The Noo aims to redefine the delivery space by facilitating the delivery of anything, anywhere, anytime from a single application. It argues that between February-April 2020, online food delivery weekly sales skyrocketed by 840% amidst a boom in e-commerce sales. The Noo points out that with every innovation in the name of convenience, people seem to expect more. It intends to deliver just that through its community platform allowing anyone to request anything at a price set by the requestor and finally, facilitate earning by simply owning a smartphone. The company also aspires to create a space where the local high street can compete with today's delivery giants. It will use the investment to enhance and launch its app, fund marketing campaigns, hire key personnel, and make The Noo visible across more cities.
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Expired
investment:
£149,388
EMERGEiQ is a cloud-based platform targeted towards Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and large corporate organisations. The company plans on having an extensive suite of algorithms that simplifies Data Science (DS) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) at low cost, across all sectors. EMERGEiQ asserts that its analytics can help businesses improve operational productivity, cut costs, and eventually generate more revenue. It has worked with companies across a variety of sectors such as finance, medicine, stock market, and insurance. The company will use will 30% of the investment for R&D, 25% to purchase software and hardware to improve platform capabilities, 25% to market its new product line, 10% as working capital, and 10% as miscellaneous expenses.
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investment:
£150,000
GymBuddy is an online platform that enables consumers to find, book, and attend a gym location, services, or products offered and operated by fitness studios, gyms, trainers, venues, or other third parties. Users can easily, through filtered searches on the app, view descriptions, and contact information of specialists within the fitness industry such as personal trainers, nutritionists, and physiotherapists. The UK fitness industry alone is currently worth over £5 billion. Based on recent statistics, the average gym membership in the UK costs members £40 a month, which often ties them into lengthy contracts. The GymBuddy app will enter the Health & Fitness club sector as a multi-gym membership feature that gives users access to gyms and various fitness plans, without the need for bricks-and-mortar locations under its brand. The company is seeking an investment of £400,000 to expand its brand identity and bring more users to its ecosystem to generate profits.
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Virtual Reality Universe provides location based virtual and augmented reality experiences. Expensive systems and hardware requirements put such experiences out of reach for most consumers. Virtual Reality Universe aims are to change that by placing units in busy shopping areas and sports arenas.
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Expired
investment:
£57,900
The Trip Advisor by Kids. KidRated is a review website where all the days out, attractions and experiences have been reviewed by kids aged between 5 - 15. It helps families plan better days out as they know what they're spending their money on and also helps businesses talk to the lucrative family market by engaging the kids' point of view via user generated content.
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Expired
investment:
£99,979
An instant messaging app feature for friends and families to communicate with each through song lyrics. PlayHit users can type a message and the service will scan through a library of audio clips that matches the user's message. PlayHit works with almost any existing instant messaging platform.
The app launched on Apple and Android devices in December 2017 and within the first week saw 10,000 downloads in the Google Play Store, with an average of 1,600 audio clips being shared daily.
The brand aims to generate revenue by forming licensing deals with mobile companies to integrate the PlayHit service into keyboards, similarly to the Emoji keyboard. Proceeds from this funding round will be used to improve the PlayHit technology and produce a marketing campaign for a worldwide audience.
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Expired
investment:
£38,690
Good Sixty is an online platform where you can find and buy the best independent food from artisans, retailers and producers. Their vision is to enable people to buy great local food from independent retailers. Good Sixty are looking to expand into London, Bath and Cardiff in 2018.
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investment:
£188,650
Holidaymakers tend to return home with around £110 in foreign currency, which tends to go un-exchanged possibly due to hidden fees, lack of ease and simplicity, or poor buy-back rates. Bedwig aims to solve this issue by creating a P2P platform for buyers and sellers to exchange unused currency whilst taking a commission to support the service.
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Expired
investment:
£39,570
Drop Drinks creates vintage beverages with a distinctive taste. Theses beverages are inspired by traditional British sweets like Pear Drop and Cherry Drop. The company has sold more than 10,000 units since its launch in 2018. With more than 9,000 followers on social platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, Drop Drinks aims at increasing its product range to become a popular and leading drink brand domestically and grow globally. The company is now raising funds to increase production, execute an extensive go-to-market strategy, and hire key staff.
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Expired
investment:
£127,690
Staark makes cycling clothing that aims to cater to all body shapes. The company argues that current premium cycling and spin brands are cut to a single shape, optimised for the top 20% of cyclists. Staark intends to change this and bring its products to 80% of cyclists with high disposable income who are not ‘elite’ shaped. It delivers a fit based on specific body shapes using Dimensioning Technology (DT). Staark asserts that its innovative designs target cycling and indoor/spin for both men and women, with future diffusion into the wider Athleisure market, which is set to be worth $517 billion by 2025. The company has indicated that Spring 2021 is when it expects to launch its products. Staark will use the investment to enable the company to run its first productions, fueling the initial product launch.
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Expired
investment:
£161,035
