Ziglu is a financial technology entity that allows a user to access both Forex and digital currencies seamlessly. The company permits a user to use any currency via its Mastercard debit card and protects the user's digital currency up to £50,000 against cyber-attacks. Ziglu is authorised by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) and is one of the first companies involved with digital currencies to be registered under the UK’s Anti-Money Laundering Regulations (AMLR). The company has achieved a 94% rating on TrustPilot, offers customers the option to send money via cryptocurrency, and previously raised £5.25 million in seed funding. Ziglu has featured in media entities like Coindesk and Yahoo Finance. It will use 30% of the investment in product development, 60% on user acquisition, and 10% on international expansion initiatives.
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£3,041,878
Get Set Pet (GSP) is a pet supply challenger brand on a mission to build a community of like-minded dog and cat owners that take pride in their relationships with their pets. The company aims to arm pet parents with the information they need to make better nutrition decisions regardless of whether or not they shop with GSP. GSP has acquired over 15,000 customers, generated over 20,000 orders, and delivered £800,000 in total sales. The company has 4.97 out of 5 'Excellent' ratings from over 1,100 verified customer reviews. GSP will use 25% of the investment towards Research and Development (R&D) of its products, 25% on salaries, technology investments and working capital, and 50% on marketing and promotional activities.
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£386,375
Loowatt is delivering safe sanitation and generating energy from waste for sustainable business growth. Loowatt argues that poor sanitation leads to more than £150 billion being lost every year due to health care costs, decreased income and productivity. It aims to change this with its patented toilet. The toilet's waterless flush seals waste hygienically away and is the starting point for Loowatt's unique closed-loop processing system. Loowatt works closely with the local utility partners and ensures that waste is safely collected, treated, and transformed into biogas to generate electricity and heat with nutrients captured for organic fertiliser production. Loowatt has processed 555 tonnes of waste and served more than 250,000 people. The company will use the investment to scale-up manufacturing, complete development of the Loowatt Pro data transmission system, and develop an aftersales monetisation strategy for large international contracts, starting with the City of Manila.
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£1,101,180
Solivus is a solar technology company that aims to enable mega-buildings, homes and communities to lower their carbon footprint and generate local green energy through the company's proprietary solar solutions. Its patent-pending innovation, Solivus Arc, utilises thin-film solar technology to power homes and electric vehicles. The company asserts that Solivus Arc provides an alternative to rooftop solar and has incredible low-carbon credentials. Solivus aims to also enter the commercial and agricultural markets with its products. It will use 50% of the investment in product development and R&D, 40% in growing its team, and 10% towards legal and marketing costs.
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£1,619,048
Vertically Urban (VU) is a horticultural lighting specialist that produces high-tech LED lighting solutions for indoor industrial farms, glasshouses, medicinal growers and onsite Pod farms, who in turn, supply to supermarkets, restaurants and the medical market. The company aims to be a segment leader in the global vertical farming market that is projected to reach $12.7 billion by 2026. VU asserts that vertical farming has been tipped as the future of food production and supported by early investors such as Amazon’s Jeff Bezos. The company has witnessed £30 million+ worth of sales to date. It will use the investment to increase brand awareness via horticultural trade shows, market its products on online and offline portals, develop new technologies, and recruit senior personnel to oversee growth in key markets.
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£335,040
Whitehall Finance (WF) is a Business-to-Business (B2B) financial technology platform that provides working capital to UK-based Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The company offers revolving credit facility that is withdrawable in currencies like GBP, USD or EURO or a combination of the above under a single facility agreement. It also permits buying companies to offer their suppliers an early payment for a discount, as well as, enables users to access Forex services and creditworthiness data of companies. WF has extended around £16 million in finance through 1,600+ transactions over its platform in the past one year. The company will use 30% of the investment to expand its sales, 20% to increase its marketing budget, 30% to increase operational capacity to service volume business, and 20% to develop key partner relationships.
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£160,027
&SISTERS aims to develop the menstrual health ecosystem of the future by combining smart technology & best in class sanitary hygiene products. The company asserts that it offers an easy way for users to monitor their cycle, understand & respond to how their body changes, as well as access ethical, sustainable products on the company's portal. &SISTERS claims that its cotton period care products are sustainably sourced, plastic-free, recyclable & biodegradable. The company's products are stocked in over 75 small chains and independents, including Oliver Bonas, Next Beauty, Abel & Cole, Farmdrop, Ecovibe, Feel Unique and Planet Organic. &SISTERS's raised £199,000 in its first crowdfunding round in December 2019. The company will use the funds to grow its team, invest in technology, launch new products, and enhance its marketing campaign.
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£679,783
Jump Into Reality (JIR) is a technology company that aims to change the way users consume visual content. Its product, JUMP Into DESIGN (JID), uses proprietary technology to make client-compliant interior design projects efficiently. JIR argues that current design processes require numerous pieces of software and several weeks to mock up and render the final design. JIR asserts that JID allows designers to handle the entire design and render process in real-time via cloud computing and achieve the finalised design quicker to the satisfaction of its clients. JID is working with Kave Home, a noted international furniture design, manufacturing and distribution company. It has also designed projects for clients such as Marsham House and CBRE Retail receiving rave reviews from the latter in the process. JIR will use 40% of the investment for marketing, 30% for product development and innovation, and 30% to hire key personnel.
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£426,373
Wurkr is a platform that enables seamless team collaboration, bridging gaps between workers anywhere in the world and embracing an always-on video technology standard. Wurkr asserts that working from home is growing by 400% in the last decade with up to 40% of companies planning to have employees working from home or elsewhere in the wake of COVID-19. It argues that its product holds relevance in such a scenario. 60,000 subscribers and 1,500 organisations have enlisted on Wurkr to date. The company has witnessed a +1,000% increase in subscribers since March 2020. It will use the investment to expand into the UK, India and USA in 2021. A global push in 2022, release 'Wurkr Pro', it's paid portal that provides for multiple browsers, mobile access, video conference rooms and integrates 'Wurkr Enterprise' with products such as Slack and G Suite.
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£187,928
CityFALCON is a data curation and structuring company that has received two six-figure grants, not included in the funded amount. It transforms unstructured financial content into structured data, generating analytics, extracting insights, and delivering personalised data to users and clients. CityFALCON is disrupting the £23 bn financial content market dominated by Yahoo Finance, Crunchbase, and Bloomberg with automation, long-tail coverage, and unrestricted access to our data via API and web at reasonable prices. The company's key clients include fintech companies such as BNP Paribas, IEX Group, and Seedrs. With the proceeds, the company will embark over 75% of the funds for salaries & technology costs and the rest will be used for marketing and premium content.
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£602,201
