Liverpool-based accelerator Baltic Ventures has unveiled its 2024 Accelerator cohort at the Liverpool Slush’D conference.
The 11 successful businesses were selected from a pool of 270 applicants hailing from all parts of the UK. The programme requires participants to spend four months in Liverpool.
Among the companies is Liverpool-based Sum Vivas, star of our MediaTech 50 ranking, which is pioneering the rise of digital employees.
These AI-integrated assistants are adaptable, cost-effective, always available and multilingual. They are currently deployed across high-footfall sectors like shopping complexes, retail, airports, arenas and entertainment.
“Baltic Ventures has quickly gained a reputation as one of the top tech accelerators in the UK, and we are incredibly proud to be part of this prestigious programme,” said Rob Sims, CEO of Sum Vivas.
“We are excited to leverage this opportunity to accelerate our growth and further refine our innovative technology. Baltic Ventures provides a unique platform for innovation, and we’re eager to collaborate with fellow trailblazers to shape the future of tech.”
Last year’s Baltic Ventures cohort saw 100% of the companies secure seed funding.
Claire Lewis, CEO at Baltic Ventures, said the cohort had been chosen from “an exceptional group of applicants who believe in the vision of business as a force for good”.
Programme director Mo Aldalou added: “The Baltic Ventures team were overwhelmed with the breadth and strength of applications this year, and were delighted with the diversity and dynamism of early-stage founders vying for a spot on our flagship Accelerator 2024 programme.
“The process was incredibly competitive and the calibre of our new cohort is a true reflection of that.
“From disrupting maternal health and improving the early detection of breast cancer, to innovative EdTech platforms revolutionising children’s academic prospects, we’re absolutely thrilled to be backing and supporting these 11 mission-driven founding teams on their growth journeys over the coming months and beyond.”
The 2024 cohort
AppLatch Kids
Builds products that help millions of children curb smartphone addiction, increase productivity, and improve academic performance by reducing tech distractions.
BeGenio
A game-based learning platform that focuses on improving maths skills through immersive games.
Black Goblin
An intuitive, cost-effective solution that democratises sound design.
DearBump
A revolutionary pregnancy app aimed at closing the significant worldwide maternal health data and research gap. It provides expectant mothers with knowledge and access to health professionals throughout pregnancy and two years postpartum. By collecting data throughout pregnancy and beyond, it aims to use ai/machine learning to fill research gaps, identify risks, and generate insights that allow early interventions and improved outcomes for new users.
Decently
The Melo app is a clinically-validated, AI driven web-based platform that helps clinicians make better, more evidence-based decisions when it comes to mental health patients.
EdenFiftyOne
Their platform promotes 51 universal skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening) at the core of English education and a standardised system for the teaching, learning and assessment of the worldʼs language.
Plugable
An EV charger-sharing platform that aims to bridge the gap in public EV infrastructure as the UK aims to ban petrol car sales by 2035.
MyOpNotes
A digital tool that aims to mitigate significant financial losses (estimated to be circa £15-17M per NHS hospital, or £2.2Bn across the NHS) due to unclaimed revenue from poorly recorded clinical coding in post surgical documentation. Their automation reduces backlogs, ensures financial savings for hospitals, improves patient outcomes and streamlines surgical care.
Praxium
Praxium AI co-pilot increases the productivity and accuracy of radiologists in low and middle income countries in the detection of breast cancer, allowing them to save 700,000 lives lost to breast cancer each year.
SoSquared
Professionalising the influencer and content marketing space by enabling businesses from novices to large enterprises and agencies to complete marketing campaigns more efficiently, saving both money and time.
Sum Vivas
An artificial intelligence company that creates advanced digital humans that enhance customer experiences in today’s real and tomorrow’s digital world. Improving productivity, profitability and customer satisfaction.