TG0, the trading name of Tangi0 Ltd, is a London company co-founded by CEO Ming Kong that turns ordinary materials into touch and pressure sensors. In the June 2022 round of the EIC Accelerator it was selected for a grant for "a revolutionary touch-sensitive material without environmentally harmful electronics", according to the EIC's list of selected companies. No project for this award appears on CORDIS, so its amount, dates and results cannot be checked there.
TG0 closed a £4.5 million Series B led by NetMind.AI with WPHealth in December 2024, following a €2.3 million round led by NetMind.AI that September. Its accounts for 2025, filed at Companies House, show a loss of £1,686,295, up from £697,726 in 2024, cash down from £1.71 million to £1.00 million, and an average of 35 staff. The company files without a profit and loss account, so its revenue is not public.
Company file
- Legal entity
- Tangi0 Ltd, company no. 09787762, London
- Incorporated
- 21 September 2015
- CEO and co-founder
- Ming Kong
- Investors
- NetMind.AI, WPHealth
- Named partners
- Novares, Zwift, Italdesign, Somnium Space, Riffmate
- Staff
- 35 on average (2025)
- EU funding
- SME Instrument study (2018); EIC Accelerator selection (2022)
Where TG0 Stands Now
TG0 now calls its technology "the platform powering physical AI" and markets touch sensing, pressure mapping and shear-force sensing for robots, according to its website. Its showcased products include an indoor cycling controller for Zwift, a stringless digital guitar for Riffmate and hand-presence detection for car door handles with the supplier Novares. Companies House shows new share allotments in January, February and July 2026; the amounts raised are not stated in the filings list.
"This successful round of funding is a clear validation of the market's growing appetite for AI-powered hardware solutions."
Ming Kong, CEO, TG0, December 2024The Technology: Sensing Built Into the Material
Conventional controls use separate buttons, membranes and sensors. TG0 shapes conductive materials so one piece can detect where and how hard it is touched, and uses software to interpret the signals. It says the method works in plastics, rubber, foam, fabric, metal, wood and glass. The company's 2018 EU study said removing parts from car controls would make them cheaper and easier to recycle, according to CORDIS.
What the EIC Project Promised, and What CORDIS Shows
The EIC's 2022 list describes the award, but CORDIS has no grant agreement for it, only TG0's 2018 SME Instrument study and its role in CloSer, a soft robotics project starting in September 2026. Without a project record there is no stated budget, objective list or report to compare with what TG0 has done since.
- Grant agreement on CORDISAbsentNo record found.
- Brand partnershipsDeliveredZwift, Novares and others.
- Follow-on fundingDelivered£4.5M Series B.
- Commercial scaleUnverifiedNo revenue filed.
The Money
The statement of changes in equity shows TG0 issued £2.9 million of new shares in 2024 and £1.0 million in 2025. Its losses to date reached £4.8 million by the end of 2025. It held £874,379 in debtors and £34,033 in stock at year end; the size of its sales is not disclosed.
What Cannot Be Checked
Questions for the EIC
Whether TG0 signed a grant agreement for its 2022 award, how much was paid and by whom, what the project delivered and what TG0 earns from its products are not public.
Why Europe Should Care
The EIC selected TG0 for technology that cuts electronic waste from everyday controls. Whether European money reached the company, and what it achieved, is not on CORDIS, the EU's public record of the grants it funds.
What the award promised
A touch-sensitive material that replaces environmentally harmful electronics in products.
What the record shows
Brand partnerships, a Series B and growing losses, but no EU project record for the award.
The Verdict
Selected, then off the record
TG0 is an active company with real partners. The EIC award that selected it in 2022 leaves no public trace of what it funded.
TG0 and the EIC have not been asked for comment for this article. It is based entirely on public records and published statements, linked throughout.
