LYVA Labs is an innovation commercialisation company established to turn ideas into high-growth businesses and quality jobs in the Liverpool City Region.
Portfolio
3
companies
Heatio
Heatio develops a smart home energy platform to manage and optimise renewable technologies.
Matter Machine
Matter Machine develops AI-driven materials discovery platforms for batteries and catalysts.
Spotlight Pathology
Spotlight Pathology develops artificial intelligence tools to speed up blood cancer diagnosis.
Akshay Bhatnagar
Head of Investment
Akshay brings investment and financial advisory experience from roles including Head of Investment at LYVA Labs and Chief Financial Officer at Coastr. He previously served as Investment Director at the University of Central Lancashire and Director at Nova Growth Capital.
LinkedInThe Liverpool university spinout raised the capital to drive commercialisation and platform development in materials discovery.
"Materials innovation underpins progress across multiple sectors from energy to manufacturing and electronics. Matter Machine brings together exceptional scientific expertise, unique technology capabilities and a highly scalable commercial opportunity"
The pre-seed investment from LYVA Labs will accelerate product development and commercialisation.
"LYVA Labs is delighted to back Sam, Martin and Richard in their mission to help reduce the number of people dying from blood cancer by providing the technology to allow more rapid diagnosis which will enable earlier treatment for the condition."
Ascension led the oversubscribed seed round with backing from a syndicate of co-investors.
"Our ability to help homeowners access affordable energy via our Flexx platform and virtual power plant drives energy security and helps the UK get to a clean, green future. When we launched Heatio two years ago, our priority was to help more consumers access green technology and reduce the use of fossil fuels to decarbonise their homes. Through this investment, we are moving closer to making that a reality. We are looking forward to driving our expansion and working with industry leaders and would like to extend our appreciation to every investor for helping us get where we are today."
