Audoo is a technology company that is revolutionising the music royalty industry. The company is working to ensure artists, composers, publishers and labels are fully acknowledged, recognised, and compensated for the broadcasting of their works. This is done through Audoo's 'Audiometer' that captures, analyses, and reports the music broadcasted in public areas, such as shops, gyms, restaurants, and bars. In 2019, the company joined Abbey Road Red, Europe’s first bespoke music & technology incubator. With the proceeds, the company will improve its fingerprinting database and Audio Meter hardware. It will also expand its business development team and technical team.
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£215,417
My VIP Card is a loyalty platform that aims to help people save money when they shop local. The company offers thousands of discounts, cashback and gift cards, encouraging people to support small businesses and the high street, nationally. It has over 2,000 business listings on its website and asserts that its business model caters to the estimated 86% of UK Shoppers that are part of a loyalty program. The company claims that its service is also available as an employee and member benefit for employers with a host of benefits. My VIP Card has won awards such as, 'Entrepreneurial Spirit for the South East' at the Great British Entrepreneur Awards and 'High Business Growth' at the Successful Women Awards. It has also featured in publications such as The Sun, The Telegraph, The Daily Record, and BBC Radio Solent. My VIP Card will use the investment for acquiring more customers and growing its business.
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investment:
£84,257
Black Young Professionals (BYP) Network is a company that empowers black professionals around the world to solve the problems they face through economic empowerment and connectivity. The company has grown from side hustle to a 6-figure revenue-generating company with over 40,000 members. BYP allows both members and corporate partners to avail a variety of offerings including webinars/events, blogs, newsletters, podcasts, a social networking app, and job board alerts. The company has about 60 corporate partners including Accenture, Facebook and Soho House. It has featured in publications including BBC, Roc Nation, and Forbes. BYP Network has won the Maserati Top 100 Most Innovative Companies and a place on The Mayor of London’s International Business Programme and London Stock Exchange Elite Program. The company will use the investment to have a user base of over 500,000 black professionals with 2% on its premium model in the next 18 months through marketing, scale its leadership, sales, and content teams, and improve its current technology platform to make it more intuitive.
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investment:
£853,982
Doctorpedia is the home for online doctor-approved videos and resources a user needs to improve his/her health and wellness. The company claims that the portal is one of the world's largest networks of over 1,900 medical websites with doctor-led videos, content, and product reviews. The company aims to be a significant contender in the projected £7.36 billion healthcare digital advertising market. Doctorpedia has raised £2.5 million, holds a collection of 2,000 videos, and referral links to 50,000 health products on its portal. The company has witnessed over 5 million video views on Facebook. Doctorpedia will use the investment to grow its portal via doctor subscriptions, sponsorships, cost-per-click and affiliate marketing.
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£322,762
Planty delivers chef-prepared, plant-based, frozen meals straight to the doorstep of UK consumers. The company is on a mission to help people choose a smarter diet for the planet. It aims to become a contender in the plant-based food industry that is set to reach $74.2 billion by 2027. Planty further asserts that in the UK alone, 39% of people considered themselves as flexitarian in 2019. The company has sold over 30,000 meals in the first four months of 2021, reached £43,000 of monthly revenue in April 2021, was named the 'Best vegan delivery service in the UK' by Men's Fitness, and built up a 4.8/5 rating on Trustpilot. It has also featured in press entities like Forbes, BBC GoodFood and Cosmopolitan. Planty claims that it has seen a revenue increase of 800% from September 2020 to April 2021. It will use the investment to hire key talents, expand its meal options with innovative dishes, develop new products (desserts and breakfasts), and move to a larger commercial kitchen to sustain demand.
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investment:
£538,195
TellJO is a company that comes with a mission to help 25M people of the UK who are susceptible to vulnerability. The company's TrustTech platform 'TellJO digital' is an intermediary between businesses and their vulnerable customers. TellJO has been utilised by 3 companies, and it is supported by Bethnal Green Ventures. The company is looking forward to developing "Team TellJO" that will help it achieve sustainable but rapid growth. With the proceeds, the company is looking forward to scaling its 1st to the market solution and develop the TellJO team.
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investment:
£82,290
eDrinks is on a mission to help the hospitality industry harness the power of technology and social media. It has come out with digital drink tokens redeemable in partner pubs and bars. Users can gift and receive the tokens from friends, family or even a stranger and redeem them in pubs and bars using the 'MyRound' app. eDrinks has acquired over 2000 users over 1.5 months through organic social marketing, of which, 1011 are active ones. It has also availed the Commercial Partner Membership (CPM) of the British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA). The company is also developing its proprietary 'Bar Tab' redemption app to make it easy for independent venues to scan and redeem eDrinks contactless. eDrinks will use the investment to create marketing campaigns, app development, and hiring personnel.
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investment:
£116,195
Hinterview is a technology entity that has come up with a video platform that enables professional recruiters to engage and communicate more effectively with their target audience. The company believes that 'remote is the future of work', accelerated by COVID-19, that will drive more interest in their technology. The company asserts that its technology can aid agency, in-house or even college & campus recruitment drives producing satisfactory engagements between recruiters and job seekers. The company is white-labelled, ultra-secure, and cloud-based with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance providing data privacy & security protocols to its clients. The company has 61,000 users active on its platform with 230+ active contracts. It will use the investment to further develop its sales and marketing functions and build departments internally as its business scales both in European and global markets.
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investment:
£421,505
Magnetto intends to challenge the traditional retail business by automating the checkout process and eliminating long queues via its app. The company allows shoppers to scan and pay for goods with their smartphones and skip queues using smart gates. The app also claims to facilitate indoor navigation with product locators and allows users to avail loyalty schemes. Magnetto asserts that the commercial rollout of its app has begun with the company planning to develop fully automated stores for one customer with its hardware partner, Modern Expo. Magnetto was nominated for an award at the London Smart Retail Tech Expo. The company intends to become a contender in the retail automation market that is projected to reach $23.58 billion by 2026. Magnetto aspires to connect fully with retail giants like Amazon and Sainsbury's and help them experience automated retail sales seamlessly. The company state it will use the investment to develop new features, grow its team and acquire more customers.
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investment:
£220,431
FounderTribes helps budding entrepreneurs get access to advice, connections, and capital from established founders via its educational app. It argues that around 581 million people will never gain access to Venture Capital (VC) funding or avail meaningful entrepreneurial education. FounderTribes intends to change that and become a contender in the Education Technology (EdTech) market worth $5 trillion. Users can use the app to get personalised feedback from FounderTribes's community of seasoned entrepreneurs and investors, get actionable tips from industry-specific networks to work on problem areas, and avail alternative financing to start and scale their business. FounderTribes has raised £700,000+ as part of this round, onboarded over 400 investors and 500 mentors on its portal, and signed its first paying customer, Capital Enterprise, with £20,000 worth of subscriptions. It will use 76% of the investment for HR costs, 10% towards video content creation, 3% towards IT expenses, 2% towards marketing expenses, and 8% for general operations.
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investment:
£805,960
