Messium is pioneering a brand new approach to real-time precision agriculture, tackling $400B in annual loss. Messium can accurately, frequently and cheaply tell a farmer how much nitrogen is in their crop and how much to apply. This is done through specialised AI systems backed by newly developed hyperspectral satellites which Messium has exclusive nitrogen partnerships with an 18 month head start and data moat. Messium will lead the way on over/under fertiliser application, nitrate leaching, nitrogen credit creation and eventually, early detection of crop disease.
George is a serial entrepreneur, having bought and sold two businesses (The Tab, Magic Carpet AI) for an excess of $25m. Vishal has been a prominent builder at many early stage tech startups including Sproutl (backed by Index Ventures) and founded the satellite forest fire prediction company Complexiti.
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LightHearted has develop a light-based stethoscope which works by shining a laser at people and acquiring the reflected light with an ultrafast camera. This light-derived data is decoded by their AI-driven platform to pinpoint heart conditions more swiftly, accurately, and cost-effecitvely than current methods.
Lu developed this device during her PhD and solely holds the IP of the invention. She has since worked in the NHS as an AI engineer and been part of the clinical entrepreneur programme, focusing on the development and deployment of AI algorithms for clinicians and establishing rigorous regulatory workflows. Dilip has more than 5 years in the MedTech world. he stared his journey at Columbia University as a researcher, before starting and leading teams that focus on combining machine learning with medical data and signal processing.
Fit Collective are pioneering fit optimisation solutions across the supply chain, leveraging generative AI and machine learning. They are on a mission to tackle the trillion-dollar industry issue of poor fit at its root - pre-production - ensuring better sales, reduced returns, happier customers, and lower waste.
Few retailers are currently focusing on initiatives that incorporate returns data into the product development lifecycle. Fit Collective will offer solutions that immediately unlock the value of returns data, enabling the fashion industry to move closer to zero waste while having a billion dollar impact on business profits and customer satisfaction.
Phoebe is an award winning entrepreneur who started the first womenswear tailors in Savile Row aged 20. She hosted over 10,000 hours of fittings with real women, and won patents for innovative remote fitting tools. Romain has 15 years experience as a CTO, thriving in VC backed firms and led a premier fashion e-commerce. He recently exited his AI recommendations startup to Synamedia.