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Knight-A
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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.
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LifeConcept
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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.
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Mallebac
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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.
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MercuFax
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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.
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Metal-Enriched Yeast
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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.
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mo.jo
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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.
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MoneyCare
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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.
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Mood Dress
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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.
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iGive
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IGive is a new approach to charitable transactions that offers donors choices and improves accountability, transparency and efficiency in charitable projects receiving aid.
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Independent Work
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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.
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