FETCH states that is a fully developed in-venue food and drinks order and pay solution built by POS8. The app allows customers to view a menu, order food and drink and pay securely, in a matter of seconds from their smartphones. POS8 claims that Fetch's 'Intelligent Ordering System' sends orders to a venue staff’s devices according to who has the fewest orders waiting. FETCH has helped 109 venues go live and processed 26,000 transactions from 87,000 registered users earning a platform flowthrough of £265,000 in March 2021. It has partnered with multiple Point of Sale (PoS) and payment systems including, Zonal, Oracle, Stripe, Square, and Adyen, to create an end-to-end solution, easy for venues to adopt. FETCH aspires to take a healthy share of the £98 billion food and drinks market. It says it will use 60% of the investment towards sales and marketing, 20% towards operations and 20% towards product development.
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£2,011,196
The Noo aims to redefine the delivery space by facilitating the delivery of anything, anywhere, anytime from a single application. It is on a mission to create a new micro-logistics delivery platform with no infrastructure needed besides a smartphone. The company also aspires to create a space where the local high street can compete with today's delivery giants. The Noo is backed by serial tech entrepreneur, Ant Sharp. The company has collected substantial data and insight, after 1.5 years of R&D and testing, to cater to the needs of its target audience and produce an app capable of changing the way things get delivered. It has also gained over 440 'Confirmation Of Interests' (COI) from potential investors willing to back the product. The Noo will use the investment to cover marketing costs, app development and maintenance costs, and general business running costs.
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£47,828
Bidvine is an online service marketplace offering 300+ services across the UK. The platform helps customers find and hire professionals or services relating to home improvement, events & photography, health & wellness, and many more. The company's biggest accomplishment to date has been the introduction of BidMatch which allows professionals to bid automatically on requests that match their preferences, availability, and budget. Bidvine has 100,000 registered professionals. Its mission is to help 250,000 local businesses to grow by £1 billion in 2025. The company will use 47% of investments on market development, 33% in the introduction of additional tools for service professionals, 12% in other operational expenses (OPEX), and 8% for international expansion.
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£2,764,793
Perspective Pictures is a creative, digital-first video production company based in North London. The company asserts that existing video production companies produce good TV advertisements and long-form pieces for brands but fail to find an engaged online audience. PP asserts that its team of employees with an average age of 25, and in-house production crew and creatives allow it to produce a variety of video ads from a short snappy, subtitled Facebook ad to a long-form 22 minute YouTube series drawing in the target audience. The company sold over £200,000 worth of video content in the first 60 days of 2020. It has featured in news publications like The Evening Standard, Forbes, BA BusinessLife, Moneyweek, and Shortlist. PP will use the investment to make £2 million worth of video content per year, invest in team training and education to ensure that it can offer the best service/product to its clients, and help manage cash flow and unexpected situations.
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£108,046
innerworks is a behavioural analysis technology company that aims to capture and verify the true nature of people to build happier and more productive workforces. innerworks crowdsources anonymous opinions about people over time. The company argues that this verification model leverages objective, credible data, making its profiles more unique. Its mission is to empower users with their behavioural data. The company is backed by Ex-Microsoft and Ex-Groupon managers as part of this crwodfunding round. It has been featured in TechRound and Startups Magazine. innerworks will use the investment to finance product development and initial client traction ahead of its Q3 2021 seed round.
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£231,386
Nuw is a clothes-sharing app and community that aims to empower people to reduce the environmental impact of fashion on the planet. It grew from a community trial at Trinity College, Dublin to an app that is available nationwide across Ireland and the UK. Till date, the company has over 3800 registered users. Nuw has developed a bespoke impact calculator with the London Waste and Recycling Board to accurately measure the carbon, waste and water offset of each share on the app. This information is shared with Nuw members so they understand the positive environmental impact they create by sharing and swapping on Nuw. It has also developed partnerships with UPS and Parcel Motel to offer users a contactless, affordable and convenient delivery option. The company will use 66% of the investment for team salaries, 24% for marketing, 8% for overheads, and 2% for monthly subscriptions.
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£131,219
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
YurOn is a video platform that cultivates authentic interaction between prominent personalities and their fans. The portal allows people from different walks of life–drag queens, mountaineers, activists–thirty seconds to ignite a conversation, start an Ask Me Anything or co-create a skit. YurOn shuns away filters, anonymous commenting, vanity metrics or validation-driven algorithms and endeavours to bring to the public an unadulterated conversation between stars and their fans. The portal soft-launched in Q2 of 2020 and has seen over 5000 downloads, 2000 active users, and 32% of users retaining over a month. The company will use 80% of the investment to grow its tech team and cloud infrastructure, and 20% towards marketing and partnerships to accelerate growth.
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£222,110
PopUp Painting (PUP) is an art company that aims to be the leader in organising experiential social painting events in the UK. The company endeavours to bring art out of the classroom and gallery into the places people meet on an everyday basis, thereby, unleashing creativity. PUP has hosted over 45,000 guests to date. Total revenues to date are £1.1 million. In the last financial year, the company generated revenues of £373,000. The COVID-19 pandemic in March led to PUP launching its online art sessions which was met with positive feedback. The company resumed hosting in-person COVID-secure events from July 2020 onwards. PUP is seeking £175,000 at a pre-money valuation of £1.3 million to launch its own Central London experiential events space and to expand its current services to reach a new product market.
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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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£853,982
