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CHAIN Biotechnology, is a human biome company using Clostridium bacteria for the delivery of a wide range of therapies. The Company was founded in 2014 and is based in Nottingham.

Optical instrumentation and sensor systems for high efficiency aero and car engines.

Optical fibre sensor systems and services for the energy sector (China). Partnered with the Shandong Academy of Sciences. Customers include major coal, oil and power producers in China.

The National Silicon Industry Group (NSIG, 688126:SH) is the largest wafer manufacturer in China with three wholly owned subsidiaries: Zing Semi, the first commercialized Chinese 12” wafer manufacturer; Simgui, a leading 8” EPI and SOI supplier based in Shanghai, and; Okmetic, a Finnish wafer manufacturer, acquired in 2016. NSIG is also one of the largest shareholders of Soitec, the French world leading SOI supplier.

Rockley Photonics was founded in mid 2013 by a team with the leading commercial track record in silicon photonics; the optical analogy of silicon microelectronics. In August 2021, Rockley Photonics announced a successful closing of business combination with SC Health Corp to begin trading under ticker “RKLY”.

Oxitec was sold to NYSE listed Intrexon for $160m in August 2015 providing a 6x investment return to Rockley investors.

Kotura Inc., a leader in the field of silicon photonics for fibre optic communications, high performance computing and sensing applications was acquired by Mellanox® Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ: MLNX; TASE: MLNX for $82 million on 15 August 2013 Bookham Inc

Dr Rickman founded Bookham Inc., the first silicon photonics company in the world, and grew it from a startup to a FTSE 100 company. Bookham’s investor group achieved more than a ten times return from Bookham Technology’s Nasdaq IPO.