James Hughes

Ikigai Data is a careers data and insights company. We work with education and employment partners to help everyone find and manage their Ikigai: their reason for being, in pursuit of healthy and fulfilling career lives. Achieving a healthy and fulfilling career can feel like a privilege. But we believe it is everyone’s right - and responsibility.

Building the worlds largest immune databank to inform therapy and develop diagnostics through a convergence of high-resolution immune cell sequencing and artificial intelligence. We bring together bright minds from multiple disciplines. We are driven to shorten the timeline from research to real-world human impact. Our motivation is to put science in service of humanity. Join us in our mission: Healthcare for everyone, everywhere. Science is we all.

Global Nano Network is a technology company solving battery power density and cycle life issues with HyperFoil®, a high-performance current collector that is form factor and chemistry agnostic. We use sustainable materials and a localized supply-chain to provide manufacturers this critical component that will dramatically improve cell performance.

Prometheus is an AI-powered investing platform designed for financial service providers such as Banks, Neobanks, Brokers, Insurers and Asset Managers to offer to their retail customers. Using high return, AI-driven systematic strategies, it consistently generates Alpha. Its advanced ML and Alpha-seeking capabilities create personalized investment portfolios for every user/investor, helping them to achieve their financial goals while maximizing their ESG investing impact. Prometheus delivers scalable AI driven investing, discretionary portfolio management, order execution, portfolio analytics and a mobile app, which constitute all the necessary functions/components for rapid time-to-market. Integrating with Prometheus is the fast track to new revenue streams, higher profits, market differentiation and monetization of your existing customer base. Prometheus makes investing accessible, intuitive and simplified for even the least experienced investor!

Aether Capital Partners is a London-based private equity impact firm founded in 2024. Aether focuses on supporting exceptional companies addressing some of the world’s most pressing challenges. Our mission is to accelerate the growth of these businesses, unlocking substantial economic value while driving positive environmental and social impact. Aether’s distinctive approach is defined by its collaborative model of partnering with specialist organisations, such as NGOs and industrial groups. These partnerships provide unparalleled technical, operational, and commercial expertise to each strategy we design and implement. We are delighted to launch our first strategy in collaboration with Canopy Planet Solutions. This initiative aims to scale low-carbon innovations that are transforming supply chains in the packaging and textile industries, while simultaneously supporting the protection and preservation of the world’s ancient and endangered forests. This effort represents a vital step toward a more sustainable future.

Ikigai Data is a careers data and insights company. We work with education and employment partners to help everyone find and manage their Ikigai: their reason for being, in pursuit of healthy and fulfilling career lives. Achieving a healthy and fulfilling career can feel like a privilege. But we believe it is everyone’s right - and responsibility.

HYCAP is a private equity fund investing in the hydrogen economy for a sustainable future. The funds mission is to lead the U.K. energy transition by investing in the emerging green hydrogen economy. HYCAPs vision is to set a global standard in decarbonisation, green energy transition and the creation of sustainable green jobs. Our investment strategy is to match supply and demand for hydrogen, with a focus on demand origination allowing the market to scale rapidly. We take a holistic approach across the emerging hydrogen ecosystem to deliver attractive returns and manage risk.

Building the worlds largest immune databank to inform therapy and develop diagnostics through a convergence of high-resolution immune cell sequencing and artificial intelligence. We bring together bright minds from multiple disciplines. We are driven to shorten the timeline from research to real-world human impact. Our motivation is to put science in service of humanity. Join us in our mission: Healthcare for everyone, everywhere. Science is we all.

Global Nano Network is a technology company solving battery power density and cycle life issues with HyperFoil®, a high-performance current collector that is form factor and chemistry agnostic. We use sustainable materials and a localized supply-chain to provide manufacturers this critical component that will dramatically improve cell performance.