by Ten companies were selected to take part in a prestigious business program.
The Southampton Science Park selected the start-ups to take part in its Catalyst Business Acceleration program this spring.
The program associated with Setsquared has supported almost 100 companies that created around 260 jobs and collected over £ 66 million in investments.
85 percent of these companies continue to act, whereby most of the employment opportunities in the South Central region offer.
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Ten start-ups follow the Southampton Science Park catalyst accelerator this spring (Image: University of Southampton Science Park) Lucinda Lamont from Southampton Science Park said: “We are very happy to welcome ten new, outstanding companies in our Catalyst program.
“While you are diverse in the sector, technology and market, you have equally powerful statements, justified ambition and enormous potential to create meaningful changes.
“Our talented and experienced mentors and workshop executives look forward to helping them to achieve their goals in the next 18 weeks.”
The companies that join the program include 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 that focuses on improving service intelligence in the NHS.
– Delsys, founded by John Misselbrook, an agritech company that improves the effectiveness of crop protection chemicals.
– Dxtrus, founded by Tim Crook, a Medtech company that focuses on rehabilitation in patients with hand injuries.
-Genie, founded by Ivaylo Vassilev, a Medtech company that supports isolated people with long-term conditions with an app-based approach.
– Identimab, founded by Michael Bennett and Tom Wilkinson, a Medtech company that focuses on personalized treatment of inflammatory diseases.
– Kargenera, founded by Salim Khakoo and Thejas Nagaraju, a Medtech company that develops therapeutic agents to increase the immune system during cancer treatment.
– Nuonano, founded by Mehrdad Alibouri, a company for advanced materials that focuses on sustainable graphs for battery production.
– Solad Energy, founded by Ewan Fraser, Richard Wills and Andy Cruden, a spinout with an environmentally friendly approach to energy storage.
– Sooter software, founded by Ngozi Chinye, a process development company with a platform for process safety engineers.
– Zer0 World, founded by Nasrin Khanom, an Edtech company that focuses on sustainability training.
The Catalyst program is created in collaboration with Health Innovation Wessex, the National Oceanography Center and the School of Healthcare Enterprise and Innovation of the University of Southampton.
