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Conception X founders build companies that anticipate fundamental shifts in human behaviour and address problems that will become apparent years from now.
Year
Sector
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IVO Health
Cohort
CX25
Novel AI
IVO Health
IVO Health develops interpretable risk models for insurers to prevent mental health crises and optimise healthcare utilisation.
Kapacity.io
Cohort
CX20
Energy
Kapacity.io
Kapacity’s software shifts energy consumption in buildings to periods of lower electricity prices and higher renewable energy production, achieving lower electricity costs for customers and reducing carbon emissions.
InvenireX
Cohort
CX23
Novel AI
Bio & Health
InvenireX
InvenireX is developing real-time, ultra-sensitive DNA detection tools powered by the latest object-detection neural networks – to accelerate life science research.
Interpolate Labs
Cohort
CX25
Novel AI
Interpolate Labs
Interpolate Labs has built an AI control tower that detects model drift in computer vision systems to prevent costly prediction errors across healthcare, defence and agriculture.
Infinitopes
Cohort
CX20
Novel AI
Bio & Health
Infinitopes
Infinitopes trains immunology to prevent metastases and is designing and developing novel and affordable cancer vaccines.
Hydra Manufacturing
Cohort
CX24
Advanced Manufacturing
Hydra Manufacturing
Hydra Manufacturing has developed a hybrid additive manufacturing process to help manufacturers of technical ceramics to develop next-gen products, reducing time-to-market and improving part quality.
Hychor
Cohort
CX24
Energy
Hychor
Hychor is developing novel electrolyser technology to produce hydrogen from seawater without desalination, improving sustainability and efficiency by avoiding the need for freshwater and intensive seawater refinement.
HyCarb
Cohort
CX25
Energy
Advanced Materials
HyCarb
HyCarb has developed next-generation methane splitting technology to enable local production of high-value graphitic carbon and affordable hydrogen.
Humanloop
Cohort
CX20
Novel AI
Humanloop
Humanloop’s AI tools work alongside employees, allowing them to automate mundane tasks. This technology makes it easy to rapidly annotate data, train and deploy natural language processing (NLP) models – with humans in the loop.
Holistic AI
Cohort
CX20
Novel AI
Holistic AI
Holistic AI has built the leading governance platform to deliver continuous oversight across the full AI lifecycle, enabling confident innovation at scale.
Hexis
Cohort
CX18
Bio & Health
Hexis
Hexis is a health and human performance app that supports individuals to positively restructure their habits and behaviours. Hexis’ human coaches and carbohydrate coding engine motivate users to achieve their personal health and performance goals.
Sensore
Cohort
CX24
Bio & Health
Sensore
Sensore has developed a new flexible fabric pressure sensor that leverages graphene technology and AI to help healthcare providers and wheelchair users prevent pressure ulcers.
GambitBio
Cohort
CX23
Bio & Health
GambitBio
GambitBio is creating a novel at-home saliva-based lateral flow test for early cancer detection of the most common cancers.
Eyesight Electronics ltd
Cohort
CX24
Novel AI
Eyesight Electronics ltd
Eyesight Electronics leverages cutting-edge digital vision therapy software to eliminate preventable blindness, with a focus on Amblyopia.
Ethomix
Cohort
CX22
Novel AI
Bio & Health
Ethomix
Ethomix has developed a new generation of movement biomarkers for higher precision prediction of complications and drug efficacy – to accelerate drug trials and reduce hospital stays.
Eterna Biologics
Cohort
CX24
Bio & Health
Eterna Biologics
Eterna Biologics is developing a CRISPR-based RNA steric blocker capable of blocking RNA more effectively and with fewer off-target effects compared to current leading RNA therapeutics.
Metamorph Materials
Cohort
CX24
Energy
Metamorph Materials
Metamorph Materials is developing net-negative carbonaceous materials that reduce the environmental impact of Li-ion battery production while maintaining high performance standards.
Doubleword
Cohort
CX21
Novel AI
Future of Computing
Doubleword
Doubleword (formerly TitanML) is the new standard for high performance inference in enterprise AI, leveraging years of research across quantum physics and low-memory machine learning.
Concinnity Genetics
Cohort
CX21
Bio & Health
Concinnity Genetics
Concinnity Genetics is accelerating the design of gene therapies using AI, creating systems that are more predictable, controllable and safe.
CamVolt
Cohort
CX25
Energy
CamVolt
CamVolt develops intelligent control systems that enhance battery lifetime, performance and safety by maintaining optimal internal pressure in lithium-ion and next-generation cells.
Blueberry Life
Cohort
CX19
Novel AI
Blueberry Life
Machine learning-driven health insurance providing specialist cover for type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
Bactery
Cohort
CX21
Energy
Bactery
Bactery has developed affordable technology that harvests electrons produced by bacteria in soil.
AURApeutics
Cohort
CX25
Bio & Health
AURApeutics
AURApeutics uses ultrasound-activated nanoparticles to shatter the defences of drug-resistant chronic infections, making existing antibiotics effective again.
Astroscreen
Cohort
CX18
Novel AI
Astroscreen
Astroscreen uses the latest machine learning techniques and human intelligence to detect astroturfing campaigns – protecting brands and safeguarding democracy.
CX alumni companies are now valued at £ 1 billion
205
Companies created
£208M
Funding secured
3
Exits
Kapacity
Finland-based Kapacity.io, a European leader in smart heat pump optimisation, was acquired by EnergyHub in 2024.
Year
CX20
Humanloop
In 2025, Anthropic acquired the co-founders and most of the team behind $7.9M-backed Humanloop, the leading LLM evaluation platform.
Year
CX20
Rahko
Rahko, the world's first quantum machine learning startup to exit, was acquired by Odyssey Therapeutics in 2022 to accelerate drug discovery.
Year
CX18
Website
rahko.ai
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