Kandu is a platform that helps organisations running entrepreneur/innovation leadership mentoring programs to source, classify and build online mentoring teams for faster, systematic business growth. It is a B2B business selling to 60k+ global corporates, universities and accelerators. Kandu’s software makes it easy for such organisations to set up, manage and track the progress of the best in class business growth mentoring and advisory programmes. Now, Kandu is seeking investment to further enhance its product/services and create a full-time sales operation.
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investment:
£168,512
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
epaysecure is a secure payment system, which offers comprehensive payment and benefit options, and allows all the services the consumer demands to be offered in one card and e-account. The prepaid business purchasing in European markets is estimated to be $700 million. The company operates in an e-banking and financial services marketing sector that helps clients by identifying new markets and bringing in new ideas to develop them through reloadable products and e-Wallet platform. The funds will be used for staffing, set up costs, other overheads including property marketing and general office costs.
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Expired
investment:
£168,340
A P2P lender that offers investors with prospective returns of up to 5%+ annually and expect proft gains in the first year. Orca has attained more than 300 investor accounts across its P2P partners and integrates seamlessly with 5 UK-based P2P firms, in addition to discussions taking place with 11 more platforms. Funds will the company to expand into European markets to grow their customer base and potentially collaborate with more lenders.
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investment:
£575,110
UnderTheDoormat is a luxury home accommodation business that provides the quality of a hotel in the comfort of a home. Since 2017, this award-winning business has had more than 40,000 guest nights. Till date, it had more than 300 homes and £3 million gross booking revenues. It is the first company in the UK to be approved by the government-backed Quality in Tourism scheme. Its last 12-month gross booking revenue is £1.3m and up to 72% on the previous FY. EBITDA -£581k. UnderTheDoormat seeks to expand its international growth and tech-led distribution arm.
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investment:
£535,080
Sustainable Accelerator actively supports start up growth for the UK's best SEIS & EIS sustainability startups. They use experienced mentors for 1-on-1 support from proven industry veterans and portfolio services to help new businesses grow.
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Expired
investment:
£829,600
Rock and Roost is an online retailer of hardwood furniture, designer fabrics, soft furnishings and accessories for both the domestic and high-end office markets, competing with the likes of Myakka, Susie Watson, Swoon Editions, and John Lewis.
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investment:
£238,270
One of the UK's first peer-to-peer fully FCA-authorised lending platforms that offers investors opportunities to contribute funds towards bridging loans and residential buy-to-let mortgages. LandlordInvest users can invest from £100 in property loans alongside other lenders. The company also offered the first property-backed IFISA in the UK. Since launching in December 2016, investors have lent £5.3m to property owners and have collectively received over £323,000 in interest payments, with zero capital losses.
The average LTV ratio on the platform is 63.76% across an average loan value of £204,221. This has resulted in investors earning an average return of 11.37% per annum. LandlordInvest also offer a secondary market, where more than £1.5m has been traded to date. The company has a positive cash flow and has generated a net profit of £4,000.
LandlordInvest are now seeking funds to scale the business further by focusing on loan origination and management. Investments will allow the business to hire technical resources, Relationship Managers and Business Development Managers.
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investment:
£121,450
Flender is a social lending platform that will transform the way people use peer-2-peer finance. From funding friends to backing businesses across multiple countries Flender has taken a mobile first approach. Flender allows the borrower and the lender to set their own interest rates, as well as allowing users to lend to people they know.
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investment:
£501,700
A money transfer service allowing customers to send money worldwide at a lower cost compared to traditional methods. TransferGo has been gaining 1,000 customers a day since May 2018 and currently has over 700,000 users. They have processed almost £781m on their platform through 1.3m transactions and operate on a gross profit margin of 6.7%.
TransferGo has 5 offices located in London, Berlin, Istanbul, Warsaw and Vilnius, with more than 100 employees globally. The company recently launched their new product, dubbed 'NOW', that enables users to send and receive monies in less than 30 minutes across borders.
Revenue is generated via fixed transfer fees and currency conversion fees ranging from 0.0% to 2.2% per transaction. These fees are dependent on the currency's origin and the amount being transferred. A free option is available to customers whose transaction may take a couple of days to transfer.
Funds are being raised to expand the business into emerging markets and introduce new products and services. This also means that TransferGo is aiming to provide local-language support and build new partnerships to attract more customers to their platform.
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Expired
investment:
£11,297,362
