John Coombs

Unilever Ventures Ltd (Unilever Ventures) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Unilever U.K. Holdings Ltd founded in 2002. The firm headquartered located in London.

Omg Additives Ltd. develops iron-ligand based chemistry for use in environmentally friendly coatings, composites and inks. It specializes in chemicals, advanced materials, electrochemical energy storage, magnetic materials and unique technologies. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Nottingham, the United Kingdom.

Brandtone Ltd. provides mobile marketing services. It offers consumer profiling, product promotion, incentive and loyalty programs, and direct marketing solutions. The firm also serves various FMCG brands. It closes the loop between brand and consumer, between communications & purchase, through the reach and intimacy of the mobile phone; all with a clear, measurable return on marketing investment. The company was founded by Ben Atherton in 2009 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

At HPL Realisations Ltd. they focus on designing and synthesizing branched polymeric materials that have unique 3 dimensional structures. Product formulators in various industries ranging from membranes, coatings, adhesives, personal and industrial care, oilfield and water treatment are taking advantage of the superior functional benefits that the 3 dimensional architecture affords. Their finished products, with enhanced performance and environmental profiles, benefit them all. Established in 2007, HPL Realisations Ltd. is a spin out from Unilever and is based in the University of Liverpool's MerseyBio incubator.

IOTA NanoSolutions Ltd. is a nanomaterials engineering company that develops organic nanoparticles. It has actively developed a number of novel generic approaches to enable the formation of dry physical blends of insoluble and soluble materials. The blends are produced without a traditional particle formation step such as milling and are equally applicable with amorphous, crystalline or waxy materials. When the blends are added to a liquid the soluble material dissolves consequently releasing the insoluble material as a nanodispersion. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Liverpool, UK.

Brandtone Holdings Ltd. provides mobile marketing services. It offers consumer profiling, product promotion, incentive and loyalty programs, and direct marketing solutions. The company was founded on October 13, 2009 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Unilever Bestfoods Ltd. distributes non frozen food products. Its products include tea, margarine, soup mixes, and sauces which are distributed under the brands, PG Tips, Flora, Hellmann's, Knorr, Marmite, and Bertolli. The company is headquartered in Crawley, UK.

Borchers Catalyst (UK) Ltd. develops and sells oxidative catalysis technology. It develops and sells a ligands and metal-complex based catalysts, activators, and accelerators for organic and inorganic peroxides used in two main areas of applications: modification of polysaccharides and other cellulosic substrates and process improvement in chemical synthesis and related conversion chemistry in polymers, chemicals and other critical processes. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Castle Donington, the United Kingdom.