A first-of-its-kind hybrid event for north Wales, hosted by M-SParc, GlobalWelsh and partners, Den y Dreigiau (Dragon's Den) will bring a range of cutting-edge start-ups and small businesses together, to showcase their exciting investment opportunities! Is your next portfolio here?! Join us at M-SParc or virtually from wherever you are! Pitching at the event will be some of the most innovative and exciting companies in the region, and you can learn more about them below! Ceridwen Oncology (Pharmaceutical) A team comprising world-leading expertise in medicinal chemistry, genetics and clinician medicine from two Welsh universities (Bangor and Cardiff) and University College London. We are a pre-clinical drug discovery company combining innovative state-of-the-art computational chemistry and cancer biology to identify new, first-in-class anti-cancer therapeutics. Our main initial focus is on a group of compounds we believe can target common cancers found with high prevalence in Wales and transform the treatment of a rare type of bone cancer that afflicts individuals of all age groups, including the very young. Cufflink.io (Digital) Cufflink is a free app to safely store your personal data and control what you share, and with who. Stop worrying about data hacks, passwords being stolen or your private data being bought and sold. Encrypted and stored on your phone, all your data is private, safe and always with you. Cufflink isn't just for people ... it's for companies too. Our corporate service provides a more secure, transparent and accurate way to manage customer data ensuring greater trust, engagement and value for money. Reduce personal information data breach risks by outsourcing PI storage and access. Mitigate compliance and regulatory costs (GDPR, CCPA) through our secure decentralised data storage and licensed access controls. Dewin.tech (AgriTech) dewin.tech is an IoT technology company providing LoRaWAN solutions to service providers and businesses. Working together with Wales’ best technicians, dewin.tech brings innovative technology and solutions to the market to make your life simpler. We use 21st century technology to create value for our customers from cost saving, improved quality and efficiency, improved control, safety and security, dewin.tech provides solutions with endless possibilities. Haia (Digital) Haia is a web-based platform allowing you to create online or hybrid events. No need for any downloads; Haia is browser based, and accessible for everyone. We have worked with event organisers and attendees to find out what they like (and don’t like!) about hosting and attending events. We’ve developed a platform that includes everything people want, and more, with networking, live translation, accessibility, marketing integration, hybrid and exhibition area features all built in. Haia is responding to the demand not only for online events during the pandemic, but for hybrid events post-covid. Micron Agritech (AgriTech) Micron Agritech is an Irish Start-up founded in 2019 by Sean Smith, Daniel Izquierdo, Tara McElligott and Jose Lopez while they were undergraduates at Technological University Dublin. They spun-out of the university with their revolutionary parasite testing technology – the Micron Kit. The Micron Kit is a pen-side testing kit that allows farmers or vets to rapidly detect parasitic infections in livestock. Samples are analysed via the Micron Kit app through a revolutionary Machine Learning AI process. This saves time and reduces spending on and resistance to medication. Papertrail (Digital) Protect your business from avoidable risks with Papertrail. Switch to a simple and powerful cloud-based platform to manage your PPE efficiently. Managing a growing inventory is hard, but not doing it right can have major consequences. Faulty equipment and lost records are a huge risk to your business. Papertrail will transform the way you record and store inspection evidence. Manage, monitor and maintain your PPE with a robust and efficient cloud-based platform. Carry out inspections efficiently, maintain reliable records easily and get complete visibility over your inventory with Papertrail. PlantSea (BioTech) PlantSea aims to replace environmentally damaging petroleum-based plastics with sustainable and biodegradable alternatives. Our project focuses on the development of sustainable and low carbon bioplastics, with the aim to be national pioneers in the development and production of sustainable and affordable seaweed derived plastic alternatives. We aim to support seaweed aquaculture in Wales and the UK with the potential to expand and establish our own seaweed aquaculture, enabling us to sustainably grow raw material while sequestering carbon. Revolancer (Digital) Revolancer is a freelance marketplace that connects ambitious businesses with skilled freelancers. We're innovating AI-powered quality control, which reduces our fees, and brings our customers both quality and value without compromise. We want to change the freelancing industry for good, making it both fairer and easier for skilled freelancers to find clients, and for ambitious businesses to access quality talent with minimal risks. These eight companies are developing forward-thinking solutions in a range of vital sectors from health to artificial intelligence to marine biology and much more! They will be pitching for between £300k - £1.5M. In attendance will be investors and investor groups from across the UK and beyond, including the Development Bank of Wales, the GlobalWelsh investment network, GS Verde Investment Network and more! Do you want to get in on the action? The full agenda for the event is as follows:
- 4:30pm - Event opened by Virginia Crosbie MP
- 4:35pm - Flash talks from Event Partners
- 5:15pm - Break and networking
- 5:30pm - Pitch #1: Haia
- 5:45pm - Pitch #2: Ceridwen Oncology
- 6:00pm - Pitch #3: Micron Agritech
- 6:15pm - Pitch #4: PlantSea
- 6:30pm - Break, networking and food
- 7:15pm - Pitch #5: Cufflink
- 7:30pm - Pitch #6: Revolancer
- 7:45pm - Pitch #7: Dewin.Tech
- 8:00pm - Pitch #8: PaperTrail
- 8:15pm - Networking
- 9:00pm - Close
- 4:30pm - Virginia Crosbie AS yn agor y digwyddiad
- 4:35pm - Sgyrsiau sydyn gan partneriaid y digwyddiad
- 5:15pm - Egwyl a rhwydweithio
- 5:30pm - Cyflwyniad #1: Haia
- 5:45pm - Cyflwyniad #2: Ceridwen Oncology
- 6:00pm - Cyflwyniad #3: Micron Agritech
- 6:15pm - Cyflwyniad #4: PlantSea
- 6:30pm - Egwyl, rhwydweithio a bwyd
- 7:15pm - Cyflwyniad #5: Cufflink
- 7:30pm - Cyflwyniad #6: Revolancer
- 7:45pm - Cyflwyniad #7: Dewin.Tech
- 8:00pm - Cyflwyniad #8: PaperTrail
- 8:15pm - Rhwydweithio
- 9:00pm - Cau'r digwyddiad