Jeffrey Barnett

Alokai (previously Vue Storefront) is a Frontend as Service (FEaaS) for composable commerce, guiding merchants to focus on what matters most - customer experience - as this is what drives the revenue. Connect modern and legacy ecommerce technologies through ready integrations, build with premade frontend components, and deploy on secure, enterprise cloud infrastructure. Leverage a perfect balance of build & buy, where "build" means the flexibility to create complex customer journeys and "buy" accelerates time to market.

Inventory causes headaches. That’s why we’ve built machine learning models that predict demand and optimize inventory. It’s an omni-channel decision support engine powered by AI/ML. No more headaches. We use advanced machine learning models for demand forecasting and for probabilistic optimizations of inventory. Our mission is to empower brands and retailers to be more profitable, more sustainable, and more intelligent. Talk to us about joining our beta family: www.syrup.tech We have seen how damaging excess inventory and overproduction are to retailers’ profitability and to our planet: we are deeply passionate about solving this problem. Our team comprises dreamers, machine-learning scientists, software engineers and business experts. Join our team: https://angel.co/company/syrup-tech

Outdoorly brings together outdoor professionals with the brands they love. We provide the highest quality outdoor, ski & snowboard, biking, yoga, and mountaineering equipment at the lowest possible price. Unlike the other guys, we truly verify every user to make sure they are not only who they say they are, but have something to offer the market. Because of this, we pride ourselves in having that happiest and most loyal customer base. Consumers are constantly looking for the newest and hottest gear, recommended to them by those that they trust. We work with brands big and small, ranging from $2m ARR to $1b ARR, to help them scale brand influence from a rapidly growing user-base of highly qualified category experts. By creating a detailed user taxonomy, we are able to target specific audiences to help grow a brand’s reach.

Bring the in-store experience online. Pair your shoppers with real product experts who can guide them through the purchase journey. Faster, more effective, and more trustworthy than training a team to do it yourself.

Founded in 2014, Faculty is one of Europe’s leading applied AI companies. Our suite of AI services and products spans everything organisations need to access frontier AI and get it into the hands of their frontline teams to support their most important work. Widely recognised as a leader in AI safety, we work closely with the world’s leading AI labs, such as OpenAI and Anthropic, to ensure their latest models are safe, human-led and explainable. Our expertise spans working with Boards, leadership teams and governments to develop a robust AI strategy, designing, building and implementing high-performing AI solutions, and equipping organisations with the knowledge and skills they need to thrive in the AI era. Our PhD-heavy team of deep AI experts has delivered hundreds of real-world AI projects to improve critical public services and drive sustained economic returns across every sector of the economy. Headquartered in London, Faculty remains founder-led and has since raised over £40m from investors including The Apax Digital Fund, LocalGlobe and GMG Ventures.

NewStore provides a Unified Commerce Platform for global retail brands that want to accelerate their digital transformation. Built with MACH principles, NewStore provides a revolutionary Omnichannel POS and Shopping App with built-in order management, inventory, clienteling, and loyalty. Leading retail organizations, such as Burton, Faherty Brand, Fossil Group, GANNI, G-Star RAW, Marine Layer, Roots Canada, UNTUCKit, and Vince, rely on NewStore to make every store a top door, every associate a top performer, and ​every customer a super fan. The company is backed by General Catalyst, Activant Capital, and Salesforce Ventures.

Alokai (previously Vue Storefront) is a Frontend as Service (FEaaS) for composable commerce, guiding merchants to focus on what matters most - customer experience - as this is what drives the revenue. Connect modern and legacy ecommerce technologies through ready integrations, build with premade frontend components, and deploy on secure, enterprise cloud infrastructure. Leverage a perfect balance of build & buy, where "build" means the flexibility to create complex customer journeys and "buy" accelerates time to market.

Inventory causes headaches. That’s why we’ve built machine learning models that predict demand and optimize inventory. It’s an omni-channel decision support engine powered by AI/ML. No more headaches. We use advanced machine learning models for demand forecasting and for probabilistic optimizations of inventory. Our mission is to empower brands and retailers to be more profitable, more sustainable, and more intelligent. Talk to us about joining our beta family: www.syrup.tech We have seen how damaging excess inventory and overproduction are to retailers’ profitability and to our planet: we are deeply passionate about solving this problem. Our team comprises dreamers, machine-learning scientists, software engineers and business experts. Join our team: https://angel.co/company/syrup-tech

Outdoorly brings together outdoor professionals with the brands they love. We provide the highest quality outdoor, ski & snowboard, biking, yoga, and mountaineering equipment at the lowest possible price. Unlike the other guys, we truly verify every user to make sure they are not only who they say they are, but have something to offer the market. Because of this, we pride ourselves in having that happiest and most loyal customer base. Consumers are constantly looking for the newest and hottest gear, recommended to them by those that they trust. We work with brands big and small, ranging from $2m ARR to $1b ARR, to help them scale brand influence from a rapidly growing user-base of highly qualified category experts. By creating a detailed user taxonomy, we are able to target specific audiences to help grow a brand’s reach.

Bring the in-store experience online. Pair your shoppers with real product experts who can guide them through the purchase journey. Faster, more effective, and more trustworthy than training a team to do it yourself.

Founded in 2014, Faculty is one of Europe’s leading applied AI companies. Our suite of AI services and products spans everything organisations need to access frontier AI and get it into the hands of their frontline teams to support their most important work. Widely recognised as a leader in AI safety, we work closely with the world’s leading AI labs, such as OpenAI and Anthropic, to ensure their latest models are safe, human-led and explainable. Our expertise spans working with Boards, leadership teams and governments to develop a robust AI strategy, designing, building and implementing high-performing AI solutions, and equipping organisations with the knowledge and skills they need to thrive in the AI era. Our PhD-heavy team of deep AI experts has delivered hundreds of real-world AI projects to improve critical public services and drive sustained economic returns across every sector of the economy. Headquartered in London, Faculty remains founder-led and has since raised over £40m from investors including The Apax Digital Fund, LocalGlobe and GMG Ventures.