Doc2UK is a specialist UK medical recruitment and candidate support platform. Based in London, the platform places qualified doctors in the National Health Scheme (NHS) roles around the United Kingdom. The British Medical Association (2018) reported that patient care is at risk due to a critical shortage of doctors across multiple medical disciplines. At present, the UK only has 24 medical schools to fill this gap, whilst India, in comparison, has 468 medical schools, with 68,000 doctors graduating each year. Moreover, uncertainty about the status of EU nationals after Brexit, changes to immigration policies, and the impact of changing language testing requirements for international nurses have made this crisis worse. This situation necessitates recruiting doctors from overseas an important endeavour. This is where Doc2UK aims to become a key player and ensure that lack of medical personnel doesn't disrupt any medical services. The company is seeking an investment of up to £300,000 which will be used to develop the platform with more features, expand the team, marketing and sales.
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Studio Pictures Limited is a UK based production company that specialises in the development of high-quality British film and TV projects. The company's interest predominantly lies within the British film and television industry that can be created within budget ranging from £1 million - £15 million. The company has established relationships with studio houses such as Warner Bros., Sony Pictures and Lionsgate and aims to build upon projects that can be made into a franchise. Their production, A Steet Cat Named Bob, went on to be distributed by Sony Pictures in the UK and had a Royal Premiere in London. Studio Pictures Limited will consider putting up to a maximum of 20% of the budget for each project as equity, on a case by case basis, subject to company reserves. With the proceeds, the company will grow and scale the business. It will become a tenant at Twickenham Studios in West London and look to profitable emerging markets, i.e. streaming, animation and interactive movies to become one of the leading UK production companies.
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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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The SidebySide Partnership is a London based Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) Venture Capital (VC) firm. Its purpose is to finance and control the management teams of its investee companies enabling them to become a developed corporate entity. The SidebySide Partnership's focus is on fast-growing technology businesses with £1 - 10 million in revenue. It provides 100% EIS relief on investment with zero initial/ongoing fees charged to investors. The SidebySide Partnership's investment experience of 20+ corporate acquisitions totalling more than $200 million, 20+ private investments, and a rate of interest of 12x over the last 35 years has enabled it to become a dependable platform for upcoming tech businesses. It will use the investment to grow its business across different verticals.
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GymBuddy is an online platform that enables consumers to find, book, and attend a gym location, services, or products offered and operated by fitness studios, gyms, trainers, venues, or other third parties. Users can easily, through filtered searches on the app, view descriptions, and contact information of specialists within the fitness industry such as personal trainers, nutritionists, and physiotherapists. The UK fitness industry alone is currently worth over £5 billion. Based on recent statistics, the average gym membership in the UK costs members £40 a month, which often ties them into lengthy contracts. The GymBuddy app will enter the Health & Fitness club sector as a multi-gym membership feature that gives users access to gyms and various fitness plans, without the need for bricks-and-mortar locations under its brand. The company is seeking an investment of £400,000 to expand its brand identity and bring more users to its ecosystem to generate profits.
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Butterwire is a professional research and portfolio analyst platform designed for high conviction low turnover active equity managers. Butterwire's AI web application was launched in June 2018 and is used by all active equity investors aiming to generate higher returns, with faster stock selection, longer investment horizons, lower portfolio risk, and less trading. The application assists active investors with their top 3 challenges: find opportunities, minimise risk, and keep aware. It is built by and for professionals but is accessible to individual investors, too. The company will utilize 10% of the proceeds to operations, 25% to development, 15% to research, 40% to business development, and 10% to administration.
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An IT recruitment and training site launched to meet the demands of enterprises that require highly skilled tech professionals. 365 Talent Portal offers companies to hire IT consultants at a lower price compared to traditional recruitment hubs. The company also allows IT professionals registered on the site to access training and certification programmes that will expand their current skillset and become more marketable to potential employers.
365 Talent Portal is raising funds to produce more prominent marketing campaigns and establish their brand in major markets such as the USA. In addition to this, the company will be using AI more heavily and develop a more automated approach on their platform for their customers.
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Active Food Systems, trading as Synergy Grill, has developed and patented innovative and commercial cooking technology for the food and hospitality industry. Its ‘Fat Atomising Grill' makes cleaning quick and easy while delivering cost savings through a 59% reduction in fuel consumption. The company has sold 2000+ units of the grill to entities like Whitbread, Greene King, Marriott, Radisson and Marstons among others. Synergy Grill asserts that its performance in the first half of the year has been profitable despite COVID-19. They have contracts with reputed organisations like Whitbread and Marstons have generated revenues of £970,000. The company is in conversation with over 50 pubs and restaurants including product trials with Nandos, Weatherspoons and Mitchell Butler that are interested in its product. It will use the investment to grow its business across different verticals.
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£316,488
Arca have introduced new tools for property risk management and created a marketplace to trade portfolio risks to match buyers and sellers of financial products connected to the performance of real estate. They are opening up the concept of short term property market risk management for property portfolio managers.
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Aveqia is a unique interactive gastronomic experience combining a luxury restaurant with state of the art kitchens to create an exceptional venue for corporate events or private groups. These experiences are run by Michelin star trained chefs.
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£100,000
