Startups

Tonik: Tools for the next-gen of musicians

When I first heard the name ‘Tonik’, my first thoughts conjured up images of a large gin.

#MeeTwo

MeeTwo is an app designed as a platform for anxious teenagers who want to chat, discuss and open up about any problems they might be going through.

Modernising museums with Musemio

With co-founder Kaitlin Fritz, Olga Kravchenko talks to Startups Magazine about her startup – Musemio.

Bone conduction earphones

Bone conduction earphones from London-based startup Voxos put a whole new spin on safe and sound. 

A smarter way to manage food

It started with a simple lightbulb moment back in 2013, when Christian Lane, CEO of Smarter, decided to create the first ever WiFi-enabled iKettle

Fly by the seat of your pants

Smart underwear from LifeSense Group empowers men and women, and puts an end to suffering in silence.

LYS Technologies

The startup, founded by Christina Black Petersen, derives its name from her Danish roots, as ‘LYS’ is the Danish word for light.

Animaro

Animaro is a furniture design brand which combines art with engineering to create beautiful objects which are visually playful for the home, such as lighting and clocks.

Primo Toys

Startups Magazine chats with Magalie Belmo, Head of Marketing at Primo Toys.

Brightsign

Simply put: the glove that will help non-verbal people communicate.

Safe and the City

Yes, if you hadn’t guessed, the app ‘Safe and the City’ was inspired by the ever-popular HBO American TV show Sex and the City.

Candy Mechanics

He told the world he was a ‘lickable’ guy by accident, but it was a typo that spelled out his future confectionery enterprise.

Take a Seat

A new kind of wearable. It doesn’t track your steps, or how many calories you’ve burned in a day. Nor does it analyse your sleep cycles and record your workouts. This wearable analyses something else, your posture.

The World’s First Sleep Sensing EEG Headphones

Kokoon are the world’s first sleep sensing EEG (electroencephalogram) headphones – comfortable enough to sleep in, without compromising acoustic quality.

Time flies – and flips

Launched on Kickstarter, this startup was supported by 3,140 backers who pledged a total of €313,637 to bring this project to life.

Carv: The Winter Wearable

Like many startups, Carv was born out of an education project, namely a PhD thesis. CEO and founder Jamie Grant completed a Master of Physics at University of Oxford before undertaking a PhD in Financial Economics at Imperial College London. He then applied both these disciplines to his passion for skiing.

BleepBleeps

Tom Evans, CEO and Creative Director of the BleepBleeps, has always worked within branding and design technology. Then once he had children, he decided to combine the two to benefit himself as a parent and to create a hardware brand for families.

MysteryVibe: Sex Tech Taboo

Situated in the idyllic and typically English countryside village of Thursley in Surrey, you will find MysteryVibe Design HQ.