Cambridge Temperature Concepts

Cambridge Temperature Concepts was founded in 2006 by a team of postgraduates from the University of Cambridge. Having won multiple awards and business plan competitions at a collegiate, university and national level, CTC is now funded by the Cambridge Angels, Cambridge Capital Group, Downing Enterprise and private investors. The East of England Development Agency (EEDA) has also provided several development grants to the Company. The first round of funding in January 2007 raised £250,000 and was followed by a second round in September 2008 for £300,000. The third round in February 2009 raised a further £200,000, at which point the company had already reached a valuation of £3.8 million.

Having won multiple awards and business plan competitions at a collegiate, university and national level, CTC takes their breeding success even further: Recently winning space in Silicon Valley at Silicon Valley Comes to Cambridge and reaching the finals for Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the Enterprising Women awards in December 2009, having been nominated for the European Academic Enterprise Awards as one of the best university spin-outs in life science category, and winning UK Trade and Investment Genesis Award 2009 for Assisted Newcomer of the year.

CTC’s first success: The development of a sophisticated female fertility monitor

This success is due to the rapid development of their first product DuoFertility.

The first consumer sales of their medical device have happened just 18 months after seed funding in December 2007. DuoFertility is a sophisticated female fertility monitor, which identifies a woman’s most fertile days to improve chances of natural conception. It works by unobtrusively measuring the woman’s body temperature 20,000 times a day with extreme accuracy. It works by unobtrusively measuring the woman’s body temperature 20,000 times a day with extreme accuracy. The unique and easy-to-use DuoFertility product avoids having to wake up early to measure temperature manually or having to repeat inconvenient and disagreeable urine tests. The data gathered by DuoFertility can optionally be displayed and analysed on a computer at home and can also help doctors provide the best medical advice to the couple. Because DuoFertility is entirely natural and non-intrusive, it can be used in conjunction with any other method that relies on natural intercourse to maximise a couple’s chances of success each and every monthly cycle. DuoFertility is a cost-effective alternative to assisted reproductive treatments, such as IVF.

Future Applications:

CTC’s aim is to change the way temperature is monitored; making it more convenient, more reliable and more accurate. After having developed their first product, DuoFertility, a revolutionary fertility monitor, CTC is looking into other applications where continuous temperature measurement is needed, such as sleep disorders, elderly care and applications in the veterinary field.