VPS work with vehicle manufacturers to provide labour such as fitting air conditioning, leather seats, etc. to their cars as they arrive at port from overseas. VPS's main focus is the manufacturing of Number Plates within the Approved British Standard and selling these directly to the car manufacturers.
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£851,620
GemTrax.IO's GemTrax Mobile App provides buyers and sellers of precious stones a comprehensive set of logical, physical, and administrative protocols. Powered by blockchain technology, the app ensures informational integrity while providing an immutable and easily audited record of the material's journey from mine to sellers. GemTrax's strategy for capturing market share and increasing user base includes targeting specific upstream gemstone supply chain stakeholders in key CAHRA markets such as Rwanda, Uganda, and Tanzania. With the proceeds, the company will purchase rough diamonds in the DRC, issue certificates of origin, sell the diamonds, and complete development of the mobile app.
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£773
Urban furniture in cities, which doubles as a hub to provide the public with access to Wi-Fi, mobile phone charging and more. Strawberry Energy have created the award-winning Smart Bench that is 100% solar powered and can show local city information. The company has already distributed 20 Smart Benches across London with 40 more locations confirmed and at least 35 more in the pipeline in 3 London boroughs. The company has brand partnerships with Cancer Research UK and Ford.
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£360,630
Found is an order-ahead-and-pay solution for the pickup-and-go/dine-in market. The company aims to address the pain points of quick-service restaurants and their customers through its app. The app allows contactless ordering and payment at multiple venues via a single sign-in. Found asserts that its app enables restaurants and venues to benefit through enhanced data insights into their operations/customers and experience an increase in their profits. The company claims that the COVID -19 situation further necessitates the need for its app. Found is positioned to enter the £88 billion UK Food & Beverage (F&B) industry in August 2020. It will use the investment for marketing, venue onboarding, user acquisition and operational setup in London.
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£157,055
Kvasir Analytics is an AI knowledge management software company that helps businesses improve the efficiency of their operations. The company has completed user testing with Arm, the BBC, and the Home Office and has recently signed a commercial contract with Mott MacDonald. Kvasir asserts that Fortune 500 companies lose roughly $31 billion/year by failing to share knowledge. It aims to change this scenario. The company argues that its product helps an engineer, for instance, to draft a customised response to a product enquiry. Kvasir’s AI technology analyses the document continuously as the engineer writes their response, searching through complex public and private information and provides relevant data in real-time. The company also cites that there are no known solutions available to businesses today that can deliver the user experience that Kvasir delivers. Kvasir will use the investment received to accelerate product development and sales.
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£1,449,994
Gravitricity is an energy technology company. The company uses winches to raise a heavyweight to the top of a vertical shaft to store electricity in the form of potential energy when there is excess energy on the grid. It then lowers it when required with the winch motors running as generators to transfer energy back to users on the grid. Gravitricity argues that the system can be charged and discharged multiple times a day for over 25 years. The company has built a 250kW concept demo in Edinburgh. It aims to become a contender in the energy storage market that is set to be worth $620 billion by 2040. The company has received interest from operating mines, grid companies, EV charging stations and solar developers for its technology. It is also investigating project sites in UK, Europe, the USA and South Africa. It will use the investment to complete the concept and detailed design for its prototype, develop its commercial projects portfolio, and protect its Intellectual Property (IP).
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£2,124,008
Greenwall Environmental Group is a company engaged in making devices that can minimise non-biodegradable waste. It argues that asbestos remains the largest occupational killer in the UK today. Its product, Asbestosprobe, aims to change this situation. The company asserts that Asbestoprobe is arguably the world's first handheld analyser specifically designed to detect asbestos in real-time. It argues that current methods of detecting and recording the presence of asbestos are costly, invasive and slow. Asbestoprobe uses a point-and-click approach utilising NIR Spectroscopy and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to analyse the presence of asbestos in two minutes via the Asbestoprobe App. Greenwall plans to provide an annual software licensing model which grows through recurring revenue year on year. It endeavours to be a segment leader in the projected $1 billion global asbestos management market. The company will use the investment to grow its business across different verticals.
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£253,017
Donr is an online fundraising platform intending to revolutionise access to donation solutions for welfares and charities of all sizes. The company has served over 1,450 charities to raise £500,000 in the first year from launch. The Northstar Ventures has invested £300k, who are following on. Donr was on #33 in BusinessCloud's 100 FinTech Disrupters of 2019. The funds will be used for powerful fundraising tools, team expansion and team growth.
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£249,740
Crover intends to leverage the world's first proprietary method for locomotion in bulk solids. It argues that globally, 20% (60% in developing areas) of harvested grains are wasted during storage that led to almost 631 million tonnes of grains being wasted in 2018. Crover claims CROVER, its robotic grain monitoring device, can fluently “swim” in stored grains, monitor their conditions, reduce losses due to spoilage and avoid a drop in quality of these valuable crops. The company argues CROVER can provide hi-resolution readings across the storage unit and help hinder pest growth, allowing for early detection of potential spoilage. Crover was awarded £614,000 in grant funding including, £212,000 from Innovate UK. It has featured in publications such as The Times, Farmers Weekly, and Milling & Grain. They intend to use the investment to begin arranging and readying parties regarding new pilot programmes and begin small series manufacturing for these pilot schemes.
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£337,762
Healingclouds is one of the UK's best online platforms for mental well-being. It provides online therapy courses and guided meditation on a single platform. It argues that 25% of the world's population is living with mental health issues, and £1 trillion is lost every year due to depression and anxiety. It aims to change this scenario with its application. The company is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliant. Healingclouds partners include HSBC, Gympass, Anytime Fitness, Juno, Leon, and Heka. The company aims to become a major contender in the behavioural health market that is poised to grow to $240 billion with a CAGR 2.5% by 2026. SME News awarded the company 'Best Mental Healthcare Platform 2020'. The company will use the investment to accelerate its growth.
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£168,324
