Innovate UK

Hexis Lab is a technology company working at the forefront of raw material innovation. Hexis Lab produce ground-breaking ethnically targeted skincare products to protect and repair sun-damaged skin and improve life well-being. The company's discovery platform utilizes big data cloud computing approaches and in-silico computer modelling to screen a huge database of natural plant derived compounds for activity against our selected cellular targets.

Productive Machines specializes in software optimization for the machining industry, helping manufacturers enhance productivity and sustainability. The company utilizes a digital twin of the machining process, incorporating physics, mechanics, dynamics, distortion, and vibration data to simulate and test millions of parameters. This approach allows manufacturers to refine their CAM and Gcode, ultimately improving part quality and reducing cycle times. By addressing issues such as chatter vibrations and tooling costs, Productive Machines enables machining companies to achieve better surface finishes and dimensional accuracy, streamlining their operations and reducing costs. The company emerged as a spin-out from the UK Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, reflecting its commitment to advancing manufacturing technologies.

Dyman Advanced Materials specializes in the development of a patented technology aimed at enhancing the manufacturing process of synthetic diamonds. This innovative approach seeks to improve the efficiency of the traditional high-pressure and high-temperature method used in diamond synthesis, resulting in reduced production costs. By providing a more economical production method, Dyman's technology serves both the industrial and gemstone market sectors, facilitating the broader availability of high-quality synthetic diamonds.

Cytochroma manufacture genetically diverse stem cell-derived models to predict the safety and effect of drugs in a global population. Cytochroma’s automated cell manufacture, physiologically relevant models and rapid screening platform makes preclinical testing faster, safer and smarter.

Dyneval specializes in portable technology for cattle semen analysis, focusing on the precise measurement of semen quality. Its innovative technology assesses semen motility under quasi-in-vivo conditions, providing valuable insights into spermatozoa behavior. By utilizing dynescan data, Dyneval aids in informing breeding plans and confirming semen quality throughout the supply chain. This approach not only enhances livestock production but also contributes to improved food security and reduced methane emissions, allowing farmers to address issues related to poor conception rates effectively.

We are a startup company based in the Unit DX incubator in Bristol UK, developing our proprietary graphene-based nanomaterials with many advanced properties.

CCm Technologies is an environmental technology company that focuses on resource optimization. The company is founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Begbroke, England.

Light Science Technologies is a company that specializes in light technology, primarily serving the controlled environment agriculture sector. The firm develops and manufactures contract electronic boards and lighting products tailored for this industry. While its current focus is on providing solutions for controlled agriculture, the company also has plans for future applications in non-invasive medical diagnostics. The majority of its revenue is generated from the contract electronics manufacturing segment, highlighting its expertise in this area.

Iceni Labs is an innovation commercialisation enterprise, with integrated research, development, test and manufacturing capability. Inter-disciplinary by nature, we combine commercial expertise with academic excellence, across the Defence and Security, Energy, Health and Consumer sectors. Our professional networks bridge artificial intelligence, automated creativity, electronics, energy, materials, nanotechnology and software. We invent and innovate in-house, foster high-potential technologies, and aggregate capabilities globally, to produce innovative, disruptive products that deliver more than the sum of their parts. By providing technical, executive, commercial and capital support, our Innovation-Exploitation Programme enhances value proposition and reduces risk exposure, while developing creativity, flexibility and robustness. Our goal is for our ‘wrap around’ idea to patent to product approach to become recognised globally as a catalyst for successful innovation. We are bridging the challenging gap between ‘thinking’ and ‘doing’.

TextureJet designs, develops, and deploys machine tools and technologies for surface processing in high value manufacturing.

M—XR is developing 3D production technology that allows brands, studios and creators to digitise the real-world accurately and automatically. Thus enabling them to leverage the infinite world of 3D with the highest quality 3D models.

Decorte Future Industries is an innovative startup focused on developing high-tech, body-adaptive intelligent clothing that integrates biometric sensors and artificial intelligence. This technology aims to enhance human capabilities by enabling intuitive control of robotics through voice, gesture, and touch, while also shifting healthcare from a curative to a preventative model. Their patent-pending body-adaptive exoskeleton allows the clothing to conform to the wearer's body, addressing a significant challenge in the clothing industry. Recently, the company received a competitive Innovate UK grant to leverage its intelligent clothing in combating Covid-19 in care homes. Decorte Future Industries maintains close relationships with the UK Ministry of Defence for research and development, and has garnered support from the Enterprise Europe Network as part of the Horizon 2020 initiative. The team is composed primarily of PhD graduates from the University of Cambridge and includes notable advisors from leading technology and investment firms. Additionally, the company is developing machine-learning technology to extract complex health data from audio, allowing for the collection of critical health metrics using standard microphones.

Corridor Technology is a technology company. It will entail the development of a fully standardised imagery and video data review system to allow asset inspectors in road, rail and energy corridors to review remote condition monitoring data (RCM), output from Corridor’s Machine Learning systems.

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Iceni Labs is an innovation commercialisation enterprise, with integrated research, development, test and manufacturing capability. Inter-disciplinary by nature, we combine commercial expertise with academic excellence, across the Defence and Security, Energy, Health and Consumer sectors. Our professional networks bridge artificial intelligence, automated creativity, electronics, energy, materials, nanotechnology and software. We invent and innovate in-house, foster high-potential technologies, and aggregate capabilities globally, to produce innovative, disruptive products that deliver more than the sum of their parts. By providing technical, executive, commercial and capital support, our Innovation-Exploitation Programme enhances value proposition and reduces risk exposure, while developing creativity, flexibility and robustness. Our goal is for our ‘wrap around’ idea to patent to product approach to become recognised globally as a catalyst for successful innovation. We are bridging the challenging gap between ‘thinking’ and ‘doing’.

Dyman Advanced Materials specializes in the development of a patented technology aimed at enhancing the manufacturing process of synthetic diamonds. This innovative approach seeks to improve the efficiency of the traditional high-pressure and high-temperature method used in diamond synthesis, resulting in reduced production costs. By providing a more economical production method, Dyman's technology serves both the industrial and gemstone market sectors, facilitating the broader availability of high-quality synthetic diamonds.

Actuation Lab specializes in manufacturing machine components designed for industries operating in extreme environments, such as marine, mining, and offshore sectors. The company focuses on addressing the challenges of high servicing requirements and limited longevity associated with traditional actuators. By utilizing innovative technology known as the Callimorph, which generates movement through fluid pressure-induced morphing, Actuation Lab's components are resilient, powerful, and lightweight. This approach not only enhances operational efficiency but also reduces servicing and handling costs, allowing industries to streamline their processes and improve overall performance.

Cyted focuses on providing digital diagnostic infrastructure to drive the earlier detection of disease. Our technologies use artificial intelligence and novel biomarkers to unlock clinical insight and improve patient outcomes. Cyted's mission is to revolutionise diagnostic methods to build a world where disease is prevented rather than treated.

We are a startup company based in the Unit DX incubator in Bristol UK, developing our proprietary graphene-based nanomaterials with many advanced properties.

Iceni Labs is an innovation commercialisation enterprise, with integrated research, development, test and manufacturing capability. Inter-disciplinary by nature, we combine commercial expertise with academic excellence, across the Defence and Security, Energy, Health and Consumer sectors. Our professional networks bridge artificial intelligence, automated creativity, electronics, energy, materials, nanotechnology and software. We invent and innovate in-house, foster high-potential technologies, and aggregate capabilities globally, to produce innovative, disruptive products that deliver more than the sum of their parts. By providing technical, executive, commercial and capital support, our Innovation-Exploitation Programme enhances value proposition and reduces risk exposure, while developing creativity, flexibility and robustness. Our goal is for our ‘wrap around’ idea to patent to product approach to become recognised globally as a catalyst for successful innovation. We are bridging the challenging gap between ‘thinking’ and ‘doing’.

TextureJet designs, develops, and deploys machine tools and technologies for surface processing in high value manufacturing.

SageTech Medical Equipment specializes in the development of anesthetic technology for both human and veterinary healthcare providers. Founded in 2015 and based in Paignton, United Kingdom, the company has created a patented process that captures, extracts, and purifies inhalational anesthetic agents. This innovative approach not only offers significant cost savings but also addresses environmental concerns associated with anesthetic waste. SageTech's systems are designed to operate on both industrial and compact scales, allowing for bulk capture in larger settings as well as integration into anesthetic machines for recycling in clinical environments. By promoting a circular economy for anesthetic agents, SageTech provides a sustainable solution that benefits healthcare providers and the environment alike.

BioSystems Technology engages in the development of alternative research models. BioSystems Technology was founded by an infectious disease research fellow and a Professor of Molecular Pathogenicity based at the University of Exeter.

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Additive Manufacturing Technologies specializes in automated post-processing solutions for 3D printed parts, targeting high-volume production across various industrial sectors. The company integrates advancements in material science, chemistry, hardware engineering, robotics, and machine learning to enhance the quality and reliability of 3D printed components. By focusing on the post-processing phase, AMT helps companies optimize their additive manufacturing facilities, improving efficiency and reducing lead times and manufacturing costs. Their technology supports a seamless digital workflow, enabling clients to meet market-ready specifications effectively and scale up production capabilities.

Advanced human behaviour sensing products for business. At the core of Sensing Feeling's products is a new IoT (Internet of Things) technology, powered by computer vision and machine learning, that significantly enhances the reliability and effectiveness of measuring aggregated human behaviour of groups of people in physical spaces to enable organisations to better understand risks, improve safety and enhance customer experiences.

G2O is a UK-based graphene innovation and application company whose patented technology is aimed at tackling the world’s water shortage.

Tecrea Ltd is involved in basic research that results in transformative technologies for biomedicine. We focus on creative ways to use nanotechnology to improve cell delivery of reagents and drugs. We view cell delivery as a central problem in biological research and biomedicine, and improved delivery strategies can enable better application of many reagents and drugs. By improving delivery, Tecrea Ltd enables scientists to bring forward modern molecular medicines to the clinic.

MICAs novel patented technology utilises magnetic nanoparticles to control cell behaviour inside and outside the body using custom designed and built magnetic arrays. Using this technology we have established a novel dynamic drug screening assay, DYNASCREEN. Further stem cell therapy applications have been explored with ambitions of clinical adoption for the treatment of bone and cartilage injuries. MICA scientists are experienced in functionalising magnetic nanoparticles with any antibody, peptide or small molecule to suit a range of applications.