Carbon Gold (CG) is an organic biochar producer and retailer. It claims that its products can replace harmful pesticides, last longer, and lock away CO2. The company's sales increased by 253% from £77,000 to £272,000 in 2020 with sales in 17 countries worldwide. CG's organic products employ biochar, a type of charcoal made from sustainably sourced materials. CG further enriches it with multiple strains of fungi, bacteria and minerals, that support healthy soil biology. The company is partnering with the Woodland Trust, is certified by the Soil Association, and is also a certified B Corp. The company will use the investment to boost its marketing, international development, and manufacturing.
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£722,468
SortFlow's proprietary software solution intends to optimise the design and operation of waste recovery and recycling plants. The company argues that the UK, Europe and North America are expected to increase their recycling capacity over the next decade, which requires building more sorting and recycling facilities and maximising the amount of waste they can process. SortFlow claims its software can help the aforementioned parties save time, recycle more materials, and be more profitable. SortFlow released Version 1 of its software in October 2020, which is still being used in 5 countries by early adopter customers, including leading industry players such as Suez & Bollegraaf. SortFlow intends to release Version 2 later in 2021 and commercially roll it out to the broader market. The company aspires to become a contender in the waste management industry valued at an estimated £295 billion. It states it will use the investment to accelerate its growth by investing in product development, boosting its sales and marketing effort, and growing its team.
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£339,957
TrustPortal is a digital AI platform helping global clients such as Telefonica and EDF to deliver advanced customer service by augmenting existing Information Technology (IT) systems. The company argues that poor customer service costs UK companies an estimated £37 billion per year. TrustPortal aims to address this situation. It points out that companies with great Customer eXperiences (CX) have witnessed 30% more revenue growth than others with a further 69% of companies agreeing that improving CX is critical/very important. TrustPortal combines leading Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and AI technology to help companies boost their CX scores. It aims to become a contender in the RPA software market that is predicted to be worth $19 billion by 2027. The company will use the investment to grow its business across different verticals.
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£1,249,997
Aceify is a booking, scheduling, and performance tracking app currently used by the world’s leading tennis coaches. Aceify will help sports and fitness lovers to be able to find and book high quality training sessions in a location that is convenient for them at the right price. So far, the application has received positive feedback from both coaches and athletes. The application is endorsed by some of the top names in tennis coaching, including Leon Smith, who has coached Andy Murray. Aceify is planning to make their service available to coaches and trainers in all different sports. Its strategy is to concentrate on expanding its network in London and the whole of the UK.
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£153,998
Medwise.ai uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to answer questions for clinicians faster than they can respond to. It asserts that currently, doctors cannot keep up with the latest research evidence making them unable to provide the best care for their patients. It also points out that health care providers in the UK, such as the NHS, are losing £5 billion every year due to the lack of adoption of evidence-based best practices. Medwise.ai aims to change this by utilising the latest transformer-based neural networks and Natural Language Processing (NLP) technologies to extract answers from multiple sources and support clinicians to make the best decisions for patients. Medwise.ai argues that unlike traditional search engines that provide a user with a list of websites or documents, medwise.ai's portal and app provide bite-sized, actionable, and evidence-based answers extracted from trusted sources. The company is envisaging an exit through an acquisition by a publishing company, an Electronic Health Records (EHR) company, or a pharmaceutical company.
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£666,000
Gamerpro is an esports service provider for mobile gamers. It aims to become a new revenue stream for mobile game publishers. The company intends to provide an esports experience for mobile gamers to compete with one another, and win real money prizes. Players are required to deposit before playing on Gamerpro, and winners can quickly and easily make withdrawals. Gamerpro asserts that its application only works with mobile games that are both skill-based and have a PvP gameplay mode. The company's app has witnessed 500,000 installations with customers from across 160 countries with over $1 million worth of wagers placed. It will use the investment for technology development, onboarding key personnel across various portfolios, and product development.
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£442,410
Cloud Mall is a shopping platform for the smartphone. The user simply uses the Cloud Mall mobile app to find a product they wish to purchase they then click through to the company selling the product and can then check out directly with them.
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£340
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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£522,540
Glug provides a platform for businesses to let customers order from a digital menu and have them served to the table or pick up from the bar. It points out that its system is designed to be user friendly and easy to set up wherein restaurants or bars can upload and digitalise their menu and can be discoverable within 24 hours. Consumers can discover the restaurant, book a table, place an order, and browse for offers and discounts, amongst other features using the company's community app. Glug asserts that more than 16,000 users have ordered food and drinks through its app in less than four months since the company's launch. It intends to become a contender in the UK dining and pub market that is a £40 billion+ industry. Glug argues that more than 20,000 users have downloaded its app from the App Store and Google Playstore. It will use the investment for marketing, hiring, technology development, attract 1.5 million users and onboard 1,000+ venues over the next 12 months.
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£73,114
The Octopus Club (TOC) is a UK marketplace where users can buy, sell or give anything related to babies and kids. TOC asserts that baby items are often used for short periods because they grow quickly, aren't environmentally sustainable because of the waste they create and are financially challenging for many parents. The company aspires to solve this quandary by creating a safe platform for parents to extend the life of products and produce less waste. TOC has onboarded over 1800 members and 3500 listings since its launch in June 2020. The company's Instagram page has 5,000 followers with the brand having spent only £450 on advertising so far. TOC aims to become a contender in the global baby product market that is worth £115 billion and the sharing economy that will be worth £9 billion within the next 5 years. It will use the investment to increase its member base, support product development and improve its customer service capability.
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£148,086
