AnyGood? is a crowdsourced talent platform that aims to reshape the UK's recruitment industry by ensuring that employers get access to the best candidates at a lower cost. AnyGood?, partnered with Beam, is also involved in tackling the increasing crisis of UK homelessness by connecting people with training and skills. Recognized by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as a quality startup, the company has hit several milestones in 2018 such as 320 candidate referrals, the addition of 117 new roles, and recognition by Sharing Economy UK. AnyGood? is now on a Business Growth Programme, and has a forecasted global growth of $335m by the end of 2025.
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investment:
£439,427
Nurturey allows you to neatly organise every conceivable piece of information concerning your kids. Nurturey's algorithms will help you focus on your needs unique to your child and connect you only to relevant resouces.
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investment:
£256,617
Paperclip is a leading platform of university marketplaces in the UK which allows many students to buy and sell stuff on campus. In 2018, the company has won the Cardiff Life Awards and has been nominated for Welsh Startup of the Year and 3 regional awards. It has onboarded 11 universities including UCL, Oxford and Cambridge and many more. Furthermore, it has accepted business terms with Just Eat and Student Beans to promote their brands. The company has been featured in notable press including LifeHacker, Express, and BBC Radio. The funds will be used for team expansion, sales, marketing, growth and engagement.
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investment:
£421,700
Pepper allows customers to be rewarded using their app and enables staff to connect and engage with their customers through direct marketing and push messages. Pepper also helps merchants to manage busy peaks as customers can order on the app and therefore cut queues down.
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investment:
£524,490
Flexi-Hex is a company specializing in sustainable packaging solutions. Established in 2018, they have developed and sold over 4 million protective sleeves that serve as an eco-friendly alternative to traditional packaging materials like bubble wrap and excessive void-fill. The company's innovative approach aims to reduce environmental impact by providing efficient and sustainable packaging options, addressing the issue of excessive and wasteful packaging practices prevalent in many industries
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investment:
£840,483
Vercida aims to be Europe's largest diversity and inclusion-focused careers website. Vercida's AI integrated system offers candidates with more reliable search results and job matches based on what they truly want from a workplace. The company has drawn 2 million+ visits from 136 countries, has strong comeback rates from high profile clients like Virgin and Home Office, and has won multiple awards. Vercida is driving innovation backed by technology to set new standards to attract, progress, and retain the best candidates for the job.
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investment:
£315,220
Cornish Tin is on a mission to produce tin and lithium in Cornwall using clean energy sources, aiming to establish a domestic supply for these essential materials. Currently, the UK relies on imports for these critical minerals, which are crucial for sustainable energy technologies, electronics, and electric vehicles. With increasing demand and supply shortages predicted, Cornish Tin seeks to ensure a reliable and environmentally friendly source of tin and lithium, contributing to UK industry and international export while reducing reliance on fragile global supply chains.
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investment:
£1,118,697
Saving people time and making their lives easier by collecting, washing and delivering dry cleaning and laundry. ihateironing customers can utilise the company's services through their website or mobile app. Their clothes are then collected and sent to a local dry cleaners, rather than out-of-town to reduce logistic costs and increase turnaround time. The clean clothes can then be delivered to the customer's home or workplace.
The company has over 3000 customers and in July 2018 alone had completed more than 6000 orders. ihateironing has been featured in major media outlets such as GQ, Esquire and The Evening Standard. On Trustpilot, ihateironing is the top rated dry cleaner. Funds are now being raised to expand and grow the business further.
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Expired
investment:
£218,870
Screach is a communication and entertainment platform that allows customers to use their venues TVs as a sales and marketing tool by effectively giving them their own TV channel.
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Expired
investment:
£529,934
Laundryheap is a fast-growing laundry and dry-cleaning service with delivery. Laundry Heap believe that they are unique, as they are the only major on-demand laundry company to our knowledge that offers same-day collection and delivery within 24 hours as a standard service.
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Expired
investment:
£1,819,175
