Multiple brokers and clients can connect with each other on the only FCA-regulated social trading app. Pelican's platform is designed for traders to discuss strategies and share, copy, oppose or execute trades similarly to traditional traders on Bloomberg terminals. Revenue is generated via client-trading rebates and subscriptions from users following good traders and mentors. Further B2B revenue streams include set-up and monthly service fees.
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investment:
£465,209
British Pearl is a property investment platform facilitating share & loan investment in property. It is an FCA authorised investment manager which allows fractional international investment in the property without any hassle. British Pearl has won ten award nominations, three speaker engagements and has been featured in over 20 media including the Times, the Daily Mail and the BBC. With the proceeds, the company will grow the sales, increase property sourcing and develop the platform's features.
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investment:
£910,132
Lifetise is a financial planning platform that enables prospective clients to plan significant expenditures such as buying a home, marital expenses, child-rearing and retirement. Presently, they have come up with two major offerings: Homefinder and Childminder. The first one acts as a tool that shows money required to afford a home in the UK and the amount of time taken to save the money while the latter helps parents to calculate the costs of childcare along with their work. Lifetise is targeting the 25-40 age group in the UK whose population numbers are approximately 14 million. To date, they have been featured in prominent publications like Evening Standard and Stylist with an active following on Reddit. The company has secured 12,000 customers after their partnering with Accenture's Fintech Accelerator Programme. With the investment, Lifetise will spend more on developing its applications with a focus on all major life expenditures, marketing on social media channels, build partnerships and human resources.
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investment:
£254,240
Gifted Deposit is a platform designed to help first-time buyers raise the deposit they need as long as they meet the definition of a first-time buyer.
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investment:
£2,100
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
nHouse makes clean, spacious, green, eco-friendly, and tech-packed designer homes in factories. Each nHouse (nHouse3 and nHouse4) is built in an offsite precision production facility. All these houses are made with high-quality materials and have healthy home attributes. The company aims at selling hundreds of homes annually. It has 1000+ private investors and 60+ homes in the pipeline. Since 2016, the company has raised £1.17m from 1,200 investors. The proceeds will be used for employment, marketing activity, developing additional nHouse products, Research and development, and sales.
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Expired
investment:
£433,805
Warehouse home cater to urban living by specialising in the industrial home styling niche. They publish high end print and digital magazines bi-annually which feature styling tips and also real homes, and also have an online shop with carefully sourced designs for the ever growing industrial style home.
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investment:
£42,330
Rnwl is aiming to be the first ever over-the-top insurance platform. The company asserts that conventional insurance companies rely on a lead generation business model that is archaic and inefficient. These result in a customer's insurance options becoming an expensive and time-consuming affair. Rnwl is endeavouring to simplify this. Users can enter their credentials and requirements on the Rnwl website. The company will analyse the market and suggest the best deals for the user. Rnwl has been accepted into the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA's) Innovation Hub. It will use 74% of the investment in human resource, 14% in marketing, and 12% as operational costs.
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investment:
£450,366
The first regulated crowdfunding business in the UK offering investment opportunities in environmental, ethical and social companies. Since 2011, Abundance has funded 34 investments totalling more than £75m, whilst delivering gross returns of 4-15% per year across renewable energy, social housing and sustainability projects. This equates to total interest returns of £12.1m. More than 5,250 investors on the platform have contributed funds almost 5 times on average over various campaigns.
Abundance also offers an IFISA product and as at April 2018, they have 8% of the IFISA market, which equates to over 2,900 ISA customers. The business’s investor's numbers have grown 52% since January 2017 and in the past year their customer portfolio has seen a 30% increase. In the last 3 years, marketing expenditure efficiency has also improved by 76%.
Abundance's services are free-to-use for investors. This means there are no fees for investing or withdrawing funds in opportunities or ISA products. Revenue is generated from borrowers who are seeking to raise finance for their projects. This is in the form of a set-up fee and a regular admin fee per year.
The business is crowdfunding to expand on the types of projects they currently offer, as a means to attract a wider range of investors. In addition, Abundance aims to market the campaigns on the platform through numerous channels and upgrade the technology they currently use to enhance the user experience.
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Expired
investment:
£1,621,138
Pass the Keys is a leading short-let tech platform operating in 20 cities across the UK. Till date, the company has hosted 30,000+ guests and earned £15 million for its hosts. The company lists a landlord's property on appropriate portals, finds relevant guests for an event or function, looks after their needs, and even takes care of cleaning up the venue after an event. The company's end-to-end technology automates the majority of the tasks such as job scheduling, invoicing, calendar syncing, and pricing with reliable support staff ready to assist with any eventuality. The company has achieved good ratings on Google reviews, Trustpilot and Glassdoor. The company will use 50% of the investment to expand its franchise, 30% for product development, and 20% for training personnel and supporting infrastructure.
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Expired
investment:
£1,069,632
