Who are you?

Dhruv Trivedi, owner of Reinvent Life Sciences

What does your business do?

After detailed market research and research, we have developed the UK's first after-party drink: Kangaroo - Bounce Back!

Kangaroo works in harmony with your body's natural defence mechanisms by providing it with the natural supplements it needs to cope with the exertion on your body due to alcohol consumption.

It can benefit all consumers of alcohol, not just those who may occasionally overindulge.

Kangaroo contains a precision blend of high quality amino acids and vitamins including amino acids, Vitamins, Minerals, Salts, Silymarin and Probiotics.

Where are you based?

We are fortunate enough to be based at Entrepreneurial Spark, Glasgow - one of the UK's best business accelerators. Apart from the free office space, desk, telephone, Wi-Fi and meeting rooms they provide mentorship and networking opportunities. It's an entrepreneur's paradise. Entrepreneurial spark takes care of the difficult but necessary facilities so that the entrepreneurs can really focus on their business.

How did you get started?

We started in India from my flat in Mumbai. We started working with our college professors, developed the formula, got certification from FDA and found manufacturers. We started trading in India and validated our business.

Meanwhile, we were selected as winners under the UKTI Sirius Programme (Global entrepreneurship competition by the UKTI wherein they select young global entrepreneurs through a series of rigorous rounds of pitching, applications and interviews. They then invite them to the UK and place them at top accelerators across UK for 1 year). We then moved to Glasgow, UK and started working at Entrepreneurial Spark, Glasgow from August 2014 under the guidance of our enablers and mentors at Entrepreneurial Spark.

We were completely oblivious to the market as we were new here and didn't have any network or professional connections. Entrepreneurial Spark helped us create our network and helped us with setting up our business in the UK. Entrepreneurial Spark has amazing ties with companies and organizations like RBS, Harper & Macleod, GCU, etc. They supported us for our banking, accounting, legal services etc. all you need to start up a business.

We also learned how to pitch our business and how to present our venture to get funding. We also won the RBS/Prince's Trust Young Edge Award 2014 as well as best pitch award at the Entrepreneuring night, 2015.

Given all this support, mentoring, guidance and networking - we were able to research the UK market, design a product that is apt for this market and manufactured a batch which is now trading currently @ www.drinkkangaroo.com

For any business it's a great feat to go from scratch to generating revenues in just seven months. That's the impact Entrepreneurial Spark can have on a start-up. This wouldn't be possible without Entrepreneurial Spark and its wonderful team.

What is your background?

Educational Background: B.TECH in Biotechnology (Technology & Engineering)

Work Experience: two years Pharmaceutical sales, product management and Product development

What is your top tip?

Be Flexible, be focused, don't fear and go do. (Always take action)

How long has your business been running?

It's been seven months since we registered but we started trading one month back (February 2015)

Has anyone helped you get started and how?

Entrepreneurial Spark - as I mentioned above (mentoring, facilities, networking, collaborative working with fellow entrepreneurs)

Contact Details Dhruv Trivedi - Email: dhruv@reinventls.com

website: www.drinkkangaroo.com