
- AcerMetric – pre-fab housing materials
- AdInsight – websight tracking
- Allow – online privacy management tools
- Anesco – renewable energy consultancy
- Artesian Solutions – analyses social media
- Bamboo Innovations – e-learning for schoolchildren
- BaseKit – automated website creator
- BeFruity – fruit bars
- Bertie’s Wood Fuel – wood fuel brickettes
- Biscuiteers – bespoke gift biscuits
- Borro – online pawnbroker
- Buddy – SMS app to help depression sufferers
- Cella Energy – hydrogen storage technology
- Central Working – business workspace for rent
- Chic & Seek – vintage clothing for sale online
- Clearer Partners – video editing and hosting on the cloud for professionals
- Clippys – apple jam preserve
- Cognitive Match – online advertising service
- Concept Cupboard – showcases and sells design services of arts students and graduates
- Cotswold Gold – rapeseed oil products
- CT Innovations – software for engineers
- Durham Graphene Science – nanotech graphene
- Electrospinning – nanofibres for the biotech industry
- Ellipse – group risk insurance
- Enistic – energy saving
- Fins for Him – shoes brand for men
- Floxx – gossip, lechery and chatter on a map
- Flybrid Systems – automotive energy conservation tech
- Funding Circle – disintermediated lending to small firms
- Girl Meets Dress – designer dress rental
- Gold-i – software platform for stock market brokers
- Grannies Inc – knitwear accessories knitted by grannies
- Hedgehog Lab – mobile apps maker
- Housebites – website for chefs to sell food in a “virtual takeway”
- Housetrip – holiday home rental website
- Image Analysis – diagnostic software for MRI scanners
- Incinerator Replacement Technology – crematorium for cows
- Infectious Media – online advertising service
- Insure the Box – GPS box in car for car insurance
- Lilly and Sid – childrens clothing
- LoveThis – social network focused on recommendations
- Made.com – online furniture store
- Maiden Voyage – social network for travelling businesswomen
- MarketInvoice – eBay of invoice financing
- MBA & Company – freelancer consultancy model, using MBAs and PhDs
- MobileRoadie – app creator
- Mubaloo – mobile apps maker
- My Work Search – assistance to Jobseeker Plus
- MyBuilder.com – recommendation website for builders
- Naked Energy – hybrid solar panels: both photovoltaic and heat transfer in one
- Nanodome – pan-tilt-zoom security camera
- National Locums – medical recruitment agency
- Navmii – maps for mobiles
- Neul – radio chip maker, targeting white space spectrum
- Newspepper – journalism platform
- Newtons Solicitors – virtual law firm
- Nova Parking – intelligent parking
- One Fine Stay – couchsurfing meets hotels. Brent Hoberman is an investor.
- Orlebar Brown – men’s swimwear
- Oxford Yasa Motors – electric motors for cars
- Patrick Properties – innovative lettings agency
- People Per Hour – freelancer job allocator
- Peppersmith – organic food by ex-Innocent Drinks employees
- Peter Spanton Beverages – stylish soft drinks range
- PitchUp – campsite bookings
- Poikos – custom fit clothing via mass customisation
- SeaPower Gen – sea power generators
- Secret Escapes – boutique hotel booking service
- Seven Hills – public relations
- SharedBand – broadband maximiser
- Simeio – biometric sign-in sheets for construction industry
- Snap Fashion – Google Googles for the fashion industry
- Songkick – concert tickets
- Sports New Media – fan pages for sports
- Sumo Drinks – soft drink which helps you burn calories
- Teamly – productivity web-app
- Tepilo – Sarah Beeny’s property management service
- TransferWise – disintermediated currency exchange
- Twenty Recruitment – recruitment agency
- Universal Fuels – fuel supply. Founder is 19
- VirtualGym TV – personal fitness delivered via the internet
- Wahanda – retail aggregator for health and beauty products
- We Are Social – social media marketers
- WebMynd – Platform to allow apps to work on all OSes
- Wikijob – open source job site
- Wish.co.uk – experiences, such as F1 car racing or days out (“virtual” model)
- Xsilon – energy monitoring powerline products
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