We're excited to introduce our newest #ShottScaleUpAccelerator cohort. These fifteen driven leaders from engineering scaleups, each set to receive a year of valuable business leadership guidance and a £10,000 training grant to accelerate their professional growth.
Get to know them below.
🔹 Sakthy Selvakumaran- CEO & Founder of BKwai - combines world-class data science and construction engineering expertise to give engineers the technology solutions they deserve and need.
🔹 Davide Mattia, CTO & Co-founder of Naturbeads- replacing fossil fuel-based primary microplastics with biodegradable microspheres made from cellulose.
🔹 Asel Sartbaeva, CEO of EnsiliTech - researching and developing biotechnology relating to ensilication, to protect biomolecules from thermal damage during unrefrigerated transportation.
🔹 Sam Donegani, Operations Manager of Composite Braiding Ltd - manufacturing advanced composite materials cost-effectively and at scale.
🔹 Jonathan Brown, Strategic Director at Hypermotive- addressing the problem of the slow transition to zero emission technologies for transport and power systems.
🔹 Patrick Smith, Director of Strategic Development at Nova Pangaea Technologies- sustainably converts non-food biomass into second-generation ethanol and biochar.
🔹 Nico Fenu, CEO of Nami Surgical - developing an innovative solution to the drawbacks present in existing scalpels used in robot assisted surgery today.
🔹 Kate Marshall Technical Director at Protak Scientific Limited Scientific LTD- providing Enzyme Indicators, an advanced rapid validation tool used by over half of the twenty largest pharmaceutical companies
🔹 Obadah Zaher PhD, VP Product at Luffy AI - deploying transformational control systems that continuously self-optimise, enabling manufacturers to extract the maximum potential from their processes.
🔹 Richard Tamblyn, VP Technology at Origen Power Limited - addressing the challenges of climate change through it's Direct Air Capture (DAC) technology.
🔹 Yusuf Muhammad Design Officer at Plumis - developing a fire detection device with an automated sprinkler system that causes less water damage than traditional sprinklers.
🔹 Robert Starkwood, Principal Photonics Engineer, KETS Quantum Security - designing and manufacturing chip-based quantum secure communications solutions.
🔹 Xianxin Guo, Head of Research & Co-founder of Lumai - using 3D optical computing to enable AI deployment at scale – with the fastest, most energy-efficient AI processor.
🔹 William Iles, Chief Platform Officer & Co-founder of InsurX Limited - developing a digital capacity exchange, allowing insurance brokers and carriers to connect and trade commercial insurance risk.
🔹 William Goldsmith, Global Head of Grid & Data Services at ev.energy - developing a smart, cloud-based platform that automatically optimises EV charging, for a greener, cheaper and simpler charge.
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