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LYVA Labs invests £50,000 in Wirral-based Tectores Ltd’s footcare technology
LYVA Labs has completed a £50,000 investment into Tectores Ltd, a Wirral-based healthcare company. Tectores’ patented anti-friction technology, PelliTec®, is currently available in a pad, which is worn inside footwear to prevent blisters. The pad has been shown to reduce the recurrence of foot ulcers in people with diabetes and could help prevent lower limb amputations for thousands of patients each year.
Innovate UK CEO and LCR Metro Mayor visit LYVA Labs client Heap & Partners
CEO of Innovate UK, Indro Mukerjee, made a joint visit with Liverpool City Region Metro Major, Steve Rotheram to Heap & Partners Ltd, Birkenhead, to learn how funding from the Innovate UK Launchpad programme, and support from the LYVA Labs led LCR Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Network, has enabled the business to improve its R&D output and productivity through the development of a new range of advanced material hygienic diaphragms that can be commercially manufactured in the UK.
“By investing now to establish ourselves as a hotbed of innovation and new technology, we’ll be able to attract many more high-skilled, well-paid jobs and attract many, many more jobs, businesses and opportunities from around the world.”
Steve Rotheram, Metro Mayor