Yodomo is a platform for creative experiences offering 100+ high-quality courses, live experiences from creative artists, and kits of materials. Backed by more than 200 investors and live experience partners including The Sunday Times, Yodomo has built a marketplace creating new revenue streams for artists via numerous courses. These include bookbinding, drawing, sewing, botany, and weaving. Its corporate clients include Innocent, Fora, and Ticketmaster. Moreover, Yodomo was nominated for Seedrs ‘Seedling of the Year’ award in 2019. With the proceeds, the company will focus on customer and revenue growth.
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£100,778
Sophia Technologies is an Education Technology (EdTech) company that has launched an on-demand mobile application for hiring private tutors. All tutors on the portal are scrutinised by Sophia's education team as per industry standards to ensure quality teaching. Sophia allows clients to book sessions via its app and avail online classes at any location the client finds convenient. The company is working towards getting accreditation with the U.K. Department of Education (DOE). It has also received press coverage from organisations such as Telegraph, iNews, TechRound, OpenGov, and Just Entrepreneurs. In April 2020, the company launched SophiaX, a learning feature where parents can book classes focusing on extra-curricular activities for their kids. The company will use the investment raised to focus on technological development, and support customer acquisition & retention.
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£571,581
SaigolEd is a subscription-based Education Technology (EdTech) company that aims to make quality teaching available to millions of 7-18-year-olds across the UK at an affordable price. It is developing an app to combine immersive videos with charismatic teachers from leading schools, rich visual effects, leading Artificial Intelligence (AI) and tests to inspire learning. The company points out that its teaching courses will be available to students wherever or whenever they wish to access them. SaigolEd also intends to cover the full student curriculum to enable its users to excel in their exams once the company's app development is complete. The company argues that there is no dominant UK EdTech player in a multi-billion pound market. It aspires to fulfil that gap. SaigolEd will use the investment to build a prototype that would be overseen by its team including a star teacher from a top UK school, initiate rigorous user group testing, and target General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSEs) as its core market.
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£271,975
Percuro is a low carbon, next-generation pet food that is ethically farmed and formulated using insect proteins. The company argues that its pet food has a low carbon pawprint whilst being hypoallergenic and nutritious with low inflammation properties. Percuro has launched its Direct-To-Consumer (DTC) site in the UK and Germany with a roll-out plan that includes covering additional EU markets later in 2021, raised a £340,000 seed investment in the previous 10 months, and signed product listing agreements with key retailers in the UK and Singapore. The company will use 40% of the investment for brand building through digital marketing, 30% for retailer brand-building investments, 20% towards launching treats and its plant dog range, and 10% towards new market expansion into Asia.
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£618,596
Ember Snacks (ES) is a sustainable meat snack brand that aims to end factory farming in the meat industry. It works directly with farmers committed to using high welfare and regenerative practices to improve soil health and encourage wildlife on their farms. Since its launch in 2017, ES's products have been stocked in over 2,000 distribution points across the UK, including Sainsbury’s and Waitrose. It also argues that it is the most reviewed meat snack brand on Amazon across the UK and Europe, with nearly 4,000 reviews. The company asserts that its products are stocked in 200 Stonegate pubs, supported by field activation. It earned over £1.75 million in sales in 2020, won a medal at the Charcuterie Live Awards 2021, and received over 35 pieces of press coverage in 2021. ES states it will use the investment to discourage factory farming, build its team, grow distribution channels in major UK supermarkets, launch a campaign to highlight factory farming practices, reach out to new customers, and launch new products.
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£1,420,578
BabyChum is a bespoke marketplace for independent family, baby & parent-related gifts. It aims to be a significant contender in the estimated £10 billion UK baby market. The company has onboarded 300 vendors and witnessed over 70,000 unique visitors in 6 months since launching in April 2020. It has also secured several partnerships with notable entities like Vodafone and Craft Gin Club. BabyChum has received press coverage in publications like OK! and Mother & Baby magazine. It has a combined social following of over 10,000 across Instagram & TikTok. The company will use the investment towards digital marketing to boost sales and update its marketplace software to enhance both supply and consumer experiences.
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£68,545
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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£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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£153,342
The Stem is an online garden centre aiming to become a leading digital brand in the £7.5 billion per annum UK garden retail market. It is on a mission to make plants and gardening more accessible than ever and in the most sustainable way possible. The company has made over 7,880 deliveries to 6,800 customers across London since launching its new website in March 2020. The Stem has a 97% Net Promoter Score (NPS) and 4.97/5* customer rating. The company will use the investment to expand its product categories and catchment area, build its team and brand, develop its content platform and supply chain.
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£550,008
Open Energy Labs is an education technology company that teaches students in Africa how to build and maintain renewable electricity supplies. The company is developing an educational application along with a hardware kit that facilitates the 'learning by making' approach. This teaches students electronics, enabling them to build a renewable electricity supply, and provide reliable power for lighting and mobile-phone charging. The company's current technology setup is being utilised by Zambia’s two top technical colleges, and it has Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) under discussion with the nation's Ministry of Higher Education and Ministry of Energy to roll the programme out to a further 3,000 students. Open Energy Labs has received more than £184,000 from Innovate UK through the Global Challenges Research Fund. It has previously raised £67,000 from backers such as Bethnal Green Ventures and Energy4Impact. The company will use the investment to develop its technology and roll its programme across Zambia.
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£119,835
