Koble claims that its data-driven Software as a Service (SaaS) tool helps accelerators and incubators streamline their selection process so they can focus on the most promising founders. The company's vision is to price early-stage startup risk and reward. It intends to move from a Software as a Service (SaaS) workflow tool to the startup-investor marketplace. Koble asserts that pre-seed and seed investors lack a quantitative approach in the early stage of recognising promising startups. Koble argues that its approach is different; it claims that its algorithms are built to mimic the decision processes (both analytical and intuitive) that humans go through when analysing a startup. The tool collects structured, well-tagged data that is not available in the public domain and power the first algorithms that can predict startup success. The company envisages three exit options, namely launching an IPO, avail buyout offers from big technology entities and avail buyout offers from financial buyers.
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£525,500
Doc2UK is a specialist UK medical recruitment and candidate support platform. Based in London, the platform places qualified doctors in the National Health Scheme (NHS) roles around the United Kingdom. The British Medical Association (2018) reported that patient care is at risk due to a critical shortage of doctors across multiple medical disciplines. At present, the UK only has 24 medical schools to fill this gap, whilst India, in comparison, has 468 medical schools, with 68,000 doctors graduating each year. Moreover, uncertainty about the status of EU nationals after Brexit, changes to immigration policies, and the impact of changing language testing requirements for international nurses have made this crisis worse. This situation necessitates recruiting doctors from overseas an important endeavour. This is where Doc2UK aims to become a key player and ensure that lack of medical personnel doesn't disrupt any medical services. The company is seeking an investment of up to £300,000 which will be used to develop the platform with more features, expand the team, marketing and sales.
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FinOptix is an innovative FinTech company that solves real business problems. FinOptix’s objective is to become a significant player in a rapidly growing FinTech market by developing systems that provide financial clarity to decision-makers. FinOptix has a well-established user base, as well as a sales pipeline that covers multiple geographies and sectors. Their verification and validation procedures applied during the development process and operational trials have led to engagement with commercial partners. With the proceeds, they will design an Evaluator for the future, apply AI techniques to solve complex problems, develop their skill set and framework and hire a team of data scientists based on the assessment.
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£125,000
Studio Pictures Limited is a UK based production company that specialises in the development of high-quality British film and TV projects. The company's interest predominantly lies within the British film and television industry that can be created within budget ranging from £1 million - £15 million. The company has established relationships with studio houses such as Warner Bros., Sony Pictures and Lionsgate and aims to build upon projects that can be made into a franchise. Their production, A Steet Cat Named Bob, went on to be distributed by Sony Pictures in the UK and had a Royal Premiere in London. Studio Pictures Limited will consider putting up to a maximum of 20% of the budget for each project as equity, on a case by case basis, subject to company reserves. With the proceeds, the company will grow and scale the business. It will become a tenant at Twickenham Studios in West London and look to profitable emerging markets, i.e. streaming, animation and interactive movies to become one of the leading UK production companies.
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Tom & Teddy Limited is a family-centric global swimwear brand started by Bristol-based female-founder. Tom & Teddy is a beachwear brand for men & boys that has sold more than 55,000 shorts in 2018 generating a revenue of approximately US$1.8m. The shorts are made in a quick-dry microfibre fabric with UV protection and a super-soft finish. The company aims to grow to £8m by the year 2023 (with significant upside potential), £1.6m EBIT.
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AMUTRI LTD specializes in quick 3D visualization through CAD and BIM files. They are committed to creating the largest database of design data, tackling the difficulty of acquiring elusive building and product design information. This data plays a crucial role in driving innovations like AI-powered design, robot training, and gaming asset generation. Moreover, the company aims to address the time-consuming tasks carried out by 3D Visualisers and Artists.
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£500,000
Garden Compass, originally founded in America, has been in business for 25 years in evolving forms of media. It has recently joined with PlantSnapp, the award–winning UK app that identifies plants and automatically produces a detailed care calendar & recommendations on how to grow them better. Jointly, they have 90,000 customers, 300,000 plant pictures submitted and 50 experts globally.
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£98,000
Fastgardener allow users to book professional, vetted gardeners in seconds on an easy-to-use app or website. All gardeners are insured, trained and fully equipped and work under competitive hourly rates. Fastgardener aim to provide a full-lifecycle garden management service so customers can design, build and maintain their garden with ease.
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£120,534
Using artificial intelligence and robotics to increase farming efficiency whilst reducing the environmental impact. Small Robot Company is utilising Farming as a Service (FaaS) and has created three robots to perform a farmer's usual tasks. These lightweight machines do not damage and compact soil, as heavy tractors do which leads to decreased plant growth and increased time spent ploughing to revive the topsoil.
Their three robots, named Tom, Dick and Harry, each have unique responsibilities. Tom collects information on the farm, Dick looks after crops and Harry plants individual seeds. The company's AI, dubbed Wilma, provides a digital scope of the farm and dictates which plants require the most attention Small Robot Company has already received a £5,000 deposit from 20 farms and manufactured concepts of their machines.
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£1,173,940
Hemspan states that it designs bio-based building systems and products for construction by combining modern methods, technology and hemp to produce net-zero carbon solutions. The company argues that every time an average house is built, the CO2 emitted by the manufacture, transport and assembly of the materials used is around 50 to 60 tonnes. Hemspan says that one hectare of UK-grown industrial hemp can absorb 11 tonnes of CO2 each year with regeneratively farmed hemp capable of sequestering a further 6 tonnes per hectare of CO2 into the soil each year. Hemspan intends to activate significant demand for hemp farming in the UK and develop processing technologies to reduce reliance on imports and enable large scale manufacturing of bio-based cladding and insulation products that spin out of R&D programmes. It asserts that the global industrial hemp market is expected to grow at 25% CAGR reaching US$ 27 billion by 2028. It aims to be a contender in this segment.
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£200,000
