UK-based Slingshot Simulations, was founded in 2019 by Dr. David McKee (CTO) as a spin-out from the University of Leeds. The company focuses on using spatial big data, to underpin large digital twin models, for some of society’s biggest challenges like climate change, public health & sustainability. Its main product, “Compass Engine”, is a no-code SaaS platform where enterprises can upload their data, automatically find links within it & create virtual representations thereof. Side note: Slingshot Simulations also participates in global knowledge sharing in the digital twin space, through the industry’s Digital Twin Consortium (of which the founder is a co-chair) & the UK’s Center for Digital Built Britain. It’s worth mentioning that the global...

Renaissance Fusion aims to build a stellarator fusion reactor - which is different to more commonly used tokamak designs - by developing two innovative technologies. The 1st technology concerns the use of liquid metal, which sticks to the inner walls of the reaction chamber & insulates them from extreme heat & radioactivity (with lower maintenance costs). Currently, the startup can create liquid lithium-based walls 1cm thick, but significant development remains before they can be used in nuclear fusion, which requires a thickness of 30-40cm. The 2nd technology relates to high-temperature superconducting coils, which generate strong(er) magnetic fields (& potentially allow a smaller reactor to achieve the same performance as a larger one). To do so,...