Commuter Club is a unique technological platform that brings together data, retailing and credit to save commuters hassle, time and money. It helps commuters purchase and find the right tickets for their commute by an online journey, and provide big savings on annual tickets through a convenient, low-cost, monthly payment plan. Till date, it has issued £70mn+ in loans to over 20,000 customers and realized a CAGR revenue growth rate of 300% (2014 - 2018). Now with attractive unit economics, great customer lifetime value, proven acquisition mode, and improving margins with scale, it expects to issue tens of millions in loans and tickets this year. Additionally, it has expanded its corporate solution to leading clients like Pret a Manger, Monzo, and Hakkasan. It is raising capital to continue to fund its growth and acquire customers, develop its technological platform, up skill its team and reach profitability in 2020.
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investment:
£2,331,000
Co-Space is a forward-thinking flexible office operator with a focus on affluent towns and cities outside Central London. Established in 2018, Co-Space has thrived even during the pandemic, boasting two successful sites in Reading (95% occupied) and Stevenage (93% occupied). Our approach involves transforming underutilized spaces into highly sought-after flexible offices, incorporating exceptional interior design and dedicated service. With a revenue run rate of £1.5 million and over 90% of it being contracted and recurring, Co-Space is a promising contender, bridging the gap between exceptional London design and regional competition.
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investment:
£50,000
CrowdProperty is a specialist property project lending platform that matches quality property professionals undertaking quality property projects with institutional/private investors of capital for value-creating property projects. It seeks to ensure profits for borrowers, lenders, the under-supplied UK housing environment, and the UK economy through its business model. The company claims to have recently closed a £300 million funding line from a global asset manager. It has lent upwards of £140 million with £180 million+ originated facilities, gained recognition by Deloitte Fast50 and FT1000 as a 'High Growth Business', and built a proprietary and scalable technology platform. CrowdProperty has also launched CrowdProperty Australia, leveraging its asset-class expertise, scalable proprietary technology and IP from the UK business in the Australian market. The company states it will use the investment to grow its property team, evolve its technology platform further, acquire more customers, and grow its business.
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£1,815,319
Improving urban mobility by offering a bike sharing service to reduce congestion and pollution whilst increasing physical activity. cycle.land has recently entered a partnership with Youon, the largest bike share company in China, to deliver their services all over Europe. The fleet will consist of regular bicycles, in addition to e-bikes, e-scooters and e-cars. cycle.land has also worked in conjunction with local councils, Transport for London and local boroughs to introduce dock less mobility companies in the UK.
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investment:
£331,963
Felcana is a patented Eco-system of connected devices: Helix, Home Hub, Micro-Location Beacons and the Felcana application which work together to monitor the pet's (cat or dogs) well-being. This Digital Pet Health Platform tracks pet's behaviour and provides the vet, rich data leading to faster diagnosis and faster treatment. Felcana has been developed by a world-class team of vets and engineers and, it has been designed and tested by using the latest materials, designs, and techniques. Felcana has won the Design Spark Award in 2017. It is making unique partnerships with leading pet industries and the UK's largest pet health plan provider, the world's top-ranked vet school and The Royal Veterinary College. The new investment will enable it to grow consumer reach and accelerate its sales.
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investment:
£343,926
Howsy is a property management app that aims to make renting a satisfactory experience for landlords and tenants. The company claims to have created a digital ecosystem that removes traditional agents, bringing down the cost of managing a property by an estimated 75% and delivering satisfactory customer service. Howsy has 7,000 properties on its platform mixed between recurring revenue and one-off customers. It has also acquired two of the largest online agents in the UK, Upad and Happy Tenant Company, in December 2019 and September 2020, respectively. Howsy asserts that it has achieved a 130% year-on-year revenue growth despite the COVID-19 pandemic and has featured in press entities like Forbes, The Guardian, TechCityNews, and Startups.co.uk, amongst others. It will use the investment for working capital allocation across marketing, general/admin, and technology. It will also use the funds to provide a stable runway to its Series A funding round, which it hopes to complete by January 2022.
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investment:
£824,280
Ideal flatmate is an innovative platform that matches compatible flatmates with flatsharers using a sophisticated algorithm and recommending the most suitable flatmates based on answers. In just two years, ideal flatmate has become one of the flagship flatsharing sites in the UK, recently received 300,000+ site sessions, 9,000+ flatmate registrations and 10,000+ new property listings in a month. The company is working with the largest Co-living/BTR property developers as paying clients. The funds will be used on marketing, technical development/product improvement and towards hiring a world-class team.
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investment:
£999,149
Intelligent Health aim to get the whole community active by providing games and incentives such as ''beat the street''. By providing schools and communities with friendly competition to walk and cycle more by tapping their cards on ''beat boxes'', and with prizes and league tables on offer, Intelligent health are bringing communities together.
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investment:
£700,000
Landbay is a Buy-to Mortgage (BTM) lending platform that provides investors access to a flow of whole-loan high-quality BTL mortgages that can be securitised or held on a balance sheet. Landbay asserts that it does not deploy any of its own balance sheet nor take any credit risk. The company has completed over £600 million of mortgages to date. It argues that it has the mortgage funding, technology and capacity to grow significantly in the £250 billion mortgage market. The company was rated 'Excellent' on consumer review website Trustpilot. It will use 50% of the investment towards technology upgrade, 25% towards marketing and brand development, and 25% towards general marketing expenses.
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£5,129,548
Lavelle Bikes design and manufacture e-bikes that are packed with useful technology. All of Lavelle's bikes are designed so that the user is in an ergonomic upright position. The gears change automatically so that all you have to do is pedal. There is also a hidden tracker if the bike is stolen so that you can pinpoint the location. You can also receive mobile phone notifications when your bike is moved.
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investment:
£205,434
