Kalendit removes the middleman (agencies) and provides UK nurseries with temporary staff while helping them save up to 50% on staffing fees. Since September, over 150 users joined Kalendit, and it is continuing to add about two workers daily. This company had launched its services in November with four nurseries, and since then, have been successfully processed 49 bookings. With the funds raised, it will hire people and serve thirty nurseries in one year. By the fifth year, it wants to take 45% of the London market, which equates to 1400 nurseries.
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investment:
£82,180
Customers can receive free parking at an airport by simply allowing others to rent out their vehicles, instead of leaving their cars idle in the airport cark park. ForestCar aim to help reduce harmful vehicle emission and are a part of a reforestation programme whereby a share of their revenue is invested in restoring global rainforests.
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£210,000
ClearWaste is a price comparison website for waste removal and a provider of enforcement services to councils across the UK. The company argues that the cost to local authorities and taxpayers for cleaning up fly-tipping in England in 2016/17 was £57.7 million and is now thought to exceed £100 million. ClearWaste is on a mission to combat it through its app and web platform utilising reporting and prevention methodologies. The company links consumers with govt-registered waste removers backed by a £1k no-fly-tipping guarantee. ClearWaste argues that the UK waste industry is worth over £6.8 billion and supports more than 103,000 jobs. It aims to be a contender in this segment. ClearWaste has featured in press entities such as BBC, ITV, Channel 5, Sky, Times, and The Guardian. It was also a finalist at the National Recycling Awards 2020. ClearWaste will use the investment to develop its sales and marketing functions and further raise brand awareness.
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investment:
£199,599
Gively is an online marketplace where users can give and get secondhand items for free. The secondhand clothing market will double in value to £50 billion annually by 2023, and the company finds itself as a suitable contender in this domain. They aim to lower greenhouse gas emissions and minimise landfill sites through its portal. The company has reached over 5,000 users, 70% of which came from unpaid channels. Gively won an SME (Small and medium enterprises) grant worth £10,000 of television advertising and has received rave reviews from its users through the App Store, social media, and in person. They will use 50% of the investment for marketing purposes, 25% for technology up-gradation, and 25% for hiring human resources.
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£105,207
Almond provides businesses and consumers with a method to understand their carbon footprint and use the company's proprietary offset tools to become carbon neutral. Consumers can earn Almond Tokens when purchasing products from Almond's partnering sustainable brands. The Almond Tokens can be spent on their website The Almond certification label on products enables them to demonstrate their commitment to protecting the environment, consumer health and building a better society for all. The core idea is to build a market that's geared towards sourcing and selling sustainable products. The green economy market is worth $4 trillion. The offset market was $300 million in 2018, having grown over 140-fold in 10 years. Almond seeks to be a market leader in this domain. It has also partnered with reputed institutions such as the World Wildlife Fund, and the Stockholm Environment Institute (carbon analytics). With the investment, the company aims to further the popularity of its existing Almond App and have more people join its ecosystem.
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investment:
£522,540
KindLink are a social network for donors and charities so donors are able to make a donation to their favourite charity and help them help other people. Donors are able to see the impact of the donations they are making by following the progress of the charity and updates for the project donated to. KindLink establishes a direct connection between donor and beneficiary to create a close and community-like feel.
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investment:
£25,045
Lenderwize are a SEIS approved, UK based Crowdlending platform for Telcos. They seek to bridge the cash flow gap for telecom operators which sell to big operators and must pay their vendors upfront whilst waiting for their own clients to pay them. Lenderwize currently has a working platform with over £5,000,000 in requests from borrowers and over £9,000,000 from institutional investors.
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investment:
£78,076
A new form of electric transport in the bike industry with the use of an affordable and simple conversion kit. Swytch have developed a kinetically rechargeable add-on for existing bikes to convert them into eBikes for a range of up to 50 miles. Funding will result in additional units being manufactured and sold at a 70% margin. The products are available online and currently via 20 independent bike dealers, with over 100 more waiting on stock.
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investment:
£349,356
Agile Store Builder allows you create your very own worldwide network of multiple stores by country, language, domain and product. These are all collectively managed in one system. You can also create stores for partners and affiliates to sell your products on a commission basis.
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investment:
£261
Pedals provide on-demand delivery by bicycle in London. Pedals London are currently in talks with a number of large companies that are looking to offer their customers a same-day delivery option.
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Expired
investment:
£138,310
