Joe Stringer

We build music wellness tools that make it easy for anyone to manage their mental and physical health. Our Music Wellness Technology (MWT®) finds the right music that helps you calm the mind, improve your mood and activates your long term memory. Did you know that good brain health can reduce the risk of dementia by up to 40%? Our first tool is called Vera - created to help our ageing population stay independent for as long as possible. We use the right music to help keep the brain active and help reduce the risk of cognitive decline. Vera is like a detective, and uses our proprietary MWT® to profile an individual to find the songs that form the soundtrack of their life. www.veramusic.com

We produce rigid seaweed-derived bioplastics. Products made of our patent pending material are home compostable and therefore naturally degrade back into nature in a harmless way. We are on a mission to make the medical sector more sustainable by producing home compostable medical devices (such as inhalers and pregnancy tests). We don’t use any harmful chemicals in manufacturing nor does our material compete with food crops.

Mettle is the first mental fitness platform built specifically for men and is the first app to be Quality Assured and Verified by The Maudsley NHS Trust. Mettles mission is clear: to help every man be the best version of himself, believing that if men are better, the world is better. By focusing specifically on the needs and preferences of men, leveraging technology and expert-backed content, Mettle positions itself as an important and necessary tool in addressing the male mental health crisis. The content is tailored for men with outcome-focused, short sessions, and a relatable tone. Mettle aims to be a complete mental fitness toolkit – by moving beyond tech to create in-app men’s support communities and ‘real world’ men’s groups. Since our launch in January 2024, Mettle has supported over 50K men. With 91% of Mettle users reporting improved mental health and wellbeing.

Candy Capital is a family office established by British real estate entrepreneur Nick Candy to manage his personal business interests and portfolio of companies. The group businesses range from real estate and interior design, to the Candy Ventures portfolio of global investments in fintech, deep tech and augmented reality, digital media, consumer and sports, biotech, water infrastructure and natural resources.

We set out to build the world’s most trusted consulting firm – creating lasting impact for clients and pioneering a positive, people-first way of working. We work with everyone from FTSE 100 names to bright new start-ups, in every sector. ​ You’ll find us collaborating shoulder-to-shoulder with our clients, from the big picture right down to the detail: helping them define their strategy, deliver complex change, spot the right commercial opportunities, manage risk or bring their purpose and sustainability goals to life. Our clients love how we get to know what makes their businesses tick – slotting seamlessly into their teams and being proudly geeky about solving their challenges. ​ We have hubs in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia, and we work all around the world – from a wind farm in Wyoming to a boardroom in Berlin. Find us wherever there’s a challenge to be tackled and an impact to be made.

We build music wellness tools that make it easy for anyone to manage their mental and physical health. Our Music Wellness Technology (MWT®) finds the right music that helps you calm the mind, improve your mood and activates your long term memory. Did you know that good brain health can reduce the risk of dementia by up to 40%? Our first tool is called Vera - created to help our ageing population stay independent for as long as possible. We use the right music to help keep the brain active and help reduce the risk of cognitive decline. Vera is like a detective, and uses our proprietary MWT® to profile an individual to find the songs that form the soundtrack of their life. www.veramusic.com

We produce rigid seaweed-derived bioplastics. Products made of our patent pending material are home compostable and therefore naturally degrade back into nature in a harmless way. We are on a mission to make the medical sector more sustainable by producing home compostable medical devices (such as inhalers and pregnancy tests). We don’t use any harmful chemicals in manufacturing nor does our material compete with food crops.

Mettle is the first mental fitness platform built specifically for men and is the first app to be Quality Assured and Verified by The Maudsley NHS Trust. Mettles mission is clear: to help every man be the best version of himself, believing that if men are better, the world is better. By focusing specifically on the needs and preferences of men, leveraging technology and expert-backed content, Mettle positions itself as an important and necessary tool in addressing the male mental health crisis. The content is tailored for men with outcome-focused, short sessions, and a relatable tone. Mettle aims to be a complete mental fitness toolkit – by moving beyond tech to create in-app men’s support communities and ‘real world’ men’s groups. Since our launch in January 2024, Mettle has supported over 50K men. With 91% of Mettle users reporting improved mental health and wellbeing.

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) leads and inspires the world to achieve its shared vision of zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths. UNAIDS unites the efforts of 11 UN organizations—UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, UNDP, UNFPA, UNODC, UN Women, ILO, UNESCO, WHO and the World Bank—and works closely with global and national partners towards ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals.