Announcing the 20 startups on our Q3 Hot List

At Spice, our mission is to develop the most efficient tools and resources to get the best startups and scaleups funded, faster, and we’re thrilled to announce the startups featured on our Q3 Hot List, one of the initiatives we run to help high potential startups close funding faster, so they can get back to building.

We’re fortunate to support thousands of startups each year through our events and programmes, many of whom go on to close significant rounds. By design, our work is typically high-touch, meaning we get to work closely with all different types of startups, in all different types of sectors. Having such close proximity to high performers is what helps us create these quarterly lists, and might give you a few ideas on what we’re working on in the future (more on that here). The vast majority of the startups featured in our Q3 Hot List

were in the top 5% of the 350 startups that went through our Seed Sprint programme with SeedLegals for demonstrating exceptional week-on-week growth.

All startups listed are actively raising a pre-seed or seed round, have provided a one pager / deck, key growth metrics, revenue information, round information and contact details. Investors can access the full list with growth, revenue and fundraise information, by completing this form. Please note, all data is provided by the founders.

We have never charged startups for any support and we do not take intro fees or commissions on any deals done from information provided on the Hot List.

*Our one ask* This is an MVP for an upcoming launch, (find out more at thehotbed.co), so feedback on startups, introductions and data points are enormously helpful and appreciated.

Our Q3 Hot List:

FinTech

LIQUIDITY - a working capital marketplace that helps SME suppliers get paid in 1-2 days at 75% below invoice factoring rates (by arbitraging the credit rating of the corporate buyer)

Mosaic Health - the Robinhood of health insurance. We are building health cover that works for SMEs: low-cost, transparent, frictionless, and fair.

Hestian Group Ltd (Carercard) - a unique Mastercard prepaid card service, removes the risk and inconvenience of cash in care.

HealthTech

Pharma Sentinel (Medsii) - helps each person lead a safer life, by providing trusted, timely, & personalised medicines & medical conditions news, alerts & information for people taking medicines.

MyMynd - a B2B digital mental health platform offering a consistent approach to identify issues early and directing appropriate support precisely where needed.

Neurometry - building Telemedicine with gamification for early detection, reporting and training of domains affected by neurodegenerative diseases enabling early intervention

UKURE - a digital platform for cancer patients to find, compare and book cancer specialists and supportive services. It is the first holistic cancer care platform aiming to revolutionise the cancer treatment journey from diagnosis to treatment.

inLights - uses patterns of light to help gently guide you into a dreamlike state and have you fall asleep within 15 minutes. Using just your phone's camera flash and a dark room, there is no training needed, simply follow the instructions, lay back and let the magic happen!

Agnes Health - an organization redefining maternal and infant health through innovation and technology.

Mosaic Health - the Robinhood of health insurance. We are building health cover that works for SMEs: low-cost, transparent, frictionless, and fair.

Consumer

terrible* - Increasing revenue for creators with a platform to source and sell to fans

Fat Rabbit - giving kids a daily dose of positivity and attention. Fat Rabbit have created a virtual best friend for kids, leveraging AI to bring popular characters like Thor and Aladdin to life.

TheFans - helps fans to track their football history by recording stadium and matches people attended and locate every match in their proximity

Barback - offers a freelancing, career-building and job application for the hospitality industry with a large social mission and disruptive innovation at our core. We aim to provide a transparent labour platform where employees can showcase their talents and venues can seamlessly hire the best fit for their unique needs.

Greenbay - makes it easy, fun and convenient for people to try plant-based products by connecting them to new and emerging brands that are positively impacting the planet - all while supporting a more sustainable food system and combating climate change.

MONC - on a mission to fuel individuality and end monotony. We believe we can better the eyewear industry with our considered and unique approach to design — for the benefit of both people and planet.

NOICE Care - takes the best of nature to make effective & zero-waste oral care products that are good for the people and for the planet. Delivered right at your doorstep!

MyMynd - a B2B digital mental health platform offering a consistent approach to identify issues early and directing appropriate support precisely where needed.

UKURE - a digital platform for cancer patients to find, compare and book cancer specialists and supportive services. It is the first holistic cancer care platform aiming to revolutionise the cancer treatment journey from diagnosis to treatment.

inLights - uses patterns of light to help gently guide you into a dreamlike state and have you fall asleep within 15 minutes. Using just your phone's camera flash and a dark room, there is no training needed, simply follow the instructions, lay back and let the magic happen!

Marketplace / Platform / Saas

Adadot helping teams increase performance and wellbeing by analysing productivity and collaboration data

Offimizer a data-driven SaaS that support companies to set up, track and evolve high-performance, smart and personalized workplace strategies, offering the best office-hybrid-remote distribution for each team member and helping managers to save 80% of their time.

​​Palco bringing video entertainment to the next level by allowing media companies, telcos and brands to create interactive video live shows starting with a white label trivia game for engagement and customer profiling activity

Electric Miles a cleantech company developing the world's most intelligent Internet of Energy (IoE) electric vehicle charging solution. Connecting EV and home batteries with the best computer intelligence to help users save energy costs, be more efficient, and reduce overall energy.

Hydrologiq Ltd The Platform that makes off-grid hydrogen happen.

We turn a complex hydrogen supply chain into easily-deployable solutions. Accelerating the transition to Net Zero

Purposeful The messaging platform that enables internal communication to be dealt with in minutes, not hours.

TheHIVE Enterprise Ltd a B2B staff-sharing marketplace, where an over-resourced company can temporarily loan out its highly sought-after employee to another non-competing business that is looking to hire freelancers or contractors, helping avoid unwanted redundancies and offer L&D opportunities to shared staff, while presenting a new flexible, reliable and affordable talent acquisition option to the hiring business.

Vestico a vertical SaaS platform that helps fashion retailers decrease returns and increase conversion through a powerful combination of AI and community-generated content.

LIQUIDITY a working capital marketplace that helps SME suppliers get paid in 1-2 days at 75% below invoice factoring rates (by arbitraging the credit rating of the corporate buyer)

Barback offers a freelancing, career-building and job application for the hospitality industry with a large social mission and disruptive innovation at our core. We aim to provide a transparent labour platform where employees can showcase their talents and venues can seamlessly hire the best fit for their unique needs.

UKURE a digital platform for cancer patients to find, compare and book cancer specialists and supportive services. It is the first holistic cancer care platform aiming to revolutionise the cancer treatment journey from diagnosis to treatment.

terrible* Increasing revenue for creators with a platform to source and sell to fans

MyMynd a B2B digital mental health platform offering a consistent approach to identify issues early and directing appropriate support precisely where needed.

Tech for Good

Neuron Innovations putting drones and aircraft on the map to prevent mid-air collisions, and unlock a $52B future flight market by 2026