Team & Market

The people behind the technology and the opportunity ahead

The Team

Leadership Team

Plus 4 agronomists & tech advisers with 40+ patents and experience building the world's largest vertical farm (UK, 2022)

Dr Joshua Afzal

Operations Director

15 years' R&D experience in regenerative agriculture, CEA and crop protection.

Dr Mark Haislund

Head of Dietetics

Clinical nutrition strategist: leads teams, optimises nutrition pathways, governance and outcomes.

Dr Paul Hilton

Founder & Chief Scientist

FCA Approved · SMF29FCA Regulated Individual · IRN: PXH00834

Expert in AI for CEA and automation systems. Reg. IP Attorney (USPTO)

Nazeem Akhtar

Superintendent Pharmacist

MHRA approved wholesaler of pharmaceutical products with WDA(H) and GDP certification.

James Caughey

Director, Head of Logistics

Supply chain expert with 30+ years managing operations both in the UK and internationally.

Michael Robertson

Assistant to Dr Hilton

Michael leads BioLabs™' AI systems architecture across app development, agentic workflows and commercial systems integration.

John Sticha

CEA Scientist & Delivery Lead

Lifelong experimenter and CEA scientist with hands-on delivery across vertical farming, quality systems, and international scale-up.

Nidhin K. Narayanan

CEA & Operations Specialist

18 years in vertical farming operations with UK Home Office Start-up Visa endorsement, spanning hydroponics and aeroponics across multiple countries.

Advisory Board

Expert Advisors. Global Reach.

Seasoned specialists in CEA science, investment banking, indoor farming operations, and agri-tech engineering — collectively supporting BioLabs™ across facility design, commercial strategy, and international scale-up.

Sebastien Sainsbury

Commercial Strategy & Market Development

27 years in investment banking (Bankers Trust, Lehman Brothers, AIG), now applying investor-grade commercial discipline to CEA.

Jamie Burrows

Strategy Adviser

Founder & CEO of Vertical Future — raised £23m at a £92m valuation building one of the world's most advanced vertical farming technology companies.

Reinier Donkersloot

Technical Adviser

13+ years in CEA and vertical farming across Europe, Middle East and Asia — from Philips City Farming to COO of Urban Health Farms.

Alvis Ma

Founder, GROWSPEC Global

CEO and inventor behind GROWSPEC's integrated indoor farming systems, holding 40+ patents across CEA technology.

Network

Advisors & Partners

Stirling Plant Sciences

Academic Partner — CEA Crop Research

Stirling Engineering

Academic Partner — Digital Twins & Predictive Control

Institute for Manufacturing

Academic Partner — Scalable Production Networks

Pharma Medicare

MHRA-Licensed Distribution Partner

HMPPS

Manufacturing Partner — BioCube Production

Market

Market Opportunity

Industry demand for high-potency, contaminant-free, traceable ingredients is at an all-time high.

$53B+

Global Sports Nutrition Market (2025)

CAGR: 8.5%

$280B+

Global Nutraceuticals Market

Growing demand for clinical-grade ingredients

£15B+

UK Functional Ingredients Market

Significant domestic opportunity

Premium Pricing vs Conventional

For pharmaceutical-grade crops

Target Market Segments

Outlook

Financial Roadmap

Indicative revenue milestones as we scale from R&D into full commercial production.

Year 1

£200k–£500k

R&D, IP development, first cubes deployment

Year 2

£1m–£2m

Multiple cubes deployed · Gross margin: 55–65%

Year 3

£3m–£5m

100–150 BioCubes operational plus sales/licensing income · Significant profitability expected