ImpactRI Limited has designed a decision-making software system called QIARK that collects, analyses and evaluates all languages without setup. This crowdsourcing platform creates new business opportunities, designed to answer questions to encourage commercial and social innovations, and generate problem-solving ideas. The system is designed to be simple to use and it produces inclusive and biased results for its users in minutes. The software QIARK is also selected for Denmark's Participatory Democracy Project. It is addressing the needs and wants of Citizen data scientists and experts. With QIARK, the company is hoping to change the way decisions are made to create new opportunities for commercial growth.
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£223,060
Readbug has developed an online subscription service for unlimited access to a wide range of independant magazines on their IOS app or webpage. They will be completing the technical development of their B2B product suite and developing a second revenue stream for the business called 'Readbug Press'.
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£5,307
Monva is an FCA approved, customer-centric intelligent comparison platform for financial products and services. It combines Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning and smart technology to enable its customers to select the most accurate financial product they wish to buy or invest in. Monva is initially targeting the Credit Card market, which will be followed by Loans, Energy, and Communications, which already represents a potential £3 billion opportunity. The company is targeting 80% of the adults in the UK market that have either never switched a financial product or switched only once. With the investment, the company will build the platform to make it more user friendly, develop strategic partnerships, and recruit staff who specialise technology and marketing.
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£479,440
Nomisma is a cloud based platform that provide accounting capability for accountants and can be accessed from anywhere using any device. Nomisma was designed to reduce operating cocts by cutting down on softwares costs.
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£81,431
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
Blind Cupid (BC) is a disruptive personal matchmaker that uses systematic philosophy and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help users find their long-term partners with the very first match. It does this by asking its users high-quality, short, and introspective questions that reveal what the company calls a user's ‘Sense of life’. The AI system then comes up with potential matches by analysing the above data along with the user's communication style. BC asserts that the global matchmaking market has 91 million users and is currently worth £4.65 billion (2020) with a projected value of £7.68 billion by 2026. It argues that 4 out of 5 beta users met their potential partner on its portal. The company aims to patent its AI and licence it out to eager organisations. It will use the investment to offer investors the opportunity to be a part of the next generation of matchmaking and artificial intelligence.
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£354,989
Verv is an intelligent home energy assistant by Green Running Ltd, a London-based team of Machine Learning experts specialising in Artificial Intelligence and high-frequency disaggregation for the energy sector. Verv has 6 patents filed and has sold units to British Gas, EDF and Allianz.
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£1,165,910
Paradym is an emotional intelligence (EI) coaching application. After identifying EI as the pillar of happiness and wellness, Paradym app has been designed to help people live their fullest and happiest lives and, in turn, promotes both their personal growth and wellbeing. Since its launch in 2018, it has signed a contract with Quiqup, its first B2B client and joined WeWork incubator, giving it access to 300k members. Moreover, it has also seen organic growth in its user base and in its international reach. Paradym's plan for 2019 is to increase its user base by investing in marketing and developing content to trigger sponsored content and product revenue. Its immediate revenue focus is 10% of the UK startup market which stands at £240M.
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£430,360
WTL is an early leader in “intelligent” clothing, selling consumer and industrial garments with embedded washable electronics through retailers globally, including Halfords. We focus on safety. At the intersection of garments, electronics and data, building an IoT connected platform. An IP100 Award 2015 winner, with over 40 granted patents in fabric sensing in which Apple and Google have shown interest. The company was Innovation Award honoree at CES 2015 and has gained media/TV exposure in 30 countries. Massive future opportunities to enhance worker safety and productivity through embedding cameras, sensors, comms into garments. WTL is currently working with Intel, BP, and Accenture.
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£524,943
ALVÁTECH is a sustainable water technology company on a mission to revolutionise the $1.3 trillion per annum agriculture industry that consists of 537 million farmers. It claims that the agriculture industry uses 70% of global water consumption. ALVÁTECH aspires to change this. It argues that its technology disrupts water molecules in an ecological way, helping farmers grow more with less water. The plug and play solution runs entirely off solar energy and is chemical-free. ALVÁTECH claims that it has installed its water treatment devices in 17 countries across six continents and established an international distribution network since its product launch in August 2020. The company has also signed agreements with entities in Latin America, Africa, Asia, the US, Europe and the Middle East. ALVÁTECH will use the investment to expand its distribution network, sales teams and subscription plans to reach more farmers and develop Hydro devices for vertical farming, boost hydroponics, and create ALVÁ personal home devices.
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£504,932
