BlakBear digital freshness sensor on food packaging

BlakBear — Digital Freshness Sensors BlakBear — Synwyryddion Ffresni Digidol

Supporting the world's first digital freshness sensor company to reduce food waste at scale. Cefnogi cwmni synhwyrydd ffresni digidol cyntaf y byd i leihau gwastraff bwyd ar raddfa.

The Brief Y Briff

From lab to shelf O'r labordy i'r silff

BlakBear, an Imperial College spinout, invented the industry's first digital freshness sensor — a paper-based gas sensor placed inside food packaging that measures spoilage in real time, replacing static printed expiry dates with live freshness data. They needed support to grow from a university research project into a commercial operation deployed across major food manufacturers.

Dyfeisiodd BlakBear, cwmni deillio Coleg Imperial, synhwyrydd ffresni digidol cyntaf y diwydiant — synhwyrydd nwy ar bapur a osodir y tu mewn i becynnau bwyd sy'n mesur difetha mewn amser real, gan ddisodli dyddiadau terfyn wedi'u hargraffu'n statig gyda data ffresni byw. Roedd angen cefnogaeth arnynt i dyfu o brosiect ymchwil prifysgol i weithrediad masnachol a ddefnyddir ar draws gweithgynhyrchwyr bwyd mawr.

What We Did Beth Wnaethom Ni

From research to real-world impact O ymchwil i effaith yn y byd go iawn

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Innovation Support Cymorth Arloesi

Supported BlakBear's transition from research to commercial deployment. Helped position the technology for food industry adoption. Connected BlakBear with relevant funding and partnership opportunities. Cefnogi trawsnewidiad BlakBear o ymchwil i ddefnydd masnachol. Helpu i leoli'r dechnoleg ar gyfer ei mabwysiadu gan y diwydiant bwyd. Cysylltu BlakBear â chyfleoedd cyllido a phartneriaeth perthnasol.

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Industry Engagement Ymgysylltiad â'r Diwydiant

Facilitated introductions to food manufacturing and retail stakeholders. Supported the narrative for Innovate UK co-funded projects. Contributed to the farm-to-fork digitisation strategy. Hwyluso cyflwyniadau i randdeiliaid gweithgynhyrchu bwyd a manwerthu. Cefnogi'r naratif ar gyfer prosiectau a gyd-ariennir gan Innovate UK. Cyfrannu at y strategaeth digideiddio o'r fferm i'r fforc.

BlakBear sensors deployed in a food manufacturing facility
Results Canlyniadau

Impact in numbers Effaith mewn rhifau

$2.65M
Seed round raised Rownd hadau wedi'i chodi
17
Cranswick sites deployed Safle Cranswick wedi'u defnyddio
~$750K
Annual revenue Refeniw blynyddol
12
Person team Tîm o 12 person
5
Major investors inc. Cisco, Imperial, Mitsubishi Buddsoddwyr mawr gan gynnwys Cisco, Imperial, Mitsubishi
Partners Partneriaid
Ada Ventures Cranswick Innovate UK Greentown Labs

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