Moody is a health-tracking application that connects users with customised health, food and fitness advice based on their moods, symptoms and cycles. It endeavours to become a sustainable force for good in women's health. The company argues that women control >80% of household health spend and are 80% more likely than men to use a digital health app. It aims to harness these trends and capitalise on the global remote health care market that is forecast to hit £40 billion by 2025. 'The Moody Month' app featured in publications like Vogue, Grazia and The Guardian. It has witnessed over 136,000 downloads since its Version 1 release in 2019. The app has compiled over 5 million moods to date. The company will use the investment to scale its business globally and reach 1 million subscribers within a four-year time frame.
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£142,026
Sendit.Money is a remittance entity. It argues that individuals sending or receiving money in emerging markets can face insecure processes, slow transaction times and incur high costs. Sendit.Money asserts that this is because non-fiat currencies are changed multiple times before they are received. The company aims to change this. Its prototype application for African markets was received amidst positive feedback. It is now building a cost-effective mobile wallet providing a secure and inexpensive way to send and receive money that also allows users to compare transfer fees of different remittance agents in real-time. Sendit.Money was shortlisted as Best Global start-up at the 2020 Wales Startup Awards. The company will build and launch its Most Valuable Product (MVP) in Q3 of 2021. It will also use the funding to begin work with an authorised entity to become an approved representative.
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£182,732
Wombat is an investment platform that encourages millenials in the UK, Europe and beyond to invest in some of the world’s best-known brands for as little as £10. Their mission is to empower the generation of millenials to manage, save and grow money by breaking down barriers to traditional investing. The Wombat app was launched in the summer of 2019, and the company has already acquired more than 5,000 customers. Moreover, the company was nominated as Best Newcomer for the Robo Investing Awards and received positive press coverage. With the proceeds, Wombat is planning to build a strong customer base, fulfil growth strategy with a significant increase in marketing, product development, and to educate customers about investing.
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£435,717
Hussle is one of the UK's top fitness marketplace, providing many flexible fitness opportunities according to your requirement. The company has provided c.2.5M gym visits, raised £12M+ to date, and serviced more than 500k customers. The platform has c.40% of UK gyms and c.3,000 fitness venues. Besides a huge customer base, 10,000 new members are added to the facility each month. It has received a rating of 4.7 stars out of 5 on TrustPilot across 1,500 reviews. So far, Hussle has raised £12M+ from Albion, MMC, Concentric, TechnoGym, and Channel 4. With the proceeds, the company aims at creating a globally trusted fitness brand by enhancing the brand's awareness and by broadening the range of physical activities available on the platform.
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£1,440,500
gowithYamo aims to make art more accessible to everyone, from art newbies to experienced gallery-goers through its application. Users can collect Yamo points by checking-in to galleries and exchanging them for rewards such as art prints and exhibition tickets from the company's in-app store. gowithYamo provides support to galleries, museums and artists by exposing them to an active community of art lovers. The company also offers custom-built virtual exhibition spaces where artists can show and sell their work to a sizeable digital audience. gowithYamo has collaborated with art entities like Roy's Art Fair, The Other Art Fair, Harlesden High Street, and many others. It has a social media presence of 50,000+ followers. The company will use 30% of the investment to expand across different demographics, 25% to further finetune its virtual exhibition platform, 20% for marketing, and 25% to implement Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the gowithYamo app to help recommend exhibitions to its users.
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investment:
£161,105
Juggle helps companies hire, manage and retain experienced professionals on flexible contracts. The company has onboarded more than 9000 professionals and over 700 businesses on its platform. Juggle asserts that its portal is completely free for companies to post jobs wherein professionals will receive a recommendation to the right opportunities based on their profiles. Juggle allows both companies and candidates to manage the timesheet and payment formalities through its platform once a contract is agreed upon. The company claims that 85% of professionals recommended by its platform are interviewed. Juggle aims to become a contender in the online recruitment industry that is projected to reach $36.2 billion by 2027. It will use the investment to make additional hires in certain key positions, expand product features, and apply to the FCA for a license to handle payments at a larger scale.
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investment:
£467,537
Findr aims to automate the creation of business partnerships by providing easy access to hyper-targeted opportunities in minutes. The company asserts that its platform allows any business, regardless of its size, to sign up, post its partnership requirements, and explore opportunities for free. The company's portal allows users to request a 1-hour 'Discovery' call with a potential partner when the said user spots a relevant opportunity. Findr argues that it has made 'Discovery' for free for the first few months to build its user base. The company has onboarded 140 business users ranging from early-stage to global brands such as Mastercard, Uber and Visa since November 2020. Findr has featured in Forbes for helping businesses navigate COVID-19. The company will use the investment to develop two new price plans – Unlimited and Enterprise, introduce new platform features, hire a machine learning expert, and undertake digital activity to grow its user base.
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investment:
£396,288
CharitableBookings is an original and amazing hotel-booking platform with a social purpose. This free lifestyle platform offers its members excellent perks while helping to raise funds for any registered charity of their choice at no cost to them or the charity. The customers can book rooms at 600,000+ hotels across 80,000 locations worldwide at cheaper room rates than other hotel-booking sites. The company has earned various star endorsements, such as Sir Martyn Lewis CBE and Zoe Wannamaker CBE. CharitableBookings has been highlighted in the press including the Sunday Times Magazine and Country Life magazine. The company is also working with its charity partners to expand its global social media reach. The funds raised will be used for marketing the current platform and creating and marketing new products.
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investment:
£255,177
Opportunity Network is a digital network that provides equal growth opportunities to Chief Executive Officers (CEO). The portal's algorithm vets prospective users, allows them to buy, sell, raise or invest in an asset, gives them the option to choose the industry they wish to do business in, and then post their requirement for the same. The user can then select the best deal for their business from a list of responses and scale profitably. The company's platform connects 32,000+ qualified CEOs in 130+ countries to $295 billion worth of commercial, financial, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals. 86% of the deals on the portal find at least 1 counterpart in 48 hours. Opportunity Network aims to reach full scale by the end of 2020 and find 10 counterparts for 95% of the deals in 1 hour. The company has also been featured in publications such as Forbes, CNBC, Financial Times, and The Economist. It will use the investment to scale its business across various verticals.
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investment:
£962,500
PCL Health is a Business-to-Business (B2B) Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) entity that aims to bring hospital-level care to anyone remotely. It asserts that the correct use of remote monitoring can reduce mortality by up to 45%. PCL Health intends to become a contender in the remote healthcare market that is set to touch $30 billion by 2023. It has developed CE rated medical-grade devices that use health algorithms combined with sensors and its proprietary range of apps to allow family members to proactively monitor the health of their loved ones, alongside carers and doctors, remotely. PCL Health has completed two pilots with 65 people and received a Letter Of Intent (LOI) from a National Health Service (NHS) Trust for a clinical trial. It won the 'Innovative Startup' competition at the 2019 Healthcare Unblocked event. PCL Health will use the investment for technology enhancement, running further pilot studies, and working capital.
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investment:
£394,680
