In My Kitchen is a platform that aims to bring together a network of professional and semi-professional chefs to sell their signature dishes and recipes online. The platform was founded in July 2020. In My Kitchen asserts that its business model holds precedence in a time where takeaways have grown in popularity in the UK because of COVID-19. It gives many chefs who have become unemployed or have fewer shifts for developing their creativity and skills whilst allowing them to earn through the gig-economy. The company has a network of more than 70 chefs across London, with backgrounds across a range of cuisines. With the investment received, the company will develop its team and company infrastructure.
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Untied is a groundbreaking app that gathers information, claims costs and allowances, and prepares tax filings on the go. All of these can be sent to the tax authority from the application. The app connects across existing accounts, making tax sense of transactions and gives the assurance someone needs. Backed by Accenture's Fintech Innovation Lab and Barclays Techstars, the company became the first overseas winner of Israel's biggest fintech prize at Fintech Junction. The business will earn a turn over of £100m in ten years making it ready for an IPO. With the proceeds, it will create new software platforms, publishers, banks, and accounting firms.
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£350,000
Beacon is a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform that aims to optimise a client's digital marketing efforts and improve their marketing Return-on-Investment (ROI). Users on Beacon can access data analytics based on independent, non-channel campaign data, save themselves from bots and ad fraud, and improve their customer engagement. According to Stratistics MRC, the Web Analytics Tools (WAT) market is expected to reach $12.2 billion by 2026. Beacon endeavours to be a disruptor in this segment. The company will use 60% of the investment for sales, marketing and business development, 25% on product and Intellectual Property (IP) development, and 15% as Operating Expenditure (OpEx) and other working capital.
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£100,461
Screach provides consumer focused venues with the ability to intelligently engage and interact with their customers via installed digital displays (TVs) and mobile phones. The Screen Reach software dynamically changes the screen content to improve its effectiveness in driving more sales by displaying relevant engaging content and promotions.
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£590,000
Makerble is an easy-to-use mobile app and web-based tool for charities to track, improve and share their impact. Currently only 8% of charities use software to track their impact and so far Makerble's beta users have reduced time spent on data collecting by 50%.
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£21,429
Karadoo provides financial services with a focus on peer-to-peer lending and equity crowdfunding to charities, schools and sports clubs. Unlike other fundraising platforms, Karadoo is fully authorised by the FCA for these services, enabling customers to raise funds on InvestMyClub through donations, loans or equity – or a combination of those. Karadoo aims to provide an affordable fundraising market that is not only effective and flexible but also easy to use for everyone. The company has invested over £400,000 in highly automated platforms with low risk. This hybrid operating model offers easy scalability as well as efficiency. The funds will be utilized for acquiring resources and marketing purposes.
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£105,000
Close Comms encourages customers to download an app before they are able to use free wi-fi in a number of industries such as pubs, restaurants, coffee shops, and sports venues. This enables retailers to get closer to their customers by increasing customer engagement and higher conversion rates.
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£105,405
O-ZONE is building a unique 3D interactive virtual world for social commerce on the web. It aims to provide a new immersive experience where users can search and innovatively purchase products while connecting with each other. It is best experienced in virtual reality (VR) but runs instantly on all devices with a web browser. The potential market is the 171 million VR users worldwide, and the global market expected to grow to 209.2 billion by 2022. O-ZONE's primary revenue streams will come from Dropship direct sales to seed the marketplace, Saas 3D platform as a marketplace, Virtual Goods merchandising and in-app purchase. Also, its secondary revenue streams will come from Development services like B2B, Technology & IP licensing, and Advertisement revenue. The company intends to target the Millenials and gamers who are already in the virtual world by using a high tech approach to gain users. They will utilise most of the funds towards, intellectual property, marketing, and engineering. It will enable O-ZONE to go to market, anchor and solidify the engineering team and talent.
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£1,250
Expede develops and markets 'yada', the events mobile management platform, that lets users create and organise events; collate guests' photos, videos and comments; and combine that content to display a 360-degree view.
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£2,500
Butterwire is a professional research and portfolio analyst platform designed for high conviction low turnover active equity managers. Butterwire's AI web application was launched in June 2018 and is used by all active equity investors aiming to generate higher returns, with faster stock selection, longer investment horizons, lower portfolio risk, and less trading. The application assists active investors with their top 3 challenges: find opportunities, minimise risk, and keep aware. It is built by and for professionals but is accessible to individual investors, too. The company will utilize 10% of the proceeds to operations, 25% to development, 15% to research, 40% to business development, and 10% to administration.
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