Baltic Ventures has unveiled the 2024 Accelerator Cohort, which is made up of 11 ground breaking companies spanning everything from simplifying English education to the early detection of breast cancer.
Building on the success of last year’s cohort where 100% of the companies secured seed funding, this year’s selection is set to make an even greater impact with mission-driven founders leading businesses that will shape tomorrow’s industries.
Claire Lewis, CEO of Baltic Ventures, says:
“We are excited to welcome this year’s Baltic Ventures Accelerator cohort chosen from an exceptional group of applicants who believe in the vision of business as a force for good. The Baltic Ventures Accelerator brings together talented and ambitious mission-driven founding teams, supporting them to fast track their growth and development and secure the funding they need for the next step of their growth.”
Successful businesses were selected from a highly competitive pool of 270 applicants (a 35% increase on 2023), with only 11 spots available. Baltic Ventures attracted applications from ambitious entrepreneurs from all parts of the UK, Scotland and Ireland, showing that Liverpool is fast becoming a magnet for startups looking to grow and scale.
Meet the 2024 Baltic Ventures Accelerator 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 – have created Melo, a clinically-validated, AI driven web-based platform that helps clinical teams provide better care for brain injury and dementia patients through smarter, quicker behavioural assessments and insights.
- 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.
- GoPlugable – 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.
The programme requires participants to spend four months in Liverpool, demonstrating a strong draw for founders eager to benefit from the city’s vibrant ecosystem.
Mo Aldalou, Programme Director at Baltic Ventures, says:
“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.
Baltic Ventures announced this years Accelerator 2024 cohort at Liverpool Slush’d, the North West’s most founder-focused tech event.
Jonny Clark, Director of Liverpool Slush’D, says:
“This announcement comes under the Liverpool Slush’D theme of ‘Building Tomorrow: Liverpool’s Blueprint for Resilient Growth’, highlighting how the region’s startups are turning challenges into opportunities. Despite broader economic headwinds, the Liverpool startup ecosystem is thriving thanks to a cohesive collaboration across the Liverpool City Region: a unique mix of universities, startups, risk capital, civic institutions, and local government. Together, they form a supportive and dynamic network driving innovation in tech and other industries.”