Johann Malawana

Taxo builds agents to take on administrative workflows in healthcare, allowing clinicians to focus on their patients.

DNA is the blueprint to what makes you who you are. It is the most valuable piece of personal information an individual will ever own. It is an appreciating asset that will continue to increase in value as genetic research continues to unlock mysteries in DNA over time. However, as soon as individuals send their saliva to a sequencing facility and their DNA is read, they relinquish all control over their data. Organisations that hold this data currently do not have the technology to safeguard it from data hacks/breaches and many legally share DNA data in plain text to third parties in multi-million dollar deals. This means that individuals not only are excluded from taking part in any value their DNA may hold but lose ownership and privacy of highly sensitive DNA data. We at Genomes.io believe individuals should be able to own, control access to and benefit from their most sensitive and valuable personal asset, their DNA. We are building a secure DNA sequencing, storage and sharing technology using state-of-the-art encryption and blockchain technologies to provide users with control over their whole genome sequence. This allows users to control access to segments of their genome in a repeat consent model to trusted professionals and accredited researchers in a secure, private and anonymous manner. Our platform acts as genomic data aggregator that provides research organisations with a more efficient genomic data acquisition model. However, we do so in a more equitable model in which individuals own, control and get paid for the data they wish to share. We aim to securely sequence and store 1 billion individual’s genomes in our DNA data bank and become the world’s largest, most secure and trusted genomic and health data marketplace to power the personalised medicine revolution. Genomes.io - Invest in Future You.

Grocery has a HUGE pollution problem - did you know that 40% of plastic waste comes from grocery shopping? That’s why we exist, were the worlds first frictionless circular supermarket. ❓ What does that mean? It means no more packaging waste from your groceries, with no extra effort. 🐟 We’re going to prevent hundreds of millions of pieces of packaging waste from entering our oceans, landfill or being incinerated. 💡 Easy to use, all in one place, and built on innovative two-way infrastructure designed for circularity. 💪 We are weekly, and we’ve had enough of rubbish groceries. Find out more at www.weekly.shop.

Baobab Network invests in Africas best startups, providing entrepreneurs with $100k in funding, hands-on support and a global platform to scale their business.

The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) in Preston was founded in 1828 as the Institution for the Diffusion of Knowledge. ‘Ex solo ad solem’, or in translation, ‘From the Earth to the Sun’, has been its motto ever since – helping people from all walks of life to make the most of their potential is what UCLan’s all about. From state-of-the-art facilities and world class teaching and support to help undergraduate students succeed, to providing world-leading Astrophysics researchers with the opportunity to work with NASA and photograph the Sun, UCLan has it all.

Taxo builds agents to take on administrative workflows in healthcare, allowing clinicians to focus on their patients.

DNA is the blueprint to what makes you who you are. It is the most valuable piece of personal information an individual will ever own. It is an appreciating asset that will continue to increase in value as genetic research continues to unlock mysteries in DNA over time. However, as soon as individuals send their saliva to a sequencing facility and their DNA is read, they relinquish all control over their data. Organisations that hold this data currently do not have the technology to safeguard it from data hacks/breaches and many legally share DNA data in plain text to third parties in multi-million dollar deals. This means that individuals not only are excluded from taking part in any value their DNA may hold but lose ownership and privacy of highly sensitive DNA data. We at Genomes.io believe individuals should be able to own, control access to and benefit from their most sensitive and valuable personal asset, their DNA. We are building a secure DNA sequencing, storage and sharing technology using state-of-the-art encryption and blockchain technologies to provide users with control over their whole genome sequence. This allows users to control access to segments of their genome in a repeat consent model to trusted professionals and accredited researchers in a secure, private and anonymous manner. Our platform acts as genomic data aggregator that provides research organisations with a more efficient genomic data acquisition model. However, we do so in a more equitable model in which individuals own, control and get paid for the data they wish to share. We aim to securely sequence and store 1 billion individual’s genomes in our DNA data bank and become the world’s largest, most secure and trusted genomic and health data marketplace to power the personalised medicine revolution. Genomes.io - Invest in Future You.

Grocery has a HUGE pollution problem - did you know that 40% of plastic waste comes from grocery shopping? That’s why we exist, were the worlds first frictionless circular supermarket. ❓ What does that mean? It means no more packaging waste from your groceries, with no extra effort. 🐟 We’re going to prevent hundreds of millions of pieces of packaging waste from entering our oceans, landfill or being incinerated. 💡 Easy to use, all in one place, and built on innovative two-way infrastructure designed for circularity. 💪 We are weekly, and we’ve had enough of rubbish groceries. Find out more at www.weekly.shop.

Baobab Network invests in Africas best startups, providing entrepreneurs with $100k in funding, hands-on support and a global platform to scale their business.