British Design Fund works with ambitious British product start-ups who are ready to scale-up and build thriving stand-out businesses.
Portfolio
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companies
Aeropowder
Aeropowder creates sustainable packaging materials from surplus feathers.
Armaros
Armaros designs flexible and supportive body armour for horse riders.
Boost Innovations
Boost Innovations develops comfortable and decorative alternatives to traditional breast prostheses.
BoxxDocks
BoxxDocks provides smart, collapsible logistics boxes to improve supply chain efficiency and reduce carbon emissions.
Corryn Biotechnologies
Corryn Biotechnologies develops novel wound dressing technology for the treatment of chronic and complex wounds.
Cryogenx
Cryogenx develops a portable body cooling device for treating heat-related illnesses.
Enteral Access Technologies
Enteral Access Technologies builds medical devices to prevent nasogastric tube misplacement.
FC Laboratories
FC Laboratories builds wearable neurotech and artificial intelligence systems to monitor cognitive fatigue and improve workplace safety.
FC Labs
FC Labs builds artificial intelligence and neurotechnology solutions to prevent workplace accidents caused by human error.
Flomark
Flomark develops innovative fluid management technology to improve safety and accuracy in healthcare settings.
FreshCheck
FreshCheck develops colour change hygiene verification technology for real time surface cleanliness monitoring.
Gecko Glazing
Gecko Glazing produces secondary glazing panels that cut heat loss in residential properties.
Good Boost
Good Boost creates AI-driven aquatic rehabilitation and water-based exercise technology.
Good Boost Wellbeing
Good Boost Wellbeing provides AI-driven aquatic rehabilitation technology for health and sports recovery.
Gravitilab
Gravitilab provides microgravity research services and testing for products destined for space.
Hidealoo
Hidealoo manufactures a patented frame that allows toilets to be folded away into cupboards.
Holdson
Holdson manufactures high-performance electrochemical polishing machines for metal components.
Koalaa
Koalaa manufactures innovative soft prosthetics that are lightweight and flexible.
LabCycle
LabCycle develops a circular recycling solution for laboratory plastic waste.
Matoha
Matoha builds AI-powered material identification scanners for efficient textile sorting and recycling.
Matter
Matter engineers solutions for capturing and recycling microplastics.
Milbotix
Milbotix develops wearable technology that detects distress in individuals living with dementia.
PEEQUAL
PEEQUAL designs sustainable portable urinals for women to reduce queue times at events.
Permia Sensing
Permia Sensing develops precision farming technology for palm plantations.
Phare Labs
Phare Labs develops modern domestic fire alarms that integrate air quality sensors and machine learning.
Sages
Sages produces high-performance, biodegradable dyes derived from food waste for industrial applications.
Samudra Oceans
Samudra Oceans develops artificial intelligence technology for sustainable seaweed farming.
Scintam Engineering
Scintam Engineering develops electrical technology to release seized nuts and bolts.
SmartyPlants
SmartyPlants develops smart sensors and companion apps to simplify house plant care.
SolarisKit
SolarisKit creates flat-pack, self-assembled solar water heating technology.
Spokesafe
Spokesafe provides digital platforms and smart lockers to solve urban cycle parking shortages.
Untap
Untap builds devices that monitor public health through sewage surveillance.
Water Kinetics
Water Kinetics develops an innovative pipe-within-a-pipe plumbing system for buildings.
White Motorcycle Concepts
Electric hybrid motorcycle start-up creating aerodynamically efficient vehicles for emergency services.
Zak Mobility
Zak Mobility builds in-wheel suspension technology designed to improve vehicle efficiency and ride quality.
Zeus Sleep
Zeus Sleep creates non-invasive devices to alleviate snoring and sleep apnoea.
Damon Bonser
CEO
Damon brings investment and design experience as CEO of the British Design Fund and Expert-in-Residence at Imperial Enterprise Lab. He also directs Trade Horizons Limited and mentors for Pro Helvetia.
LinkedInThe Bath-based startup secured backing from the British Design Fund and Innovate UK to develop its AutoDecon system.
"The belief and support from our investors, collaborators and advisors have been instrumental in reaching this stage. Their insight and challenge, alongside their confidence in our team, gives us a strong foundation as we scale LabCycle and work to drive lasting change across research and healthcare."
The Manchester based startup will use the capital for product development and distribution research.
"SmartyPlants began with a simple idea: plant care should be intuitive, not intimidating. People want their plants to thrive, but they often don’t have the tools or information to make that easy. Our technology is designed to help users gain clarity and confidence, so they can enjoy their plants rather than worry about them."
The investment from British Design Fund will support product expansion and new applications in healthcare.
"Microbial contamination is a global issue, from food safety to antimicrobial resistance. For too long, reliable hygiene testing has been limited to those who can afford the complex or costly tools. Our mission is to make contamination visible with easy-to-use, affordable products that anyone can use to protect consumers and patients with easy to interpret results and cleaning data analytics."
The bridging round was led by British Design Fund to support global growth for the medical device innovator.
"This investment reflects strong support for our mission to improve patient safety worldwide. We’re encouraged by the growing interest in DoubleCHEK and remain focused on expanding access to safer enteral technologies."
The London startup will use the capital to advance product development and commercial deployment of its food waste dyes.
"Synthetic dye is used in everything from clothing to bedding and cosmetics. But this type of dye is highly toxic, carcinogenic and incredibly polluting."