare die arrays, packaged components, and custom arrays designed for motion and occupancy detection, flame detection, people counting, gas analysis, spectroscopy, and infrared camera applications. Pyreos focuses on three primary markets—food safety, gas detection, and fuel/oil condition monitoring—where its compact and high-performance sensors operate in the mid-infrared spectrum, allowing for precise identification of material molecular compositions.
Inkopo
Acquisition in 2009
Inkopo offers a range of finance and consultancy services for technology investments.
Traak Systems
Seed Round in 2009
Traak Systems Ltd., founded in 2005 and based in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, specializes in real-time predictive analytics for intelligent mobility solutions. The company develops the Traak Analytics Platform, which delivers predictive analytics, and offers various tools including ONEtraak, a user-friendly dashboard and inquiry interface, RIGHTtraak, a solution for data review, audit, and cleansing, and ONtraak, which provides cloud hosting and related services. Traak Systems focuses on high-performance complex event processing tailored for the RFID and sensor network markets, utilizing optimized techniques to manage raw data efficiently and mitigate the risks of data overload associated with advanced technologies.
Pufferfish
Seed Round in 2009
Pufferfish is a leader in digital display technology, specializing in innovative visualization and engagement solutions. The company has developed a range of products, including the world's first commercial interactive sphere and hemispherical displays, complemented by a robust proprietary software platform. Pufferfish's technology enhances the way clients interact with and understand information, featuring capabilities such as browser-based control firmware and interactivity solutions. Their clientele includes prominent organizations across various industries, such as AT&T, Audi, and IBM, and their products have been deployed in over 40 countries. With a strong reputation for premium solutions, Pufferfish also offers application and content development services to ensure effective communication of data and stories.
Tayside Flow Technologies
Venture Round in 2009
Tayside Flow Technologies is a medical devices company, engages in the research, development, and commercialization of vascular devices based on an understanding of blood flow dynamics. It develops Spiral Laminar Flow technology to help restore the body’s natural method of transporting blood in situations where own vessels need to be replaced by prosthetic vascular grafts to repair diseased veins and arteries.
Biopta
Funding Round in 2008
Biopta Ltd. is a contract research organization based in Glasgow, United Kingdom, specializing in human tissue-based services for the pharmaceutical industry. Founded in 2002, the company utilizes ethically donated residual human tissue from surgeries to predict drug activity prior to clinical trials. Biopta provides a range of services, including laboratory and comparative pharmacology, clinical biopsies, and both in-vitro and ex-vivo techniques. Their expertise spans several therapeutic areas, offering services related to cardiac, vascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, human absorption, skin, and genitourinary functions. In addition, Biopta maintains a catalogue of human functional tissue assays, which includes various standard assays. The organization operates laboratories in Glasgow and Maryland and functions as a subsidiary of ReproCELL, Inc. since December 2015.
Spiral Gateway
Series C in 2008
Spiral Gateway is a fabless semiconductor chip vendor with products that are designed to enhance flexibility and performance in the Image Signal Processing (ISP) market.
The company was formed in 2004 as a spinout from the University of Edinburgh and holds exclusive rights to RICA (Reconfigurable Instruction Cell Architecture), a novel processing architecture and associated tool chain. This technology has the potential to achieve cost & performance points for existing signal processing functions, directly comparable with fixed function custom hardware, whilst offering the significant additional benefit of high degrees of flexibility through software programmability.
Cascade Technologies
Venture Round in 2008
Cascade Technologies offers a number of products that allow for monitoring of greenhouse
and general industrial emissions, hazardous gases, explosives
and drugs.
Elonics Limited, a fabless mixed-signal semiconductor company, specializes in the development and supply of multi-band radio frequency (RF) integrated circuit (IC) products in the United Kingdom. It offers E4000, a family of integrated multi-band RF tuner ICs implemented in CMOS for digital TV and radio broadcast receiver solutions. The company also provides custom silicon design and ASIC development services. Its CMOS multi-band RF tuners targeted at the reception of digital TV and radio, including DVB-T/H, ISDB-T, T-DMB, ISDB-T, DTMB, DAB/DAB+, and FM radio broadcast standards. The company's products focus on mobile phone and home consumer electronics markets internationally. Elonics Limited was founded in 2003 and is based in Livingston, the United Kingdom.
Pyreos
Convertible Note in 2007
Pyreos Limited is a UK-based company specializing in the development of infrared sensor array products. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Edinburgh, Pyreos utilizes patented thin film pyro-electric ceramic technology to create a range of infrared sensors applicable in various fields. The company's product offerings include bare die arrays, packaged components, and custom arrays designed for motion and occupancy detection, flame detection, people counting, gas analysis, spectroscopy, and infrared camera applications. Pyreos focuses on three primary markets—food safety, gas detection, and fuel/oil condition monitoring—where its compact and high-performance sensors operate in the mid-infrared spectrum, allowing for precise identification of material molecular compositions.
Traak Systems
Seed Round in 2007
Traak Systems Ltd., founded in 2005 and based in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, specializes in real-time predictive analytics for intelligent mobility solutions. The company develops the Traak Analytics Platform, which delivers predictive analytics, and offers various tools including ONEtraak, a user-friendly dashboard and inquiry interface, RIGHTtraak, a solution for data review, audit, and cleansing, and ONtraak, which provides cloud hosting and related services. Traak Systems focuses on high-performance complex event processing tailored for the RFID and sensor network markets, utilizing optimized techniques to manage raw data efficiently and mitigate the risks of data overload associated with advanced technologies.
NXVISION
Venture Round in 2007
NXVision, based in Dunfermline, Scotland, was founded in August 2006 as Inxstor Ltd. The company specializes in digital media software, focusing on innovative solutions for video content delivery. It has developed proprietary technology that enables any Internet-connected device or mobile phone to access and display content from a home set-top box or Internet-connected television. NXVision has quickly established itself as a prominent supplier of set-top box applications, offering comprehensive place-shifting and sideloading solutions that ensure secure and efficient video streaming.
Edinburgh Robotics
Series B in 2007
Edinburgh Robotics Limited was founded in 2005 by Joe Halliwell and Nils Roeder, two former researchers who maintain their close relationship with the University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh Robotics built their development platform to integrate experiences from mobile robotics to help accelerating intelligent system and robotic application development.
EctoPharma
Venture Round in 2007
EctoPharma is virtual pharmaceutical company focused on commercialising patented technologies by developing new medicines which address unmet therapeutic needs in major markets. The company is currently conducting R&D work into a novel gene therapy which may have the potential to help the treatment of several forms of cancer.
NiTech Solutions
Venture Round in 2007
NiTech Solutions Ltd. is a company based in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, specializing in the design and provision of continuous oscillatory baffled reactors and tubular reactors. Founded in 2003, it focuses on enhancing processes in crystallization, biodiesel production, hydrogenation, polymerization, and the synthesis of pharmaceutical active ingredients. The company excels in mixing technologies applicable to liquid-liquid, liquid-solid, liquid-gas, and liquid-solid-gas processes across various sectors, including chemicals, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, waste management, and food and beverages. By leveraging innovative baffled reactor technology, NiTech Solutions aims to facilitate the transition from batch to continuous processing, thereby improving operational efficiency, reducing costs, minimizing energy consumption, and enhancing product quality for its clients. The team comprises experts in process design, chemistry, chemical engineering, and reaction engineering, which allows the company to successfully deliver significant process improvements and develop innovative solutions tailored to client needs.
MicroStencil
Series B in 2006
MicroStencil specializes in the manufacturing of precision microengineered electroformed parts tailored for diverse applications in the microelectronics field. The company produces high-resolution nickel electroformed stencils, meshes, evaporation and shadow masks, as well as filters, membranes, optical components, and dual-layer metal foils. Its product offerings also include microembossing tools, injection molding inserts, and emulsion on glass plates or photomasks. MicroStencil employs a novel fabrication process that allows for the creation of ultra-fine electrical and mechanical connections, catering to a range of demanding applications. The company provides comprehensive technical support, including design assistance and rapid prototyping, to help clients optimize their projects and facilitate volume production.
Cascade Technologies
Series B in 2006
Cascade Technologies offers a number of products that allow for monitoring of greenhouse
and general industrial emissions, hazardous gases, explosives
and drugs.
Design LED Products
Venture Round in 2006
Design LED Products designs and manufactures LED lighting tiles and related lighting systems. The company develops LED light tiles that integrate optical resins and films, with features covering optical, electrical, beam angle and mechanical aspects, and applies these in architectural, retail and automotive backlighting, signage, and shelf lighting applications. Its products support customizable optics and light distributions across tile surfaces, enabling targeted beam control and design flexibility for various environments. Headquartered in Livingston, United Kingdom, the company was incorporated in 2003 and has pursued an international market presence, serving customers worldwide through integrated lighting solutions.
Edinburgh Robotics
Series A in 2006
Edinburgh Robotics Limited was founded in 2005 by Joe Halliwell and Nils Roeder, two former researchers who maintain their close relationship with the University of Edinburgh. Edinburgh Robotics built their development platform to integrate experiences from mobile robotics to help accelerating intelligent system and robotic application development.
NXVISION
Venture Round in 2006
NXVision, based in Dunfermline, Scotland, was founded in August 2006 as Inxstor Ltd. The company specializes in digital media software, focusing on innovative solutions for video content delivery. It has developed proprietary technology that enables any Internet-connected device or mobile phone to access and display content from a home set-top box or Internet-connected television. NXVision has quickly established itself as a prominent supplier of set-top box applications, offering comprehensive place-shifting and sideloading solutions that ensure secure and efficient video streaming.
MicroStencil
Series A in 2005
MicroStencil specializes in the manufacturing of precision microengineered electroformed parts tailored for diverse applications in the microelectronics field. The company produces high-resolution nickel electroformed stencils, meshes, evaporation and shadow masks, as well as filters, membranes, optical components, and dual-layer metal foils. Its product offerings also include microembossing tools, injection molding inserts, and emulsion on glass plates or photomasks. MicroStencil employs a novel fabrication process that allows for the creation of ultra-fine electrical and mechanical connections, catering to a range of demanding applications. The company provides comprehensive technical support, including design assistance and rapid prototyping, to help clients optimize their projects and facilitate volume production.
Biopta Ltd. is a contract research organization based in Glasgow, United Kingdom, specializing in human tissue-based services for the pharmaceutical industry. Founded in 2002, the company utilizes ethically donated residual human tissue from surgeries to predict drug activity prior to clinical trials. Biopta provides a range of services, including laboratory and comparative pharmacology, clinical biopsies, and both in-vitro and ex-vivo techniques. Their expertise spans several therapeutic areas, offering services related to cardiac, vascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal, human absorption, skin, and genitourinary functions. In addition, Biopta maintains a catalogue of human functional tissue assays, which includes various standard assays. The organization operates laboratories in Glasgow and Maryland and functions as a subsidiary of ReproCELL, Inc. since December 2015.
Wolfson Microelectronics
Venture Round in 1999
Wolfson Microelectronics specialises in the design and supply of advanced audio solutions for consumer electronics. Its product portfolio includes audio hubs, silicon MEMS microphones, power management ICs, and noise cancellation technologies. These components enable Wolfson's global customers to enhance their digital products' audio capabilities, fostering unique user experiences across various devices such as smartphones, tablets, televisions, and gaming consoles.