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RCA Design & Innovation S/EIS Fund

Venture Capital

An enterprise investment scheme and seed fund associated with the Royal College of Art, backing early-stage design and innovation companies.

Portfolio

4

companies

Investment by month

By category

  • BioTech£1.8M
  • Wearables£250K

By location

  • Bristol£1.8M
  • London£250K

Portfolio companies

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Coblum

Developing an automated chest compression device for public use.

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Ponda

Ponda produces plant-based thermal insulation from wetland crops to replace down.

P

PulpaTronics

PulpaTronics builds sustainable radio frequency identification tags for retail inventory.

T

TrapDtek

A safety technology company building wearable rescue indicators for signal-degraded environments.


Team

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Nadia Danhash

Director of InnovationRCA


Recent investments

Seed
£250K

The safety technology company will use the capital to advance product development and field testing for its wearable rescue indicators.

"We are thrilled to welcome TrapDtek to our portfolio. Hunter has tackled a human problem with a compelling combination of deep technology and user-centric design. By turning complex radio-frequency technology into a simple physical product, TrapDtek equips emergency responders with a powerful tool in difficult environments. The platform offers strong potential across rescue and broader safety-critical applications, and we look forward to supporting the team through their next phase of growth."
— Thomas Pedrick, Investment Manager

The investment will support product development and regulatory navigation for the public cardiac arrest solution.

"We are thrilled to welcome Coblum to our portfolio. Léo is an amazingly talented and hardworking founder who has identified a massive unmet need in emergency care. By making mechanical CPR accessible to the public, Coblum has the potential to significantly improve survival rates for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. This investment reflects our commitment to backing high-impact innovations that tackle real-world problems, and we look forward to supporting the team through their next phase of growth."
— Thomas Pedrick, Investment Manager
Pre-Seed

The pre-seed round was backed by investors including the Royal College of Art Design and Innovation S/EIS Fund and Infinity Asset Management.

"We are thrilled to announce the closing of our pre-seed funding round. We are grateful to all the investors who have joined us on our journey."
— Chloe So, CEO