The Foundry

2026 Cohort

Say hello to the cohort of The Foundry. Find out the amazing companies that made this cohort an absolute success.

Interesting stats about The Foundry Programme

The Foundry Programme is designed to support early-stage founders aged 18–30 across the UK, helping them navigate the complexities of refining, growing, and strengthening their business through a high-impact 12-week accelerator that includes strategic MVP optimisation and real-user validation, all designed to help them gain traction and scale with confidence.
97.5%
Ethnic minority backgrounds
£676+
Funding raised
33%
Have raised funds from Angels or VCs
45%
Female founders
Cicely
Cicely
Across
Across
Nexorion SpaceTech Ltd.
Nexorion SpaceTech Ltd.
Gainday Ltd.
Gainday Ltd.
Ourora
Ourora
Alunora
Alunora
Sensol Ltd.
Sensol Ltd.
Happy Tapi
Happy Tapi
Dynamic 360 Solution Ltd.
Dynamic 360 Solution Ltd.
The Organised Mums
The Organised Mums
Vero Financial
Vero Financial
Revigo
Revigo
Xynapse Labs
Xynapse Labs
BookSmart
BookSmart
Orah Marketing
Orah Marketing
Pharmetric LTD.
Pharmetric LTD.
Synkit Health
Synkit Health
GenScan AI
GenScan AI
beNakama
beNakama
RoomReview Ltd.
RoomReview Ltd.
Temedix Health
Temedix Health
Fly Senga
Fly Senga
Barnab Limited
Barnab Limited
BeautyDemands
BeautyDemands
ContextIQ
ContextIQ
Finder
Finder
PYRL
PYRL
KB Matrix
KB Matrix
Prooval
Prooval
WorldLynk
WorldLynk
Hashtag Collabz
Hashtag Collabz
Murmur Travel
Murmur Travel
Largence
Largence
Sparks Drinks Ltd.
Sparks Drinks Ltd.
Coord
Coord
Mata Mate Ltd.
Mata Mate Ltd.
MyLurah
MyLurah
Track My Copper
Track My Copper
OvaJoy
OvaJoy
The Fitness Directory UK
The Fitness Directory UK
TULASI
TULASI

Cicely

Founded by CEO Khadijah Ajala, Cicely helps operators improve physical spaces by capturing real-time user feedback tied to specific times and locations. By combining lived-experience reporting with environmental data like noise and crowding, Cicely provides actionable insights to fix sensory and accessibility barriers, creating more inclusive spaces for everyone.
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Across

Founded by CEO Noorain Patel, Across is a patient-owned platform ensuring health records stay accessible across international borders. Developed at King's College London and backed by the NHS, Barclays, and Santander, it organizes medical histories, provides instant, secure sharing, and empowers mobile individuals to navigate healthcare globally with confidence.
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Nexorion SpaceTech Ltd.

Co-founded by CTO Utsav Talekar, Nexorion SpaceTech develops hybrid quantum-classical optimization software for autonomous space operations. Validated by ESA OSIP and NQCC 2026 initiatives, the UK deep-tech startup solves complex satellite constellation scheduling and lunar landing trajectory challenges, enabling safer, more efficient missions for space agencies and commercial operators.
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Gainday Ltd.

Founded by Sharon Olojede, Gainday builds infrastructure for capability-first hiring. By generating work simulations directly from job descriptions, the platform ranks candidates based on demonstrated performance rather than CVs. Its portable Capability Passport tracks proven skills, giving employers a pre-evidenced talent pool while connecting candidates to opportunities faster.
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Ourora

Co-founded by Gargi Kumbhare, Ourora is a digital space designed specifically for couples. The platform offers two people one trusted place to manage shared memories, conversations, plans, and everyday moments, all while preserving each partner's personal privacy and control within their digital relationship environment.
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Alunora

Founded by CEO Sophie Chatfield, Alunora is a UK-based sustainable swim and resortwear brand creating versatile, reversible bikinis and multiway coverups. Crafted from REPREVE® recycled fabric, its multifunctional designs transform beyond the beach—offering women high-performing, eco-conscious wardrobe staples designed to maximize style while minimizing environmental impact.
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Sensol Ltd.

Founded by CEO Yvonne Nyangi, this AI-native EdTech startup reinvents Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) delivery in the UK. By reducing administrative inefficiencies and improving consistency, the platform enables professionals to minimize paperwork, focus on outcomes, and scale responsive, equitable support across education and care sectors.
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Happy Tapi

Founded by Paula Guimaraes, HappyTapi is a UK-based, plant-based sweetener brand offering a tapioca-derived sugar alternative. High in prebiotic fiber, it measures 1:1 with sugar without leaving an aftertaste. Stocked nationally and featured in top publications, HappyTapi delivers uncompromising, gut-friendly sweetness across retail and foodservice markets.
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Dynamic 360 Solution Ltd.

Dynamic 360 Solutions Limited Founded by Michael Alawaye, Dynamic 360 Solutions Limited operates Visary, an immigration technology platform simplifying UK visa journeys. Visary combines eligibility assessments, document tracking, sponsorship job search, test prep, and solicitor comparison into one unified system—making immigration processes accessible, organized, and stress-free for individuals, families, and businesses.
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The Organised Mums

Co-founded by Shade Atherley, The Organised Mums is an award-winning lifestyle brand dedicated to reducing the mental load of motherhood. Designed using real-life experience and customer feedback, its eco-system of planners and organizational tools empowers women to feel prepared, structured, and in control across every stage of family life.
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Vero Financial

Co-founded by CEO Supharat Tantanarungsee, Vero Financial is a money habit app designed for Gen Z. Addressing impulse spending caused by the digital economy, Vero uses AI-personalized gamification and interactive challenges to reward financial discipline, helping young people build healthy habits, save consistently, and reduce stress.
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Revigo

Founded by CTO Vikkash Sureshkumar, a UCL Computer Science MEng student and award-winning hackathon competitor, Revigo is an innovative EdTech platform. Built on deep expertise across software engineering and AI, Revigo eliminates cognitive friction by implementing highly effective, engaging learning loops designed specifically for 14-to-18-year-old students.
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Xynapse Labs

Co-founded by Head of Product Senura Ruberu, Xynapse Labs develops a predictive engineering platform for hardware manufacturers. By evaluating buildability, repairability, and certification risks before production begins, the platform helps teams optimize supply chains, eliminate structural flaws, and make hardware development as predictable and agile as modern software.
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BookSmart

Co-founded by CEO Ramiz Ameri and COO Abdinasir Mohamed, BookSmart builds BookCloud, an AI-powered workspace for serious thinkers. Featuring context-aware AI that connects notes, documents, libraries, and calendars in real time, BookCloud surfaces proactive insights to help users organize ideas seamlessly and elevate their deep focus.
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Orah Marketing

Founded by Oluseyitan Ojedokun, Orah Marketing delivers affordable, tailored marketing strategies to small businesses without agency fees. Drawing on eight years of industry expertise, the live platform bridges the strategy gap for growing enterprises, using feedback from over 100 tested business owners to refine its next growth stage.
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Pharmetric LTD.

Led by CEO Mosope Bisuga, Pharmetric is an AI-powered healthcare technology company transforming pharmaceutical procurement and supply chain management. Connecting pharmacies, suppliers, and providers through intelligent price comparison and inventory analytics, its multi-territory platform increases transparency, reduces costs, and improves global access to essential medicines.
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Synkit Health

Founded by CEO Matilde Lerias, Synkit Health is a wellness app that aligns fitness routines with the menstrual cycle. By delivering personalized training and nutrition plans based on individual cycle phases, symptoms, and energy levels, Synkit helps women optimize their health through tailored insights and an active community network.
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GenScan AI

Founded by CEO Mary-Brenda Akoda, GenScan AI develops software that drastically accelerates diagnosis, starting with GenMRI. The software speeds up MRI scans by up to 90% without new hardware allowing healthcare providers to scan up to ten times more patients daily, eliminate backlogs, and improve overall diagnostic efficiency.
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beNakama

Founded by CEO Lawrence Banda, EdTech studio beNakama created Ascend, an adaptive math RPG for primary schools. Combining gaming with real-time teacher analytics, the platform turns practice into an adventure, cutting intervention workloads and improving engagement for neurodivergent students while expanding nationwide through a school-led freemium model.
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RoomReview Ltd.

Co-founded by CEO Federico Grosso, RoomReview is a UK PropTech platform enhancing transparency for homebuyers and investors. By consolidating area insights, property data, user reviews, and structured reports into one accessible tool, the platform helps users make informed property decisions—starting in London before expanding across the UK.
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Temedix Health

Co-founded by CEO Daniel Indi Te, Newcastle-based Temedix Health connects self-paying UK patients to private musculoskeletal care. Partnering with NHS primary care teams, the platform routes patients facing long wait times to vetted local practitioners, streamlining navigation, optimizing regional healthcare capacity, and democratizing timely physical rehabilitation access.
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Fly Senga

Co-founded by Blaise Nsenguwera, Fly Senga is a fashion discovery platform that helps users find occasion-appropriate outfits with confidence. Powered by its AI search engine "LEXY," Fly Senga delivers tailored brand recommendations, styling assistance, and an integrated digital wardrobe that allows users to organize, style, and resell their clothing seamlessly..
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Barnab Limited

Founded by CEO Aleksander Napieraj, Barnab Limited simplifies complex government workflows through advanced form automation. Expanding from consumer licensing to enterprise solutions, the company’s breakout product, CoCDesk, streamlines Certificate of Conformity applications for vehicle manufacturers. CoCDesk transforms slow, paper-based submissions into effortless, structured digital processes.
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BeautyDemands

Monique Moorhead is the Founder of Beauty Demands, an on-demand marketplace connecting consumers with local beauty retailers. Bringing expertise in product development, advertising, and operations, Monique previously created products featured on Britain’s Got Talent and The Voice, leveraging strong industry connections to transform local beauty commerce.
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ContextIQ

Christopher Bellocci is the Founder and Builder of ContextIQ, an AI working memory for growing teams. The platform connects to existing tools like Slack and GitHub, turning fragmented updates and decision reasoning into searchable context. ContextIQ preserves history, reduces knowledge loss, and streamlines onboarding to help teams move faster with clarity.
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Finder

Ridi Xhaferaj is the Founder of Finder, a retail discovery platform helping disabled shoppers verify stock and accommodation before traveling. The platform combines live inventory search with a three-tier accessibility rating system that evaluates shops for wheelchair access, assistance animal space, and sensory-considerate environments.
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PYRL

Ceylan Cecen is the Founder of PYRL, a material technology startup turning mixed waste into carbon-negative thermoplastics. Using a low-energy, zero-water process, PYRL converts difficult-to-recycle waste into scalable polymer alternatives. This innovation enables manufacturers to reduce carbon emissions seamlessly without disrupting their existing production systems.
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KB Matrix

Netochukwu Onuoha is the Founder and CEO of KB Matrix, a mobile-first SaaS marketplace transforming access to textured hair services across the UK and Europe. Built from lived experience, the platform streamlines booking, payments, and client management while mapping "hair deserts" to connect underserved regions with verified, culturally competent hairstylists.
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Prooval

Victor Adeleye is the Founder and CEO of Prooval, an all-in-one platform enabling professionals, creators, and experts to monetize their knowledge. The ecosystem streamlines booking, digital product sales, community building, and payments. Additionally, Prooval features AI-powered matching to directly connect learners with specialized expert guidance and resources.
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WorldLynk

Jaswanth Thummala is the CEO of WorldLynk, an AI-powered infrastructure layer that connects fragmented systems, communication channels, and workflows into one structured intelligence layer. Transitioning from its early student mobility use case, WorldLynk, the platform eliminates friction across platforms, turning scattered data into clear, verified, and actionable corporate workflows.
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Hashtag Collabz

Huseyin Kaplan is the Founder of Hashtag Collabz, a user-generated content (UGC) marketplace connecting DTC brands and agencies with trained creators. Managing paid and gifted campaigns end-to-end, the platform integrates data and AI to track real-time social trends, delivering conversion-ready video and photo content optimized to perform against algorithm signals.
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Murmur Travel

Dominic Otoo-Appiah is the Founder of Murmur Travel, a community platform for travel groups on iOS and Android. Replacing fragmented social media channels, it provides travel communities with dedicated tools to organize trips, manage memberships, and connect through forums, streamlining discovery and group travel management globally.
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Largence

Tega Oviasogie is the Founder and CEO of Largence, an AI-powered operating system for drafting and managing legal documents. Launched in 2026, the collaborative workspace features a multi-jurisdictional Legal Knowledge Graph. Backed by LawtechUK, Largence serves solo practitioners, firms, and in-house teams across the UK and Africa.
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Sparks Drinks Ltd.

Ayush Tandel is the Founder of Sparks Drinks Ltd., a UK wellness brand built around the "Balanced Drink" concept. Designed for busy lifestyles, the brand delivers functional, lifestyle-led products for energy and wellbeing. Through events and large-scale sampling, Spark Drinks is expanding into a globally recognized beverage, coffee, and wellness brand.
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Coord

Sasi Aaruvan and Daniel Mafakheri are the Co-Founders of COORD, a Decision Operating System for fashion retail. Utilizing causal reasoning AI, the platform automates data-backed actions for brands of all sizes to eliminate decision fatigue. Backed by industry-leading advisors, COORD also features a consumer wardrobe app and an emerging designer launchpad.
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Mata Mate Ltd.

Vicky Chasiokova is the Founder of Mata Mate Latd., a London-based brand creating the UK's first social energy drink. Designed for evening occasions, this naturally brewed yerba maté soda uses five natural ingredients. It fills the gap between synthetic energy and alcohol while funding rainforest restoration through a partnership with Guyra Paraguay.
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MyLurah

Dr. Patience Amos is the Founder and CEO of MyLurah, a health technology startup improving reproductive, maternal, and postpartum outcomes for Black and African women. The platform combines digital innovation with community engagement, providing personalized, culturally relevant support to address healthcare gaps, boost health literacy, and ensure inclusive, accessible care.
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Track My Copper

Aneesha Premkumar is the Founder and CEO of Track My Copper, a digital health platform for individuals with Wilson’s disease. Founded in 2024, the accessible app empowers users through copper intake monitoring, symptom tracking, medication reminders, and community forums, providing tailored digital solutions to improve patient quality of life.
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OvaJoy

Anna Davies is the Co-Founder and CEO of OvaJoy, a femtech startup transforming care for Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS). The platform provides personalized lifestyle interventions by integrating custom content, tracking tools, and at-home testing. OvaJoy shifts care from reactive symptom relief to proactive, long-term, community-backed self-management.
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The Fitness Directory UK

Carla Nokes is the Founder of The Fitness Directory, an innovative fitness recruitment and workforce platform. Built on industry experience, the ecosystem connects gyms and wellness brands globally with qualified talent. The platform modernizes staffing, permanent recruitment, and qualifications, driving career and business growth across the global fitness sector.
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TULASI

Tulasi Parmar is the Founder and Creative Director of TULASI, an award-winning luxury womenswear label blending AI, digital fashion, and physical garments. Rooted in her Kenyan-Gujarati and British heritage, the brand leverages 3D prototyping to minimize waste, reducing emissions and aligning with UN Sustainability Goal 12 for responsible production.
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