Baltic Ventures, the Liverpool-headquartered accelerator and angel syndicate, has grown its investment portfolio to 30 tech startups after investing £300,000 into a new cohort of companies for 2025.
Backed by a £4.1m grant from the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, Baltic Ventures has named its Accelerator 2025 cohort, which includes digital tech startups spanning sectors such as proptech, healthtech, ecommerce, edtech, fintech and climate tech.
Over the past two years, Baltic Ventures has directly facilitated £1.1m of investment from 33 angel investors into early-stage tech companies, and positioned these companies to successfully raise follow-on investment.
This is Baltic Ventures’ third annual Accelerator programme and the organisation has now supported 60 founding teams through its Accelerator and Launchpad programmes. Since Spring 2023 Baltic Ventures has also delivered, or sponsored, an additional 100+ workshops, programs and events attended by over 6,000 founders, investors and ecosystem stakeholders, helping to catalyse the city region’s vibrant start-up and scale-up ecosystem.
Mo Aldalou, programme director at Baltic Ventures, said: “This year’s application, recruitment and selection process was our most competitive yet and we were particularly impressed with the calibre of businesses and founders from Liverpool City Region, reflecting the ecosystem’s strong and promising trajectory.
“I couldn’t be more excited to welcome our new cohort of 10 ambitious founding teams to our annual Accelerator programme, where they will receive the support, tools and connections they need to propel them into their next stage of growth.”
Cllr Liam Robinson, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority cabinet member for innovation, added: “Innovation is at the heart of our plans for growth in the city region and Baltic Ventures and initiatives like this are vital elements in making those plans a reality.
“Through this accelerator Baltic Ventures is helping our city region become a launchpad for some of the most exciting tech talent in the UK. I’m sure the support that these exciting companies will receive will enable them to thrive, boosting our local economy and creating high-quality jobs.”
The 10 start ps in the 2025 cohort are:
- BreezeMove – is transforming the UK property transaction process by halving average completion times and reducing fall-through rates by over 90%
- ClassHoppa – an all-in-one digital platform helping parents find, book, and manage extracurricular activities for their children
- NestBox Live – is reinventing wildlife observation with a smart birdhouse camera that delivers HD footage, AI-powered species detection, and a seamless app experience.
- Future Greens – is tackling the £22bn problem of organic waste in the food and drink manufacturing industry by reducing disposal costs, emissions and energy use
- Chest – is addressing the urgent problem of pension under-saving among Millennials and Gen Z in the UK, where nearly 40% risk retiring below a minimum living standard
- MaestroAI – is an AI-powered infrastructure platform transforming the $4.4 billion skins trading market by aggregating and analyzing real-time data from 40+ marketplaces and over 1 billion items
- Aposto – a B2B SaaS platform transforming how large-scale events manage staffing and safety. Designed for the complexities of football clubs, arenas, and live events.
- Loom – a digital platform using AI to power upcycling in fashion. Their app matches customers with designers who can transform unworn garments into new, wearable pieces—tackling the staggering volume of clothing waste (1.6 billion unworn items in the UK alone)
- Plato – an AI-powered personal study assistant designed for university students, integrating seamlessly with popular Virtual Learning Environments like Blackboard, Moodle, and Canvas
- SchoolSCR – automates safeguarding compliance for schools and Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) in England, replacing error-prone spreadsheets with a real-time SaaS platform.
