Ten early-stage companies have been selected to join a prestigious business support programme.
Southampton Science Park has chosen the start-ups to join its Catalyst business acceleration programme for this spring.
The programme, associated with SETsquared, has supported nearly 100 companies, creating around 260 jobs and raising over £66 million in investment.
Of these companies, 85 per cent continue to trade, with most providing employment opportunities in the south central region.
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"While diverse in sector, technology and marketplace, they have equally powerful propositions, justifiable ambition and huge potential to generate meaningful change for their customers.
"Our talented and experienced mentors and workshop leaders are looking forward to helping them achieve their goals over the next 18 weeks."
The companies joining the programme span various sectors, including medtech, agritech and advanced materials science.
The start-ups and their founders are:
- Blue Donut Studios, founded by Marcus Pullen, a digital medtech company focusing on improving service intelligence in the NHS.
- Delsys, founded by John Misselbrook, an agritech company enhancing the efficacy of crop protection chemicals.
- Dxtrus, founded by Tim Crook, a medtech business focusing on rehabilitation for patients with hand injuries.
- Genie, founded by Ivaylo Vassilev, a medtech business assisting isolated individuals with long-term conditions through an app-based approach.
- Identimab, founded by Michael Bennett and Tom Wilkinson, a medtech company focusing on personalised treatment of inflammatory diseases.
- Kargenera, founded by Salim Khakoo and Thejas Nagaraju, a medtech business developing therapeutics to boost the immune system during cancer treatment.
- NuoNano, founded by Mehrdad Alibouri, an advanced materials science company focusing on sustainable graphene for battery production.
- SOLead Energy, founded by Ewan Fraser, Richard Wills and Andy Cruden, a spinout with an environmentally friendly approach to energy storage.
- Soter Software, founded by Ngozi Chinye, a process engineering company with a platform for process safety engineers.
- Zer0 World, founded by Nasrin Khanom, an edtech business focusing on sustainability training.
The Catalyst programme is delivered in partnership with Health Innovation Wessex, the National Oceanography Centre and the University of Southampton’s School of Healthcare Enterprise and Innovation.
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