Ruhan Ahmed

Curve is on a mission to simplify the way people spend, send, see and save money. We are focused on an ambitious opportunity fuelled by a couple of trends starting to play out in the market, from fragmentation of financial services to new convergence layers for the customer experience. We believe the end-game will be a connected world of money, tailored individually for each customer. We’re building this end game - an Operating System for Money. For more details see https://www.curve.app

Thread is a clothes discovery service and personalised shop that makes it easy for people to dress well. We were founded in 2012 by three guys who wanted to dress well but found shopping to be a chore. There were too many options, and it was too hard to find new ideas for what to wear that would suit them specifically. By blending the expertise of stylists with smart AI, we built a much better, more personalised clothes shopping experience. One that provides individually tailored outfit ideas and style advice, plus a personalised shop with over 1,000 of the world’s best brands in one place. No subscription. Always for free. Along the way, we’ve raised £25M in funding from investors in the realms of tech, artificial intelligence and fashion, including Beringea, Balderton Capital, Demis Hassabis and Mustafa Suleyman (co-founders of Google-owned DeepMind), Andrew Jennings (former president of Saks 5th Avenue), Edgar Bronfman Jr. (former owner of Warner Music), Guy Hipwell (former head of online at Harrods and Liberty) and Shakil Kahn (founding investor in Spotify).

At Crowdcube, we believe in the power of funding with impact. Behind 20 of the most popular crowdfunding campaigns of all time, we are Europe’s leading equity crowdfunding platform — empowering founders to raise the capital they need to make a lasting difference in the world. Our platform provides an innovative approach to fundraising, connecting ambitious entrepreneurs with a vibrant community of investors who are passionate about supporting meaningful ventures. Having worked with the likes of Monzo, ZOE, Qonto, Heura, what3words and more, we want to help take your business to the next level. Risk Warning: Investing in start-ups and early stage businesses involves risks, including illiquidity, lack of dividends, loss of investment and dilution, and it should be done only as part of a diversified portfolio. Crowdcube is targeted exclusively at investors who are sufficiently sophisticated to understand these risks and make their own investment decisions. You will only be able to invest via Crowdcube once you are registered as sufficiently sophisticated.

GoHenry is the money app giving 6-18-year olds a head start in life as they learn to earn, save, spend and invest - all with parental oversight. Having pioneered a new category in financial education when it launched in 2012, over 2.2 million kids have now learnt money skills with GoHenry. With the ultimate goal to make every kid smart with money, GoHenry believes the best way to learn is to get hands-on experience with money. Its parent and child apps help kids to Learn (via in-app, bite-sized money lessons, Money Missions); Earn (via regular chores, one-off tasks and giftlinks); Spend (responsibly via its prepaid debit card and real-time notifications); Save (via savings goals and interest on savings); Give (via regular micro-donations to the NSPCC); and Invest (via GoHenry’s Junior ISA). As a mission-led business, GoHenry is leading the push for financial education to be made compulsory in all schools across the UK from primary age. Follow GoHenry’s journey on LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok (@gohenry).

Traditional retail pharmacy is broken, marked by inefficiencies and terrible customer experience. Imagine leaving the doctors office and not having to go to the pharmacy.... ...instead, the prescription is delivered to you within one hour. Welcome to the future of retail pharmacy. Never go to the pharmacy again!

Hiyacar is owned and based in the UK with the vital mission to reduce emissions from vehicles and sustainably drive to net zero. As the UK’s leading vehicle sharing provider with over 8 years experience, we not only empower private vehicle owners and drivers. But use our experience to help organisations with pool car technology. An ever growing group of organisations are benefiting from the proven return on investment with early adopters quoting cost savings of 50 percent and emission reductions of 70 percent. Not only that, but by renting these out to the public they are able to generate a new source of revenue. Hiyacar promotes the adoption of electric and hybrid vehicles and is vehicle provider agnostic, able to seamlessly retrofit their ‘plug and play’ technology into all vehicles with an OBD port.

Freetrade is an app that makes investing simple, and free. Our award-winning app was voted Best Share Trading Platform at the British Bank Awards 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. With over 1,300,000 users, were growing fast. Get the app: http://freetrade.io Forum: http://community.freetrade.io

We are a business born out of a global environmental crisis. We are convinced that a combination of technology, innovation and determination can make a true difference in the world we live in today. We live and breathe the reduce, reuse, recycle mantra and we believe that plastic is a great material and an integral part of the solution to reducing our carbon footprint. Our mission is to accelerate the evolution of plastic into a more sustainable material through innovation and technical excellence. Our vision is to be a global force driving positive change towards a sustainable future. CAREERS AT RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES: Were looking for people who think differently. We want people that like to get involved and are looking to make a real impact for the future. We have an exceptional team of vibrant personalities and international backgrounds. If you want to inspire, be inspired and work in a highly innovative environment. Watch our videos at www.recyclingtechnologies.co.uk/careers

SunTech UK is a specialist company dedicated in designing and manufacturing innovative products to improve convenience, efficiency, enjoyment and quality of lives for the less-abled. Our award winning eFOLDi ® is an electric personal vehicle that can be neatly folded into a piece of luggage for easy transportation and storage, as well as being folded into a chair to rest on. At only 16kg with Li-ion battery and forged aluminium frame, the innovative design and patented invention enable this transformer- on-wheels to be extremely compact, lightweight and versatile. Awards include: * Winner of British Invention of the Year 2016 * Virgin VOOM awarded by Sir Richard Branson * Winner of Scottish EDGE and Enterprise At SunTech, we are building eFOLDi® to an iconic brand for the less-abled, symbolising freedom, fashion and fun!

At Powervault, we are on a mission to pioneer a sustainable energy future. We provide the most intelligent, economic and sustainable energy storage systems for homes and businesses. Our products store solar energy and affordable electricity from the grid, helping save you money while you help protect the environment. We design and manufacture Powervault here in the UK. In its initial market application the product stores ‘free’ electricity generated by solar panels during the day, then releases the stored energy during the evening when household demand peaks, delivering a 50% reduction on electricity bills. The initial addressable UK market of 1m solar PV owners is about to expand rapidly as regulation drives the roll out of smart meters enabling ‘smart tariffs’. This will allow any of the 26m UK homes to benefit from storing electricity when it is cheap to use at expensive ‘peak’ times.

The Halal Dining Club provides a single platform for halal diners to discover, book and earn loyalty rewards from curated halal restaurants. We are currently present in 8 cities across 5 countries - the UK, Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand and the USA. Our diners can access our services across Android, Iphone or Web and follow us on social media. For restaurant owners thinking about targeting the fast growing halal diner, who spent $54 billion on dining out in 2015 (in non-Muslim markets), we provide a unique platform that allows you to attract new diners through your door and keep them coming back through our Digital Marketing & Loyalty Platform.

Every company has a mission. Whats ours? To empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. Our culture doesn’t just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up as our authentic selves. We show up with a learn-it-all mentality. We show up cheering on others, knowing their success doesnt diminish our own. We show up every day open to learning our own biases, changing our behavior, and inviting in differences. Because impact matters. Microsoft operates in 190 countries and is made up of approximately 228,000 passionate employees worldwide.

JustPark is transforming the way people park, offering faster, smarter solutions for drivers and destinations globally. From venues and councils to private driveways, our platform makes it simple for drivers to find, book, and pay for parking—while empowering our operating partners to deliver exceptional parking experiences. In the UK, more than 14 million drivers trust JustPark to reserve parking spaces, with a car parked every two seconds via our platform. Across the Atlantic, we power over $1 billion in booking volume for more than 500 customers in North America, parking over 40 million vehicles annually at landmark venues including Mercedes-Benz Stadium, The Greek Theatre, the Rose Bowl, and the Las Vegas Convention Center. Our platform equips operators with the tools to streamline operations, reduce costs, and unlock actionable insights. With decades of innovation, JustPark is redefining parking, one space at a time. Interested in working at JustPark? Visit our Jobs page to browse open roles and apply directly on LinkedIn.

Curve is on a mission to simplify the way people spend, send, see and save money. We are focused on an ambitious opportunity fuelled by a couple of trends starting to play out in the market, from fragmentation of financial services to new convergence layers for the customer experience. We believe the end-game will be a connected world of money, tailored individually for each customer. We’re building this end game - an Operating System for Money. For more details see https://www.curve.app

20/20 GeneSystems (‘20/20’) was founded in May of 2000 to develop and promote an innovative proteomics product line that provides drug companies, biodefense specialists and life scientists with new tools for protein analysis. Our headquarters are in the heart of the biotechnology corridor in Rockville, Maryland in close proximity to the National Institutes of Health with which we have extensive collaborations. 20/20 GeneSystems develops and commercializes innovative, proprietary diagnostics tests that aid in the fight against cancer. These tests generally fall into two categories: Personalized Medicine: Our patented platform technology for measuring biomarkers in tumors is highly unique in that it combines the visual advantages of classical pathology with the multiplex capabilities needed as a result of genomics and proteomics. This technology is now being used to develop tests to predict responses to several new targeted therapies for kidney and lung cancer. Early detection of lung cancer: 20/20 is developing a blood test for the early detection of lung cancer. This product will be used for screening smokers and former smokers to pre-select or enrich the patient population to receive annual CT scanning long before the disease becomes symptomatic. Biological Detection: 20/20 is on the leading edge of developing technologies to help in the detection of biological toxins.

Thread is a clothes discovery service and personalised shop that makes it easy for people to dress well. We were founded in 2012 by three guys who wanted to dress well but found shopping to be a chore. There were too many options, and it was too hard to find new ideas for what to wear that would suit them specifically. By blending the expertise of stylists with smart AI, we built a much better, more personalised clothes shopping experience. One that provides individually tailored outfit ideas and style advice, plus a personalised shop with over 1,000 of the world’s best brands in one place. No subscription. Always for free. Along the way, we’ve raised £25M in funding from investors in the realms of tech, artificial intelligence and fashion, including Beringea, Balderton Capital, Demis Hassabis and Mustafa Suleyman (co-founders of Google-owned DeepMind), Andrew Jennings (former president of Saks 5th Avenue), Edgar Bronfman Jr. (former owner of Warner Music), Guy Hipwell (former head of online at Harrods and Liberty) and Shakil Kahn (founding investor in Spotify).

At Crowdcube, we believe in the power of funding with impact. Behind 20 of the most popular crowdfunding campaigns of all time, we are Europe’s leading equity crowdfunding platform — empowering founders to raise the capital they need to make a lasting difference in the world. Our platform provides an innovative approach to fundraising, connecting ambitious entrepreneurs with a vibrant community of investors who are passionate about supporting meaningful ventures. Having worked with the likes of Monzo, ZOE, Qonto, Heura, what3words and more, we want to help take your business to the next level. Risk Warning: Investing in start-ups and early stage businesses involves risks, including illiquidity, lack of dividends, loss of investment and dilution, and it should be done only as part of a diversified portfolio. Crowdcube is targeted exclusively at investors who are sufficiently sophisticated to understand these risks and make their own investment decisions. You will only be able to invest via Crowdcube once you are registered as sufficiently sophisticated.

GoHenry is the money app giving 6-18-year olds a head start in life as they learn to earn, save, spend and invest - all with parental oversight. Having pioneered a new category in financial education when it launched in 2012, over 2.2 million kids have now learnt money skills with GoHenry. With the ultimate goal to make every kid smart with money, GoHenry believes the best way to learn is to get hands-on experience with money. Its parent and child apps help kids to Learn (via in-app, bite-sized money lessons, Money Missions); Earn (via regular chores, one-off tasks and giftlinks); Spend (responsibly via its prepaid debit card and real-time notifications); Save (via savings goals and interest on savings); Give (via regular micro-donations to the NSPCC); and Invest (via GoHenry’s Junior ISA). As a mission-led business, GoHenry is leading the push for financial education to be made compulsory in all schools across the UK from primary age. Follow GoHenry’s journey on LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok (@gohenry).