HighCandi is a drone services business that specialises in providing operational support to large companies, for example, in telecommunications and renewable energy sectors. It brings together independent drone service providers under one brand and uses these drones to inspect infrastructure, providing photo analysis, video inspections, and 3D digital models of facilities to help clients manage their assets in an affordable manner. HighCandi’s app, which can memorise and automate inspection regimes, makes sure that each drone delivers consistent imaging and data. The company's aerial videographers are Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) licensed and adhere to legal restrictions wherever they film. The company's strategy is to target 10% ($520 million) of two key sectors, namely The Global Industrial Inspection market and European Real Estate market, by 2021. HighCandi is a potential disruptor in the drone sector which is expected to boost the UK economy by £42 billion. With the investment, the company will start recruitment to drive sales, pilot engagement, and brand marketing.
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Quotall is a specialist insurance technology software entity that helps large, high profile enterprises to enter the insurance market. The company claims that to date, brands have struggled to extend into insurance due to significant up-front costs, regulatory concerns, legacy technology in the insurance sector and a lack of in-house expertise. Quotall claims that its insurance ecosystem service aims to remove these barriers and enable rapid market entry. The company asserts that it can arrange regulatory approval for the client and link the latter's customers through to its fully client-branded, quote, buy and self-service insurance platform. Quotall's earned revenues in 2020 reached close to £500,000 and it has raised £4 million to date. It states it will use the investment to resource the implementation, development, and servicing of new client accounts as they are contracted.
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£708,805
Pocket App are the largest independent app development company in the UK. They have had a number of high value clients such as Coca Cola, Samsung and Adidas. Pocket App are also starting to do work in partnership with the likes of Microsoft and IBM.
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£837,115
YAYZY has created a platform that calculates the carbon footprint of a user using their spending data land helps the user make up for it using carbon offsets and guides the user towards more sustainable choices. The company believes that the shift in the use of money from high carbon to low carbon choices will accelerate the transition to a new era of sustainability and responsibility. YAYZY raised a £120,000 pre-seed amount, experienced a 26% organic week-on-week growth only driven by referrals and is in conversation with three major banks that are interested in using its technology. YAYZY will use the investment to launch its Android app, convert 25% of users to subscriptions, introduce impact investing, and onboard at least two B2B customers.
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£722,793
Gigrev is a powerful direct to fan social platform for artists to connect directly with their fan base, enabling them to own their fan data, generate a new revenue stream and save on social media advertising costs. Fans can get exclusive behind the scenes access to video blogs, insights of their favourite artist, event tickets and buy merchandise direct.
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£296,200
savvy navvy (SN) is a technology company that aims to save sailors hours of frustration by finding the best and safest routes to their destination. Users need to drop a pin on the SN map and it will work out the best route in seconds. The company has raised more than £600,000 from more than 1,200 investors, calculated 15,000,000 miles of routes, and onboarded 56,000 registered users. SN has also secured partnerships with Sunsail, Navily, Dockwa, GJW Insurance, XShore, various yacht clubs, and marine brokerages around the world to increase its business. SN will use the investment to increase its Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR), execute nine marketing campaigns across 17 countries, and improve the application with additional features.
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£858,524
Datam is a new Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that enables businesses to start taking card payments in just 5 minutes. The company claims that in 2020, more than 50% of all payments in the UK were made using cards. Datam asserts that banks have to navigate between entities ranging from the initial salesperson (ISO), the bank (acquirer) and up to 4 other different stakeholders before they can start taking card payments. It intends to simplify this process. The company has raised £715,000 in Q1 of 2021 funding additional delivery, sales resource and repaying previous loans. Datam is working with VISA to demonstrate the value of its platform and seeks to make its services available to 450,000 UK Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) that renew their card services each year. The company states it will use 30% of the investment for service deployment, 20% for sales and marketing, 20% towards new product modules, and 30% towards working capital.
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£727,322
Screach provides consumer focused venues with the ability to intelligently engage and interact with their customers via installed digital displays (TVs) and mobile phones. The Screen Reach software dynamically changes the screen content to improve its effectiveness in driving more sales by displaying relevant engaging content and promotions.
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£590,000
SupportRoom is an online mental health and well-being platform connecting individuals and businesses with therapists. The company's core proposition is its Employee Support Platform (ESP) that focuses on improving employee well-being and engagement. It asserts that its portal generates employee anonymised data accessible to present organisations that can then use this to identify real problems and implement change without making assumptions. SupportRoom argues that clients can communicate with therapists via in-app messaging, videos and voice messages on its portal. SupportRoom has secured six partnerships to drive B2C and B2B growth. The company has over 600 verified external therapists on its roll call. It was chosen as a 'Top 50 Most Exciting Mhealth platforms for 2021' by Welp magazine. SupportRoom states it will use the investment to build the best-in-class virtual mental health clinic with therapists and hire a team of solution sellers and marketers to grow its business.
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£317,310
KalliKids help parents find quality activities and services for their children. KalliKids reaches 90,000 people each month and they currently have over 1,400 providers signed up. A portion of the proceeds raised will be used on sales growth and marketing.
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£122,624
