Luke Gregory Georghiou

The University of Manchester Intellectual Property Ltd. (UMIP) manages intellectual property for the University of Manchester. Formed in 2004, UMIP is a limited company wholly-owned by the University and located in Manchester, UK. They operate independently of the University. The University traces their history back to 1851 and more recently to 2004 when the University formally combined with UMIST (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology) to create a single university. UMIP acts as a technology transfer company in the UK. They have access to proof of concept funds to develop very early stage inventions to a phase where they become propositions capable of attracting investments. They also have investment funds to develop young start-up companies, along with the skills and network necessary to draw in the larger sums of external venture capital. UMIP works with researchers, entrepreneurs, business people, professional advisers and investors to achieve their goals.

The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust operates hospitals and is ultimately controlled by the Government of United Kingdom. The company is based in Crumpsall, UK. Patrick Crowley has been the CEO of the British company since 2020. The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust was acquired by Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust on September 30, 2021.

Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust engages in the provision of a range of acute services. It operates through the following area in Queen Alexandra Hospital: Emergency Department; Acute Medical Unit; and Surgical Assessment Unit. The company is headquartered in Cosham, the United Kingdom.

Queen Alexandra Hospital provides healthcare services. Its services include maternity, diagnostic assessment, air ambulance, endo care, interventional radiology, pathology, critical care and other healthcare services. The company was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in Cosham, the United Kingdom.

Part of The University of Manchester, The University of Manchester Conferences Ltd. provides office space, clerical, secretarial and administrative services. The company is based in Manchester, UK and was founded in 1991.

Part of Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester Worldwide Ltd. is a company that operates business schools. The University of Manchester Worldwide Ltd. is based in Manchester, UK. Founded in 2003.

The Rosalind Franklin Institute engages in research and technology development in life sciences. The private company is based in Didcot, UK.

Bio-Images Drug Delivery Ltd. develops and formulates modified and controlled release oral formulations. Its services include tablet-in-tablet drug delivery system under OralogiK technology, gamma scintigraphy, controlled release, generics development, clinical rescue, and microdosing. The company was founded by Howard Stevens and is headquartered in Glasgow, the United Kingdom.

BehavioSec, Inc. is a behavioral biometrics company that provides continuous authentication for end users based on their interactions with web and mobile apps. The private company is based in San Francisco, CA. The company transforms human interactions into actionable intelligence with LexisNexis BehavioSec, the leading solution for behavioral biometrics. BehavioSec was founded by Nils Olov Ingvar Renberg and Peder Nordstroem. The CEO is Neil Costigan.

The Cambridge Angels (Cambridge Angels) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999 by Robert Sansom, David Cleevely and Doug Richard. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Rockspring Nominees Ltd (Rockspring) is a venture capital firm founded in 2002 by David Gammon. The firm headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Inngot Ltd. provides online intellectual property (IP) registration services. It offers IP in lending, IP in equity funding, and asset based finance. The company was founded by Martin Brassell and Iwan Davies in 2007 and is headquartered in Swansea, the United Kingdom.

Eagle Genomics Ltd. provides bioinformatics software and services. The firm products include eaglecore and eaglensembl. Its services include NGS data management, analysis, and visualization, and cloud computing for bioinformatics, biomarker discovery, microarray analysis, reproducing methods, and custom software development. The company was founded by Abel Ureta-Vidal in 2008 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Augmentra Ltd. develops solutions for mobile phone imaging, mapping and GPS navigation. Its application runs on a massive range of smart phones and devices that use the Apple iOS, Android, BlackBerry 10, or Symbian OS and works virtually anywhere in the world using open source web based mapping, which can be cached for off-line use. The company was founded in 2006 by Craig Duncan Wareham and Michael John Brocklehurst and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

ExactTrak Ltd. is a company headquartered in Cheltenham, UK. The firm develops cyber security solutions for your digital devices that protects data and devices. It was founded in 2007 by Norman Gerald Shaw, he has been the CEO since that date.

Bibby Financial Services Ltd. provides invoice finance solutions. It offers business and purchase funding, factoring, bad debt protection, confidential factoring, invoice discounting, construction and recruitment finance, and lease finance services. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Liverpool, the United Kingdom.

Digital Shadows Ltd. provides cyber situational awareness solutions that helps organizations protect against cyber attacks, loss of intellectual property, and loss of brand and reputational integrity. It offers Digital Shadows SearchLight, a flagship solution analysis platform that provides a view of an organization’s digital footprint and the profile of its attackers. The company was founded by Alastair Paterson and James Chappell in 2011 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Behaviometrics AB provides real-time monitoring and security services. The firm operates as a behavioral biometrics security company targeting the fintech industry. Its products identify the user while working on a computer, logging in to a web service, or tapping away on a phone. The firm develops frictionless behavioral user verification and authentication services such as BehavioAion, which monitors keystroke and mouse behavior in real-time for continuous authentication; BehavioWeb, which use keystroke dynamics for backend consumer verification in online or mobile services; and BehavioMobile, which use gesture, PIN-pad, or typing behavior for smart phone applications. The company was founded by Nils Olov Ingvar Renberg, Kristofer Nygren, Neil Costigan, Peder Nordström, Leif Peder Nordström, and Jonas Johansson in 2006 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

The Hammond School Ltd. provides full-time performing arts training for students across school, college, and degree courses. The non-profit company is based in Chester, UK. MDS and DaDA funding are available for eligible students to apply for. The British company was founded in 1917 by Irene Hammond, Betty Hassall.

Xbridge Ltd. provides online brokerage services. It offers business insurance such as public and employers' liability, tradesman, professional indemnity, shop, and restaurant and pub insurance. The firm also offers landlord insurance such as residential and commercial landlord insurance. The company was founded by Ralph Gerhard Arnold, Brad Hunter Liebmann, Deno Wolf Fischer and James Lawrence Nelson on April 4, 2000 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

lastminute.com Ltd. provides online travel arrangement services. It offers city tours, flight packages and entertainment experiences. The company was founded by Brent Hoberman and Martha Lane Fox and Philip Graf Montgelas in April 1998 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

53 Degrees Capital Ltd. (53 Degrees Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Chris Slater and Jason Stockwood. The firm is headquartered in London, UK.

Manchester Health Academy provides secondary education services. The non-profit company is based in Wythenshawe, UK.

Match.com International Ltd. operates an online dating website. The company was founded on June 8, 2003 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Surrey NanoSystems Ltd. manufactures carbon nanotube equipment. It supports the use of nanomaterials in mass-market semiconductor fabrication, clean tech, and renewable industries. The firm also provides tools to support nanomaterial research and development at partner sites. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Newhaven, the United Kingdom.

M UK Realisations Ltd. provides authentication and encryption software and services. It offers M-Pin, a strong authentication platform, the first software-based multi-factor authentication platform that replaces password-based authentication without the need for third party authentication devices. The firm's product can be embedded into software, hardware and can leverage trusted platform modules to provide the secure strong authentication available to any application on any device. The company was founded by Brian P. Spector and Michael Scott in 2008 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Octopus Ventures Ltd. (Octopus Ventures) is a venture capital firm Founded by Alan Wallace in 1999. The firm is headquartered in London.

UltraSoC Technologies Ltd. engages in the development of debugging technology for the embedded electronic systems. It offers semiconductor IP for on-chip analytics, performance optimization, and hardware-based security. The company was founded by Stephen Karl Heeks, Andrew Brian Thomas Hopkins, and Klaus Dieter McDonald-Maier in 2006 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Magic Pony Technology Ltd. develops machine learning based approaches for visual processing on web, desktop, and mobile. The company was founded on December 16, 2014 and is headquartered in London, the United kingdom.

Digital Shadows, Inc. provides digital risk management and monitoring services for organizations. It offers data analytics with human data analysis to management and mitigate risks of an organization’s brand exposure, cyber threat, data exposure, infrastructure exposure, physical threat, and third party risks. The company was founded by Alastair Paterson and James Chappell in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Seatfrog UK Holdings Ltd. provides information technology services. The private company is based in London, UK and has subsidiaries in United Kingdom. Seatfrog UK Holdings was founded in 2018.

Part of Verint Systems, Inc., Transversal Corp. Ltd. is a British company that provides information technology services. The company is based in Cambridge, UK.