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Binnen Design

Binnen Design is a designer furniture retailer with a 3,000 m² showroom on Engelseweg in Helmond, the Netherlands, carrying brands such as Leolux, Bert Plantagie, Artifort and Montis. It sells chairs, tables, sofas, lighting and other furnishings to home owners looking to furnish their interiors. The company offers personal interior advice, an online style quiz, and delivery and assembly services.

Binnen Design

Interior DesignHelmond, Netherlands
E. H. Shepard

The official website of E. H. Shepard, the illustrator of Winnie-the-Pooh, The Wind in the Willows and Punch magazine, published by The Shepard Trust. The site presents his life and work, including illustrations, characters and archive material, alongside news, stories and a shop for books related to his work.

E. H. Shepard

Arts & Heritage
Arketa
Y Combinator

Arketa is a studio management platform for fitness and wellness businesses, handling scheduling, payments and payroll alongside marketing automations, branded websites and apps, and reporting. It serves yoga, pilates, group fitness, gym, recovery and wellness businesses, from solo instructors to multi-location studios. The platform is operated by Sutra Fitness, Inc., a California company.

Arketa

FitnessUnited States
Gondola
Y Combinator

Gondola is a free AI-powered hotel booking tool for frequent travelers. It helps users compare rates and earn hotel points, credit card points, status nights and cash back on their stays, and is available on the web and as an iOS app. It is operated by Gondola AI Inc., a US company.

Gondola

TravelUnited States
Nixtla
Y Combinator

Nixtla is a time series forecasting company that offers open-source tools and the TimeGPT platform for forecasting and anomaly detection. Its technology is used to predict sales, demand, energy markets, financial indicators and other time-based data, with on-premises or cloud deployment for enterprises. Nixtla, Inc. is based in San Francisco, California.

Nixtla

AISan Francisco, United States
3RD Space

3rd Space Mgmt is a model management agency based on Västerlånggatan in Stockholm, offering model management and street casting and showcasing its models' editorial and brand projects. Founded by Helin Honung, the agency says it believes strength lies in the distinctive, the sprawling and the varied, coming from diversity rather than similarity. Aspiring models can apply through the site, and brands and clients can shortlist models from its roster.

3RD Space

Model ManagementStockholm, Sweden
Hackney Links

Hackney Links is an indoor golf venue in Hackney, East London, offering simulator bays for casual rounds, practice sessions and social games. The venue aims to make golf more accessible, inclusive and community-driven for complete beginners and experienced players alike. It offers bookable sessions, memberships, events and league play from its space at Parkhaus, Maple Path, London E5.

Hackney Links

Sports & LeisureLondon, United Kingdom
Retalia Solutions

Retalia Solutions provides a POS and unified commerce platform that connects product, pricing, promotion and performance data, with governed AI that recommends the next best action. The platform serves retail and specialty commerce, social enterprise and charity retail, hospitality and foodservice, and venues and attractions, with customer stories including Brandy Melville EU, ForMotion, Room 1006 and Odido. Retalia Solutions Ltd lists a London office address.

Retalia Solutions

Retail TechLondon, United Kingdom
JPG

JPG provides accounting, tax and financial solutions for small and medium-sized businesses and start-ups across the United States, from an office on Post Oak Blvd in Houston, Texas. Its services span bookkeeping, payroll, business and personal tax, budgeting and forecasting, and strategic financial advice, offered through Compliance, Advanced and Premium plans. It also helps founders form new businesses, including LLC, S-corp and partnership registration, EINs and registered agent services.

JPG

AccountingHouston, United States
Ionetic

IONETIC designs and manufactures custom battery packs for vehicle and equipment manufacturers building 100 to 15,000 units per model per year. It serves the automotive, bus, marine, and commercial and off-highway sectors. The company runs an R&D and battery pack development lab in London and a pilot production facility at Arc Fab Pilot in Brackley, Northamptonshire.

Ionetic

EnergyLondon, United Kingdom
Aligner Intelligence

Aligner Intelligence provides clear aligner treatment planning for dentists, delivered by a team of specialist orthodontists with a dedicated mentor for each clinician. It supports Invisalign, ClearCorrect, Spark and Angel Aligner, with cases assessed and planned within 72 hours. The company operates as Aligner Intelligence Limited in the United Kingdom.

Aligner Intelligence

DentalUnited Kingdom
Clearly AI
Y Combinator

Clearly AI provides an AI-powered security and privacy review platform that automates design reviews, threat modeling and risk triage using context from the tools teams already use. It serves security, GRC and privacy teams, with use cases including AI risk reviews, privacy impact assessments and vendor risk. Clearly AI, Inc. is based in Seattle, Washington.

Clearly AI

CybersecuritySeattle, United States
The Culinary Group

The Culinary Group is a family of hospitality brands that designs practical systems, tools and education to help chefs and operators take control of food cost, operations and profitability. Led by chef Andrew Briese, it delivers kitchen advisory, workshops, courses and training through The Culinary Director, and sells kitchen tools such as Sticky Dates labelling and Portion Pockets. The business is based in Yarraville, Melbourne, and supports venues, chefs, hospitality leaders and multi-site operators.

The Culinary Group

HospitalityMelbourne, Australia
Simular AI

Simular is a research-driven AI company, founded by ex-DeepMind scientists, that builds agents which operate real computers. Its flagship product, Sai, runs autonomous computers on a user's device and in the cloud to take over repetitive screen tasks, serving individuals and businesses with high volumes of repetitive computer work. For developers, it publishes the open-source computer-use frameworks Agent S and Simulang.

Simular AI

AI
Local Residential

Local: Residential is a Melbourne-born build-to-rent operator offering new-build rental apartments with flexible lease terms, whitegoods included, pet-friendly living, on-site support and shared amenities such as gyms, pools and work-from-home spaces. It operates or is developing buildings in Melbourne suburbs including Kensington, Box Hill, South Melbourne, Docklands, Southbank, Domain and Fitzroy, plus Smith Collective in Southport, Queensland, with New South Wales listed as coming soon. The company describes itself as a certified B Corp and Climate Active carbon-neutral organisation, and supplies at least 10% of apartments in each building through registered housing providers.

Local Residential

Real EstateMelbourne, Australia
Nura Teethcare

Nura Teethcare makes oral care products centred on its Mineralising Paste, a toothpaste containing 12% hydroxyapatite (7% nano-HAP and 5% biomimetic micro-HAP) that is free from SLS, titanium dioxide and PAP acids. Its range also includes a mouthwash concentrate, floss picks and brushes sold as routines and sets through its online shop. The site states its products were developed in the UK and tested with the University of Milan.

Nura Teethcare

Oral CareUnited Kingdom
DMAS

Website for a digital services company.

DMAS

Technology
Egdon Resources

Egdon is a UK focused energy business with an established and respected oil and gas exploration and production business, and is developing opportunities for energy storage, hydrogen and renewable generation. Formed in 1997, it has operations in the East Midlands, North East England and the North Sea, and Southern England.

Egdon Resources

EnergyUnited Kingdom
Live Trained

LiveTrained is an online learning platform offering courses, virtual one-on-one sessions, follow-along classes, fitness programs, docuseries and podcasts from industry instructors. Its categories include mixed martial arts, boxing, wrestling, fitness, dance, golf, nutrition, personal safety and law enforcement. It is operated by Live Trained LLC, based in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

Live Trained

EducationPalm Beach Gardens, United States
Maverick Biometals
Y Combinator

Maverick X develops chemical solutions for the oil and gas, mining and metals, and water treatment markets, with product lines PetroX for oilfield chemistry, LithX for metal extraction and HydroX for wastewater treatment. Its chemistry is described as non-hazardous, biodegradable and produced from organic feedstocks. The company is backed by Y Combinator and based in Austin, Texas.

Maverick Biometals

Chemical TechnologyAustin, United States
Storey

Storey Residential delivers affordable rental housing in Australia by partnering with apartment landlords who create affordable, high-quality, pet-friendly and sustainably designed homes in well-connected neighbourhoods. Its apartments are offered to low to moderate income earners on leases of up to five years, with current projects in Kensington, Box Hill and South Melbourne. The company is headquartered at Flinders Lane in Melbourne.

Storey

Real EstateMelbourne, Australia
Odako

Portfolio for a digital creator blending Andean and Japanese influences.

Odako

Creative
Team Engine

Team Engine builds recruiting and retention software for companies with field-based, deskless and multilingual workforces, in industries such as landscaping, construction, manufacturing, janitorial services and the trades. Its mobile-first platform automates hiring tasks, screens applicants and keeps teams informed through SMS, WhatsApp and automated messages with built-in translation. The company operates as a remote team, with members in Brazil, Vermont, Colorado and beyond.

Team Engine

HR TechUnited States
Kelvin Financials

Kelvin Financial Planning is a Glasgow-based independent financial planning firm established in 2011. It advises clients on pension planning, savings and investments, inheritance tax and estate planning, and protection, wrapping these into a comprehensive financial planning service. The firm is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and serves UK customers from its office on Bath Street, Glasgow.

Kelvin Financials

Financial PlanningGlasgow, United Kingdom
Novatus

Novatus works with financial services firms on complex regulatory, data and operational challenges, combining specialist consulting with its proprietary En>ACT platform for transaction reporting. Its work spans strategy, data and AI, risk, resilience, compliance and transaction reporting for banks, asset managers and other financial institutions. The company has its global headquarters in London and an office in Sydney.

Novatus

RegTechLondon, United Kingdom
Biosouth

BioSouth is working to coordinate, with cross-regional support, the reinstatement of biodiversity in the South of England, a region it describes as 5,000 sq km of chalk streams, valleys and coastal areas. It frames the region's natural capital as the foundation of its economy and promotes a joined-up approach to managing it through natural capital work and regional collaboration with businesses. BioSouth Ltd lists its address care of Egdon Resources in Green Park, Reading.

Biosouth

EnvironmentalReading, United Kingdom
Proxy Twin

ProxyTwin creates AI-powered digital replicas of real people that can attend Zoom, Teams or Google Meet meetings, provide 24/7 client reception, answer questions and deliver messages on the person's behalf. It serves individuals, creators and enterprises, with featured ProxyTwins including Adam Spencer and an NBN Australia executive, and offers Free, Plus, Pro and Enterprise plans. The site states its team is spread across the USA, UK and Australia, with its head office in Sydney.

Proxy Twin

AISydney, Australia
NatureCo

NatureCo develops and implements high-integrity nature-based carbon projects that address climate change and biodiversity loss while creating benefits for local communities. Headquartered in Australia with specialists around the world, it works with international NGOs, local implementation partners, corporate clients, investors and governments on projects across the Asia-Pacific, Africa and Latin America.

NatureCo

SustainabilityAustralia
GANE

GANE (Growing Australia's Nature Economy) is an alliance of farmers, Traditional Owners, investors and environmental sector leaders advocating for a strong nature-based economy. It builds a stronger public voice, showcases projects already creating impact on Australian farms, and equips people with evidence through its Green Paper, Supporter Charter and video case studies.

GANE

Non-profitAustralia
Clara AI
Y Combinator

Clara Home Care, Inc. is a referral agency that connects families with vetted, licensed non-medical home care agencies for their loved ones. Families speak to a care expert, get matched directly with intake specialists at suitable local agencies, and can have care in place in as little as 24 hours, with the consultation provided free of charge. Testimonials on the site come from families in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.

Clara AI

Home CareUnited States
Reserv

Reserv is a third-party administrator (TPA) that handles property and casualty insurance claims for MGAs, carriers and self-insureds, combining experienced adjusters with AI-driven claims technology. It provides data dashboards, configurable reporting and APIs for claims and underwriting teams. Reserv Inc. lists its address at 99 Wall Street in New York City, and the company has claims teams across North America, the United Kingdom and the EU.

Reserv

InsuranceNew York, United States
Senior Care Map

Senior Care Map is an online platform that helps families discover and compare senior care options, including independent living, assisted living, memory care and nursing homes. It offers a guided Care Planner, a map and listings of local communities, a cost calculator, caregiver resources and a Care Specialist for more focused guidance. The site was founded by Dr. Jacqueline Dupont Carlson, Marc Carlson and Rachel Dupont Spalvieri, and its listings and resources reference US care settings and Medicare.

Senior Care Map

Senior CareUnited States
Inclusive Sportswear

Inclusive Sportswear CIC works with schools, sports clubs, national governing bodies and brands to design inclusive sports kit policy and practice, so that kit is not a barrier to participation. It developed the Inclusive Sportswear Charter, an inclusion-based kit standard, and offers a free community platform, expert guidance and training, champion projects and policy consultancy, including the Fix the Kit campaign. It was founded by Team GB Olympian hockey player Tess Howard MBE.

Inclusive Sportswear

SportUnited Kingdom
Magic AI

Magic Labs provides embedded wallet infrastructure for developers, letting apps provision non-custodial wallets for users and agents, sign transactions and automate onchain actions through a single API. Its platform combines flexible authentication via email, social logins, passkeys or SSO with whitelabel wallet UI and key management inside trusted execution environments. The company, operating since 2018, is based in San Francisco, California, and also develops Newton Protocol, a policy protocol for governing onchain actions by AI agents and assets.

Magic AI

Web3 InfrastructureSan Francisco, United States
Covecta

Covecta builds an AI platform for the financial services sector, combining search and AI agents it calls Seasoned Banker Intelligence. Its agents support work such as acquisition, screening, underwriting and monitoring for building societies, banks, specialist lenders, credit unions and community banks in the UK and US. Covecta Ltd is based in London.

Covecta

FintechLondon, United Kingdom
BAM Motorsports

Birmingham Advanced Motorcyclists (BAM) is the Birmingham motorcycling branch of the IAM (Institute of Advanced Motorists) and an official provider of IAM RoadSmart's Advanced Rider Course, based in the UK Midlands. The club helps riders in Birmingham and the West Midlands improve their riding through observed rides with qualified National Observers and structured training. It also runs an active social scene with ride-outs, UK and European tours and a monthly Club Night at the National Motorcycle Museum.

BAM Motorsports

Motorcycling ClubBirmingham, United Kingdom
JADS

The Jheronimus Academy of Data Science (JADS) is a joint initiative of Tilburg University and Eindhoven University of Technology offering data science and AI education at bachelor, master, EngD and executive levels. It also conducts research and works with startups, SMEs, NGOs and large organisations on data-driven projects. JADS is based in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands.

JADS

Education's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
BOBA Agriculture

BOBA Tarım (BOBA Agriculture) is a diversified agriculture company operating on farmland in Kastamonu, Turkey, producing crops with modern techniques under a sustainable contract-farming model. Having started with industrial hemp, it now grows crops including garlic, sunflower, sugar beet, corn, oats, wheat and alfalfa. It works with regional farmers, public institutions and sector associations, as well as partners such as Keneviro, Demoni and Hemp Solutions.

BOBA Agriculture

AgricultureKastamonu, Turkey
BS+A

BS+A is a global creative consultancy offering strategy, brand and web design, Webflow development and account-based marketing (ABM+) for startups and established businesses. Its team works from offices in London, Seattle and Melbourne, with clients including Local: Residential, Ionetic, Zendir and the E. H. Shepard estate. The agency describes taking a bespoke approach, tailoring its services to each client's needs from concept to execution.

BS+A

Creative AgencyUnited Kingdom
Pure Balance

Pure Balance Pilates is a Pilates and physiotherapy studio in Congleton, Cheshire, focused on musculoskeletal health and helping clients move without pain. It works with people of all ages and fitness levels, including beginners, people with joint issues or health conditions, and riders. Classes and appointments can be booked online.

Pure Balance

FitnessCongleton, United Kingdom
Merchantwise

Merchantwise is a brand licensing and merchandising agency that manages licensing for entertainment and consumer brands across gaming, kids and family, film and TV, classics, music and theatre, and sports and legends. It develops licensing partnerships across merchandise, FMCG, promotions, events, digital, live and location-based entertainment, with services spanning insights and strategy, licensing management, creative approvals and marketing. Headquartered in Melbourne, it operates across Australia and New Zealand, Europe and North Asia.

Merchantwise

Brand LicensingMelbourne, Australia
Tracktops

Tracktops makes modular truck racks from aircraft-grade aluminium, built around a patented T-slot mounting system for adding accessories or DIY setups. The range spans the Track Rack, Track Jacket canvas cover, Track Pack MOLLE panels and Track Top watertight panels, sold direct to customers and pre-sized for the Toyota Tacoma.

Tracktops

Truck Accessories
PL Capital

PL Capital is a family of venture funds and programs backing founders scaling breakthrough R&D in computing and frontier technology, including decentralized infrastructure and neurotech. Its vehicles include PLC Neurotech, which invests in brain-computer interface, NeuroAI and connectomics companies; PLC Rails, which backs founders using cryptographic and decentralized primitives across AI, physical infrastructure, enterprise software and financial rails; and PL Venture Studio. The group is linked to Protocol Labs, whose founder Juan Benet, the inventor of Filecoin, IPFS and libp2p, serves on its teams, and beyond capital it convenes founders, researchers and funders to accelerate the fields it backs.

PL Capital

Venture Capital

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