Ambitious Essex Tech50 – Colchester
Above
Above specialises in aerial surveying and inspection solutions for solar farms. They use drones, infrared sensors and image recognition to inspect the farms and their surrounding infrastructures.
Aerial surveys can detect issues and defects, helping clients to optimise their equipment and reduce down-time and maintenance costs.
Alcove
Award-winning Alcove helps vulnerable people to live independently. Their home systems include video call technology for elderly residents and a Digital Orientation Clock for dementia patients.
Alcove also secured a £15m contract with Suffolk County Council and delivered the fastest ever rollout of care technology on behalf of a council.
Concurrent Technologies
Concurrent Technologies produces leading long life-cycle computer solutions. They deliver products for challenging environments, including the military and aerospace.
Since their inception, Concurrent Technologies has produced its high-performance processor cards at its production centre of excellence in Colchester. They are also internationally recognised, with a second office in the USA.
Concurrent Technologies website
Industrial Robotic Solutions
Industrial Robotic Solutions’ robotic gripper is used in ready meal factories and retail food outlets. The system can assembly sandwiches, salads and more.
The business has already secured KTP funding from Innovate UK (in collaboration with the University of Essex) and has won various awards in the innovation space.
Industrial Robot Solutions website
LimboTech
LimboTech specialises in virtual/augmented reality and motion capture for the creative sector.
Their live performance and digital technology saw LimboTech named one of CIC’s top upcoming creative tech companies in 2022. This recognised their innovative, world-leading work, such as large-scale interactive installations and virtual theatre directing.
PlanetXR
Planet XR is developing a new genre of games – Evolve Games – which will immerse players in a world shaped by the user’s own experiences and interactions.
Hosted on their own Breach platform, PlanetXR’s immersive offering will combine social and gaming elements to give the player an augmented reality experience.
Sketchbook Games
This video game studio is known for the multi-award-winning Lost Words: Beyond the Page. Gamers can expect an atmospheric experience and a moving story about grief.
Their next ambition is a scientifically rigorous game to support mental wellbeing that’s engaging enough to be played by hundreds of thousands of gamers.
Smart Networked Environments
Smart Networked Environments started exploring indoor wayfinding in 2011, when most mapping stopped at the front door.
They continue to specialise in indoor/outdoor mapping, positioning and wayfinding across complex sites, such as large buildings and university campuses. Their services are used across sectors, including education, health and commercial settings.
Smart Networked Environments website
Strike
Online estate agent, Strike, enables homeowners to sell their houses for free, whilst providing money saving advice in the process.
Strike generates money from its ‘recommended services’ partnerships. By removing traditional fees, they have gained a strong competitive advantage, managing to sell over £5b in property since 2011.