Reveal is a dating application that enables women to browse anonymously, only being noticeable to men they like. Reveal aims to provide a substitute concept with solutions to the most common user pain points which includes female privacy concerns and 'stale' matches. Since its first seeding in June 2018, Reveal's user base has increased tenfold, proving that the idea is well acknowledged, especially by women. The first monetisation stream was founded in February 2019 and it is now making profits from In-App Purchases (IAPs). After achieving the low UAC, Reveal is planning to grow internationally and introduce the 2nd and 3rd revenue streams.
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investment:
£59,940
Kuuka is an on-demand last-mile logistics delivery service using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to provide cost-effective same-day last-mile deliveries allowing customers to schedule and monitor their requests in real-time. The company aims to achieve this by continuously adding parcel collections and deliveries to a driver’s route throughout the day. Kuuka believes that this approach will increase fleet utilisation and reduce the cost of delivery leading to a faster delivery process. It aims to be a contender in the estimated £5,447,763 last-mile delivery market. Kuuka asserts that it provides services such as moving goods on-demand, property and office removals, and courier and parcel deliveries, to name a few. Kuuka will use the investment to establish key channel partnerships and launch its final app. Its exit strategy is to trade sell to other companies that would want to acquire them.
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investment:
£5,450
JOHNNY'S is an ethical, vegan, and sex-positive subscription condom brand. The company aims to deliver its products on a subscription basis, following in the footsteps of Direct-To-Consumer (DTC) health disruptors like Harry's and Dollar Shave Club. It aims to become a contender in the global condom market that is set to be worth $15 Billion by 2026 and enter the lubricant and sex toy market later in 2021. The company has also pledged to give a condom to HIV/STI/NHS clinics for each condom sold. It will use the investment for a PR launch, social media advertising, stock purchase, and attract talent to help the business hit its growth targets.
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investment:
£182,281
Outfts is a fashion marketplace that serves retailers, influencers, and consumers merging the traditional marketplace concept with expanding social features. Users can shop via storefront, creator profiles, shoppable social feed, or search and product listings. Outfts is focused on 'Female First' creators. Outfts claims to bring together a growing collection of more than 55 retailers, combining over 3000 brands and over 1 million products. The company live tested its private beta, with three carefully selected clients namely, H&M, Urban Outfitters and MATCHESFASHION, and multiple influencers. It has acquired over 50 more high-profile clients, including Coach, Kenzo, MANGO, Harvey and many more. Outfts says it will use the investment to hire key personnel, manage operational expenses, manage marketing initiatives, oversee its app development, and expand outside of the European market, beginning with the US.
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investment:
£198,047
Brightpearl is designed to help small to mid-sized retailers accelerate their growth and profits. Its software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform allows retailers to manage core aspects of their business by combining orders, inventory, customer data, accounting, sales channels and reporting into a single, reliable retail management system.
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investment:
£3,345,427
NEXU is a web-based platform that connects people to various businesses via word-to-mouth recommendations to create a dynamic user-driven marketplace for organic advertising and to drive sales. The platform manages and tracks people's shares on social media and referrals on chat platforms. With the aim to disrupt the e-commerce market in sales, NEXU is starting a soft-launch in Bristol and intends to turn everyone into an influencer who can earn commissions. The company's vision is to become the world-leading user-driven e-commerce platform. With the proceeds, the company will expand functionality and improve the user experience.
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investment:
£199,900
Born out of love and passion for fishing, Hoox Club is inspired by the competitive spirit that anglers share. The company embraces all aspects of fishing and aims to mount a global community that provides technical apparel, experiences, products and innovative fishing events. Hoox operates in a huge market that is worth over £3bn in the UK and $46bn in the US. Addressing the customer need for a high-quality fishing brand with amazing customer service, Hoox is on track in developing a collection of performance fishing clothing and accessories. The company's mission is to project the Hoox club into a 3,000 secure membership. The fund raised will be used for branding, marketing, product diversification and expanding the business across Europe.
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investment:
£21,020
Workhorse allows the company to deliver individual applications that are customized to specific company requirements. Workhorse's modular approach integrates all the functions one needs into a single easy-to-use bespoke application, tracking tasks, invoicing CRM, scheduling inventory timesheets and more. Workhorse applications are reviewed as a long-term solution as they quickly become integral to the operations of the company's clients. Workhorse has 50 customers, and it is delivering applications in four different countries, two different languages and across industry sectors as diverse as legal, financial, marketing events, manufacturing, retail, and e-commerce. The company's plan for growth into the future is to become a platform for other companies to deliver applications and deliver a customized bespoke solution on the Workhorse platform.
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investment:
£391,466
Smart Grid aims to offer an aggregated approach to solve the current National Grid energy supply issues, a market currently worth over £1 billion per year and growing. We provide customers with our Smartbox and a Tesla Powerwall free of charge, allowing us to generate energy savings for all parties.
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investment:
£60,210
An energy provider that uses artificial intelligence to learn a customer's energy usage pattern and then create bespoke profiles resulting in better value for customers. Usio's model utilises new regulations that are not currently widely used by the Big 6, which allow increased efficiency in business operations whilst providing real-time energy deals. The company is growing rapidly with 1,000 new customers every month and the aim of becoming the UK energy leader in the P2P marketplace by 2020.
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investment:
£193,711
