Top 50 Sporting Goods Startup Investors in United Kingdom (July 2026)

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• Currensea — Currensea is a creator of a travel debit card that connects customers to a high street bank account and reduces fees.The company's product links to any UK bank account and reduces exchange rates and transaction fees abroad without setting up and managing a new bank account to get better rates. It also allows users to top up prepaid cards,allowing them to make payments while traveling without opening a new bank account and at a lower cost.Currensea was established in June, 2018 by James Lynn, and Craig Goulding in London, England.
• Count Finance — Count Finance fintech company that offers all-in-one app for budgeting, automated savings, and smart investing solutions.
• WatchMyCompetitor — WMC is the market leading competitor monitoring tool. Use the latest AI tech and human analysts to monitor competitors and develop strategies.

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• unitQ — unitQ's product quality monitoring platform empowers businesses to take a data-driven approach to product quality so they can fix the right quality issues smarter and faster.
• Payosu — Use Osu to get more bookings, take payments with zero fees, automate the invoicing, and let your business thrive.
• Vivino — Vivino empowers people everywhere to enjoy wine to the fullest. Vivino is the world's largest online wine marketplace and most downloaded wine app, powered by a community of millions. Vivino’s unique wine shopping experience uses community data to suggest personalized wine recommendations, make wine discovery, and purchase fun, accessible, andeffortless for wine drinkers of every level of expertise. The Vivino app is available for download on Android and Apple devices. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

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• GoJoe — Ditch the step challenge apps and employee engagement platforms and boost inclusivity and engagement with GoJoe.The employee engagement and wellbeing app that people actually use.

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• Danalto — Simple, cost-effective, high-accuracy Location Services for large open environments, both indoor and outdoor. Asset Tracking made simple!
• MEG — MEG is a powerful end-to-end Quality Management System for healthcare. Manage quality, patient safety, compliance and accreditation processes all from one place.
• Overpath — Overpath is a B2B team's AI-powered sales execution platform. To generate steady, predictable revenue, it examines actual sales behavior, finds execution gaps, and encourages the appropriate activities at the appropriate times.

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• iMist — iMist water mist fire suppression systems are perfect for commercial, industrial and residential applications. More effective, uses less water, and is more economical than traditional fire sprinkler systems.
• usheru — usheru is an innovation-driven company in the film and entertainment industries, focused on marketing and analytics solutions.
• Industrial Engineering Plastics — Industrial Engineering Plastics delivers specialist thermoplastic fabrication for demanding industrial applications.

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• GoJoe — Ditch the step challenge apps and employee engagement platforms and boost inclusivity and engagement with GoJoe.The employee engagement and wellbeing app that people actually use.

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• Dataform — Develop and operationalize scalable data transformations pipelines in BigQuery using SQL.
• CYCLE — GetHenry is a rapidly growing subscription service for market-leading delivery companies. We make sure that thousands of couriers are on the move safely, quickly and comfortably every day. In this way, we not only create added value for delivery services, but also help to reduce transport-related CO2 emissions on the last mile.
• Circular — Developers-focused job platform for Software Developers, DevOps, Data Science & more. Sign up now and get access to successful hiring processes in Spain, Remote.

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• AAZZUR — One-stop-shop for APIs and embeddable Front-end-modules connected to a smart marketplace for BaaS- and Fintech-Services
• OnCare — Home care software | care management system
• SupaPass — The most powerful content app maker on the market. Finally have all of your content, audience & paywall in one place to turn your audience into a business.

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• Plug — Plug is a wholesale auction that facilitates online buying and selling of used EVs.
• Rectangle — Rectangle enables tech-forward teams to build the future of supply chain
• Bumper — Split the cost of your car repairs and servicing into manageable monthly instalments with 0% interest. Fix it. Split it. Sorted.

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• Laka — Laka is collective bicycle insurance especially for cyclists. We flipped insurance. By making it pay to pay out, we are the collective that backs each other. Protect your bikes and gear against theft & damage with Laka 5-star rated cycle insurance.
• Qashio — Qashio is a spend management platform that allows people to monitor costs, make payments with app credit cards, and handle payables. Founded in 2021 and is based in Dubai.
• Upvest — Upvest empowers financial institutions to offer investment products in their app with a modular, scalable, and accessible API. Upvest brings together everything that’s required to offer a broad range of investment products on the website and app. They are connected to the world’s leading asset providers and exchanges to provide the bestinvestments, at the best prices and execution speed.

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• Laka — Laka is collective bicycle insurance especially for cyclists. We flipped insurance. By making it pay to pay out, we are the collective that backs each other. Protect your bikes and gear against theft & damage with Laka 5-star rated cycle insurance.
• EST-Floattech — EST-Floattech is a supplier of DNV certified lithium battery systems for maritime and land applications with a track record of 200+ worldwide.
• ChargeX — ChargeX provides electric car charging solutions. Tobias Wagner, Michael Masnitza, and Johannes Engeln founded it in 2017, with its headquarters in Munich in Germany.

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• Gear4music — Gear4music is an online retail company that specialises in musical instruments, music equipment, and audio-visual products. It sells own-brand and third-party instruments, recording gear, and AV equipment through multilingual e-commerce platforms, supported by distribution, warehousing, customer support, and showroom services for individual andprofessional customers.
• CellTech Communications — CellTech provides the highest level of quality and service to the mobile telecom infrastructure sector.
• ICE Technology Services — Decades of experience allow us to offer IT services & tech consultancy to clients in industries including cruise, helping them achieve business goals.

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• WELL Training — We deliver state of the art training solutions to national and international clients, transforming futures and delivering business growth through UK Apprenticeship and Commercial Training programmes.
• Utility Stream — As business energy brokers, USL was founded with one key mission, simplify business energy for all of our clients & help create a more sustainable world
• School of Coding — Join the UK's leading coding and computer science education provider. Empower your future with STEM, AI, and Cyber Security courses for all ages.

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• RunBuggy — RunBuggy is an open car transportation marketplace that connects car shippers and haulers in real-time. The company allows shippers to seamlessly connect with their existing management systems to integrate car transportation services, reducing cost and improving time to deliver. For transporters, RunBuggy offers an alternative to expensive loadboards and custom software solutions to better find and manage transportation loads.
• Customcells Group — With our combined strengths, we are uniquely positioned to deliver customer-centric premium battery technology at scale.
• Bumper — Split the cost of your car repairs and servicing into manageable monthly instalments with 0% interest. Fix it. Split it. Sorted.

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• ARC Marine — ARC marine delivers nature-inclusive design, scour protection and reef technologies for coastal defence, offshore and habitat restoration worldwide.
• Clothes Doctor — The Home Of Clothing Care. We offer sustainable, plastic-free, non-bio, eco friendly, fragranced laundry detergents, clothing care tools, brushes, cashmere combs and moth deterrents, repairs, alterations, and expert advice on clothing care.
• Intelligent AI — Global location intelligence that helps you measure, predict and mitigate property risks in real-time.

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• Untamed — Untamed uses fresh, human-grade ingredients to help cats enjoy happier, healthier lives. Chicken breast and liver, tuna steak, salmon fillet, duck breast, shrimp, sardine, and mackerel fillets are offered.
• Epetōme — Epetōme offers gut health supplements focused on digestive health using probiotics, prebiotics and patented capsule technology.
• Puresport — Puresport was created to craft the finest, premium-quality natural products to support every element of wellbeing, from pain & recovery, to sleep, focus, mood, stress, and balance.

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• Mirna — Soon to be launched, our AI-powered MI:RNA platform is designed to detect a range of diseases prior to the development of clinical signs. This groundbreaking
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• Gutsy Health — Gutsy Health is a health and wellness website.

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• Tourhub — tourhub - We collect tours from hundreds of suppliers around the world and provide an easy way for you to search and find those that are of interest.
• Antiverse — Designing biologics for 100 challenging targets
• Hope Macy — Hope Macy is the decisioning and origination layer that modern consumer lenders build on.

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• Auxeris —
• Hotel Manager — Hotel Manager is the platform for delivering modern experiences to guests, wherever they are. Launch and build your hotel app in no time and manage your growth easily. All in one platform with zero technical knowledge required.
• Boxspring Entertainment — Box Media are a creative media-on-demand production company. Redefining Normal. Reinventing Learning.

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• Agilitas — Agilitas Sports operates as a sportswear and athleisure solutions platform.
• Camlin Fine Sciences — Welcome to Camlin Fine Sciences, a leading manufacturer of traditional antioxidants and advanced chemical solutions for diverse industries.
• Viyash Lifesciences —

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• Fresh Check — Discover FreshCheck's cutting-edge hygiene verification systems. Enhance food safety with our easy-to-use, color-changing swabs and innovative digital tools. Stay compliant and protect your business with efficient, reliable hygiene testing solutions. Explore now!
• SmartyPlants — SmartyPlants is an IT and Internet firm developing a plant sensory tool for the monitoring.
• Cordon Technologies — View our new Cordon Loop mixer that reduces pesticide and fertiliser usage by up to 40%.

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• novosound — Novosound is an award winning Scottish sensors company utilising thin-film processes to eliminate conventional limitations in ultrasound sensors.
• Chromacity — Chromacity manufacture the next generation of ultrafast lasers. Discover our fixed wavelength femtosecond lasers and picosecond OPOs.
• Biotangents — Biotangents develops veterinary diagnostic tests to detect infectious diseases in livestock (bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD), mastitis, bovine respiratory disease (BRD), brucellosis) using our highly adaptable molecular diagnostic technology, Moduleic Sensing.

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• FRVR — FRVR brings captivating games to billions of players instantly.
• Double Loop Games — We're a new mobile studio dedicated to making delightful, relaxing experiences for the biggest audience in games: people who don't think of themselves as gamers.
• Snow Print Studios — Snowprint Studios is the developer of popular mobile games Legends of Solgard and Rivengard and provides rich experiences for the everyday gamer.

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• H2CHP — H2CHP's Free Piston Engine Technology enables your transition to green energy with the reliability & confidence of fuel flexibility.
• NunaBio — NunaBio operates as a privately-owned specialist DNA development company. NunaBio engaged in CRO (Contract Research Organizations) and CDMO (Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation) activities.
• MySalesCoach — MySalesCoach offers Despite overwhelming evidence that sales coaching has the greatest impact on rep development and success, managers typically devote less than 5% of their time to coaching a team that craves and deserves coaching to reach their full potential.

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• Path Robotics — We create manufacturing robots that autonomously scan, position, and weld your parts without the need for skilled welders or robot programmers.
• Pickle Robot — We make robots that unload trucks without retrofitting the warehouse
• Anello Photonics — Anello Photonics is founded by pioneers in silicon photonics and inertial navigation. The patented Anello SiPhOG gyroscope offers an affordable mass-market sensor with true Optical Gyroscope performance. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley and funded by leading venture capital firms.

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• OxCan — Enabling curative cancer treatment through early detection
• 01Health — 01Health is a health tech building an AI-powered clinical infrastructure platform for specialist healthcare delivery.
• DITTO Daily — DITTO Daily created the Cycle Supplement to holistically address the physical and mental challenges that come with the menstrual cycle.

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• BIOME9 — Next-generation gut health testing and science-backed supplements to treat your dog inside and out. Discover how your dog's unique biology could lead them to a longer, happier and healthier life.
• Townhouse — Luxury nail salons in multiple UK locations. Choose from manicures, pedicures & nail art from our highly experienced team. Book your treatment today.
• The Growth Foundation — The Growth Foundation is a business consulting firm that assists clients with business development through branding, CRM, and finance.

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• Gymbag — Gymbag gives fitness centres and personal trainers the power of having their own online store, stocked with supplements, fitness equipment, and healthy food, all ready to go. It's an instant customized storefront with a massive catalogue of products that fitness professionals use to make money while providing a valuable service to theirclients.Our customers pay a monthly fee for their store and the logistics service that comes with it. There is no minimum contract and they keep 75% of the profits they make.Our distribution partners provide us with competitive wholesale pricing for our customers, and they fulfill the orders with plain packaging so they are invisible to the end client.
• Openera — Automatically save, organize, and backup files & attachments to services like Dropbox, Box, and Google Drive. Integrate your email with popular cloud storage services like Dropbox, Box, SkyDrive, and Google Drive. Create rules to automatically save & backup your email attachments. Save photos to Dropbox, documents to Box,spreadsheets to Google Drive - just tell Openera how you want your files & attachments organized, and it will do all the work - automatically.Openera is offered as a fremium / SaaS business model for proffessionals and SMB market.

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• AMPLY Discovery — AMPLY Discovery is to develop new biological molecules for anti-infective health and nutrition applications in animal and human health.
• GenoMe Diagnostics — GenoME Diagnostics - We are developing a blood test for an earlier and more accurate diagnosis of ovarian cancer.GenoME Diagnostics .
• Cumulus Neuroscience — Cumulus Neuroscience has created a next-generation integrated physiological and digital biomarker platform.

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• MySalesCoach — MySalesCoach offers Despite overwhelming evidence that sales coaching has the greatest impact on rep development and success, managers typically devote less than 5% of their time to coaching a team that craves and deserves coaching to reach their full potential.
• GNOSIS Health — Gnosis Health is a digital healthcare platform specializing in artificial intelligence and wearable technology for chronic disease management.
• Reform Studio — Reform Studio is a one-of-a-kind multi-floor location on Newcastle's famous Quayside that combines exercise and mindfulness to create a mind-body experience.

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• Merx — Grow contactability, data quality and customer lifetime value with AI agents on WhatsApp.
• GEEIQ — GEEIQ is the intelligence platform brands use to plan, activate and measure marketing in virtual worlds like Roblox, Fortnite and ZEPETO.
• ReBorn® Homewares — ReBorn purpose is to transform the sustainability of the global homewares industry. We are committed to creating the most stylish and planet-friendly homewares, and driving collective change in the UK and beyond .Our five key principles are: 1.Recycling Waste 2.Local production 3.Circular Design 4.Stylish Solutions 5.Collaborative Power

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• Alvant — Alvant is an advanced materials technology group specialising in the design, development and production of aluminium composite components for demanding engineering applications.
• Spotta — Spotta's smart pest systems help pest control monitor and identify pests. Solutions for hospitality, care homes, agriculture, farming and forestry.
• TruePlayers — Trueplayers is a computer game development company that specializes in mobile games. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Falmouth, Cornwall.

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• DAYUAN LIMITED — Global online retail platform in multiple shopping categories

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• T-Pro — T-Pro is a world leading document and patient workflow manahement platform for heathcare. Powered by state of the art AI speech technology, T-Pro reduces the burden of documentation for clinicians and automates patient noting and correspondence workflows.
• Direct Ferries — Direct Ferries is an online platform that provides a selection of ferry routing information to its users.The platform allows its users to compare ferry crossings in its search and find fairs associated with them at the time of travel. Its network covers ports in Europe, with crossings available throughout Africa, Asia, Australia, North America,and South America. Furthermore, it allows its users to choose routes, as well as ferry deals information on their selected routes.
• Symphony Ventures — We blend human expertise with AI-driven capabilities to provide brands with comprehensive CX outsourcing services & solutions.

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• Hands In — Hands In is a payment service providing merchants the ability to accept online group payments, whilst also enabling customers to pay together.
• EarSwitch — Empowering new ways to control and connect with the world through in-ear biometric switch and sensor technology
• meet DWIGHT — meet DWIGHT provides agentic AI Digital Worker Bots and automation platforms that handle middle and back office workflows. The company offers a managed service that builds and runs digital worker bots to automate cross‑platform administrative tasks, invoicing, onboarding, compliance checks and data movement. Its DWIGHT Studio platform delivers anautomation operating system for enterprises to design, deploy and govern digital workers across modern and legacy systems, integrating with tools such as ATS, CRM, ERP, HR, payroll and finance applications. Solutions focus on staffing, HR, payroll, invoicing, health and social care operations, and general back office and admin automation.

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• Vizzy —
• Implement AI — Implement AI provides managed AI agent solutions and teams of virtual workers via its AI Agent Platform, offering SMEs cost-effective, enterprise-grade solutions to amplify human potential, optimise productivity, and drive growth.
• Tonic Health — Tonic Health is leading a nutrition movement. The 1 million strong community that subscribes to all-natural, high-impact vitamin drinks and gummies to fuel your energy, mood and immunity without the junk. Try our tonic effervescent vitamins drinks, no added sugar gummies, or max strength drinks.

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• Pneumagen — Pneumagen focuses on developing glycan targeted carbohydrate-binding modules (CBMs) as a new universal therapeutic modality for the treatment of respiratory tract infections (RTIs) and cancer. Founded in 2016, the Company is a spin-out from the University of St Andrews in Scotland and has access to world-class scientific expertise and capabilitiesin glycobiology.
• Trojan Energy — Trojan Energy support the roll-out of its on-street flat and flush electric vehicle charging points, which aims to solve the issue for vehicle owners who do not have access to off-street parking.
• Smart Green Shipping — smart green shipping alliance. economically, socially and environmentally superior shipping solutions.

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• DragonflAI — Phone-Based AI Moderation Moderate user-uploaded images and videos before they leave mobile devices and reach the internet. Keep your platform and servers free from indecent or illegal content.
• Handl — Handl is an online platform for vehicle & fleet servicing.
• Just Venue — Just Venue is an online platform that aims to socialise event space booking, by connecting event hosts and organisers with space owners and managers. Just Venue aims to connect event hosts and organisers with venue owners and managers.The website has taken inspiration from other community platforms like AirBnB, Uber and TaskRabbit.

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• Para — Para is the essential money-making platform for all app drivers. Built by drivers for drivers, Para provides more control, money, and opportunities, and puts your best interests at heart.
• Primary Bio — Our mission is to end the spread of infectious disease by providing simple, affordable diagnostics and preventative care at scale.
• Heirloom — Heirloom is restoring balance to our atmosphere by removing 1 billion tons of carbon dioxide by 2035. We use natural processes to engineer the world's most cost-effective Direct Air Capture solution.

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• nesma — nesma is an accredited study center that provides flexible and professional learning opportunities in marketing, digital marketing, and communication skills.
• Vielo Sports — Boutique british bicycle brand Vielo is a UK based bike company producing carbon 1x road bikes and gravel bikes for all types of cycling on and off road. Liberate Your Ride.
• Precursor Security — Precursor Security are a UK based CREST penetration testing with one mission: to help you protect your business from cyber threats, whatever your needs and your budget.

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• NURVV — Free shipping in the UK
• Mediatonic Games — We're one of the largest independent studios in the UK, with multiple locations worldwide. Visit to find out what games we've been working on, what we've been up to and what positions we have open.
• The Secret Police — The Secret Police is a London-based mobile game developer. Now working on an exciting new game

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• dRISK — Testing and training Autonomous Vehicles to make AVs safe in the modern world. We retrain Autonomous Vehicles to respond to high risk events and beyond.
• Salvalco — As aerosol valve manufacturers, Salvalco is the market leader in inert gas propelled aerosol valve technology, safer for the environment and consumers.
• Cambridge GaN Devices — Cambridge GaN Devices develops transistors designed to bring widespread adoption of GaN technology in consumer electronics.

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• MPB — MPB is an online platform specializing in used photography and videography kit. It claims to have transformed access to photo and video kits by offering a technology-based, customer-centric service. The company's platform also offers the right price for every piece of kit based on make, model, condition, and market, across a large selection ofcamera bodies, lenses, filters, and accessories.Founded by Matt Barker in 2011, MPB is headquartered in Brighton, East Sussex.
• Andersen EV — Andersen EV, which designs aspirational, sleek electric vehicle charge points.
• Big Potato Games — Big Potato is a board games company that's as versatile as its vegetable namesake.

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• DragonflAI — Phone-Based AI Moderation Moderate user-uploaded images and videos before they leave mobile devices and reach the internet. Keep your platform and servers free from indecent or illegal content.
• Handl — Handl is an online platform for vehicle & fleet servicing.
• My Probate Partner — Simplify the probate process in Scotland with expert support. Join our free webinar and book a consultation today.

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• Sages — Biodegradeable, non-polluting, low-impact and vibrant dyes extracted from food waste.
• Traknova — Traknova provides an AI-powered fleet management platform that helps companies track, manage, and protect vehicles and mobile assets. The platform offers real-time GPS tracking, live monitoring, and telematics data to give operators constant visibility over fleet movements and status. Users can access an intuitive dashboard with historical tripinformation, engine status, and alerts for events such as geofence breaches or unauthorized use. Traknova also supports integrated hardware, including tracking devices and online cameras, to strengthen asset security and streamline recovery when issues arise. The system is designed for fleets across industries, such as service businesses and vehicle rental operators, that need clearer scheduling, better time management, and improved operational control. By consolidating these tools into one platform, Traknova enables data-led fleet planning and day-to-day decision-making.
• GNOSIS Health — Gnosis Health is a digital healthcare platform specializing in artificial intelligence and wearable technology for chronic disease management.

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• Ceramic Network — Ceramic Network is a provider of protocols for decentralized and composable data applications. The network decentralizes application databases, making data universally composable and reusable across applications. It consists of three core parts: a highly-scalable, decentralized infrastructure for data availability and consensus, a marketplace ofcommunity-created data models, and a suite of standard APIs for storing, updating, and retrieving data from those models.
• AI Pay with Crypto — AI Pay with Crypto is an AI-native financial infrastructure built for the emerging agent economy.APC enables autonomous AI agents to execute payments, settle transactions using programmable stablecoins, and connect directly to real-world merchant networks through QR codes, POS terminals, and other payment channels

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• Mitra bio — We are transforming skin-care by approaching ageing as a disease to be fought. We are developing a genetic and epigenetic discovery platform to help skincare companies find and develop new compounds that actually fight the root cause of skin ageing.
• PPC Protect — Say goodbye to wasted ad spend and false conversions. Use Lunio to stave off click fraud and invalid users, safeguarding the quality of your traffic and driving better returns from paid media
• AeroCloud — Reinvent airport management with cloud-based software that enhances efficiency, unifies operations, and helps airports deliver a seamless, people-first experience.

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• OSSTEC — Knee implants combining innovative 3D-printed articulating surfaces with biomimetic cementless fixation for enhanced functionality, superior fixation, and a long-lasting bone foundation.
• Ostique — Innovative game-changers in the ostomy world, Ostique provide products for ostomates that rebalance your everyday life. | Unique ostomy care
• Gladys — Discover Gladys, the easiest and cheapest way to find trusted local Carers and Helpers in your community. Get 5* care and support to your door.

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• Bay's Kitchen — Award winning, certified Low FODMAP Diet (IBS friendly), gluten free and vegan foods, handmade in the UK.
• Push Chocolate —
• Essence of Hartland —

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• MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
• unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
• Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.