Invluencer is a Venture Capital (VC) company with an economic model designed to bring VC to the masses. Invluencer believes in boosting greater investment capability between investors and company representatives. This is undertaken by creating a smart-contract enabled 'Intelligent Wallet' for autonomous investment in vetted high-growth companies facilitated by Invluencer’s unique Multi-Asset Platform (I-MAP) and Intelligent Distributed Due Diligence (i3D) platform. Through these platforms, the company aims to simplify investment and open liquidity between worthy companies and accredited investors. The company will use the investments to continue the development of due diligence and fund management platforms, strengthen the investment team and analysis team, strengthen relationships and partnerships within the VC ecosystem.
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£154,000
Percayso is a Business-to-Business (B2B) insurance technology entity that aims to become a contender in the £220 billion per year UK insurance industry. The company claims that conventional methods of finding the best insurance premiums has its share of hurdles. Percayso intends to change this. It points out that its portal allows users to find relevant premiums, reduce chances of fraud and increase profit, all in a transparent layout. The company has already signed four clients. It argues that it has a strong pipeline of 25+ opportunities and aims to convert at least 50% of these. It will use 45% of the investment for platform development, 20% for third party integrations, 20% as working capital, 10% for product and international development, and 5% for marketing and networking.
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investment:
£437,134
DelivrMe aims to be a delivery app that makes it easy, fast and safe for users to order anything, anytime, anywhere. The company acts as the user’s shopper by equipping all its riders with a pre-paid card who then shop, pick up or drop off the user's items within 30-45 minutes at the user's specified location. The company plans to charge a delivery fee and a one-time service fee to the customer for placing an order. DeliverMe was awarded a £50,000 grant by the UK Government’s innovation agency and aims to be a contender in the food on-demand delivery industry that is projected to reach £61 billion in 2021. It was also a 'Young Start-up' Talent finalist. The company's iOS and Android apps are developed and ready to launch. It will use the investment to complete its technology development and fund its service roll-out plan.
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investment:
£249,994
B-North intends to revolutionise the business lending industry, which is often outdated, impersonal and slow. The fintech company uses some of the most advanced cloud-based technology, coupled with face-to-face relationship teams to get the best lending solutions for borrowers and their businesses. The company is powered by a team with prior experience in starting and scaling challenger banks, and profitability is its focused goal. B-North has submitted the banking licence application, and the result is expected by 2020.
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£2,135,456
Hitmarker is a proprietary job platform that covers the entire video game sector. It aims to be the leading job provider in the $159 billion video game industry. It has a database of 67,000 candidates and has posted 46,000 jobs from 4,500 companies in 77 countries. The company asserts that one million people have used Hitmarker 2.5 million times to post or look for jobs. Hitmarker has been covered by publications like Forbes, CNBC, and The FT. It has also onboarded 20 partners, including The University of California, RGF Executive Search, and the British Esports Association. The company will use the investment to build a global network of localised platforms in crucial territories and expand its addressable market.
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investment:
£521,283
Balkerne is a tech start-up providing software as a service to the property and insurance sector. They have developed SmartResilience, a real-time loss prevention software platform, which helps insurers and the insured understand the value at risk. Insurers spend £1.3bn a year on commercial property claims and £2.3 on domestic property claims, work on squeezed margins and struggle to differentiate with the competition. Balkerne provides customers with pre-emptive, bespoke information and actionable advice, allowing insurers to minimise claims, uninsured losses and improve the customer experience. Moreover, they helped businesses reduce their long term property risk through proactive mitigation and make insurance affordable. Their SmartResilience platform has been developed with the technical ability to integrate with both Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure Cloud. The company is registered on the AWS Partner Network and with Microsoft for Startups. Modular functionality is core to the platform, with the ability to seamlessly scale to meet customer requirements.
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investment:
£150,000
Stark is a blockchain connected software application that allows businesses to accept digital currencies peer-to-peer via online and instore routes. The application supports same-day settlements supporting 30 international currencies and endeavours to make acquiring a 'Merchant Acquiring Account' (MAA) an effortless task for business owners and entrepreneurs. Payment companies, gateways and financial technology providers can integrate with Stark to offer new solutions to their business clients. Stark's goal is to build a team that is passionate about technology and helping businesses succeed. The company will use the investment to enter the market with an effective sales-focused marketing campaign.
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investment:
£182,366
Effie is a machine designed to automatically iron your clothes at home. The prototype of the machine was created to automatically iron the shirt regardless of its size, colour, or cut. This technology is patent-pending that underpins this process. There are over 350,000 registrations from customers who are willing to buy the product. The product has been covered by many reputed media platforms like Evening Standard, House Beautiful, UNILAD and many more. With the investment proceeds, the company will take its patent-pending technology and further develop it into a fully-completed prototype which is fully user-tested.
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investment:
£1,021,600
Muniy makes banking easy for everyone, spreading a digital banking revolution with a focus on improving user experience, not only for familiar banking functions, but extending into other areas, such as retail experience, where people spend money. With Muniy's recently launched personal mobile money application as well as Muniy contactless card in the UK and Europe, the company aims to be at the forefront of banking innovation. The application can be used to pay via QR code, Mastercard, or for P2P transactions. By paying with Muniy, customers connect with merchants anonymously allowing the latter to profit from lower transaction processing costs. The company aims to introduce personalised rewards to its customers and soon launch the application in the Middle East. The company will utilise the investments to run a pilot in the UK and the European Union is a political and economic union of 27 member, and leverage a mature market to establish a foundation quickly in order to introduce their core financial services to key markets in the Middle East.
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investment:
£207,510
UnderPinned gives freelancers a single, dedicated platform to learn how to build a successful business, find clients, manage their work, and help them get paid on time. The company aspires to build a connection with users that ensures everyone thrives through its accelerator programme, community, and content. UnderPinned asserts that its accelerator programme allows it to achieve day one unit profitability before converting users to subscribers. It claims to have made £12,772 in revenue with £8,000 spent on marketing in its first month of programme sales in January 2021. The company argues that COVID-19 has accelerated freelancing, moving away from traditional employment. UnderPinned has a community of over 20,000 subscribers and growing. It says itvwill use the investment to scale its team, marketing and product development as it focuses on expanding in the US and EU markets.
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investment:
£629,086
