Portfolio

Renewable energy

Bac2 Conductive Composites - Bac2 is the developer of ElectroPhenT, an electrically conductive plastic. The company is now in the process of exploiting the material commercially with patents pending in Europe, America and Japan. Bac2 is using ElectroPhenT to make bipolar plates, key components in fuel cells. For further information contact Mike Stannard at mike.stannard@bac2.co.uk or visit www.bac2.co.uk.

Intec Power Holdings - Intec Power Holdings Limited was founded in 2000 to further develop, prove and exploit a new means of generating electricity. The ‘Silent Urban Rotational Generator of Electricity’ (SURGE) system captures the natural movement of air that occurs around all buildings – irrespective of the level of natural wind, unlike traditional wind power systems – and converts this into electricity by means of an innovative, highly efficient and patented generator and ducting control system. Excess electricity can be sold to the National Grid. The LSC investment will fund the initial 12-month pilot programme, in which the first full-size SURGE unit will be optimised, installed and evaluated by a third party. For futher information about Intec please contact Rob Desborough at robert@londonseedcapital.com.

Software

Mirriad Ltd -Mirriad's core software is routinely used on big-film productions such as Harry Potter, X-men III, Pirates of the Caribbean II and James Bond Casino Royale. Using this technology, Mirriad embeds advertising into any kind of video content- from Studio content to user generated content (UGC). For further information contact Mark Popkeiwicz or visit www.mirriad.com.

Magpie Ltd - Magpie provides business intelligence through advanced search technology. The company's flagship product, Brandwatch, allows compaies to monitor the online conversation around their brand and their competitors quickly and clearly. It tells customers who is saying what, where they are saying it and when it was said- which allows a company to take a proactive approach to managing their brand online. For further information contact Giles Palmer at giles@magpie.net or visit www.magpie.net

Codima Technologies Ltd - The company has acquired a number of technologies and adapted and modularised them into an integrated portfolio of complementary products. The product suit automatically discovers the devices on a network and handles the inventory management. A comprehensive set of reports enables the user to view, maintain and store accurate data on the network inventory.The product is sold through the companies sales offices in UK, France, Germany, Sweden and the US in addition to a range of global re-sellers and OEM’s. For further information contact Christer Mattsson at cmattsson@codimatech.com or visit www.codimatech.com

Intamac - Intamac has developed a unique service platform which gives users the ability to network, control and monitor all types of devices in their property (alarm systems, cameras, white goods, electricity and heating, among others) through a single web-interface or any mobile device. Customers include BT, Linksys (Cisco) and Telefonica.
For further information contact Kevin Meagher at kmeagher@intamac.com or visit www.intamac.com

Imagineer- Imagineer Systems is a spin-out from the University of Surrey’s Centre for Vision, Speech and Signal Processing where it has developed software that enables users to remove or extract objects such as wires, rigs or people from moving footage. The software was used in the editing of the second Harry Potter film.
For further information contact Allan Jaenicke at ahj@imagineersystems.com or visit www.imagineersystems.com

Life sciences

Cambridge Biostability - Cambridge Biostability has developed patented technology for stabilising liquid vaccines to allow existing commercial vaccines to be stored at room temperature and for multi-vaccines to be administered on a slow release from a single injection. The company is supported by ongoing programme of grants through PATH and the Gates Foundation. For further information contact Paul Rewrie at paul.rewrie@biostability.com or visit www.biostability.com

Chameleon BioSurfaces - Chameleon BioSurfaces has developed a unique, patented technology that uses electropolymerisation (a synthetic electrodeposition process similar to electroplating) to produce polymer coatings on metallic medical devices such as stents which are used to treat coronary artery disease. The company’s polymer has other applications as medical implant coating and in neurotransmitter applications. For further information contact Ian Mackenzie at Ianmack88@aol.com or visit www.chameleonbio.com

Michelson Diagnostics - Michelson Diagnostics is developing an imaging instrument for use during cancer diagnosis and treatment. This will, in many cases, replace or improve the current method of taking tissue samples for offline laboratory analysis. The device uses optical coherence tomography to provide real-time images of sub-surface tissue at near-cellular resolution without tissue removal - an 'optical biopsy'. Within a clinical setting the company’s technology allows surgeons to see the size and location of a tumour in real-time. This allows them to assess tumour margin and spread giving better surgical outcomes and less chance of readmission. For further information contact Jon Holmes at jon.holmes@md-ltd.co.uk or visit www.md-ltd.co.uk

Consumer

Famous Retail Limited - Famous Retail Limited is the UK’s leading specialty retailer of sporting, film and music memorabilia. It occupies a unique niche in the market being the largest multi store marketer at present, in the UK.  In addition, it maintains an active and growing presence in the on-line market alongside 8 stores in cities around the UK. For further information contact Trudi Winchester at Trudi.Winchester@famousretail.com or visit www.famousretail.com

Baby TV - Baby TV, founded by radio pioneer Roger Sinclair, operates the largest digital narrow-cast media network targeting expecting families in the UK. The company delivers highly targeted marketing and pregnancy information via its network of screens installed in NHS antenatal clinics and hospitals - reaching more than 35% of all births in England and Wales. For more information contact Roger Sinclair at roger@baby-tv.co.uk or visit www.baby-tv.co.uk

Fifth Dimension- Fifth Dimension is a leading children’s interactive publisher. The company develops and publishes computer games based on popular children’s TV brands such as Tweenies, Teletubbies, Fimbles and RobotWars. They have won BAFTA (British Academy of Film & Television Arts) and BIMA (British Interactive Media Association) awards. For further information contact Philip Campbell at phil@fifthdimension.com or visit www.fifthdimension.com

Fushi Limited - Fushi is a retailer of its own non-coloured cosmetics through its chain of high end juice bars retailing its own products within Harvey Nichols. For more information about Fushi please contact Ranish: ranish@fushi.co.uk or visit www.fushi.co.uk

Primal Soup Limited [Exited 2006]- Primal Soup is a manufacturer and wholesaler of high quality soups, sauces and sandwich spreads, supplying to the likes of Coffee Republic, Caffe Nero, Aroma Coffee and the Compass Group. For more information about Primal Soup please contact Sebastiano Petrilli at sebastiano@primalsoup.co.uk or visit www.primalsoup.co.uk