Aerska is a biotechnology company that is creating RNA medications to treat, postpone, and prevent brain disorders.

Affinity is a financial solutions company that provides financial inclusion, advisory, and literacy services.

Afro haircare is a $42B market and it’s growing fast. But the big players don’t understand the customers or their problems. We’ve had those problems, and our customer-centric, data-driven approach at Afrocenchix has helped us to formulate, manufacture, and sell over 65,000 bottles of our safe, effective products so far. Our award-winning products are featured in top publications such as Vogue and on the Indy Best lists and have an average 4.7-star review from thousands of customers. We’re just getting started.

Amenitiz is a software platform designed to support independent hospitality operators with an integrated suite of tools covering property management, direct bookings, payments, and pricing. It offers a Property Management System, Channel Manager, Booking Engine, and Website Builder that work together to centralise operations and reduce reliance on multiple disparate tools. The platform also includes a payments module and a dynamic pricing tool to help operators optimise revenue and streamline guest payments. Amenitiz emphasises intuitive onboarding and human-centred support to enable users to adopt the system without requiring extensive technical expertise.

Andium is an Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) company that builds a smarter world and empowers leaders to create meaningful change. Andium is a revolutionary software platform that brings the intelligence of modern computing to devices as small as your fingernail, providing a level of technological sophistication previously unavailable in such cost-effective and power-efficient hardware.

Axie Infinity is a game about collecting and raising fantasy creatures called Axies on the Ethereum platform. Besides collecting and raising, you can make a team of Axies to battle in the arena. You can also buy, sell, and trade Axies with others on the marketplace.

Backed is frontier tech seed fund investing in generational founders with global ambitions. We closed our 3rd fund at $100M, alongside our 100th investment. We back the bold. We provide founders with an extensive support system to catalyse their development as company operators and leaders. Through our Founder Experience Platform and energetic portfolio community, we help entrepreneurs across all areas of a startup: from talent management to business development, further fundraising, and international expansion. Founded in 2016 by partners Andre de Haes and Alex Brunicki, we invest across sectors including Biotech, Financial Services, Blockchain, Advanced Manufacturing, and more. Over 80+ investments to date include Hutch (acquired), Thought Machine, Amenitiz, LabGenius, This, Enterprise Alumni, and many more. • Seek the truth • Plant the flag • Put people first • Keep your word •

Banking. Designed for the Snapchat Generation. Banked is reinventing the banking, payments, and health experience for young people. The future of banking is cashless, contactless, and branchless. Banked is the bank built for that future. A digital, pre-paid card issued in minutes, a smartwatch for contactless payments and activity tracking, and a suite of saving and budgeting tools all designed specifically for a mobile generation, Banked gives both parents and young people the tools to create Healthy Behaviours. A seamless integration of health data and banking data means we're the first Activity Bank, seamlessly merging the fields of financial and physical wellbeing to create a financially educated, physically motivated generation of young people. Our unique subscription model, delivering a full suite of budgeting, saving, activity tracking rewards and the first contactless payments smartwatch designed specifically for the fashion-conscious member of Generation Z, all for £9.99 a month, means that we deliver unprecedented value for money, coupled with a healthy 40.85% gross margin which will only increase over time as access to ever-increasing economies of scale become available.

BCB Group is a leading gateway to cutting-edge banking solutions for the digital asset economy. We provide accounts and payments processing for the pillars of the industry including Bitstamp, Crypto.com, Fireblocks, Galaxy, Gemini, Huobi, and Kraken in dozens of fiat and cryptocurrencies. Our clients can trade FX and cryptocurrencies quickly and at scale, with market-leading value. Responding to corporate and institutional demand for essential and excellent infrastructure in digital asset markets, BCB Group was created by established thought leaders in finance, regulation, and technology. Founded in the UK and developed to encompass key relationships across global financial services communities, BCB Group is well positioned as one of the first multi-jurisdictional regulated cryptocurrency service firms. BCB Group’s leadership executive team have worked for Barclays, Paysafe, Bitstamp, Coinbase, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, FIS, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Investec, Lloyds Commercial Bank, Luno, Norton Rose Fulbright, FIS, and Sun Life of Canada. BCB’s mission is to connect and bank the global crypto industry.

Bird Buddy is an AI-powered camera bird feeder that notifies owners of bird visitors, takes pictures of them, and then arranges them into a lovely collection to admire and easily share with friends and family. Equipped with AI, the smart camera recognizes over 1,000 bird species. Bird Buddy's built-in camera can be fully controlled by owners from the comfort of their own homes.

BlackPool DAO is a new fund operating within the NFT industry.

Borderless is a workforce migration platform. It offers automation solutions that focus on all aspects of hiring and onboarding of foreign workers, including recruitment, immigration, relocation, and compliance.