Nicole Junkermann, founder of NJF Capital, presents Cadence Health, a women’s health start-up focused on providing a low-cost birth control pill that will be available over the counter. Almost 50% pregnancies in the USA are unwanted. Many of these are teenagers who don’t go on to finish high school. For young women, pregnancy can limit… Continue Reading
Nicole Junkermann of NJF Capital presents Bolt, a tech company that aims to reinvent the e-commerce payments stack top to bottom with a suite of tools designed to streamline transactions across web platforms. The Covid-19 crisis has seen winners and losers in online retail. According to analysis from checkout platform Bolt, US clothing sales are… Continue Reading
Nicole Junkermann of NJF Capital presents Spoon Guru, foodtech innovators who empower leading retailers around the world to provide healthier food discovery and personalised shopping tools for their customers. An estimated 8.5 million people in the UK follow a gluten-free diet. A number that is growing every day. Many know to avoid foods like bread,… Continue Reading
Nicole Junkermann of NJF Capital looks at the post Covid-19 return to live football. On Saturday 16 May 2020 the world got a taste of what football in the Covid-19 era looks like, as teams in the German Bundesliga returned to action after a two-month lockdown break. Coaches and substitutes wore masks, handshakes were replaced… Continue Reading
Nicole Junkermann, NJF Capital founder, presents Gideon Brothers, an innovative robotics and AI company that unshackles the humans working in industrial workplaces with fully-autonomous robotic solutions. Sales of warehouse and logistics robots are expected to grow from 194 000 units in 2018 to 938 000 units annually by 2022. This would bring the market close… Continue Reading
Nicole Junkermann, founder of NJF Capital, presents Deep Genomics, a healthtech company that is using artificial intelligence to build a new universe of life-saving genetic therapies. The future of drug development will rely on artificial intelligence because biology is too complex for humans alone to fully understand. Canadian artificial intelligence therapeutics company Deep Genomics is… Continue Reading
Nicole Junkermann, NJF Capital founder, presents Blockchain, the world’s most trusted all-in-one crypto company. On 11 May 2020, a twitter post of a block of code confirmed that the much-hyped third Bitcoin halving had taken place. The halving process was built into Bitcoin’s code by its creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, to control inflation. New Bitcoins are… Continue Reading
Nicole Junkermann, NJF Capital founder, presents Swarm Technologies. Swarm Technologies is launching a satellite constellation that can provide internet access to 100% of the world for 10-100 times cheaper than incumbent satellite competitors. Swarm have invented ultra-light and ultra-small satellites, which make the launch economics very competitive. The company is initially targeting low-bandwidth use cases… Continue Reading
Nicole Junkermann, NJF Capital founder, presents Elvie, a health and lifestyle brand developing smarter technology for women. A whopping 37% of women suffer from pelvic floor issues like bladder leakage when they laugh, jump or sneeze. Often fear of embarrassment stops them getting help. Many factors cause weakening of the pelvic floor including pregnancy, ageing,… Continue Reading
Nicole Junkermann, NJF Capital founder, presents reBuy, the leading marketplace for recycled consumer electronics and media content. The company is a pioneer of e-commerce in the second-hand electronics market, and now processes over 100,000 items a day and boasts over five million satisfied customers. 40 million tonnes of tech products are thrown away each year… Continue Reading