Zumo is a wallet and payments platform that aims to make traditional money and cryptocurrency work together. The company asserts that its blockchain-powered smart wallet is a safe and simple way to trade, store, transfer and spend cryptocurrencies. Its ecosystem comprises of three core products, namely Zumo App, ZumoKit and Zumo Pay. The company has raised £3 million in equity funding across three investment rounds. It has also soft-launched on the App and Google Play stores in November 2019 and grown to nearly 1000 users in that time. Zumo will spend 39% of the investment on human resources and hiring, 39% on product development, 17% on marketing, 5% on administrative costs, 3% on legal costs, 1% on rent, and the remaining on employee expenses and loan repayment.
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investment:
£1,580,010
TV.FIT is a streaming service and app that allows its users to access 100 hours of health & wellbeing content from global fitness experts & celebrities. Its subscription service is accessible in 66 countries across 6 continents. The platform aims to cater to all aspects of fitness, from mental health support for those who have yet to start to improve their fitness to creating content for those who are already working on their fitness regime. Its programs are created by some of the world’s most well-known fitness figures including George St-Pierre, Caroline Pearce, Gemma Atkinson, and Pierre Pozzuto. The platform has a global multimedia reach of over 8 million followers via partners such as TruFusion and CoolEvents, with another 6 million+ prospective users in the pipeline. TV.FIT also disseminates NHS-recommended mental-health-focused content on its platform. With the funds received, the platform aims to invest 31% of it in marketing, 28% in international content development, 22% in capital reserves, 18% in content production, and 1% towards repayment of debt.
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investment:
£2,208,212
BioScore is a London-based health technology platform that enables you to easily visualize, track, and understand your fitness and health test results. It is currently designed as a software service for health and fitness professionals, gyms, personal trainers, sports coaches, sports clubs, schools, other allied health consultants and their clients. Leveraging on the trend of health optimization, BioScore aims to provide meaningful infographics and explanations, linked test histories, and personalised advice and action plans from fitness or health experts to their respective end-users, resulting in more effective diagnosis of ailments. The company will utilise the investment to develop an athlete management platform with an inspiring infographic, reporting and sell licences to access the platform's suite of online tools.
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investment:
£57,580
Hitmarker is a niche jobs website for esports which was launched from Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It has been used by more than 425,000 people over 1.2 m times. In 2019, the company received the "Service Provider of the Year" awarded by UK Esports Awards. It has also won the "Supporting Agency of the Year" finalists at The Esports Awards 2019. Hitmarker also has 2,200+ hiring companies from 54 countries which include HP, Amazon, and Logitech. The company also has a database of 30,000+. The company aims to become the first global hub of esports jobs by gathering all of them in one single location.
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investment:
£166,050
Gravitricity has invented an uncommon technology which will use massive weights to collect energy underground. The company aims to be very cost-effective and have no standing losses, no explosive materials and no parasitic loads. Gravitricity has created a 250kW Concept Demo and a modular full-scale system and, It has worked with Glasgow-based controls-partner ISC and Dutch winch partner Huisman Equipment BV. With the proceeds, the company will develop the Concept Demo, the detailed design of the modular full-scale system and improve Europe and South Africa's projects plans.
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investment:
£759,700
Revix aims to revolutionise the investing experience for millions of people. It wants to become a platform that makes investing in Alternative Investment Assets (AIA) such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Biotech, renewable energy, eSports, venture capital, cryptocurrency, and art a simple, engaging and automated affair. The company endeavours to simplify complicated terms so that customers understand what they’re investing in and what the associated risks are. Users can create personalised financial targets and set customised triggers that automatically transfer funds when activated. The company will use 37% of the investment for paying personnel, 42% for marketing, and 21% for security and regulatory advances.
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Wirex is a UK financial technology company that aims to bring crypto & fiat currencies together on one simple payments portal. The company is building a platform where buying, holding, saving and spending any digital and traditional currency is quick, easy and accessible. The Wirex app supports 12 fiat and 10 crypto currencies, operates in 130 countries, and has more than 3.1 million registered users. Wirex launched the first Visa crypto-enabled payments card in the world. It has a £3 billion cumulative transaction volume and plans to expand to the USA by end-2020. Wirex will use the investment to allow millions of its users to own a share of the brand.
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investment:
£3,703,120
ACTIPH is a company that manufactures high-alkaline, ionised water having a 'Power of Hydrogen' (pH) of 9.8 providing the required hydration to people who live an active lifestyle. The company's UK listings include Tesco, Ocado, Harrods, Sainsbury's, Selfridges, Planet Organic, and Wholefoods among others. It also exports to 11 countries globally. By April 2020, the company sold over 1.35 million units and amassed 26,300 social media followers. Alkaline water has become one of the fastest-growing categories globally with sales of $883 million+ in 2018. By 2023, the market is expected to exceed $4.3 billion. ACTIPH aims to be a leading contender in this segment. Its vision is to lead the growth of alkaline waters across Europe and the Middle East. It will use the investment to increase its sales to drive further distribution across Europe, invest in marketing to drive penetration and educate on the health benefits of its products, increase production capability, and accelerate new product development.
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Expired
investment:
£1,200,004
Coconut is an online accounting and tax tool for self-employed people. Given that the self-employed population in the UK is around 5 million, the company aims to become the go-to financial management application in this sector. Recently, Coconut opened up its accounting and tax platform to anyone with a current account or credit card from a list of 20 different UK banking partners. This collaboration allows users to see crucial information such as expense management and tax categorisation, invoicing and tax, amongst other data within minutes, which is a significant improvement from the time-consuming procedure followed by traditional cloud accounting products. In the last 12 months, Coconut has grown to 25,000 registrations. The company will use the investment to grow its business across different verticals.
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investment:
£2,375,544
Boundless Labs' Moodspace is an online learning platform for mental health treatment. It was commenced as a passion project between friends in 2014 later evolving into an application. The company takes established concepts from mental health therapy and re-imagines this teaching for a digital world, as daily mental health workouts. The platform has 5,400 monthly active members as of January 2020. Moodspace aims to teach the full breadth of therapy and empowers everyone to take control of their mental health. With the proceeds, the company will curate a wider breadth of mental health concepts and cultivate partnerships within the mental health ecosystem that includes building B2B relationships directly with therapists.
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investment:
£55,710
