Pass the Keys is a leading short-let tech platform operating in 20 cities across the UK. Till date, the company has hosted 30,000+ guests and earned £15 million for its hosts. The company lists a landlord's property on appropriate portals, finds relevant guests for an event or function, looks after their needs, and even takes care of cleaning up the venue after an event. The company's end-to-end technology automates the majority of the tasks such as job scheduling, invoicing, calendar syncing, and pricing with reliable support staff ready to assist with any eventuality. The company has achieved good ratings on Google reviews, Trustpilot and Glassdoor. The company will use 50% of the investment to expand its franchise, 30% for product development, and 20% for training personnel and supporting infrastructure.
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investment:
£1,069,632
Her.9 is a Direct-To-Consumer (DTC) female technology brand that caters to the needs of women during pregnancy. It cites research arguing that up to 40% of women taking prenatal vitamins may not be able to absorb the folic acid within the UK’s leading pregnancy brand. Her.9 aims to resolve this by employing DUOCAP technology. The company asserts that DUOCAP is a capsule-in-capsule delivery system which contains solubilised prebiotics in the outer capsule and probiotics in the inner capsule. The prebiotic releases immediately and the probiotic releases later allowing for targeted supplement delivery in the body. The prenatal supplements market is set to be worth $56 billion globally by 2024. Her.9 aims to be a notable contender in this segment. The company is raising investment to build its already established partnerships and execute its marketing strategy effectively.
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£215,946
Perspective Pictures is a creative, digital-first video production company based in North London. The company asserts that existing video production companies produce good TV advertisements and long-form pieces for brands but fail to find an engaged online audience. PP asserts that its team of employees with an average age of 25, and in-house production crew and creatives allow it to produce a variety of video ads from a short snappy, subtitled Facebook ad to a long-form 22 minute YouTube series drawing in the target audience. The company sold over £200,000 worth of video content in the first 60 days of 2020. It has featured in news publications like The Evening Standard, Forbes, BA BusinessLife, Moneyweek, and Shortlist. PP will use the investment to make £2 million worth of video content per year, invest in team training and education to ensure that it can offer the best service/product to its clients, and help manage cash flow and unexpected situations.
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£108,046
Dynamo is an app that enables users to schedule and share luxury events with new and interesting people from the local community, making them available independently and on-demand. The company has developed the iOS application and launched a pilot in Mykonos, Greece. It has also received interest from providers in 20 cities globally. The Dynamo team consists of highly-experienced professionals from Hotels.com and best consulting firm. The company has re-branded as Dynamo and is ready to launch in London.
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£172,600
Feed is a platform that automates digital advertising for musicians and creators by enabling them to grow an audience and build their businesses. The creator needs to connect their social media accounts to the Feed portal and set a budget. The portal will then create ads that reach new people and convert engaged audiences into loyal fans over time. The company asserts that existing ad generation platforms are too complex, time-consuming and expensive for creators. Feed argues that its portal caters to a variety of budgets, requires no marketing knowledge and takes minutes to get started. The beta platform is integrated with Facebook's & Instagram's ad network and has 500 creators on board. The company will use the investment to launch the paid version of Feed in Q4 2020.
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£146,117
YurOn is a video platform that cultivates authentic interaction between prominent personalities and their fans. The portal allows people from different walks of life–drag queens, mountaineers, activists–thirty seconds to ignite a conversation, start an Ask Me Anything or co-create a skit. YurOn shuns away filters, anonymous commenting, vanity metrics or validation-driven algorithms and endeavours to bring to the public an unadulterated conversation between stars and their fans. The portal soft-launched in Q2 of 2020 and has seen over 5000 downloads, 2000 active users, and 32% of users retaining over a month. The company will use 80% of the investment to grow its tech team and cloud infrastructure, and 20% towards marketing and partnerships to accelerate growth.
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£222,110
Family Tickets is an award-winning ticketing service that provides easy-to-access, caring assistance to families to plan, book and experience amazing days. It is developed uniquely based on parent feedback and suggestions. The company has won the Outstanding Customer Service Award at the Society of Box Office Managers (SOBOM) awards ceremony, 2018. It boasts of a customer satisfaction score of 95.2%, and it has a community of 400,000 families. The company will use the funds for marketing, customer acquisition, and website development.
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investment:
£65,009
With support from the founders of Bulldog Skincare, Zoopla and Love Film, VITL's aim is to improve the nation's health by offering vitamin packs that are fully personalised to the customer. VITL uses artificial intelligence to decipher which nutrients a person needs to ensure a healthy lifestyle. Effectively cutting out the cost of a private nutritionist.
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£908,950
Pawprint is a behavioural change platform that is on a mission to fight climate change. The platform allows people to measure, understand and reduce their carbon footprint, and fight ‘climate change’ by giving people bite-sized chunks to focus on. It aims to be the middleman, helping brands reach and understand their audience by offering these brands personalised challenges to help their reduce carbon footprint. The market for behavioural change platforms is slowly gaining solid traction with established brands such as Fitbit, Strava, and Calm. Pawprint aims to capitalise on this collective concern and deliver services that help mitigate those concerns.
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investment:
£352,440
nu:move Group is an award-winning Hybrid nationwide online estate agency. The company offers its customers a simple, online process to sell and let their property. The business is built on an ethos of modern innovation and traditional values by blending online and high street estate agency services seamlessly. The company offers a full set of estate agency services and affordable sales packages. nu:move Group has marketed more than 10,000 properties globally that are worth £3Bn and has received a 5 Star Trust Pilot Rating. The company has won The Negotiator 'Hybrid Estate Agent of the Year Award 2019.' 40% of the investment will be used for brand awareness, 30% for technology, 20% for franchise network training and expansion, and 105 for staffing at nu:move HQ.
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investment:
£153,342
