February 2021 Case Studies and News

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Case Studies

Tech start-up has 360-degree vision as it eyes an exciting future.

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“We’re very grateful for all the support Business Wales AGP has provided us.”

The use of virtual reality technology to aid businesses across a range of sectors is growing. Cardiff University students George Bellwood and Robin David identified a need and developed technology to fit into that space, using their expertise and skills while in their final years at university. Their firm Virtus Tech is a virtual reality and data insight company providing virtual reality platforms to businesses. Their flagship DIGI Tour uses 360 degree images and digital...
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23 entrepreneurs win place on accelerator programme designed to champion diversity in entrepreneurship in Wales

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Twenty-three entrepreneurs have secured a coveted place on a new accelerator programme, which will help them overcome the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic while championing diversity across the Welsh business start-up landscape.

The business founders beat entrepreneurs from across Wales to secure a place on the Excelerator Programme, which will see people from under-represented groups take part in a Welsh Government-funded 12-week immersive accelerator programme. The aim is to help them launch and grow their business idea or scale an existing business. The virtual programme will include a series of expert masterclasses for founders, as well as mentorship and professional coaching from business start-up and scaleup experts...
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How Covid crisis is pushing company’s AI technology into frontline orthopaedic care.

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“The expertise and advice we have been able to access through Business Wales AGP helped me to develop my idea into a viable business proposition.”

Technology is becoming an ever more important tool for medical practitioners across the healthcare sector. In so many ways, the COVID-19 crisis has accelerated that trend, bringing new treatments and new methods of diagnoses and consultation to the fore. Agile Kinetic, an early-stage business, has developed artificial intelligence (AI) to help healthcare professionals deliver better services to patients. The company has been supported through the Business Wales Accelerated Growth Programme (AGP), which provides targeted support...
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The healthcare start-up determined to improve the patient experience.

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"Being part of Business Wales AGP has given us access to invaluable mentorship."

The way healthcare is delivered is constantly changing and improving. Now, the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the way healthcare services are provided in a multitude of ways. Concentric Health is a technology start-up transforming the way we make decisions about our health, with a radical approach to patients' experience as they move through the system. The Cardiff-based firm wants to disrupt the health sector for the better. Here Dafydd Loughran, one of Concentric's co-founders, explains...

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