The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It let's people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn't think they could learn before, and so in a sense, it is all about potential."

Steve Ballmer

Technology holds immense potential to positively transform our lives on this planet as well as having the power to improve the way we do things - big and small. Synergy Growth invests in businesses that leverage disruptive technology to innovate, rethink and improve the way things are done - making processes more efficient and life that little bit easier.

BRCK

BRCK is based in East Africa, and has designed and engineered a rugged, self-powered, mobile WIFI device which connects people and things to the internet in areas of the world with poor conectivity infrastructure.

More recently BRCK also launched BRCK Education, which provides a holistic education technology solution that turns every class room into a digital classroom. Their vision is to enable millions of children in schools across emerging markets to access digital educational tools for better learning.

Latest news: Kenyan startup BRCK launches SupaBRCK device to solve Africa’s internet equation.

Prodea Systems

The team at Prodea Systems believe that it's time for the world of technology to work together. Today's digital lifestyles are demanding increasing amounts of time to manage, and people generally have to use different systems and interfaces to manage each element.

Prodea saw a simpler way and created the

Residential Operating System to connect people, data and devices in one clean, easy to use interface. This new, seamless interface allows all of the most commonly used devices to work together and speak the same digital language.

Latest news: Prodea have created an end-to-end solution that is ideal for data-intensive industries that need real-time performance monitoring, data intelligence and predictive analytics.

Technology Will Save US

Technology Will Save Us (TWSU) design and sell make-it-yourself kits that inspire learning through making, playing, coding and inventing with technology.The TWSU team is on a mission to teach people to be creative with software and re-engage with products. Their DIY kits and online resources are the best way to learn new skills, make cool things and begin your own journey as a tech -maker.

Audio Analytic

Audio Analytic has developed embeddable Software Sensors for the Smart Home that react for example to a smoke alarm, a window breaking, a baby crying and also custom sounds.

From home safety and security to child care,

their innovative products can inform, alert and track a wide range of sounds in a real life setting, and is compatible with many architectures.

Latest news: "If we want to create products capable of responding in human-like ways then we have to teach them to understand context and the world around them in the same we do - through our senses".