Backgrounder: Headquartered in Cambridge, 3D imaging and spectroscopy specialist, TeraView has developed technology to generate, detect and manipulate Terahertz light. TeraView provides a range of solutions applicable to drug discovery and formulation; medical and dental diagnostics; security screening, explosives detection and contraband detection. The list of applications continues to grow as new applications, such as in the food, agriculture, cosmetics, paints and coatings, and semiconductor markets are established.

Mark Hammond is CEO of Melbourn Scientific. Located within the East of England biosciences cluster, Melbourn Scientific provides high quality analytical and formulation services to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry.

Charles Maltby is the Technical and Commercial Director for Shearline, a university spin-out that works closely with the high technology, printing and scientific instrument community. Over recent years it has also attracted contracts from the medical and aerospace and defence sectors.

Voice Commerce Group is a regulated Financial Service Group which operates and delivers mobile financial, payment, identity and verification services and solutions to consumers and businesses.

Background: Sally Ann is Director of Science Parks for Goodman International, the major Business and Science Park developer in the UK. As part of this role, she is also Director for Colworth Science Park in Bedfordshire, a joint venture between Unilever and Goodman.

Backgrounder: Girton Labs Ltd was founded by Lyndsay Williams in 2007. Williams is a computer scientist in the field of human-computer interaction (HCI) specialising in new hardware sensing platforms for digital audio, mobile phones and paper computers. Williams is designing new hardware platforms for digital audio for the PC, sensors for mobile phones and currently a new type of sensing computer embedded in printed paper.

About Horizon Discovery: Horizon Discovery is a translational genomics company headquartered in Cambridge with an additional R & D site in Turin.

BACKGROUNDER: Team Consulting Limited is a leading product development consultancy working primarily in the life science and healthcare industries. Acknowledged experts in medical and drug delivery device development, the company works globally with all kinds of companies, from start-up ventures to multinational organisations.