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Why We Invested…
The Conduit EIS Impact Fund is committed to supporting technology companies that will help drive carbon accountability as well as embedded carbon and emissions reduction in the sector. As such, we are pleased to share our investment into two standout companies tackling sustainability in logistics as well as the built environment.
Meet the Founder of Redemption Roasters, Max Dubiel: “Reducing re-offending through specialty coffee”
Reducing reoffending through professional coffee industry training both inside and outside of prison
Treasury Committee VC Report cites ‘Unacceptable Diversity Stats’
Diversity in VC: Conduit Connect’s Approach
By Gabrielle Morgan
It comes as no surprise to read, yet again, about the pervasive lack of diversity in venture investing in the UK.
Meet the Founder of Fin, Rich Pleeth: “We’re making sustainable net zero logistics mainstream”
Fin is creating a zero-emission sustainable parcel delivery logistics network that caters for every e-commerce brand, whilst providing an exceptional customer experience at an affordable price.
Why We Invested…
Why we invested…
By Gabrielle Morgan
We’re coming up for air after a whirlwind couple of months for the Conduit Connect. We kicked things off with our partners Katapult and The Conduit at the Katapult Future Fest in Oslo, bringing 7 of our portfolio companies with us who wowed the crowds across four different panels.
Meet the Founders of LVNDR Chris and Araxie: “a comprehensive solution that fills a glaring gap in the healthcare system”
LVNDR Health is the first LGBTQ+ platform in Europe to provide non-judgemental and inclusive healthcare. Offering a centralised service with at-home diagnostics, remote consultations, and medication delivery.
Meet the Partners, Jean de Fougerolles and Emma Steele - Ascension Fund III
Ascension is led by Jean de Fougerolles, an exited entrepreneur dedicated to finding the UK’s best seed startups since 2015 and Emma Steele (ex. corporate banking and impact consultant). For the past 5 years, this duo have worked together and built an extensive track record backing leading Tech4Good businesses, such as Wagestream and Credit Kudos (exit to Apple). One of Ascension’s key superpowers is the 300+ founders and hundreds of angel co-investors who form a highly supportive community that share, access and assess the UK’s leading early stage deal-flow.
Meet the Co-Founders of Good Life Sorted, Constantine and Verity: “we have delivered over 200,000 hours of help to elderly across the south of England”
Good Life Sorted is tackling the shortage of carers by creating a new supply pool of local vetted ‘Helpers’ enabling customers to live happier and longer in their homes.
Stephanie Monty, Founder of Ostique: “We develop our products with ostomates, for ostomates”
Ostique is a medtech company creating innovative ostomy care products with superior performance while changing the narrative around stoma care.
Meet the Founder of BioFactory, Eoin Sharkey: “here we are with a product that farmers really want”
BioFactory is designing and manufacturing innovative waste to energy solutions, specialising in the utilisation of Anaerobic Digestion (AD) for micro-scale applications.
Meet the Co-Founders of Home.Earth, Emil Bender Lassen and Rasmus Nørgaard: “The challenges our cities are facing require us the think in entirely new ways”
Home.Earth is a newly launched real estate company which has set out to develop urban communities with inclusivity, liveability, and sustainability at its core.
Meet the Co-Founder of Béa Fertility, Tess Cosad “We’re reinventing the fertility pathway for the good of all families”
Béa Fertility is the first clinical grade, at-home ICI fertility treatment; putting control and intimacy into the hands of those starting families and making safe, effective fertility care accessible to those who need it most.
George Oehlert and Michael Blakley, Co-Founders of Equitas: “the fairest way to conduct live interviews and hire great people”
Equitas is transforming hiring by using technology and data to foster engaging conversations that provide each candidate or employee with equal opportunities while enabling HR teams to make quicker decisions with confidence.
John Hoyle, Founder of Sook: “Sook breathes new life into empty shops”
Sook is revolutionising the high street by transforming empty shops into adaptive, ’pop-up’ spaces, which are rentable by the hour.
Cameron McNatt and Chris Retzler, Co-founders of Mocean Energy: “deliver clean power to some of the toughest places on the planet".
Mocean Energy is combining science, environmentally informed engineering, and real-sea testing to deliver products that increase access to renewable energy for both grid-connected and off-grid users.
Heloise Buckland, Co-Founder of HUSK “Our mission is to regenerate degraded soils, sink carbon and improve lives”
HUSK is an impact driven business with a mission to improve smallholders’ livelihoods by converting low-value rice husk into high-value biochar to regenerate soils and improve farmers’ yields.
Krishna Moorthy and Venetia Wynter-Blyth, Co-founders Onkohealth: “it is the knowledge that there is a human behind the tech that drives engagement“.
Onko provides cancer sufferers with evidence-based prehabilitation, offering a digitally enabled behaviour change solution designed to improve the quality of life and clinical outcomes for patients.
Virginia Gardiner, Founder of Loowatt: “our greatest success - is every time someone uses one of our toilets“
Loowatt’s unique toilet system integrates revolutionary waterless flush technology with 360-degree waste processing to deliver hygienic and safe toilets, which can be used in off-grid locations.
Phil, Toby, and David, ScubaTx: “Our greatest success is ‘putting Bill in a box’”
ScubaTx is a tech-enabled organ preservation company, which has developed a fully automated, low-cost, organ transplant technology device. Its preservation system consists of base unit, organ-specific consumables, and a monitoring app, offering extended preservation in a simple and affordable device.
Alasdair Bremner and David Binns, Co-founders Alusid: “take low-value waste and transform it into high-value, sustainable surfaces “
An award-winning company using waste to make some of the highest percentage recycled architectural surfaces on the market. Creating desirable products on existing mass production equipment while using less energy.