Kestrl is a mobile app based on the principles of Islamic banking. It aims to cater to the over 1.9 million British Muslim community to invest in the UK in line with their religious beliefs. Consumers can avail a host of financial services from finding interest-free savings accounts to taking out a mortgage. The company raised a £135,000 pre-seed round from C-level Islamic banking professionals in January 2020. It also launched its application on Google Playstore and App store in September 2020. Kestrl is working on launching an equity-based home purchase product soon. It also aspires to expand to Malaysia/Indonesia by white labelling with established retail banks and utilising its 'inside knowledge' of the region. It will use 39% of the investment towards platform up-gradation and tech team expansion, 20% towards hiring personnel across various departments, 19% for maintaining agency license fees and acquiring its own regulatory permissions, 8% in marketing, and 14% towards ancillary costs.
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£194,502
Investly are an invoice financing marketplace that help European businesses finance their invoices by bringing them the best price from multiple providers. In 2 years they have financed just over £18m worth of invoices.
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£679,085
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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£501,700
Fast-tracking ideas by connecting innovators and organisations together on a single platform. WorldLabs is helping the development of innovations by streamlining the process of those seeking funding and resources to make changes in the world. The company has already partnered with establishments such as UCL and Cambridge University.
WorldLab's ecosystem is designed to assist innovators in raising awareness for their initiatives and collaborate with businesses that support the idea. To date, almost 7,000 members are signed up to the platform, with more than 1,000 live projects listed. Funds will be used to increase the number of partnerships with international universities and institutions, as well as develop a mobile app with sophisticated features such as machine learning algorithms.
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£527,943
Clim8 is a financial technology company that aims to move billions of pounds of investment into sectors such as clean energy, clean technology, sustainable food, smart mobility, and recycling. It is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The company quotes United Nations data arguing that the World needs to invest $2.4 trillion every year into clean energy, from now until 2035, to meet climate change targets. Clim8 aims to capitalise on this objective. It launched its app on iOS and Android in private beta in October 2020 and then in the App Store in March 2021. It claims that its users have invested from £25 up to £97,000. The company has raised £5 million in venture capital to date, secured up to £2 million in airtime for equity from Channel 4 Ventures, and garnered a 4.8 star rating in the App Store, from a cumulative 100 reviews. The company will use the investment to accelerate user acquisition and launch new product offerings including pensions.
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£2,849,790
Chip is one of the fastest-growing Fintech companies in the UK. Chip has built an app that uses the user's banking app to make personalised decisions about their money. Its user base has doubled since its previous fundraising in 2018. The company has 153,000 accounts, and it has processed more than £130m of savings. ChipX is the company's revolutionary returns platform and it has a waiting list of more than 50,000 people. The company is a winner of the British Bank Award, 2 Crowdcube awards, and 1 World Banking Award. It has welcomed many management executives from Funding Circle, Monzo, and Purple Bricks. Chip is now scaling with market-leading returns on ChipX. It aims to build the biggest savings account in the world. With the proceeds, the company will double its team and expand ChipX in the €10 trillion European savings market.
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£3,768,260
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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£25,045
Scribestar's Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform digitises and automates the documentation and compliance processes required for raising capital on stock markets such as IPOs, bonds etc. The platform intends to provide users with structured data format documents that can be machine-read and monetised. Scribestar aims to become a contender in the $22 billion Regulatory/Legal Technology markets. It argues that it is already active in the UK and has witnessed over 50 transactions on its system. It is also a part of the London Stock Exchange Issuer Services and CMS equIP with 4 years of verifiable commercial use and over £13 million received as investments. Scribestar asserts that its services are being regularly used by three law firms in the UK with more showing interest in its capability to function as a remote tool to manage the compliance documentation process. The company will use the investment to start its expansion in the US and other markets targeting law firms and deliver successful trials with stock exchanges.
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£864,009
DNApal is a personalised diet, health and fitness app that combines DNA infomation with other factors like age, weight, diet, family history and health goals. Two of the largest consumer DNA companies, 23andMe and Ancestry.com, have tested over 18m people. DNApal is capable of interpreting DNA results from these companies to provide precise recommendations on how to improve diet, hormone balance, weight loss, sleep, fitness & more. The company also won the best pitch at VentureFest 2019 at Oxford Brookes University. DNApal is aiming to launch MVP in January 2020 (iOS). The company is also aiming to recommend further testing and specific supplements where necessary and offer 1:1 consultations with a specialist. With the fund raised, DNApal plans to develop the full scope of the app, weekly goals, content challenges to keep users committed.
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£49,990
Carverter is a technology platform that enables customers to find and lease a hybrid or Electric Vehicle (EV). The company cites data pointing out the UK government's ban on the sale of petrol and diesel only cars after 2030. It also argues about changing car preferences, with 78% of consumers considering leasing to access an EV. Carverter aims to capture this audience and grow its business. The company uses its algorithm to bring together over 32 million data points across its three tools, namely Carvert, Carwizard, and Browse, to help users find their choice of hybrid/EV. Carverter has partnered with renowned entities like WPP, Arval, Microsoft & ITV to boost its business. It will use 10% of the investment on hiring staff, 20% towards rolling out its services across 22 European countries via Arval, and 70% on an advertising multiplier deal with the UK's largest commercial broadcaster, ITV, and WPP.
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£2,324,693
