StepLadder is a financial technology company dedicated to helping people buy their first home. The company asserts that it is tackling the housing crisis with its 'StepLadder Circles' that is based on the Rotating Savings and Credit Association model (ROSCA). Users have to state a monthly monetary contribution and a financial goal. The portal then adds them to a group of people with the same goal wherein all users contribute the same amount each month. The portal then randomly allocates one person in the circle each month the total contribution received. This repeats every month for the duration of the circle until everyone has received their deposit. It has awarded over £750,000 to members on its portal. The platform has featured in The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, and The Independent. It also won 'Innovator of the Year' in the Women in Tech Awards 2020. StepLadder will use the investment received to improve its pan-UK growth via referral and ambassador programs.
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£161,420
A share tip service to save investors time and money by consolidating the most trusted tipsters and analysts to follow and copy. Stockomendation aims to increase trading activity and engagement on trading platforms by aggregating, tracking, collating and analysing tips offered by those working in the industry. They use a multitude of sources including brokers, websites and researchers so investors can view and follow track records of success with confidence.
Stockomendation has received a £100k UK Government Innovation Grant, £200k from the Development Bank of Wales Technology Fund, partnered with a leading UK University and developed artificial intelligence technologies using Big Data to analyse the market for stock tips and advising which shares to buy or sell. To date, in the UK more than 40,000 stock tips and 300 analysts and tipsters have been tracked for the 7,500 current investors on the platform.
Revenue is generated via monthly membership subscriptions, as well as licensing agreements, partnerships, sponsorships and advertisements. Stockomendation has launched in the UK and is now seeking funds to expand into the EU, USA, Canada and Asia. In addition, this funding round will allow the business to launch further monetisation methods to increase B2C and B2B relations, recruit key hires, develop multi-lingual offerings, increase data collection and develop more sophisticated functionalities such as widgets.
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£381,725
Sustainable Accelerator actively supports start up growth for the UK's best SEIS & EIS sustainability startups. They use experienced mentors for 1-on-1 support from proven industry veterans and portfolio services to help new businesses grow.
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£829,600
Sustainable Accelerator 2019, also known as, Sustainable Accelerator Investment Fund (SAIF) supports the UK’s best EIS & SEIS sustainability startups. The company's goal is to empower the next generation of businesses to redefine the way we consume energy, clean air, manage waste, and apply smart resource technology. Sustainable Accelerator 2019 actively supports start-up growth, they diversify portfolios, offer sector/strategy specific programme, capture equity stakes before rapid growth. The company looks forward to empowering the next generation of businesses driving sustainability forward.
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£1,021,720
Sustainable Accelerator 4 (SA) supports and invests in the UK’s best SEIS and EIS sustainability start-ups. Its goal is to empower the next generation of businesses who are redefining the way people consume, manage waste, produce food and apply smart resource technology. SA 4 argues that COVID-19 has led to a situation wherein innovative companies with sustainable solutions are more in demand. SA 4 aims to invest £100,000 - £150,000 into around 6-8 high potential sustainability businesses. It has made 22 investments across a variety of companies. SA 4 has helped start-ups gain a profitable track record. Some of them are Rovco, Airex, Zeigo, Sennen, Vendi, and Tandem. SA 4 will use the investment to grow its business and help emerging businesses get a boost by guiding them on different verticals.
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£1,106,100
Teapayment is an electronic finance platform that assists Fintech companies in processing payments by providing e-wallets to end-users. The company provides payment support to Loan Aggregators, P2P lending platforms, and Loan Originators, collectively known as 'Distributors'. It provides payment services to its distributors such as acquiring deposits from investors and issuing corresponding e-money, storing investor e-money in secure e-wallets, enabling distributors to transfer funds to an e-wallet held in the name of the borrower, issuing a payout to an external bank account and redeeming the corresponding amount of e-money. Teapayment will function as an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) alongside an in-house developed platform and will apply the funds in maintaining and developing the platform. It will also expand its product offering to give end-users the ability to make payments to and receive payments from their segregated e-wallet.
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The Asset Exchange Ltd is an asset-backed lender within the UK used car finance market providing cars and loans to borrowers who are unable to use traditional lending sources for vehicle finance. They use compliant Hire Purchase Agreements which provides customers with high levels of consumer protection.
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£63,064
tickr was created to give people the power to invest in companies. Designed for the next generation, the company specialises in Impact Investing. tickr has 1,000s of users across both iOS and Android platforms. 70% of tickr's users are first-time investors, and about 90% are under the age of 40. tickr has won Tech Nation Rising Stars Award in 2019. It is also a part of the Wealthtech 100 in April 2019-annual list. With the proceeds, tickr will continue to build its user base, focus on product improvement and team expansion.
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£1,147,481
A money transfer service allowing customers to send money worldwide at a lower cost compared to traditional methods. TransferGo has been gaining 1,000 customers a day since May 2018 and currently has over 700,000 users. They have processed almost £781m on their platform through 1.3m transactions and operate on a gross profit margin of 6.7%.
TransferGo has 5 offices located in London, Berlin, Istanbul, Warsaw and Vilnius, with more than 100 employees globally. The company recently launched their new product, dubbed 'NOW', that enables users to send and receive monies in less than 30 minutes across borders.
Revenue is generated via fixed transfer fees and currency conversion fees ranging from 0.0% to 2.2% per transaction. These fees are dependent on the currency's origin and the amount being transferred. A free option is available to customers whose transaction may take a couple of days to transfer.
Funds are being raised to expand the business into emerging markets and introduce new products and services. This also means that TransferGo is aiming to provide local-language support and build new partnerships to attract more customers to their platform.
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£11,297,362
A customer insight service obtaining accurate feedback by using the point of sale, both in-store and online. TruRating has collected over 38m ratings from more than 2,000 companies in 6 countries to help businesses focus on providing solutions to their customers' problems. Funding will allow further monetisation by using smart-advertising and booking engines to create reports for retailers to utilise for a monthly subscription fee.
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investment:
£1,895,288
