Dream Reality Interactive (DRI) is a software development company that builds interactive programmes and games across the full spectrum of immersive platforms and devices. DRI is in a soft launch of its mobile Augmented Reality (AR) karaoke game, Singheads, with the full launch expected in late June. DRI is partnering with Snapchat to leverage its 229 million daily active users towards this objective. The game offers players a new song to sing every day, and the unique business model opens the mobile karaoke market to ad-funded play. AR avatar heads powered by Bitmojoi (similar to Apple’s highly valued Memoji) significantly enhance the user experience. The company will use the investment to further develop its game. It will exit by being a catalyst in launching a successful number of games and eventually be acquired by a global platform such as Snapchat, Apple, Tik Tok, or by a global video games company such as Electronic Arts, Zynga, Activision, Tencent or NetEase.
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£135,000
Yacht Sentinel is a pioneer in the market for offering intelligent boat monitoring security systems to boat owners. A trusted name in the sector, their monitoring system enables boat owners to remotely check their boat’s status through their dedicated mobile app or online web app. Yacht Sentinel acts as a virtual crew member, keeping an eye on your boat 24/7. They are in advanced discussions with several shipyards, including Princess Yachts & Fountaine Pajot. Their latest product YS6 was released in 2018 and is sold in over 130 shops across a dozen countries. With the proceeds, the company is planning for research and development, an increase in brand awareness and for new hires of personnel.
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£150,000
Particity is a platform that allows researchers to hire participants for a research project, collaborate with them, and approve participant incentives all on a single portal. The company argues that its portal automates what is currently a tedious and manual process and brings operational costs of a project down to a viable level. Particity claims that its model allows entities from Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) to marketing and research agencies, witness business growth. It has received enquiries from enterprises such as Oxford University, Discovery INC and PPD. Particity endeavours to become a contender in the $345 billion logistics and efficiency market and deliver an end-to-end solution to its clients. The potential exit opportunities for Particity would be to a player in the research industry, consultancy, software and digital or private equity.
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Beacon is a company that offers software and supporting services to help a client optimise their digital marketing efforts and improve their marketing Return-on-Investment (ROI). The company offers clients services like campaign management, PPC (Pay Per Click) campaign analytics, social media analytics, and anti-fraudulent click system etc. Using the company's portal, marketers can compare costs and revenue across all digital channels, channel by channel, and with their off-line marketing efforts. Beacon aims at removing ‘non-human clicks’ and giving direct independent attribution of emails, posts, ad’s, etc. to specific website actions and business goals thereby improving engagement and reducing costs. According to Stratistics Market Research Consulting, the web analytics tools market is expected to reach $4.9 billion by 2022, growing at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 20.8%, in which, Beacon aims to be a leading contender. The company will use the investment to grow its business across different verticals.
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Expired
investment:
£240,000
Seers Group LTD is a Data protection and Cybersecurity leader in the UK. It's a one-stop-shop for all industries related to the new data privacy laws and cybersecurity. In fact, it considers itself the UK's number one GDPR and cybersecurity expert. Seers Group is partnering with several businesses, accountancy firms, membership bodies, and has access to 300k businesses, which include even the early stage business. Furthermore, its user base is growing by 300% MoM. Seers' aim is to build a Business Development and Support staff to end partnership deals and give expert advice wherever needed.
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investment:
£255,001
3DUserNet is an online portal for viewing and collaborating on 3D data projects. Its SaaS platform enables team members in engineering and construction companies to store, view, navigate and collaborate online, through any modern browser or device, without the need for installed software. The company has been working with sectors such as surveying, policing, civil engineering, security, road safety, and defence. Since its inception, it has added multiple measurement tools including clip boxes, line of sight, checkpoint tool, and slope tool on its platform. The company is seeking an investment of up to £400,000, at a pre-money valuation of £1.6 million under which it is offering investors making up the first £200,000 a discounted share price of £3.4733. Investors joining in for the remaining £200,000 thereafter will purchase a share for £4.6622. The funds raised will be used for further platform development, sales and marketing, and working capital.
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Publisher Discovery, using AI & Machine Learning technologies, provides recommendations to Advertisers of highly relevant Publishers in the affiliate marketing sector. The company has built a uniquely curated database of over 2 million publishers and 330,000 advertisers, which are then analysed, compared, and matched to make recommendations in ranked lists, matching the best publishers with each advertiser. The affiliate publishing market is worth 16 billion dollars per year but is still largely dominated by human-based agencies and is uniquely suited for automation. Publisher Discovery aims to capitalise on this aspect and establish itself as the market leader. The company has signed up over 50 publishers and is negotiating contracts with two large distribution partners. It is currently raising £1 million investment with £675,000 committed so far, to grow sales and operations and reach over £2m Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) in the following 12 months.
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Expired
investment:
£800,000
Balkerne is a tech start-up providing software as a service to the property and insurance sector. They have developed SmartResilience, a real-time loss prevention software platform, which helps insurers and the insured understand the value at risk. Insurers spend £1.3bn a year on commercial property claims and £2.3 on domestic property claims, work on squeezed margins and struggle to differentiate with the competition. Balkerne provides customers with pre-emptive, bespoke information and actionable advice, allowing insurers to minimise claims, uninsured losses and improve the customer experience. Moreover, they helped businesses reduce their long term property risk through proactive mitigation and make insurance affordable. Their SmartResilience platform has been developed with the technical ability to integrate with both Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure Cloud. The company is registered on the AWS Partner Network and with Microsoft for Startups. Modular functionality is core to the platform, with the ability to seamlessly scale to meet customer requirements.
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investment:
£150,000
EMERGEiQ is a cloud-based platform targeted towards Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and large corporate organisations. The company plans on having an extensive suite of algorithms that simplifies Data Science (DS) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) at low cost, across all sectors. EMERGEiQ asserts that its analytics can help businesses improve operational productivity, cut costs, and eventually generate more revenue. It has worked with companies across a variety of sectors such as finance, medicine, stock market, and insurance. The company will use will 30% of the investment for R&D, 25% to purchase software and hardware to improve platform capabilities, 25% to market its new product line, 10% as working capital, and 10% as miscellaneous expenses.
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investment:
£150,000
Academy of Robotics is a company that specialises in combining artificial intelligence to create task simplifying machines. Its proprietary invention, Kar-Go, is one of the world’s first AI-controlled autonomous vehicles that aims to remove the need for human intervention in last-mile deliveries reducing labour costs by as much as 90%. Last-mile delivery is a £78 billion business, and e-commerce customers increasingly expect cheap and fast deliveries. This is where Kar-go aims to establish itself as the market leader. The company utilises 'Platform-as-a-service' business model where last-mile autonomous delivery is sold as a service that consists of sale or rental of vehicles & infrastructure, operators and maintenance services, and other verticals. For its innovation, Academy of Robotics has been cited by British business magnate Richard Branson & Virgin as one of the companies to make a serious impact in the autonomous car space. It has also been featured on TV and in over 200 publications including The BBC, Wired, Mail Online, Guardian amongst others. The company will use the investment to finance the building of 10 vehicles which will be used to facilitate on-road-trial.
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