SilkFred is a curated online marketplace for over 200 independent fashion brands. It’s a destination for customers seeking to differentiate their wardrobes. SilkFred cuts through the noise of online shopping and provides a central destination for female shoppers to find affordable pieces that their friends won’t have (and will love!). Having cultivated a cult social media status and attracted a growing number of loyal shoppers and brands, SilkFred is now ready to scale its business model rapidly.
www.silkfred.com
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£906,630
Society states that it allows every student community in the world to create their app instantly for free within minutes. It argues that although 90% of Generation Z uses apps, developing a customised app is expensive, time-consuming, and requires an advanced skill set. Society app aims to address this situation with its platform. It has over 10,000 active members and over 700 clubs signed up on its portal. Society claims that it is the fastest growing app for student clubs in the UK and is growing exponentially. Society has raised £100,000 in its previous pre-seed round of investment. It has 100% of dental societies, 33% of African Caribbean societies and 90% of barts student union clubs signed up with an 80-90% student participation rate. Society asserts that its app is free for students with a University email address. By 2023, Society intends to receive Venture Capital and Series A funding and scale the brand to the US and global markets.
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£450,000
Carrying a colossal 1.1 billion passengers a year, the Underground is a global hub of young Londoners crossing paths on a daily basis. And with 47% of them identifying a stranger they find attractive at least once a week, there remains no contemporary means of reaching out to them.
Spark launched at the beginning of March, and with minimal finance, has so far generated over 10,000 downloads. Averaging 300 new users a day.
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£44,996
TagDox allows the user to upload, search and share documents, making this information far more accessible. Tagged up documents are easily available and easily searchable.
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TagDox allows the user to securely store private documents and filter them easily with the ability to add keywords. The system also allows the user to share and make the documents publically available and tagdox automatically suggests tags to improve usability.
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£20,025
Talon is a cloud-based SaaS platform and an on-demand workforce management software. It is an innovative software for handling freelancers, direct work engagements, and private talent pools. The company offers 3 key benefits: reducing costs, managing risks, and maximising value. Talon has provided solutions to Reed Consultancy and Spend Matters. The company's aim is to be the top enterprise SaaS platform for on-demand workforce management worldwide. With a proven product, revenue-generating customers and established channels to market & live in, it is looking to move quickly and seize opportunities to grow.
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£100,000
ThinkCyber combines theoretical and practical behavioural science with its proprietary software to reduce cybersecurity risks for its users and safeguards them through user-centric solutions. The company's 'Redflags' software understands and tracks user behaviour at a point in time whether they're opening a suspicious email, changing a password, and plugging in a USB stick etc. The software nudges users to make secure decisions, delivering ongoing behavioural change. ThinkCyber aspires to become a contender in a security awareness training market worth $2.5 billion which is expected to grow to $10 billion by 2023. ThinkCyber has won clients at TescoBank, Cambridge University and signed paid trials with Vodafone, Unilever and Qinetiq. The company states they will use the investment to scale its sales team, scale-up product development to deliver enterprise features for current trials, and boost marketing/speaking events to attract more customers.
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£293,500
Torsion Information Security is an artificial intelligence cyber security solution. It protects company data against theft and misuse by internal staff. Once connected with systems Torsion automatically and precisely controls access to information in order to control security risk.
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£260,970
Touch Stay helps managers and owners of B&B, hotels and short-term rentals in delivering high-quality services to their clients. Its application allows hosts to provide all the information, area knowledge and insider tips to the guests. The company has also created a lodging association portal enabling it to create local area guides which are then syndicated to member hosts as part of their guest book. The following major product updates will generate the means to monetise the guests during their stay and to use Progressive Web App skills to personalise each guest's experience.
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£169,632
TradeZapp is a collaboration of experienced tradespeople and leading technology professionals. The company has a close understanding of its target market and the challenges associated with it like connecting consumers with professional trade services for latest work opportunities. TradeZapp provides the market with on-demand home services in the UK as well as all over the world. The company's V1 pilot app is available for download on both Android and iOS. TradeZapp also has a fully developed: V2 working prototype that is ready for cross-platform development. It might have the opportunity to raise series A funding and grow into other key international markets.
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