Grocemania is an on-demand delivery platform, which allows customers to find and shop from local grocery stores and receive deliveries in minutes for only £2.50 at absolutely no cost to retailers. The company asserts that its team has been at the forefront of the pandemic delivering everyday essentials to thousands of people across London, Brighton, and Bristol in the UK. Grocemania has helped local retailers to generate £200,000 in sales through its platform since January 2020. It has allowed brands to subscribe and get detailed data analytics and sales insights about their products through its 'Data Reporting' module, and partnered with PepsiCo to maximize PepsiCo, Walkers, and Doritos sales during the UEFA Champions League Group Stage 2020. The company has featured in Timeout, The Grocer, Food Navigator, eMarketer, and UK Technews. It will use the investment to boost marketing and grow its monthly budget by 10 times, test its data module with current partnerships and create useful case-studies to secure more contracts, and invest more in local and product SEO.
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£173,781
UnderPinned gives freelancers a single, dedicated platform to learn how to build a successful business, find clients, manage their work, and help them get paid on time. The company aspires to build a connection with users that ensures everyone thrives through its accelerator programme, community, and content. UnderPinned asserts that its accelerator programme allows it to achieve day one unit profitability before converting users to subscribers. It claims to have made £12,772 in revenue with £8,000 spent on marketing in its first month of programme sales in January 2021. The company argues that COVID-19 has accelerated freelancing, moving away from traditional employment. UnderPinned has a community of over 20,000 subscribers and growing. It says itvwill use the investment to scale its team, marketing and product development as it focuses on expanding in the US and EU markets.
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investment:
£629,086
HealthBox Software is a technology company building products for the post-COVID healthcare landscape. Its first product, ClearPass, was met with success. The tool asks an employee a series of screening questions related to COVID-19, including evidence of fever, fatigue, and dry cough, etc. ClearPass has over 400,000 end-users including companies like Johnson Controls, Remy Cointreau and the San Diego School District. HealthBox aims to be a significant contender in the global digital health market that is expected to be worth $600 billion by 2026. The company is on the verge of launching another innovative product, MyHealthBox. It is a consumer-facing digital health app that will allow users to store their medical records, easily accessible 24/7. HealthBox asserts that the app will have an array of features, including AI health assessment services, dietary advice and data-powered lifestyle guidance. The company will use 47% of the investment towards technology and development costs, and 53% towards sales and marketing.
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investment:
£144,265
Snap is an online platform which collects the travel demand and pairs it with extra space from the highest quality independent operators. The company is operational in three cities and has taken 57,050 customers a total of 25 million miles. The company has an average of 4.7-star rating. The company will use the funds for hiring people and for marketing.
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investment:
£1,242,944
Aloha is a barrier-free WiFi hotspot and data-sharing platform. The company estimates that 3.5 billion smartphone users worldwide pay to access the web with many unable to access the internet daily due to technical or financial constraints. Conversely, 67% of smartphone users do not consume all of their mobile phone data available to them each month. Aloha aims to change this scenario. It enables users to get paid for sharing unused data and be rewarded with 'Aloha Tokens' that can be exchanged for cash, bitcoins and exclusive offers from Aloha's partner companies. Business users and advertisers can use the advertising tools in the Aloha application and broadcast offers and promotions directly to a targeted audience within the Aloha community. The company will use 20% of the investment to list the Aloha Token with one or more key Crypto exchange platforms, 15% to expand the application development team, 17% to complete development of the Aloha Marketplace, 20% for marketing and PR, 16% for running monthly costs, 3% for Aloha app upgradation, and 10% as contingency funds.
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investment:
£307,707
TheCarCrowd is a Passion Asset Investment (PAI) platform that intends to address the lack of investment options for the 8 million UK millennials by allowing them to take a real equity stake in a classic car and benefit from the potential appreciation. The company argues that classic cars appreciated 194% over 10 years up to Q4 2019 as per expert reports. TheCarCrowd points out that its portal allows interested investors to buy shares in cars from just £20 and unlock the benefits of potential appreciation. The company asserts that its business idea has found traction amidst users with over 620 investors registering on the portal since the company's launch in November 2020. TheCarCrowd will use 12% of the investment for Public Relations (PR), 48% for marketing, and 40% for working capital.
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investment:
£379,108
FLY LDN is a fitness brand that imparts sports and fitness instruction via its digital platform and its studios in central London and Fitzrovia. The company launched its video-on-demand and live-streaming fitness platform, FLY LDN Online (FLO), in September 2020. It asserts that within six months of launch, FLO scaled over 28,000 monthly views across 80+ countries with users having viewed over 2.5 million minutes of FLY LDN workouts. FLY LDN won the Men's Health 'Best Studio 2019' award and was commended at the 2018 and 2019 Tatler Gym Awards. The company has also received press coverage in publications like Women's Health, Forbes, Esquire, Elle, Vogue, GQ and Glamour. It has also partnered with brands such as DKNY and ASOS. FLY LDN aspires to become a contender in the global online fitness market that is expected to reach $59 billion by 2027. The company will use the investment to further develop additional functionality and TV apps for FLO and fund marketing campaigns to fuel growth.
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investment:
£340,928
Fnatic is a global esports performance brand headquartered in London, focused on seeking out, levelling up and amplifying gamers and creators. It asserts that it is the most successful esports brand of the last decade, winning more than 200 championships across 30 different games. It has also won prize money worth $15 million and has been broadcast to a global audience of 55 million. Fnatic has delivered content and activations for brands like BMW, Gucci, AMD, Hi-Sense and Monster. The company also makes performance equipment that it sells directly and via global retailers to consumers. Fnatic will use the investment to improve its performance team, products, academies and facilities.
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investment:
£2,071,785
Good Club is an online grocer that aims to sell sustainable household food and products across the UK. The company's sales have grown from £18,000 to £234,000 in May 2020. The potential demand for sustainable food and products is £61 billion in the UK, and the company finds itself as a strong contender in this domain. COVID-19 has led to an increased interest in home-delivered grocery products amongst consumers. Good Club responded to this by opening its first distribution hub in North London. It has also carried out a 'Life Cycle Analysis' of its proposed process and prototype packaging to ensure that its sustainable and eco-friendly. The investment raised will help the company grow its revenues, establish scalable marketing foundations for future growth, and roll out 'Closed Loop' service to strengthen customer loyalty.
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investment:
£1,001,337
Symmetrical Power has developed an innovative solution that addresses the issue of energy wastage. After identifying the inefficiency of the 3 Phase Electrical Distribution Boards, Symmetrical Power is creating the ‘Intelligent Distribution Board’ (ID Board). It aims to prevent the challenge of peak demand whilst saving on energy bills. The working model of the product also received positive feedback from electrical specialists. Additionally, Symmetrical Power was also a Shell Springboard regional finalist (2018) for its new low-carbon ideas. With the proceeds, the company will complete design & begin distribution in Europe and to position itself as the go-to Distribution Board provider.
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investment:
£233,600
