Our Founders

Aaron Oliver-Taylor

Co-Founder, Gold Standard Phantoms

Co-founder of Gold Standard Phantoms (GSP), the company solving MRI's biggest blind spot — calibration. GSP's METRION technology embeds calibration phantoms within each patient scan to enable real-time correction and consistent quantitative MRI worldwide.

Alex Deadman

Co-Founder, Tickets for Good

Co-founder of Tickets for Good, the social impact ticketing platform distributing 1.2M+ event experiences to 650K+ verified healthcare, education and charity workers across the UK, North America and Continental Europe.

Daniel Camilleri

Robotics Super-Builder

Founder of Kinematic Trees, building orchestration and zero code development for all robotics. 2nd time founder and full-stack super builder. XPrize robotics finalist.

Dash Tabor

Data, AI & ML Founder

Founder of TUBR, building AI and ML capabilities to work with small data sets to provide 90%+ accurate predictions. Ex-Experian, American living in Sheffield, UK.

David Dixon

Co-Founder & CEO, Future Greens

Co-founder and CEO of Future Greens, building AI-controlled two-stage anaerobic digestion — 3–10x faster and 10x smaller than traditional systems. MOUs with major brewers including Carlsberg.

Gabriele Barteskaite

Co-Founder, Future Greens

Co-founder of Future Greens, the AI-controlled anaerobic digestion company saving medium breweries roughly £200K a year through faster, more compact waste processing.

Jack Ledingham

Co-founder, Danu Water

Co-founder of Danu Water, building plug-and-play desalination systems that recover and reuse water from industrial wastewater.

Kyra Sedransk Campbell

Founder, Danu Water

Co-founder of Danu Water, building plug-and-play desalination systems that recover and reuse water from industrial wastewater.

Mike Maddock

Veteran, Olympian, Operator Turned UAV Founder

Former combat diver turned Olympian, redesigned the skeleton bob-sleigh with composites and TeamGB has won ever since. Now Founder of UKAV, building composites based autonomous aircraft to revolutionise global aviation logistics.

Possible Etumnu

Founder, NAYA AI

Founder of NAYA AI, building voice-driven AI sales agents that handle inbound and outbound calls, qualify leads, and book meetings for home services, real estate, contact centres and B2B sales teams.

Simon Graham

Founder, EdgeSynergies

Founder of EdgeSynergies, building AI-powered renewable heating solutions combining heat decarbonisation with edge computing infrastructure.

Stevan Parkin

Founder, MiniVox

Founder of MiniVox, the UK EdTech platform giving teachers and parents an educational, child-safe alternative to social media. No likes, no comments, no algorithms — endorsed by counter-terrorism police. 2,000+ users since January 2026 launch.

Steve Rimmer

Co-Founder, Tickets for Good

Co-founder of Tickets for Good. Built the social impact ticketing platform that now serves 650K+ verified healthcare, education and charity workers — 200+ US partners including 10 MLS clubs, the NBA's Houston Rockets, MLB, and the PGA Tour.

Toby Savage-Yu

Founder, StirLight

Founder of StirLight, building friction stir welding quality control that produces welds almost 2x stronger than conventional methods — with aerospace applications including 30% lighter aircraft doors. On course for 250% revenue growth with 50%+ margins.

Tom Fripp

Founder, AddParts

Founder of AddParts, the digital spare parts storeroom for pharma and food manufacturers — 3D-printable, food-safe, traceable parts delivered in 11–48 hours, cutting downtime costs that can run to £400K per hour.