Investment portfolio

AI powered clinical administration that gives clinicians time back 

What they do: 
Motics develops intelligent AI agents designed to automate clinical administrative tasks, including clinical notes, letters, reports, billing and patient communications. This technology allows healthcare professionals to save over two hours every day, significantly reducing time spent on paperwork.  

Why it matters: 

• Reduces medical errors and improves documentation quality 

• Ensures compliance with NHS, HCPC and GMC standards 

• Allows clinicians to spend more time with patients 

• Helps clinics reduce admin overhead by ~30% and improve cash flow through faster claims processing  

Impact focus: 
Improving healthcare efficiency, accuracy and patient care. 

Website: www.motics.ai 

Compostable, carbon-locking foam built for a sustainable future 

What they do: 
Carbon Cell creates high-performance expandable foam that is fully compostable and made using biochar – an ingredient that removes more CO₂ from the atmosphere than it emits to produce. One tonne of biochar can lock away 3.6 tonnes of CO₂, and it can be produced from waste streams such as textiles and food waste.  

Why it matters: 

• Provides a sustainable alternative to traditional polymer-based foams 

• Makes circular production possible using waste as input 

• Aligns commercial utility with deep environmental responsibility 

Impact focus: 
Reducing waste, lowering carbon emissions and promoting environmentally responsible materials. 

Website: www.carboncell.co/

Autonomous micro vessels for global ocean data collection 

What they do: 
Oshen builds autonomous micro vessels designed for largescale ocean data capture, helping to fill critical gaps in areas lacking consistent monitoring. These vessels are small and simple enough to deploy en masse, yet smart enough to stay in position or follow set routes. 

Why it matters: 

• Fills widespread data gaps in global oceans 

• Enables more accurate modelling of climate systems, ecosystems and ocean health 

• Makes ocean data collection scalable, cost-effective and environmentally responsible 

Impact focus: 
Improving environmental understanding and supporting global climate science. 

Website: www.oshensail.com

Biophilica

Biophilica, is a female-led start-up led by Mira Nameth. They have developed a product called Treekind, a leaf-based leather alternative which uses less than one per cent of the water used in traditional leather production.

Mira developed the material during her MA at the Royal College of Art. She conceptualized the business after discovering that urban plant waste can be made into different materials that are compostable, recyclable and carbon negative.

The product is plastic-free and non-toxic to the environment and can be turned into compost or recycled.

Biophilica have gained immense support and recognition from various platforms:

• The founder won Innovate UK's 'Women In Innovation' Award 2022.
• Won the Manufacturing Futures 2021: Fashion District Innovation Challenge.
• Featured in the Guardian.
• Raised £1.2m Seed Funding in early 2022.

Website: www.biophilica.co.uk

School of Business and Management alumnus Marcos Souto Ulloa, who graduated with an MSc in Entrepreneurship and Innovation in 2020, won the Young Innovator’s Award for developing a revolutionary plastic alternative made from seaweed.

Together with his co-founder Pia Alais, Marcos created Sweed, a sustainable seaweed material which decomposes safely in the ocean. Sweed's product is a home-compostable, marine-safe bio-packaging material, which combats the reliance on single-use plastic in packaging solutions.

Website: www.sweed.uk

Leiho is a female-led social enterprise co-founded by Joey and Thuta, who met at university while studying for their masters degrees. The company is on a mission to help support homeless communities through the supply of basic essentials that improve their quality of life.

Leiho sells environmentally-friendly socks made from organic cotton and bamboo, and every pair helps to provide essentials for vulnerable communities, including refugees and people experiencing homelessness.

They collaborate with smaller charities and projects that help families and individuals experiencing homelessness, to ensure they feel confident and clean enough to go about their day.

For example:

• 225 pairs of socks and underwear were donated to Birchtree Housing CIC.
• 41 sanitary pads were donated to Period Poverty.
• 20 Thermal socks, 45 Chocolates and 24 cartons of water were donated to Streetkind UK.

GoRolloe is a device that attaches to bike wheels to filter air pollution using the rider's motion.

The idea was conceptualized by the inventor Kristen Tapping, while she was cycling through the streets of London and being exposed to noxious gasses and particulate matter. It is a product based on the concept of using the energy produced by vehicles to capture pollution on prime roadways. In Kristen's own words, the invention can be imagined as if “an air purifier and the bike wheel had a baby.”

The company is currently based at London South Bank University, where it is conducting prototyping and testing using the university's workshops and machinery. The company also works in collaboration with Imperial College for sustainability and pollution impact assessment, The Imagination Factory for engineering optimisation and assembly, and Total Sim for CFD analysis.​

The GoRolloe team are proud winners of the prestigious Design Educates 2021 Awards, which showcase and promote the best ideas and implementations of architecture and design that can educate and impact.

Website: www.gorolloe.com