Dr. Golnaz Borghei

Medtech company commercialising the 1st Rapid Blood Test for Strokes, the LVOne. Founded in Cambridge, UK, in 2017, our mission is to revolutionise emergency stroke care. We are dedicated to discovering and applying novel biomarkers that help professionals to deliver better, more cost-effective care. We have established strong traction and are manufacturing-ready for global commercialisation: ➠ LVOnes high performance is validated in multiple clinical studies and is active in trials worldwide. ➠ ISO 13485 certified company. ➠ We have established Manufacturing Readiness, positioning us for scalable market entry. Join us in the stroke diagnostics revolution.

APEX Ventures is a European venture capital firm focusing on deep tech companies. The team act not only as investors but also as company builders with a mission to support the most talented startup teams in building global market leaders.

OptiZone uses wearable technology to predict and prevent injury in sports. Our technology accurately assesses the risk of ACL injury and offers personalised recommendations considering everything from biomechanics to sleep. This allows athletes to train smarter and safer - significantly reducing the risk of career-ending injuries.

Alpha3D isn’t just building a product - we’re rewriting the rules of 3D content creation. We’re in the midst of a once-in-a-generation platform shift, where digital experiences are becoming spatial, immersive, and AI-driven. But 3D creation is still stuck in the past: slow, manual, fragmented, and fundamentally unscalable. That’s the crack in the foundation and Alpha3D is stepping straight through it. Our platform transforms simple inputs - text, images, rough assets into fully usable, customizable 3D scenes and models. Instantly. No templates. No gimmicks. Just a full generative engine that turns imagination into interactive content, ready for real-world use across gaming, XR, e-commerce, digital twins, and beyond. While others tinker with tools, we’re building infrastructure. While competitors rely on third-party datasets, we’ve built a proprietary, AI-native dataset with millions of structured assets and a roadmap to 100 million by 2026. Every object, every remix, every prompt becomes data that trains our models, sharpens our output, and tightens our feedback loop. That’s our moat and it grows with every click. We’ve already reached over 600K users without spending a cent on paid marketing. Enterprise partners are lining up for early API access. And our platform evolves daily through real-time creator feedback, telemetry, and Moonlander-powered model refinement. While others are building workflows, we’re building the AI brain of the 3D web. By the time most companies catch up, we’ll already be there - training the models, owning the data, and powering the platforms they’re trying to build on. This isn’t just a bet on 3D. It’s a bet on the future of the internet.

Medtech company commercialising the 1st Rapid Blood Test for Strokes, the LVOne. Founded in Cambridge, UK, in 2017, our mission is to revolutionise emergency stroke care. We are dedicated to discovering and applying novel biomarkers that help professionals to deliver better, more cost-effective care. We have established strong traction and are manufacturing-ready for global commercialisation: ➠ LVOnes high performance is validated in multiple clinical studies and is active in trials worldwide. ➠ ISO 13485 certified company. ➠ We have established Manufacturing Readiness, positioning us for scalable market entry. Join us in the stroke diagnostics revolution.

APEX Ventures is a European venture capital firm focusing on deep tech companies. The team act not only as investors but also as company builders with a mission to support the most talented startup teams in building global market leaders.

OptiZone uses wearable technology to predict and prevent injury in sports. Our technology accurately assesses the risk of ACL injury and offers personalised recommendations considering everything from biomechanics to sleep. This allows athletes to train smarter and safer - significantly reducing the risk of career-ending injuries.

Alpha3D isn’t just building a product - we’re rewriting the rules of 3D content creation. We’re in the midst of a once-in-a-generation platform shift, where digital experiences are becoming spatial, immersive, and AI-driven. But 3D creation is still stuck in the past: slow, manual, fragmented, and fundamentally unscalable. That’s the crack in the foundation and Alpha3D is stepping straight through it. Our platform transforms simple inputs - text, images, rough assets into fully usable, customizable 3D scenes and models. Instantly. No templates. No gimmicks. Just a full generative engine that turns imagination into interactive content, ready for real-world use across gaming, XR, e-commerce, digital twins, and beyond. While others tinker with tools, we’re building infrastructure. While competitors rely on third-party datasets, we’ve built a proprietary, AI-native dataset with millions of structured assets and a roadmap to 100 million by 2026. Every object, every remix, every prompt becomes data that trains our models, sharpens our output, and tightens our feedback loop. That’s our moat and it grows with every click. We’ve already reached over 600K users without spending a cent on paid marketing. Enterprise partners are lining up for early API access. And our platform evolves daily through real-time creator feedback, telemetry, and Moonlander-powered model refinement. While others are building workflows, we’re building the AI brain of the 3D web. By the time most companies catch up, we’ll already be there - training the models, owning the data, and powering the platforms they’re trying to build on. This isn’t just a bet on 3D. It’s a bet on the future of the internet.

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