British Design Fund

Water Kinetics is a pioneering pipe manufacturing company that focuses on revolutionizing the plumbing industry. It achieves this by integrating advanced science and innovative engineering solutions into its water delivery systems. The company's flagship product, the Eco-duo pipe system, offers significant advantages: it retains water temperature effectively, consumes only half the energy of traditional systems, reduces installation time, and importantly, provides robust protection against water-borne pathogens such as Legionella, ensuring the safety of users.

Untap Health develops a real-time wastewater monitoring system that detects and tracks infectious diseases. Its platform analyzes samples from commercial sites, schools, and healthcare facilities to identify potential outbreaks early, empowering organizations with actionable insights for effective disease prevention.

Peequal is a UK-based manufacturer of touch-free, stand-alone urinals designed to address long queues for women's toilets at events and festivals. The company focuses on sustainability, producing urinals from recycled polyethylene and using a flat-pack design to reduce transport requirements, enabling safer portable toilet solutions at venues.

Matter is a tech startup based in Bristol that specializes in developing innovative solutions to capture, harvest, and recycle microplastics. The company focuses on eliminating microplastic contamination at various levels, including residential, commercial, and industrial settings. Their technology is designed to filter water and capture plastic micropollutants from wastewater systems, thereby improving water quality and reducing pollution risk. By making these microplastics valuable for safe reuse, Matter aims to address environmental concerns related to microplastic contamination.

ManholeMetrics is an IoT startup focused on reducing flooding risks. It offers affordable, durable sensors for wastewater level monitoring, along with real-time alerts for proactive flood management.