Arca is helping to build the market for property market risk transfer by dealing in derivatives for domestic and commercial properties. Nick Ruddell has held senior roles for the last 30 years with banks and big interdealer brokers.
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£676,500
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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£575,000
Aspira is dedicated to leveraging drones and sustainable coatings for environmental improvement. Their technology directly addresses issues like air pollution, carbon reduction, wind turbine cleaning, and extends material lifespan. Aspira develops drone technology to efficiently apply eco-friendly coatings for a better environment.
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£341,564
Connecting boat owners with guests looking to rent a waterside experience. Beds on Board's platform offers owners to gain an extra income, or even offset costs, by renting out their vacant boats for those who wish to visit unique locations. Beds on Board is the accommodation service that has attained support from British Marine, the largest marina group in the UK.
More than 30,000 members have signed up to the platform with over 1,500 boats listed in more than 80 countries. To date, over 2,500 booking have been made with an average cost of £340. Revenue is generated from both boat owners and guests during the booking process. Additional options are also available for an extra fee, such as managed services in 5 star marinas.
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£192,704
Beer fans can enjoy tours of top-tier breweries, bars and pubs around the world by simply booking through an app. Beer Adventures offers 112 tours across 85 cities globally since launching in 2017, which has already resulted in more than 10,000 customers signed-up to the platform and over 1,050 tours being fulfilled. They have partnered with well-established beer producers such as Mikkeller and BrewDog and have also been featured in publications such as the i newspaper, EasyJet Traveller magazine and others in the UK and USA.
The company began as a B2C firm and is now taking steps to incorporate B2B services into their business model. Beer Adventures intends to use its platform as a means of advertising, primarily for leisure and hospitality businesses. Revenue will be generated from businesses that attract customers to their services via advertisements on the Beer Adventures app.
This investment strategy will allow Beer Adventures to expand their sales and marketing teams, which in turn can increase the number of tours available, as well as raise brand exposure and the size of the community. Future plans include expanding the variety of tours from beers to food, wine and city trails.
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£60,550
Bikecation was formed in 2011 and specialise in package and bespoke cycling holidays in the UK and Europe. They aim to provide holidays that capture the freedom and fun of cycling with a holiday that give you a thirst of adventure and an appetite for great food.
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£70,000
Brickowner is a service provider for property developers and asset managers wanting to improve the cost and efficiency of onboarding and managing investors. The company undertakes crucial tasks related to property transactions such as Anti Money Laundering (AML), Know Your Client (KYC), investor categorisation, and escrow requirements for its clients. These tasks take a lot of time and money through regular offline channels, but the company speeds up this process by taking it online. In 2017, a sum of £348,000 was invested through the company's platform which by January 2020 had reached over £12 million. The company has over 2400 investors registered on its platform wherein 630+ investors have invested in substantial investments. It has been featured in prominent publications such as Daily Mail, Property Week, London Evening Standard, and The Week. The company will use the investment aims to cover capital costs to support growth such as hiring, develop new technology to increase product availability, marketing strategy, and increase the technical capacity of the platform.
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£397,840
An automated platform allowing landlords to manage their properties and save time and money on fees. With brightLET's solution, there is no need for an intermediary person to be involved in the property management process. Landlords can perform administration tasks on their own tenancies, be kept up-to-date on ever-changing regulations and manage tradespeople.
Specific services available to landlords include options to book viewings, upload photos, videos and floorplans, provide reports on inspections, gas safety, EPC, Right 2 Rent and PAT checks. The brightLET platform is available on almost any device, including desktops, tablets and mobile devices.
brightLET has partnered with the YMCA, this has allowed the company access to a provider market and housing association worth more than £10bn. There are various user types utilising the platform, since launch 650+ landlords, 1000+ tenants and 300+ tradespeople are using brightLET to manage their properties.
Their revenue model has resulted in landlords achieving savings on property fees of £450 outside London and £1,368 within London. Funds will primarily be used for growth and expansion within London, as this is where the majority of brightLET landlords are situated. The company aims to increase their brand awareness through marketing campaigns and hire talent to assist with technology developments, sales and customer support.
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£66,932
An easy and simple app for university students to find properties and pay rent all from the comfort of their own sofa. Bubble Student already has information for over 200,000 rooms, which users can book viewing schedules for, as well as a group chat feature to easily discuss the property with their friends.
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£430,320
Caldera is a heat battery company that seeks to institutionalise zero-carbon energy solutions for the masses. It asserts that its 'Zero Carbon Boiler' is a direct replacement to an oil or gas boiler by providing low-cost renewable electricity as heat for later use on demand by the homeowner. The company asserts that the boiler consists of two elements. The first is Caldera's proprietary 'Warmstone Heat Battery' that can be charged by low-cost electricity from the grid, store that electricity for 24 hours and provide it on demand. The second is a 'Heat Interface Unit' (HIU) that replaces the existing boiler. Caldera believes that low electricity prices always tend to occur when the source of electricity is also low carbon. It will use the investment to grow its business across different verticals.
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£615,000
