Baltic Ventures has unveiled the 11 companies which have been chosen to be part of this year’s accelerator.
Set up to promote tech startups in the North West, it said that 100% of last year’s cohort secured seed funding.
“The Baltic Ventures team were overwhelmed with the breadth and strength of applications this year, and were delighted with the diversity and dynamism of early-stage founders vying for a spot on our flagship Accelerator 2024 programme,” added Mo Aldalou, Programme Director at Baltic Ventures.
“The process was incredibly competitive and the calibre of our new cohort is a true reflection of that. From disrupting maternal health and improving the early detection of breast cancer, to innovative edtech platforms revolutionising children’s academic prospects, we’re absolutely thrilled to be backing and supporting these 11 mission-driven founding teams on their growth journeys over the coming months and beyond.”
In total 270 companies applied to the accelerator, a 35% increase on last year.
“We are excited to welcome this year’s Baltic Ventures Accelerator cohort chosen from an exceptional group of applicants who believe in the vision of business as a force for good,” added Claire Lewis, CEO of Baltic Ventures.
“The Baltic Ventures Accelerator brings together talented and ambitious mission-driven founding teams, supporting them to fast track their growth and development and secure the funding they need for the next step of their growth.”
The chosen tech start-ups are:
- AppLatch Kids – builds products to help millions of children curb smartphone addiction, increase productivity, and improve academic performance by reducing tech distractions;
- BeGenio – a game-based learning platform that focuses on improving maths skills through immersive games;
- Black Goblin – an intuitive, cost-effective solution that democratises sound design;
- DearBump – a pregnancy app aimed at closing the significant worldwide maternal health data and research gap;
- Decently – have created Melo, a clinically-validated, AI driven web-based platform that helps clinical teams provide better care for brain injury and dementia patients through smarter, quicker behavioural assessments and insights;
- EdenFiftyOne – promoting 51 universal skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening) at the core of English education and a standardised system for the teaching, learning and assessment of the worldʼs language;
- GoPlugable – an EV charger-sharing platform;
- MyOpNotes – a digital tool that aims to mitigate significant financial losses due to unclaimed revenue from poorly recorded clinical coding in post surgical documentation;
- Praxium – Praxium AI co-pilot increases the productivity and accuracy of radiologists in low and middle income countries in the detection of breast cancer;
- SoSquared – professionalising the influencer and content marketing space by enabling businesses from novices to large enterprises and agencies to complete marketing campaigns more efficiently, saving both money and time;
- Sum Vivas – an artificial intelligence company that creates advanced digital humans.
