2002/03, £50k Entrant

Actogen Ltd

Actogen aims to become a market elader in the discovery of novel drugs for the treatment of mental diseases, using its unique high throughput in vivo screening technology.


Members: 
Zoltan Asztalos
Members: 
Temitope Omitola
Members: 
Peter Long

ACwL (Against Cancer with Love)

Provide knowledge, training and treatment for cancer patients and their supporters applying the holistic approach to fight cancer.


Members: 
Vega Kotzeva

afterGRAD

Provide employers with access to prepared graduates, by helping students fulfil their career potential. Provide focus training and link students with graduate recruitment opportunities.


Members: 
Justin Barnes
Members: 
Patrick O'Conne...
Members: 
Peter Ward
Members: 
Gareth Jenkins
Members: 
Tim Martin

Ampika

To exploit a unique database of Amazonian medicinal plants to develop novel medicines with an initial focus on women's health needs.


Members: 
Francoise Freedman
Members: 
Mark Treherne
Members: 
Paul Rodgers
Members: 
Margaret Adey
Members: 
Ian Rubin

An Intelligent Media Player

To develop an intelligent media player that adds additional consumer-level functionality to existing digital media players.


Members: 
Stephen Brooks
Members: 
Marc Cardle

Ant-Logic

The concept is an intelligent, modular, transportation and sorting system.


Members: 
Peter Brewin
Members: 
Mike Coats
Members: 
Iain Fong
Members: 
Mahmut Tuncer
Members: 
Paschalis Loucaides

Bill White's

New approach to fast food on the high street - finest flavoured sausages from Britain and around the world served with its secret mashed potato recipe.


Members: 
Henry White

Brass Monkey

A solution as to how to cool a beverage rapidly, and how to enjoy a cold drink on the go when cooling facilities are not available.


Members: 
Raj Shah
Members: 
Richard Ellis
Members: 
Jeff Champkins
Members: 
Mridual Pore

Bubbles

An innovative afternoon/late caf bar whose focal point is the smoking of fruit flavoured tobacco in shishas (water pipes).


Members: 
Iain Hollingshead
Members: 
Tim Nixon
Members: 
Charlie Avison

Coventry BioPhotonics

Biophotonics involves the analysis and treatment of biological tissues or biomolecules during and/or after photon activation. Biophotonics can be used to probe for molecular mechanisms, function and structure.


Members: 
Jayson Beatty
Members: 
Terry Yeo

Coventry Innovations

The market for laboratory supplies is large and growing. It is also increasingly competitive. We plan to use proprietary technology to substantially increase the productivity of laboratory basesd researchers. This technology platform will provide unique products enabling significant cross-selling, which will confer a major competitive advantage in this high value added market.


Members: 
Julian Huppert
Members: 
Marc d'Abbadie
Members: 
Marta Zlatic
Members: 
Marie Huber
Members: 
Marinos Kallikourdis

Coventry InnoVision

CIV will be set up to exploit cutting-edge Computer vision technology that will make the acquisition of 3D models significantly quicker, cheaper and more realsitic than currently possible.


Members: 
Martin Weber
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Nittai Madrid
Members: 
Rangi Robinson
Members: 
Ambili Nair

Coventry Magnetic Resonance Consultants (CMRC)

CMRC offers a novel commercial application of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to the pharmaceutical process and biotechnology industries.


Members: 
Oscar Brihuega-...
Members: 
Frank Heese

Coventry Open Source Consultants

Installation and servicing of open source systems.


Members: 
Amir Shamsuddin
Members: 
Russell Middleton

COCO

Educational software development company. COCO's mission is to develop children's (6-16 years old) problem solving skills by providing them with a computer programming platform and a set of child-friendly tools that gear to their individual interests.


Members: 
Jennifer Lam
Members: 
Bernard Ho

Enecsys

Apply the latest power electronic technologies to solar energy applications, to produce cost effective solar products for developed and developing countries.


Members: 
Asim Mumtaz
Members: 
Gehan Amaratunga
Members: 
Lesley Chisenga
Members: 
Jayanti Durai
Members: 
Anthony Winter

FaceFinder

An online model search agency and dating service.


Members: 
Stephen Brooks
Members: 
Marc Cardle

GeneArt

To commercialise DNA sequences of individuals as highly personalised artwork on a large scale at accessible cost.


Members: 
Karl Bradshaw
Members: 
Alex Binazik
Members: 
ryan Betencourt
Members: 
Jackie Catchik
Members: 
Sophie Castello

Jonny Trapp Steffensen

A European Recorder Yearbook provides consumers, businesses, journaolists and goevrnment with a month-by-month summaryof main European events.


Members: 
Jonny Trapp Ste...

Kepler Simulation Lab Ltd

Development of scientific simulation programmes for astrophysics.


Members: 
Andrei Pavlov
Members: 
Yelena Pavolva
Members: 
Stanislav Pavlov

Kerogam

Kerogam seeks to develop a range of computer frames for the underserved female market.


Members: 
Vijay Patel
Members: 
Benedikt Reithofer
Members: 
Mary New
Members: 
Thorstein Bostad

Mini-Dictaphone

To develop a portable voice recorder with consumer-level features.


Members: 
Stephen Brooks
Members: 
Marc Cardle

Monkey Tower Ltd.

A patentable solution to provide self-erecting scaffolding towers. Previously known as AccelErector.


Members: 
Alan Watt
Members: 
Thomas Carter
Members: 
Peter Charsley

Music-driven Systems

To develop new products for interaction with music.


Members: 
Stephen Brooks
Members: 
Marc Cardle

Novelty Vintages

To develop a new line of wine products based on novel marketing.


Members: 
Stephen Brooks
Members: 
Marc Cardle

Novexin

To provide generic and efficient protein refolding technology to facilitate the production of recombinant proteins using bacteria hosts.


Members: 
Heikki Lanckriet
Members: 
Daniel Jones
Members: 
Jason Ho

Palm Image

A digital album, allowing digital camera users to view photographs in a practical and familiar way.


Members: 
Martin Paton
Members: 
Annette Atkin

PriceEye Group

Aims to bridge the imperfect knowledge divergence between consumers and reatilers by supplying the best promotion deals on comparison goods for free, vial a bi-weekly and regional magazine.


Members: 
Alan Tso

Ring-tone Moderator

To develop a new device to help the mobile phone user.


Members: 
Stephen Brooks
Members: 
Marc Cardle

Science in China

Science in China aims at becoming th elife sciences meeting point on the internet for British companies investing in China.


Members: 
Emmanouella Cha...
Members: 
Junyong Huang
Members: 
Antonio Gimeno-calvo
Members: 
Anaclaudia Arias

Siraya

Siraya provides an integrated solution and platform system that will solve complex information technology problems existing in the pharmaceutical industry.


Members: 
Roger K. Chen
Members: 
Chih-Hao Kao
Members: 
Chien-Hung Yang
Members: 
Wei-Hsun Chem
Members: 
Mike Payne

Standard Materialia

A business dedictaed to supplying products and services to industry, academia and research centres throughout the world. Standard Materialia will manufacture high-accuracy standards for the calibration and verifictaion of analytical instruments as well as for method validation.


Members: 
Mario Cesar Cor...
Members: 
RiLiliq Centeno...

Televella

Televella brings the television concept online. I tiwll give broadband internet users a better quality and legal alternative to Napster-like filesharing systems.


Members: 
John Fremlin
Members: 
Davey Jose
Members: 
Richard Smith

Third Party Entertainment

Distribution of 3rd party entertainment and informational contact for distribution to consumers over mobile phone networks within the United States.


Members: 
Justin Barnes
Members: 
Matthew Milikowsky
Members: 
James Omartian

Toutes Directions

An online travel guide and portal for France.


Members: 
Gary Crotaz
Members: 
Christelle Crotaz

TrakResQ

TrakResQ intends to be the leading provider of locating devices for children and lone workers, and to enhance the safety of all individuals at risk of attack.


Members: 
Luke Robinson
Members: 
Michael Castle

Typing Assistant

An automated computer-based assistant that provides useful and timely information.


Members: 
Stephen Brooks
Members: 
Marc Cardle

VariOx

The VariOx product is a real-time gas mixing system with the potential to become a commercially successful diving product.


Members: 
Julien Brocvielle