LightOx Ltd

A new innovation could support better wound care for your patients. Your insights could help develop a light-activated antimicrobial gel that: ✅ treats a wide variety of wound types ✅ lowers the bioburden (number of bacteria) present within chronic wounds ✅ destroys antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as MRSA ✅ prevents bacteria becoming resistant to the gel's antimicrobial mode of action This survey is for anyone involved in the treatment of #chronicwounds #diabeticulcers #pressuresores or a prescriber of these treatments. Please share with your colleagues. https://lnkd.in/gZjdRK-f #woundcare Mandy Townsend Jen Kohan David Nutter

Less than three weeks to go until our first Lifted Women's Angel Conference in Harrogate! The event is kindly supported by RBC Brewin Dolphin, The British Business Bank, the UK Business Angels Association, the Women Backing Women Campaign, and The Old Swan Hotel. We’re excited to share we have 5 amazing female innovators who have raised investment and will be speaking on the day. Here is a bit more about them: Carrie Ambler is passionate about fuelling growth and seeing how ideas can evolve into innovative advancements and has been able to explore this, stepping into the corporate world through LightOx Ltd, a spin-off biotech company from Durham, York and Oxford universities, rising to Chief Scientific Officer and Interim CEO. Jodie Hill is a neurodivergent solicitor, ED & I consultant, training provider, author, and campaigner, who is passionate about employment law, mental health and wellbeing, equality, diversity and inclusion (ED & I) and neurodiversity. Jodie qualified as a barrister and was called to the bar in 2010 and later cross-qualified to become a solicitor in 2013. Her mental breakdown in 2017, which she now calls her “mental breakthrough” Jodie founded Thrive Law in 2018, the first UK law firm with wellbeing and mental health at its core. Elaine Galston has been involved in all sides of the startup sector for over 20 years. She was Chief Operating and Chief Executive Officer within two start-up engineering companies, both being private equity owned, growing one from base technology to a £16m turnover in 5 years with a trade exit in 2016. Kate Hawker is Co-Founder and COO of adventuro, the UK’s go-to platform for adventure sports courses, guiding and equipment rental. Kate and her team raised an angel round in May 2024, which was led by Lifted Ventures. Kate is always open to meeting new angels and advisors who might be looking to join forces! Henrietta Boyd has worked in both finance and the environmental sectors. Following a degree in biology, and a PhD in Ecology from Cambridge University, she moved into the financial sector, where she worked for European Credit Management (at the time, the fastest growing fund manager in the world, where AUM grew to £20billion) in portfolio analytics and credit research. Henrietta has worked in various environmental startups and founded Halocycle in 2020 to bring new technology to plastic recycling. 📅 Date: 26th September 2024 📍 Location: The Old Swan Hotel, Harrogate If you’d like to hear more about our speakers, book your tickets quickly as they are selling out fast! https://lnkd.in/eK_xgCwg Jordan Dargue Helen Oldham Roseanna Tanner ACIM Delyth Lloyd Edwards Cat Smith Warren Ralls Shaun Fooy Justina Best Elizabeth Hancock Chris Black Tom Solly Jenny Tooth OBE Roderick Beer Rebecca Beeby Jem Henderson #GenderSmartInvesting #LiftedVentures #WomenInBusiness #AngelInvesting #FemaleFounders #SupportWomen

🤝We've been helping #Health #Sector #SMEs access our world leading resources🤝 One of the #businesses we've supported is LightOx Ltd, who are developing a light activated #chemotherapy for treatment of early stage mouth cancers👏 We worked with LightOx Ltd to demonstrate how to use #horizonscanning and our sources of evidence for robust #marketassessment, #competitoranalysis & #gapanalysis, utilising this evidence in grant applications and investor pitches. ❔How can we help your #UK #Health #Business❔ Come and find out! 🦻We are running #hybrid monthly 'Talking Point Tuesday' sessions at The Catalyst in #Newcastle, also available online 💻 The first one on Tuesday 17th September will give attendees the chance to learn about the latest trends and challenges in securing #funding for #healthcare projects. You will have the opportunity to #network with like-minded #innovators over coffee & pastries ☕ 🥐, hear from #funding #industry #experts and meet our team of #research #specialists who will share information on our intelligence suite of #research, #reports, #dashboards & #horizon #scanning Attend #virtually or #inperson, sign up now 👉https://lnkd.in/gmeRkqCs Newcastle University NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) NIHR for Industry Business and partnerships with Newcastle University Newcastle Helix Innovation SuperNetwork Business & IP Centre North East #HealthSector #UKHealth