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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£616,462
Sknhead is a company offering a range of male grooming products. Conceived by male celebrity hairdresser, Adee Phelan, the company asserts that shop shelves are full of the same products that have been around for lifetimes, with very few actually tailored to men's needs. Sknhead aims to change this. It claims that its Gamechanger line of personal care is the only product for hair, skin, and tattoo care. Sknhead also offers a range of 9 hair care products to the growing $66 billion global male grooming market. It has supplied £1.2 million+ of products and 900 haircuts to National Health Service (NHS) workers nationwide. The company has also sold over 20,000 units across more than 10 international markets. Sknhead will use 50% of the investment for marketing and advertising, 20% for sales, 20% for product development, and 10% for operations.
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£353,376
vFloorplan creates innovative, interactive Meeting and 3D event floorplans making it easy for potential customers and booking agents to explore venue layouts. The Kia Oval, QEII Centre and National Conference Centre (National Motorcycle Museum) are a few customers already using vFloorplan 3D, with recurring revenue and great feedback. Till now, the company has achieved a waiting list of 100+ venues, contractual relationships with 3 major partners and they are also the finalists in the National Entrepreneur Awards. They are seeking funding for a rollout to almost 200 UK venues including key Premiership Football Clubs, major UK tourist attractions and notable hotel brands.
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£54,700
ZoomEV is a company that aims to be a 'Mobility as a Service' (MaaS) provider by combining the Electric Vehicle (EV) and Vehicle Sharing (VS) markets to combat climate change. The company provides services such as EV sharing, EV insurance and EV Driver Benefits Bundle. EVs will account for 57% of new car sales by 2040 and the UK sharing economy would see a 20 fold increase to £140 billion by 2025. ZoomEV aims to be a strong contender in this segment. The company has partnered with organisations such as BP Chargemaster, EO Charging, SSE, and Q-Park. It also has global franchised motorcar dealership Jardine Motors Group to boost its growth. Zoom will use the investment to scale its business by accelerating marketing activity in core areas, employ sales personnel to target the EV sales/leasing sector and build its app.
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£278,678
Auddy is on a mission to build a data-driven podcast publisher for mainstream audio podcasts from top producers. The company points out that 1 in 5 people listen to podcasts in the UK, with over 50 million episodes published each day. Auddy stresses that this creates significant competition and confusion for the podcast producers, with many great podcasts going unnoticed due to a lack of editorial, promotional, and commercial support. Auddy intends to change this. The company guides a creator’s show from birth to distribution and advertising sales, helping creators make money via royalty shares. Auddy claims to use data to research shows that need to be broadcast. It fine-tunes the show for editorial and commercial advantage. Auddy points out that its podcast catalogue witnessed 5.5 million UK downloads. It wants to become a contender in the £7 billion podcast industry and has featured in press such as the Telegraph, Financial Times and The Guardian. The company states it will use the investment to become a data-centric publisher for its producers and customers alike globally.
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£681,371
Avida Global (AG) is a Business-to-Business (B2B) producer of high-quality medicinal cannabis oils and derivatives for the global medical, well-being and cosmeceutical markets. The company has a cultivation and processing facility in North-East Colombia. It asserts that the therapeutic properties of the cannabis plant has driven 53 countries to legalise its use, with more to follow. AG seeks to capture this demand and become a contender in the medicinal cannabis market that is expected to soar from $33.1 billion to $84.0 billion by 2028. The company has received regulatory approvals for initial non-psychoactive cannabis cultivation, manufacturing, and export licences in 2019. It is working on a partnership with a medicinal cannabis prescriber through doctors and clinics for the supply of medicinal cannabis strains in the UK. The company will use 40% of the investment to drive revenue growth, 25% as capital expenses, and 35% as additional operating expenses.
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£1,646,249
HaMuch is an online platform that lets homeowners compare hourly rates of local tradespeople and check their availability. The company has provided digital marketing services to businesses such as Travis Perkins, HomeServe, and Rated People. About 200,000 tradespeople have uploaded their profiles on the platform with 12,000+ having uploaded their respective prices. The company has been featured in The Sunday Telegraph, Express, Sun, and Microsoft News.
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£132,850
Hoptroff TTaaS® software is a hassle-free compliance solution for financial services under MIFID II and CAT regulations. Traceable Time as a Service (TTaaS®) ensures that timestamp records of computer transactions are accurate to the microsecond, making online transactions trustworthy, reducing fraud, regulatory risk and the cost of business for Financial Services and Media. Hoptroff is building their presence in the US – the largest potential market worth $30bn. They are fundraising with the goals to invest in PoC trials for the growing pipeline of potential global customers introduced by their partners, transitioning from annual up-front fees to monthly payments with BTR and invest in launching IP Media service.
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£865,000
Imagen is a company that has developed an automated, sophisticated algorithmic technique, PredictRx, to find the right treatment for any cancer type. Imagen collects the cancer samples from a patient, grows it in its specialised growth medium, and then subjects the medium to an automated fluorescence microscopy screening to measure drug responses on live tumour cells. The company's AI-powered biobank of over 150,000 drug responses then gives the best possible cancer treatment options, allowing the company to expand in the pharmaceutical sector by satisfying its unmet demand for patient-derived cancer models. Imgen requires investment to scale its infrastructure to create the world's leading 'Biobank' of clinically relevant patient-derived cancer models whilst building the most comprehensive big data set available in cancer research.
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£1,036,436
Service Robotics Ltd is a unique service designed to help older adults live independently in their own homes. This game-changing service offers voice-enabled face-to-face human support through an adorable intelligent Genie robot. The company's roadmap includes IT integration to turn the home into a cocoon of wellness, health, and companionship. The company has been actively piloting the GenieConnect® platform solution since 2018. Service Robotics Ltd won its first contract in November 2019 from the NHS/SBRI programme. GenieConnect® has agreed on pilot projects with 3 care and retirement organisations, applied for an Innovate UK grant in March.
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£569,430
