The Early-Stage Companies Poised for Success

Southampton Science Park is pleased to announce an outstanding line-up of early stage companies that have secured sought-after places on its prestigious Catalyst business acceleration programme this Spring.

The Science Park’s Lucinda Lamont, said, “We are delighted to welcome ten new, outstanding companies to our Catalyst programme, which we run in association with SETsquared. While diverse in sector, technology and marketplace, these companies 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 eighteen weeks.”

Blue Donut Studios – Founder Marcus Pullen: A digital medtech company looking to grow its proven platform designed for NHS service intelligence and safeguarding, and its immersive approach to tackling patient addiction.
Delsys – Founder John Misselbrook: An agritech company with a novel approach to enhancing the efficacy of crop protection chemicals through more efficient delivery while minimising environmental impacts.
Dxtrus – Founder Tim Crook: A medtech business that has developed an individualised, semi-immersive approach which improves access to support and rehabilitation outcomes for patients with hand injuries.
Genie – Founder Ivaylo Vassilev: A medtech business looking to scale its app-based approach to helping people with long term conditions and who are isolated, through social prescribing, education and support.
Identimab – Founders Michael Bennett, Tom Wilkinson: A medtech company that has created a revolutionary concept that enables clinicians to reliably pinpoint the most effective drug for the treatment of inflammatory diseases.
Kargenera – Founders Salim Khakoo, Thejas Nagaraju: A medtech business developing natural killer cell therapeutics, designed to activate the immune system during cancer treatment and potentially other diseases.
NuoNano – Founder Mehrdad Alibouri: An advanced materials science company that has a patented process to address a market need for high-quality, low-cost, sustainable graphene in lithium-ion battery production.
SOLead Energy – Founders Ewan Fraser, Richard Wills and Andy Cruden: A University spinout with a low cost, environmentally benign approach to energy storage, effective for integrating renewable technologies and securing energy supply.
Soter Software – Founder Ngozi Chinye: A process engineering company with a software platform which equips process safety engineers with advanced hazard and operability data for efficiency and effectiveness.
Zer0 World – Founder Nasrin Khanom: An edtech business helping companies to integrate sustainability principles and compliance into their operations by providing accessible and effective training to upskill employees.