Tech Nation reveals participants for new Libra Programme To Support Black and Multiracial Founders

by Startacus Admin

An impressive cohort of 30 businesses from across the UK are announced as participants in Tech Nation's inaugural Libra programme for Black and Multiracial Founders

The Tech Nation mission to support innovative UK tech companies continues!

Following on from their recent announcements on the companies participating in their Net Zero, Future Fifty and Applied AI programmes, they have just announced the 30 companies joining their newest growth programme, Libra, which is designed to equip ambitious Black and multiracial (with Black heritage) entrepreneurs with the knowledge, tools and networks they need to scale their business in today’s world.

Black and multiracial founders often face barriers to accessing VC investment which can be directly linked to racial bias - the Libra programme reflects Tech Nation’s commitment to support underrepresented innovators that have an ambition to scale.

The founders of the 30 companies selected for the programme will receive over 60 hours of support, benefit from sessions delivered by established entrepreneurs, and receive mentoring from world-leading scale coaches and peer-to-peer sessions on a range of fundamental growth challenges. The cohort will also be introduced to key stakeholders and decision-makers at corporates, investment firms, government bodies and others during networking events. 

And the 30 companies that are taking part in this inaugural programme are:

Air Maths Tuition  is a London-based online maths education platform, curating personalised learning materials and tutoring services for GCSE and A-level students.  

Baselime is a London-based company aiming to make it easy to identify and troubleshoot defects in serverless architectures. 

Boxx - is a boxing-inspired fitness brand from London with both a digital content platform and a physical studio. 

Brijj - a Bristol-based project management tool built for data and analytics teams to collaborate with their stakeholders so they can deliver high-quality, actionable insights, together.

Chanodil - an automated sourcing platform based in Nottingham that helps brands build faster, leaner and more responsible supply chains.  

Compare Ethics is a London-based company that verifies businesses' sustainability credentials using patent-pending technology and ensures clear returns on investment for businesses increasing their sustainability standards. 

Definely- a company from London which optimises the contract drafting and reviewing process by allowing users to quickly access key information in legal documents without ever having to leave the provision they are working on and therefore lose their context of review.  

Beautonomy - a London-based marketplace where beauty content creators can monetise their expertise with customisable products creators can design and promote, helping them to monetise their social media channels.

Eccobell - a "contactless as a service" provider from London which is building an ecosystem of on-demand web applications using contactless technology to innovate how people access, communicate and interact with each other. 

Finders Force - a London-based business which provides shift-booking software to connect, hire and interact with agency staff across the entire traffic management industry. 

Flair Impact  is a people analytics company from London with a survey-based product that helps organisations measure and build anti-racist cultures. 

Framework - is a London-based company which has created the world's first on-demand business school, especially made for the people building the businesses of the future. 

Happaning - a London-based company with a service which lets you watch an event from any perspective, at any time and from anywhere in one immersive, navigatable experience.

Herbybox is a direct-to-consumer luxury herbal tea brand with natural benefits from London.

Hutano Diagnostics - an Oxford-based company which is developing a modular configurable Lateral Flow Device (LFD) platform. 

ICI CARE - a London-based company which is building machine-learning software to create personalised hair care products with natural raw ingredients.

Jobseekrs - a Manchester-based business which has created the world’s first video interactive job site that mitigates bias at the screening and sourcing stages of the hiring process with a particular focus on screening for culture fit and matching for company culture-add through a series of psychometric-type questions.

Legal-Pythia - a Glasgow-based business that uses an explainable AI, web-based software to organize, categorize and search through legal information to find duplications and contradictions. 

Loopcycle is a product traceability platform from London which is redefining the management, recovery and resale of valuable secondary products.  

NxSteps - a digital healthcare solutions company from Hatfield which is focused on maximising human performance through the knowledge of biomechanics. 

Optimum Health - a London-based business which has developed Kami, a parental well being data company building a first-to-market emotion detection and digital support system solution for working parents. 

Ruka Hair - a London-based company with a vision is to become the definitive hair brand for black women, globally. 

ScreenHits TV is a streaming video aggregator app from London that provides audiences with a single place to stream across their new and existing services. 

Shwap - an Exeter-based company that has developed a software solution to help fashion, homeware and lifestyle retailers monetise the secondary market of their products, and earn revenue from products they’ve already sold. 

Talley - a London-based company which provides a safe space to share experiences by anonymously connecting members on-demand, via in-app audio conversations, to everyday people who have experienced or are overcoming the same challenges as those members and can empathise with them. 

ThrillXR is a London-based gamified virtual world for digital fashion.  

Trapar is an Edinburgh-based business that connects customers to quality local transport operators.

Voltric is a mobility-as-a-service provider from Bristol that is dedicated to making the growing demand for all forms of mobility practical, sustainable and efficient. 

White Label Loyalty - a Leeds-based company offering a data-driven technology platform that helps businesses increase revenue and retention by understanding, predicting and influencing customer behaviour.

Your FLOCK - is a Manchester-based SaaS platform that uses data and science behind what motivates people at work to enable teams to be more productive and engaged. 

Good luck one and all!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Published on: 29th September 2021