Angel2Angel.net (A2A) intends to create a UK based biotech/healthcare online investment network which addresses private company liquidity issues by focusing on investors and secondary trading. Core to the A2A brand is a community platform where members can 'act and interact'. A2A benefits investors by both improving their ability to access new investment opportunities and by facilitating earlier exits via our proprietary Angel Exchange platform.

As global populations expand, the need for the efficient use of diminishing farmland and the maximisation of crop return is becoming increasingly crucial. Environmental pressures and the rapidly developing resistance of crops to conventional pesticides have raised interest in the study of more ecologically friendly methods of insect population control. Additionally, future pest control methods will need to address certain other criteria including but not limited to; safety, specificity and environmental impact. Control methods that address these concerns will have a significant advantage over existing products. Azadigm aims to address the problems associated with current pesticide usage.

Bacup is a multi-functional handset charger, which has the functions of data backup, battery charging (both with and without external power supply) and MMC/CF card reading. It is an ultimate product that realizes the idea of 'UNCONSCIOUS DATA BACKUP' and 'HANDSET STATION'.

The Beerogram is a graphical representation of the key taste characteristics of beer, displayed on packaging to assist customers in choosing beers to best suit their tastes. It addresses a common dilemma for discerning beer drinkers confronted with many unfamiliar brands of beer; empowering them with reliable, impartial information results in greater satisfaction for the customer, and rising sales for beer vendors - recognised as justification for investment in the Beerogram scheme. Initial funding is sought to fund administration costs and acquire necessary protection of intellectual property, followed by acquisition and equipment of premises, staffing and an aggressive marketing campaign.

BioCamb is a company determined to produce energy from renewable energy sources and also using the waste materials like old newspapers which are being dumped in the landfills owned by city councils. Intention is to start from United Kingdom and after success of first plant we will move our business around the globe. The first plant will use newspapers as a substrate to convert it into ethanol but aim is to target different substrates in a long run.

Black Knight Products have developed a combined golf bag and folding trolley, that allows the user to quickly switch between carrying and pulling their clubs on the course. The bag is comparable in both size and weight to that of an ordinary carry bag. The intention of the product is to save space in the car boot and to allow golfers to use a trolley without being restricted to course pathways.

CTC have developed and are testing a new device for ovulation detection in couples considering in-vitro fertilisation. The innovative continuous temperature monitoring technology underlying this has applications ranging from conception and contraception to general hospital medical temperature measurement. Our patent-pending device will be sold as either an adhesive plaster or a tiny implant and be capable of measuring temperature every 5 -10 minutes, storing this data onboard and then providing it wirelessly to a handheld reader whenever is convenient. Measuring temperature continuously will eliminate the inconvenience and inaccuracy that couples currently face in detecting ovulation to assist natural conception.

Camerge is an algorithm that uses modern CCD/CMOS cameras to their full potential, both cheap camera-phones and high-end professional cameras, adding significant value. One of the most difficult issues with photography, particularly for the amateur, is the combination of lighting, aperture, and exposure time. Camerge solves this problem computationally, and can be applied automatically within cameras. Computational cost is orders of magnitude lower than that of competing 'High Dynamic Range' algorithms, and results are based on a human eye model, dramatically improving perceived image quality. The algorithm can also be applied to CCTV cameras, significantly aiding security staff.

A vast population of small business innovators have limited recourse to conventional means of generating investment. Larger publicly listed companies raise capital by trading company securities on the stock market or through loans from banking institutions. Conversely, the first time entrepreneur with an innovative concept but no prior business record has limited means to obtain investment. The CamI-E aims to revolutionise the fund raising capacity of this segment of the entrepreneurial population. The concept proposed here provides a means for small businesses and start-up companies to generate investment through direct potential customer interaction, thereby enabling the entrepreneur to quickly assess consumer interest and generate investment through positive consumer response.

In vitro diagnostic (IVD) testing constitutes less than 1% of the global US$2,500 billion healthcare industry, but plays the decisive role in most medical decisions, and helps save across the entire healthcare spectrum. Driven by clinical, social and economic pressures coupled with new technologies and IT capabilities, IVD industry is shifting to rapid diagnostic testing (RDT) to minimise the requirement of technical expertise and analysis time. Capnosis exploits a novel nucleic acid- based technology to provide superior RDT products for unmet markets. Our tests efficiently address the two most significant challenges in public healthcare: cost and safety.

The market for 'exotic' spicy food is a rapidly growing sector in European and US markets. Most alcoholic beverages including beer and wine are poorly suited to accompany spicy dishes as they do not dissolve the active ingredient, chilli, leaving the customer with an unpleasant burn which compromises any further possible culinary experience. We propose to develop and market a functional premium lager that combines the taste and appearance of beer with the ability to provide relief for the burning sensation of spicy foods.

Shrimp is a major seafood product in many Asian countries. 40-50% of the entire shrimp is processed for consumption. The remainder is waste and is discarded. This waste is either used as land fill (causing land pollution) or as an ingredient in the animal feed industry. When this waste is deproteinated and demineralised effectively, chitin, protein, calcium, and axthaxanthin, can be obtained. The deacetylated derivative of chitin is chitosan, which has numerous valuable applications. ChitoSci Solutions intends to exploit the opportunity in the chitin-chitosan market, turning this biowaste into valuable ecologically friendly biopolymers with a new fermentation technology.

Each day requires a lot of effort to remember access codes for PC, office and personal email, e-banking, Paypal and a lot of other online accounts. One is constantly reminded (and forced) to change passwords and make them as complicated as possible which makes memorising very difficult. A portable password storage device would allow easy and safe access to all the passwords by protecting them with a single master code. Such an electronic assistant would greatly reduce the amount of detailed information to be memorised and would make the use of the consumer technologies involving security codes much more user-friendly.

COMS is a web-based Information Communication Network Infrastructured designed to link departmental outlets to suppliers via the consignment sales line. COMS will serve as a centralized source of communication between the 2 parties, guaranteed to improve management of suppliers, increase cashflow and reduce losses.

It is 3am, free-lance architect is racing to meet a key deadline. Without warning, the design package stops responding. Where to get instant help? DEEGURU provides 'one-click' solution to 24-7 remote IT-management and support to small businesses and home offices(SOHO). DEGURU takes over the preventative maintenance and security of client's systems at flat-rate. When needing more support, one mouse-click connects the struggling user and their machine with our expert. DEEGURU targets $30 billion IT-services market for SOHO. Thanks to flexible demand-driven employment of home-based students and IT-experts overseas, it can provide customers with services previously available only to corporate clients.

Vehicle insurance companies are currently forced to set premiums for customers based on woefully incomplete information - often little more than the driver's age and previous convictions. Drive4Less is a discreet in-vehicle device that records information about the driver's habits, such as when he drives, which roads he takes, how harshly he brakes and accelerates, and how attentive he is. Periodically it sends this information to the insurance company, which uses it to calculate a fairer premium. We wish to license our IP, and we predict that widespread adoption will result in profit for Drive4Less, insurance companies, and many drivers.

E-ceipts is a state of the art receipt storage and management system. It would replace the current chip and pin integrated circuit with a read/writable micro SD storage card(or similar) that can be read by a PC card reader. This would subsequently allow the replacement of traditional paper receipts with a more dependable digital equivalent, thus eliminating the problem of paper waste and facilitating personal accounting.

Low cost, accurate translation of text via the internet is an unsolved problem. Professional translation costs at least US$50 per page, and present computer translation produces poor output with loss of context and meaning. We present a solution based around minimum wage monolingual workers training an adaptive automatic translation algorithm to maintain context and meaning, and provide translations of native speaker quality. Although inappropriate for legal documents, a vast array of business, news and personal material can be targeted. A price-quality trade-off is provided, and the completely automated translation engine itself will quickly become the best in the market.

EFR Engineering - Enivronmrent Friendly Racing - is a technology consultancy focusing on renewable technologies for the automotive sector. The company aims to develop and race prove new greener technologies, such as bio fuels and regenerative systems, through innovative research schemes and then filter the intellectual property through to the general automotive market. As well as developing a large IP portfolio the comapny will carry out specialised cosulatancy work through a vast network of talented engineers in the renewable energy sector.

Eigentunes is a novel technology that can search a music database of unlimited size, and instantly return acoustically similar music to one or more query tracks. Users can refine results, working with the system until they get the music they like. People with money to spend are time poor. Eigentunes can search a database of any size and deliver a handful of tracks specifically tailored to that individual's tastes. The proposed delivery mechanism will take consumers beyond web based Internet use and will superbly position the company to exploit developing trends in mobile Internet, as typified by 3-G phones.

EM-DDT is signal processing firmware company that has developed a patented audio restoration technique to restore audio buzz associated with mobile phone electromagnetic interferences (GSM Buzz). EM-DDT's 'KILL THE BUZZ' platform technology focuses on 3 markets: (1) Hearing aid, 6 million units. (2) Car stereo, 10 million units. (3) Computer sound card, 200 million units. EM-DDT allows hearing aid users to use mobile phones, eliminates danger for car drivers due to unexpected audio interferences, and enhances computer audio by 50dB SNR. EM-DDT is only weeks away from functional prototypes and is currently having customers who need immediate consultancy.

The ePad electronic notepad phone aims to combine the connectivity, small size and low weight of a modern electronic device with the easy-to-use, adaptable and natural feel of a paper pad through the use of e-ink technology. Applications range from business devices to low cost educational aides for students in third world countries

Faces-2-Places is planned to be an online social networking company. It offers the 'ultimate blog' experience. Users can upload the routes they have taken to visit places and annotate them with comments and media files for other users to share. As more users overlay their routes popular destinations will appear as crossing points. Users will be able to meet other users sharing the same favourite destinations. Alternatively users will be able to discover the most popular destinations in new cities and countries they are visiting. The service that Faces-2-Places provides could ultimately augment current established online social network services.

The microarray market is rapidly growing and this growth is primarily driven by the introduction of innovative technologies and the establishment of niche markets. We have developed a novel platform that extends the reach of this technology to new market opportunities and we have developed a plan to create a niche market in five years.

FluoroDerm is a UV 'detection and protection' company dedicated to developing next generation suncare products. Our first product will be FluoroFun, a novel and practical form of zinc cream which changes colour when the wearer has been exposed to the maximum recommended dose of UV radiation. This product not only alerts the customer when to move out of the sun, but also protects them from the harmful effects of UV rays due to the sun blocking properties of zinc cream. FluoroFun's unique, practical UV indication and exciting colour changing properties will appeal to children, parents and outdoor enthusiasts.

Food entrepreneurship - whether small catering companies or corner-store take-away restaurants is one of the most common forms of entrepreneurship in deprived communities. In the United States, food and hospitality businesses are the largest contributors to small business job creation, but unfortunately also suffer from below-average survival rates, with only 43.8% of firms lasting four years. Starting in Philadelphia, USA as a for-profit social enterprise, the Food Enterprise Project will develop a preferred channel to market for food entrepreneurs from disadvantaged communities, boosting business survival rates and spurring the creation of fulfilling jobs and dynamic businesses in areas of economic deprivation.

The G-Tech gas-exchanger is a product that allows access to the interior of reactor furnaces even when it is in operation with toxic or flammable gases, allowing customers the possibility of in-situ monitoring and sampling of their products.

Gecko Advertising has developed patentable technology to seamlessly place virtual adverts and products into live image and video content. The dynamic nature of our advertising model provides substantial commercial advantages since adverts may be targeted to specific geographic regions, demographics and, eventually, to individuals. Moreover, for televised sports ground perimeter advertising we are able to provide guaranteed coverage and a number of new differentiated products, in addition to reduced costs. We are seeking start up funds to establish a limited company, investigate the patentability of our technology and to fund initial product development.

Global Village is an internet website which allows web users to search multiple Social Networking Websites, such as Bebo, MySpace and Facebook, simultaneously. Gone are the days when you have to register for over a dozen online networks when trying to find old friends. Global Village provides a gateway to the many mainstream and niche networking sites available online, allowing you not only to search all networking sites with one click, but to easily compare the services provided by each site and help you decide with whom to register.

Contemporary communication technology has proved the will of the individual to share, whether it is knowledge (Wikipedia), property (Open Office) or hobbies and feelings (internet forums). However, internet surfers are far from being rewarded or making a non-virtual profit for their sharing. Yachin Ivry, an Israeli nanoscience PhD student at Coventry University, has identified this potential and naturally thought on GlobalEZ. The goal of GlobalEZ goal is to create a reliably supervised, yet competitive e-commerce centre. It is going to develop the individuals' trade market in the internet leaning on a smart and origin system.

Diabetes is a serious epidemic facing the industrialised world, estimated to affect over 8% of the population by 2010. The major challenge faced by diabetics today is to accurately monitor their blood glucose levels. Failure to do so can lead to serious medical consequences. Current solutions involve costly invasive and inconvenient blood measurements. Therefore there is a significant unmet need for a non-invasive and reliable blood glucose monitoring device, which would be capable of continuous blood glucose monitoring. We intend to develop a non-invasive blood glucose monitoring machine, which could be used by diabetics and non-diabetics alike.

The Indian health system is in a dissaray. there is no system to for individuals to tack their health or the health of their children. We intend to provide a system by which would fix this issue.

The 'do-it-yourself medicine' mentality in today's society, combined with the need for effective preventative healthcare strategies presents a unique business opportunity. Our business idea involves creating a website that delivers free, personalized preventative healthcare recommendations for patients and their families. The website will interact with patients and provide health advice specific to their individual profiles as well as information on local healthcare services and products. The website will generate revenue from personalized advertising of products and services related to the website's recommendations. This service will simplify healthcare and allow patients to easily take responsibility for their own health.

King's Corner is a relatively unknown card game. It's simple, addictive and fun to play as a pass-time. As of 2006, there are no high-quality mass-market versions available, for the PC and mobile platforms. I.E. Solutions proposes to develop an innovative virtual version of the game. Unlike other virtual card games, it will not be a simple port from the traditional arena to a computing environment. Instead, a new approach will be used, giving the software a unique user interface, high-quality graphics and ease of use. We will later develop similar-styled software utilities for these platforms.

IGive is a new approach to charitable transactions that offers donors choices and improves accountability, transparency and efficiency in charitable projects receiving aid.

Independent Work will put independent schools requiring teachers in touch with teachers already in the system. It will be a newsletter delivered for free to independent schools every week. Its content will be advertisements for teaching posts, paid for by the recruiting school. The logistics will be straightforward. Schools will pay for and email their adverts to the company by a certain day each week. These advertisements will then be typeset and a number of copies of the newsletter delivered to independent schools around the country. They will then be made available in social spaces such as staff rooms.

Many small-scale Kenyan coffee farmers are forced to sell their coffee at a loss. The marketing structure makes farmers powerless once they turn their coffee into factory. They don't have access to information to be able to negotiate a better payment from local traders. Info Co-op seeks to make an impact on the current situation in Kenya. With a combination of affordable information and financial service optimized for small-scale coffee farmers, Info Co-op is trying to deliver farmers in Kenya means to plan spread the risk in coffee growing and resources to put the plan into practice.

ItemGuard is a compact device that helps to safeguard personal items such as wallets, mobile phones and laptops by alerting users whenever one or more of the tagged items is out of range, allowing it to be recovered before it becomes much more difficult to do so. The product shall be built using radio frequency identification technology, which is both readily available and cost effective. Everyday, countless millions of pounds' worth of items are lost either through actions of pickpockets or one's own carelessness, and this handy device shall prevent such losses from taking place, thereby avoiding potential inconveniences.

NaViCare is seeking 200,000 to develop the next version of Night Adaptometer (Knight-A), a portable and affordable screening device for early detection and monitoring of visual diseases. Compared to its nearest competitor, this device increases the testing range 100-fold, and yet retails at around half the price. If adopted by the NHS it could save the U.K. Government millions of pounds in post-accident payout. We estimate initial annual turnover at 80,000, rising to 150,000. Investors should regain their investment in three years. Twenty percent of the profit will be re-invested in human vision research.

LifeConcept's mission is to improve current infertility treatments with new products that enhance assisted reproductive technology (ART). We are forming close relationships with leading experts in the field of reproductive biology in order to bring the latest technological advances to the marketplace.

Mallebac is a biotechnology company focused on developing a novel enzyme-based therapy for the treatment of bacterial infections of the ear. Mallebac's efforts will lead to the commercialization of a new class of antibiotics.

A 'Google' for your fax-machine (plus new undisclosable services). Free your information from the filing cabinet! Automatically archive and search all faxes sent or received by your existing fax machines. Increase office productivity by readily viewing information according to client, supplier, invoice or by using the intelligent search-word criteria. An economical solution particularly suitable for small to medium-sized businesses.

Vitamin and mineral supplements are in a competitive market where sales are dependent on reformulation of existing products and media reports of clinical studies. Inorganic salts as carriers of minerals have received considerable criticism and negative publicity because clinical studies have proved that absorption of inorganic compounds is highly inefficient. Moreover, current manufacturing processes incorporate impurities that impair quality of the product and risk the consumer's health. The use of metal-enriched yeast as next-generation supplements will provide a biological, organic-bound mineral supply that is low-cost, free of impurities and that exhibits optimised absorption characteristics due to its biological nature.

http://mo.jo - funding communities. Every year 'Approximately 27,000 new releases hit the market. The major labels release about 7,000 new CDs. Less than 10% of albums are profitable.' mo.jo plans to finance 1000 albums per year after our first year of operation, and not make a loss on a single one. mo.jo provides an online financial system whereby fans and bands can raise funding for albums via pre-orders in a hassle-free and risk-free manner. mo.jo can also scale to other industry sectors.

Consumer debt in the UK is at its highest ever level and shows no signs of subsiding. Many consumers find themselves in financial difficulty and stress because many individually small purchases add up to a large outlay. Better micro-level money management could improve the lives of millions, yet often those who could benefit the most have the least time to dedicate. MoneyCare allows consumers to update and track their finances easily and, best of all, whilst on the move. It does this by combining a secure web service, intelligent financial planning tools, and a mobile phone interface.

The Mood Dress, is incorporating the 'mood ring' concept and putting it as part of the design on the item of all age women's clothing, placed between two nanotechnology layers. The 'mood ring' concept is such that the colour of the design will change colour according to the body temperature of the person wearing the item of clothing. In order for the design to stay functioning, it will be waterproof, heat proof, easy to iron, just like the rest of the item of clothing, whether it is a dress, skirt, shirt, t-shirt or a pair of jeans.

NANOCOLOMBIA partners with scientists in Latin American countries to transform knowledge in nanosciences into entrepreneurial ventures. Using a proprietary methodology, NANOCOLOMBIA scouts for research scientist in the nanosciences and nanotechnology fields, funds fundamental research, generates new ventures concepts, stimulates applied research, directs and measures projects development and supports scientists in the process of business development. In addition, NANOCOLOMBIA's Capital Division has a diversified portfolio comprised not only of stocks, options and revenues from the entrepreneurial ventures generated, but also by globally traded nanotechnology related stocks.

NanoThin dedicates to the development and commercialization solar energy solutions based on Thin PV Polymer Solar Technologies.

London is congested, polluted, and public transport sucks. The use of bicycles could solve a number of imminent congestion problems and is an environment friendly solution to reduce inner city pollution by increasing personal mobility. We propose a self-funding scheme hereby bicycles are provided for free and a 2 coin deposit, much like shopping trolleys. This will ensure that the bikes are eventually returned to a central location after being used. The cycles also contain a GPS and mobile phone, assisting in security and logistics whilst providing revenue streams via SMS-paid locking, navigation and location specific advertising.

Sutures are the oldest method of wound closure and consist of a string or thread used to realign wound or blood vessel edges. The European and US wound closure market accrued $4B in revenue in 2005. The current wound closure market strategy is to focus on novel technology that minimizes scarring and decreases wound recovery time. However products currently in market provide limited protection from bacterial infection, do not promote tissue healing, and delay wound recovery by releasing acidic residues. NeoSutures will meet these unmet consumer needs by employing nanotechnology to promote tissue repair and wound recovery.