Itcher is a community powered platform that recommends books, films, music and games based on an individual's personal taste. Itcher has been described as the Tripadvisor for entertainment. Itcher's platform integrates data from over 17 data providers with over 2.7 million titles.
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Expired
investment:
£253,240
Launched in 2015, hubbado is an online marketplace that connects clients with pre-vetted consultants. Having achieved 300% yoy revenue growth, hitting £3.47m at the end of the last financial year, the company is now raising to further develop the software and expand internationally.
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Expired
investment:
£152,680
Drop is a tech-enabled on-demand virtual wine cellar that delivers quality wine to a customer's doorstep within 1 hour. The company asserts that 25% of the UK's 28 million regular wine drinkers are now buying online. Drop feels that its portal is well-equipped to fulfill the demands of its audience. Its app is available on the App Store and Google Playstore. The company has fulfilled over 25,000 orders to over 4,000 customers with over 750 customers having ordered over five times. Drop will use the investment towards technology development, boost its business, and fuel company growth.
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investment:
£533,380
The emuHR Software as a Service (SaaS) platform aims to be the future of employee engagement by offering a one-stop solution for corporates and freelance HR consultants. By using HR framework algorithms, the company will help clients know what ails employees, and the appropriate solutions to those ailments. The company feels that Covid-19 has necessitated the idea that staff remain connected to their workplace culture and has tied up with HR teams across the UK. The Employee Engagement Software market is expected to reach $1.2 billion by 2025 at an annual growth rate of 12.87%. Through direct sales and a scalable freelance partner program, the company aims to establish the business as a leading provider in this fast-growing market. With the investment received, the company will hire a sales team, increase its digital marketing spend, and enhance the platform based on user feedback.
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Expired
investment:
£52,801
Unifi is a social community app designed by university students for university students. The app allows students to discover one another, connect, debate, find local work and interact in the campus marketplace. Unifi aims to create micro-communities across campuses. The company aims to solve the problem of isolation and lack of inclusion on university campuses, which have populations of anywhere between 20-40,000 students. The company conducted surveys amongst 1,000+ student participants where over 85% ultimately responded that they would use Unifi. They will use 40% of the investment for marketing expenses, 21.5% for paying staff, 25% for app development, 11% as working capital, and 2.5% as administrative costs.
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Expired
investment:
£243,038
Intoware provide wearable, mobile and desktop technology to SME's and SAS clients. Intoware digitise the deskless workspace and therefore remove the need for paper checklists. Once a checklist is complete, Intoware is able to share the completed list with anyone it may concern.
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investment:
£700,000
E-Sign is an advanced electronic signature service which provides secure, encrypted document storage facilities for users with a full audit trail and signatory validation. E-Sign also incorporates the use of global ID databases to verify a document signer, if required.
http://e-sign.co.uk
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Expired
investment:
£13,780
QFinds is a purpose-built hiring tool that enables employers to easily and efficiently pre-screen candidates, conduct interviews and generate employment contracts. The company asserts that it is a UK government vetted 'Kickstart Scheme' representative and can get small businesses grants to hire interns having already processed over 100 job applications. QFinds claims that its app has been downloaded 2 million+ times garnering 24,000 reviews averaging 4.8/5 stars. QFinds also points out that bad hirings cost the UK up to £6.7 billion in turnover, productivity, and training. It seeks to change this and disrupt the £39 billion recruitment market. The company has partnered with notable entities like University College London, Kings College London and Brunel University London, intending to use them as strategic partners to increase job seekers signing up to and using its app. QFinds will use the investment to grow its business across different verticals.
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Expired
investment:
£222,866
Muse is a smart, data-driven financial management application which aims to make financial empowerment a reality for all business owners. The app generates clear snapshots of a company’s finances showing all bank balances, and gives quick access to innovative invoice financing and other smart tools. Muse is live on the App Store and Google Play. Moreover, it has partnered with Prime 5 Finance Limited for invoice finance facility. The funds raised will be used to expand the business, sales channels and give an e-money account card in three currencies.
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Expired
investment:
£339,920
An IT recruitment and training site launched to meet the demands of enterprises that require highly skilled tech professionals. 365 Talent Portal offers companies to hire IT consultants at a lower price compared to traditional recruitment hubs. The company also allows IT professionals registered on the site to access training and certification programmes that will expand their current skillset and become more marketable to potential employers.
365 Talent Portal is raising funds to produce more prominent marketing campaigns and establish their brand in major markets such as the USA. In addition to this, the company will be using AI more heavily and develop a more automated approach on their platform for their customers.
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Expired
investment:
£156,000
