Findr aims to automate the creation of business partnerships by providing easy access to hyper-targeted opportunities in minutes. The company asserts that its platform allows any business, regardless of its size, to sign up, post its partnership requirements, and explore opportunities for free. The company's portal allows users to request a 1-hour 'Discovery' call with a potential partner when the said user spots a relevant opportunity. Findr argues that it has made 'Discovery' for free for the first few months to build its user base. The company has onboarded 140 business users ranging from early-stage to global brands such as Mastercard, Uber and Visa since November 2020. Findr has featured in Forbes for helping businesses navigate COVID-19. The company will use the investment to develop two new price plans – Unlimited and Enterprise, introduce new platform features, hire a machine learning expert, and undertake digital activity to grow its user base.
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investment:
£396,288
Vestemi is a clean tech company with an environmental and social purpose. It has created, in partnership with EDF Energy, Radbot, a smart heating control product that saves money by reducing energy consumption of up to 30%. Radbot is easy to install, simple to use, and scalable. Moreover, Radbot has been awarded National Energy Efficiency Product of the Year, 2019. With the proceeds, Vestemi focuses on developing Radbot and testing the market to optimise its commercial strategy. It will also generate growth, increase brand awareness, and invest in sales & marketing to drive market sales.
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investment:
£421,705
Savvy Navvy is the equivalent of Google Maps for sailors and provides point-to-point navigation solution, making sailing easier, safer and more enjoyable. The app factors in all the crucial information that a sailor would need like wind, tides, hazards and saves sailors time and money by combining all the elements of an amazing trip at the click of a button. Since the launch of its 'Founding Member Program' in 2018, the company received a wave of feedback from its community of 11,000 members who were searching for a navigation solution like Savvy Navvy. The company witnessed an amazing raise on Seedrs, overfunded by 265% in 7 days, with 400+ investors. It has also won Seedrs’ Entrepreneur of the Year 2019. With the proceeds, Savvy Navvy aims to secure partnerships with marine brokers, sailing schools, charter companies, and insurance companies.
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investment:
£616,462
Solivus is a solar technology company that aims to enable mega-buildings, homes and communities to lower their carbon footprint and generate local green energy through the company's proprietary solar solutions. Its patent-pending innovation, Solivus Arc, utilises thin-film solar technology to power homes and electric vehicles. The company asserts that Solivus Arc provides an alternative to rooftop solar and has incredible low-carbon credentials. Solivus aims to also enter the commercial and agricultural markets with its products. It will use 50% of the investment in product development and R&D, 40% in growing its team, and 10% towards legal and marketing costs.
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investment:
£1,619,048
Spontly is a mobile application that allows users who attended the same event to share their photos and comments to the event stream, along with eveyone elses so you never miss a moment. The funds raised will be used to expand the sales team and increase revenue.
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investment:
£206,201
The Fantasy Football Hub brings together some of the very best fantasy football players, bloggers, toll creators, podcasters, and content creators under roof. The company has a social media presence of more than 3,000 paying subscribers. It has more than 24,000 Twitter followers and 7,000 YouTube subscribers. FHH's monetisation strategy is based on three streams: Site memberships, Generic site advertising, and Affiliate partnerships. With the proceeds, the company will provide additional player and team analysis tools, improve its website user interface, and increasing developer man-hours.
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investment:
£109,056
A grocery delivery service able to provide goods to your home almost 1 hour later from a selection of your favourite supermarkets. Home Run does not have any stock, stores or vans and instead uses personal shoppers to handpick a customer's supermarket run for them and deliver it via car or scooter.
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investment:
£558,307
Creditspring is an innovative subscription-based loan membership company. Its goal is to enable hardworking people to change their lives through access to reliable credit. It allows people to rent a safety net of credit. The company won the Moneynet’s Most Innovative Lender award in January 2019. In July 2019, the company hit 100k membership. Creditspring has been featured in The Times, Forbes and much more favourable press. The company will use the funds to meet the demand for its product.
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investment:
£1,571,666
Troubadour is a London-based menswear brand specialising in designing minimalist bags & accessories by combining performance design with a clean & modern aesthetic feel. The company has delivered its products to 60+ wholesalers. It is backed by Pembroke VCT, a luxury-focused venture capital firm based in London. Troubadour is planning to work with non-traditional retailers including Ritz Carlton, Four Seasons, and Equinox. It has also collaborated with many world-renowned brands such as British tailors 'Thom Sweeney' and British essentials brand 'Sunspel' that is famous for clothing James Bond. The company has also been a case study for classes at the Harvard Business School. With the investment, the company will support sales growth to its customers and retail partners and also fund working capital requirements from its forecast growth plan.
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investment:
£621,240
Sweep is an expense management tool that relies on Open Banking and helps Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) automate highly manual and time-intensive processes to cut costs and increase productivity. The company argues that Covid-19 has necessitated the use of automation and remote work. Sweep asserts that its technology can automate expense management flow from capture to expense report while detecting fraud in real-time. The company has raised more than £400,000 to date. It recently won a £456,000 grant from Innovate UK in August 2020. Sweep will use the investment to improve its current tools while developing new features, launch in other European markets like France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, and grow its business across different verticals.
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Expired
investment:
£129,350
