Meet the 2024 Startup Academy

What’s your business and the story behind it:

At NexaCloud Solutions, we specialise in transforming the technology strategies of Guernsey-based businesses with tailor-made Microsoft Cloud solutions, offered at a fraction of the exorbitant cost of other local consultancies. Our expertise include a comprehensive suite of services such as Microsoft Azure, Entra, Intune, Fabric, Defender, 365, Data Solutions, AI and more.

We focus on centralising your organisation’s technological operations, whilst significantly enhancing user experience and streamlining business processes, at a fraction of the substantial cost of other local consultancies.

With over 10 years of experience in the IT sector, I am a seasoned Cloud Computing expert and consultant. I hold an MSc in Advanced Computer Science with distinction and have secured 18 certifications, including several at the Microsoft Expert level, which demonstrate my deep knowledge and technical prowess.

My background as a Cloud Consultant has equipped me with the skills to design, implement, and manage robust cloud solutions that enhance business efficiency and innovation. I specialize in translating complex technical requirements into actionable strategies that drive operational excellence and create sustainable competitive advantages.

Committed to staying at the forefront of technology, I offer strategic insights that help businesses harness the full potential of cloud technologies to achieve their goals.

What’s your business and the story behind it:

Kloakify helps people to send and receive sensitive documents like passport scans securely and easily, allowing them to control how the file is stored and used.

Identity theft is a huge problem worldwide. 1/3 of Americans have been victims, while in the UK it’s estimated to cost £2.5bn a year.

Yet employers, landlords, and even AirBnBs routinely ask people to email scans of passports, driving licenses, bank statements, and other sensitive documents that can be used to steal someone’s identity.

Email isn’t secure, and often the scans are just left in their inbox indefinitely, or copied to other computer systems which may or may not be hackable.

It’s ridiculous. But it’s also understandable as there’s no well-known, easy-to-use way to share sensitive documents securely.

We believe Kloakify can be the WeTransfer of sending sensitive documents.

The market is anyone who’s ever rented an apartment, got a job, taken out an investment, or gone on holiday. Eg. Everyone.

You can use Kloakify as a security-conscious person (and we’ll use marketing to help you become security conscious!!) by buying credits on a pay-as-you-go basis, or companies who regularly need to receive sensitive documents can sign up for a subscription.

In 2021 my passport scan was hacked from my employer’s servers and sold on the Dark Web. Luckily I’d replaced my passport a few months earlier, after accidentally washing it with my jeans. Thousands weren’t so lucky. I’ve been in tech my whole life (for everyone from Waitrose to the NHS), first as a developer, marketer and designer, then as project manager and CTO.

I’m also an award-winning writer, actor, and theatre director, and wrote a best-selling book on Web design.

What’s your business and the story behind it:

Juliet Little Coaching. Jules Little, an ACC, ICF accredited coach, speaker, and journal maker, is driven by a passion for growth and transformative change. Based in Guernsey, she provides bespoke coaching services and dynamic workshops designed to empower individuals and businesses to navigate life's challenges and align their actions with their values. Her approach combines practical, personalised coaching with motivational speaking, fostering personal and corporate wellness and productivity.

Jules's insights into human potential were notably shaped by her time at The Laureus World Sports Awards in Monaco, where she engaged with global sporting legends. This experience has reinforced her belief in the inherent potential within all of us to lead fulfilling lives, a principle that infuses her coaching and speaking engagements. Alongside illustrator and designer Ellie Good, she co-founded Good Little Journals, beginning with the award-winning 'Sleep and Rest' journal. These journals are crafted as a daily practice designed to transform knowledge into habits, employing the science of consistent marginal gains to achieve remarkable results with ease.

Juliet Little Coaching and Good Little Journals are dedicated to initiating meaningful change, motivating both clients and readers to pursue lives brimming with possibilities. Now residing in Guernsey with her family and their spaniel, Jules can often be found in the water or hanging up soggy beach towels. Her work through coaching, journals, and speaking engagements is dedicated to cultivating habits that facilitate exceptional lives.

Juliet Little, known as Jules, combines deep-seated passion with extensive experience as an ICF ACC accredited life coach to empower others towards personal and professional growth.

She launched her entrepreneurial career with Squeeze Me, a smoothie business that flourished across the UK, serving major retailers like Selfridges, Ocado, and Waitrose. Together with Ellie Good, Jules co-founded Good Little Journals, producing development-focused journals, starting with their award-winning "Sleep and Rest" journal.

As a speaker, Jules leverages her business insight and coaching expertise to deliver workshops and presentations on achieving marginal gains and consistent improvement across various life aspects. Residing in Guernsey, her experiences with global sporting legends inspire her commitment to unlocking potential in others by cultivating habits that empower exceptional lives. 

What’s your business and the story behind it:

We want to put data at the heart of businesses. Our aim is to help businesses succeed through use of data and technology.

We will do this by offering 4 pillars of services:
1. Data Analytics and Visualisation
2. Data Strategy & Management
3. Data Science & AI
4. Upskilling & Agile Coaching
We can help eradicate inefficiencies by automating processes. Increase profits using insights from models and analytics dashboards.

Our website will contain case studies of successful projects and we will have a brand awareness and marketing campaign, and we can upskill the workforce to succeed with data. We can work with businesses, big and small, in any industry – where there is data, we can help.

What’s your business and the story behind it:

What’s your business and the story behind it:

I am a writer, trainer, and consultant specialising in wellbeing-driven productivity and professional development. I help ambitious professionals be more productive without sacrificing their well-being through expert-led education and training.

I'm developing a series of productivity blueprints – short, practical learning guides that solve well-being and productivity problems quickly without any fluff or unnecessary content. 

What’s your business and the story behind it:

Our in-house personal trainer, Niall Kamworth, currently serves his customers by offering personal training sessions aimed at working professionals who may be in their prime at work, but not necessarily in fitness. We have progressive training packages available for individuals to a small group and online personal training plans for remote customers.

Our aim is to overcome our customer’s barriers to a healthier lifestyle by offering a PT plan that achieves their fitness goal of either weight loss or muscle gain. We add value by customising our approach to achieve these goals, whether that be in-person or online.

We're also looking to offer digital solutions to qualified personal trainers looking to grow their own business, by leveraging our existing tools and experience.

What’s your business and the story behind it:

What’s your business and the story behind it:

We aim to reimagine the delivery of local news across the UK, we want to harness the developments made possible using AI and focus journalists on creating proper investigated news while AI can deliver the business as usual updates from Press Releases and announcements.

We aim to change the business model from being reliant on advertising revenue to user pays for content and potentially individual funding of investigative reporting.