Travala.com is a leading blockchain travel company with over 2 million listings covering 90,124 destinations in 230 countries and territories across the globe. Offering travellers payment options through 20+ cryptocurrencies in addition to credit/debit cards, Travala aims to be 15% cheaper than the rest of the market. Moreover, the company is in strategic partnership with Booking.com. Travala's user base has also increased to over 20K registered users with over 90% organic growth to date. With the proceeds, Travala plans to release its native iOS and Android apps, increase customer support operations worldwide, boost marketing activities, secure more high-profile partnerships from both the blockchain and travel space.
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£367,580
Billmonitor is a revolutionary price comparison site/tool that provides the best money-saving deals. Founded by the quintessential Oxbridge boffin for mobile phone services, Billmonito is accredited by Ofcom, the UK telecoms regulator. Its tool analyses the user's ACTUAL usage via the last three months' billing data. The company's fully digital, consumer-based, and consultancy-led business services are managed by a highly competent staff. In 2018, Billmonitor delivered growth of more than 400% via Business Renewals. In May 2019, it increased its connections from less than 100 to more than 2500. The company's aims to further expand its client reach by targeting revenue growth of 75 percent in the coming three years. 50% of the proceeds will be used in consumer services, 30% in business services and 20% in working capital needs.
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£235,272
Strowz is an innovative, all-in-one financial lifestyle App that allows users to create multiple savings buckets earning 2% interest, link bank accounts and credit cards, invest in high growth funds, and set up customised round-ups. The Strowz App combines technology, finance, lifestyle and helps users save and invest intuitively. As of May 2020, Strowz savers have targeted over £3.6 million across 260+ savings buckets. The company also won the 'Best Programmatic Technology For Trading Award' for three consecutive years in 2017, 2018, and 2019 from WSL and Fund Technology awards. The company's growth strategy will include 'Word Of Mouth' referrals, social media & digital ads, strategic partnerships, amongst others. The company will use the investment funds to increase growth, focus on product development, and launch Strowz in Canada and the US.
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£275,009
Unifi is a social community app designed by university students for university students. The app allows students to discover one another, connect, debate, find local work and interact in the campus marketplace. Unifi aims to create micro-communities across campuses. The company aims to solve the problem of isolation and lack of inclusion on university campuses, which have populations of anywhere between 20-40,000 students. The company conducted surveys amongst 1,000+ student participants where over 85% ultimately responded that they would use Unifi. They will use 40% of the investment for marketing expenses, 21.5% for paying staff, 25% for app development, 11% as working capital, and 2.5% as administrative costs.
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£243,038
Snap is an online platform which collects the travel demand and pairs it with extra space from the highest quality independent operators. The company is operational in three cities and has taken 57,050 customers a total of 25 million miles. The company has an average of 4.7-star rating. The company will use the funds for hiring people and for marketing.
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£1,242,944
Body Rocket is a company that aims to revolutionise athlete performance by developing real-time aerodynamic analysis. Its proprietary wind tunnel sensor can be fitted discreetly on any roadgoing or track bike. The device measures drag and gives relevant data that can be used to reduce aerodynamic force whilst cycling. In a $2.1billion market, Body Rocket aims to bring forth this technology to individuals and organisations. In December 2019, the company's patented system was validated in the University of Southampton wind tunnel, an industry-first achievement, which attracted considerable interest from industry press, pro teams, and university researchers. With the investment, the brand will formalise strategic partnerships with pro teams, build its current prototype to a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) by the end of 2020 and launch its commercial product at Eurobike 2021.
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£251,892
Vendoir aims to become the go-to app for instantly sourcing and booking event vendors on-demand with ease. It intends to operate as a marketplace model and earn revenue through commission on each transaction and via premium accounts. It asserts that it is part of the London & Partners Business Growth Programme Spring Cohort 2021. The company endeavours to disrupt the £43 billion UK events market post-Covid-19 with an on-demand app. It has a waitlist of more than 1300 interested clients and has featured in Forbes. The company will use the investment to accelerate its product launch.
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£172,457
URocked is a service platform that allows users to tip any worker in any industry, anywhere via its app. The latter will receive cashless gratuities into their account. URocked asserts that a tip can be sent via its app in 10 seconds with 100% reaching its intended recipient, at no cost to them. It aims to become a contender in the est. £5.2 billion tipping industry in the UK. URocked points out that its app allows business and venue owners to use one account as their ethical cashless tipping system, eliminate the costs and administration of distributing tips, and create a transparent audit trail. The company will send 20 pence for every transaction done on its portal to 'The Trussell Trust' to help end world hunger. It will use the investment to transform the tipping industry whilst aiding in the fight to end world hunger.
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£117,602
BioScore is a London-based health technology platform that enables you to easily visualize, track, and understand your fitness and health test results. It is currently designed as a software service for health and fitness professionals, gyms, personal trainers, sports coaches, sports clubs, schools, other allied health consultants and their clients. Leveraging on the trend of health optimization, BioScore aims to provide meaningful infographics and explanations, linked test histories, and personalised advice and action plans from fitness or health experts to their respective end-users, resulting in more effective diagnosis of ailments. The company will utilise the investment to develop an athlete management platform with an inspiring infographic, reporting and sell licences to access the platform's suite of online tools.
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£57,580
My Tree has launched a Memorial Park in the UK that enables people to plant a tree with the ashes of their loved one. It is the sole exclusive UK memorial park which offers ashes burial with the planting of a tree. The company is in discussion with DoubleTree Hilton and First Funerals. My Tree has launched its first park five miles outside of Reading and 38 miles from London. The company will use the funds to promote the site, do pre-planting to maximize usage of space and support plans to open more sites by the end of 2020.
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investment:
£160,380
