Cambridge Performance Solutions (CPS) has identified a current market opportunity to undertake performance improvement using advanced control technology in the pulp & paper and batch fermentation industries. In the past seven years advanced control has matured in academia and can now handle the fast, unstable and nonlinear dynamics seen in these industries. The close partnership with the University of Cambridge Control Group, who have pioneered many of these advancements, as well as the 35 years industrial experience of their Chief Executive Officer, makes CPS ideally positioned to bring the most recent developments to new process sectors.

AromaFlora aims to grow the finest quality Fairtrade fragranced roses in Kenya and deliver them to your door here in Europe. AromaFloras strong focus on corporate social responsibility and our use of renewable energy sources and environmentally friendly techniques will help establish the AromaFlora brand and enable the production of Fairtrade approved roses targeted at the 340 million European rose market. Revenues generated from these roses will fund the in-house development of AromaFloras fragrance technology, leading to the generation of our value added roses. AromaFloras Fast Flower Model will further increase profit margins by excising the middle men.

Imagine a world with wireless power! Zap Wireless Technologies is developing a range of products (ZapPad, ZapCell, ZapDevices, ZapSystems) to replace disposable batteries and power cables in mobile phones, laptops and a range of other consumer and industrial applications. No disposable batteries, no wires, just ZAP! Founded by a team of three with outstanding expertise in wireless technologies, business and product innovation, Zap Wireless Technologies has built a prototype and is seeking first-round funding to support further R&D activities.

To launch the next generation of frequency standard instruments modules providing an affordable solution in telecommunications, research and other high technology areas that require very accurate time on frequency standards.

Owlstone introduces an innovative gas spectrometry technology shrinking the full functionality of conventional trace analysis instrumentation onto a chip.

Weather Informatics provides bespoke forecast products, based on our proprietary WRIST package to enable weather-sensitive business to greatly improve their management of weather-related risks. Some 70% of all businesses, and as much as $1000bn of the US economy alone, are significantly exposed to take such risks. New financial products, 'weather derivatives', can be used by exposed bsuinesses to manage their risks. Over 4000 weather derivative contracts have been taken out thus far, with over $10bn in notional risk transferred. The customer-specific products taken out by Weather Informatics will give forecasts for use in the pricing of weather derivatives and will offer significant competitive advantage to our customers.

Tritech will leverage productivity from average users to business users by seamlessly integrating mobile communications with the computing world. This is done by providing a Platform for Ubiquitous Mobile Applications (PUMA) to support customised applications tailored towards different devices ranging from embeded devices to sophisticated devices supporting connectivity.

Future Vision will help companies protect themselves against weather-related risks using weather derivatives. The weather derivatives market is an $8 billion market it has shown explosive growth over the last three years, especially in the US. Next year it is expected to double this growth in Europe. Future Vision will meet its clients' requirements for weather risk management by delivering advanced software solutions and by providing value-added professional services. Given the constantly changing environment, Future Vision will continue looking after its clients' needs by developing new products.

Angiomics is a start-up biopharmaceutical company with the mission of discovering drugs from medicinal plants. The focus will be on accelerating wound healing. At present, the $5 billion global wound care market consists mainly of products that, at best, only create environments conducive to healing. The future of the wound care market lies in the promise of products that go beyond facilitative wound repair and actively accelerate the healing process. Angiomics already possesses a patent-protected technology that accelerates a key step in wound healing. Founded by three PhD students at the Unversity of Cambridge, Angiomics is determined to stay in the lead by employing cutting-edge technologies in the drug discivery process.

Collection and log-term storage of umbilical cord blood stem cells for the benefit of the newborn child and their family. Additional business activities will include viral screening and tissue-typing (genetic identification) of the colleced stem cells.