Founded in 2012, Holly and Beau is an award-winning kids-wear brand which offers a unique collection of colour changing rainwear. The company sells its products directly through its website and via distributors in the UK, the US, Europe and South Korea. Holly and Beau is in the process of patenting its technology, which will enable it to develop a unique product range of rainwear and skiwear. Moreover, the company has successfully maintained an average revenue growth of 80%-100% YOY.
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£218,570
Elute Intelligence is an online platform that makes searching documents fast, simple, and accurate. The platform is optimised to handle a variety of tasks such as plagiarism detection, patent searching, fraud detection, governance and compliance, and e-discovery to name a few. Using a unique AI-based system, users can upload long-form documentation, and the system will analyse, tag, and find related articles across a wide range of academic journals and data sources. The company is looking to engage in partnerships: with government and commercial R&D teams to help accelerate research into Covid-19, with development partners to help expand the system into other research areas, and with investors interested in an AI and big data platform that can transform scientific research processes.
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ALVÁTECH is a sustainable water technology company on a mission to revolutionise the $1.3 trillion per annum agriculture industry that consists of 537 million farmers. It claims that the agriculture industry uses 70% of global water consumption. ALVÁTECH aspires to change this. It argues that its technology disrupts water molecules in an ecological way, helping farmers grow more with less water. The plug and play solution runs entirely off solar energy and is chemical-free. ALVÁTECH claims that it has installed its water treatment devices in 17 countries across six continents and established an international distribution network since its product launch in August 2020. The company has also signed agreements with entities in Latin America, Africa, Asia, the US, Europe and the Middle East. ALVÁTECH will use the investment to expand its distribution network, sales teams and subscription plans to reach more farmers and develop Hydro devices for vertical farming, boost hydroponics, and create ALVÁ personal home devices.
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£504,932
Screach is a global live streaming and advertising platform that aims to bring together whatever people want to watch on one single app. The company has partnered with content providers and advertisers to bring different streaming services on a single portal to deliver access, simplicity and cost savings to all. Screach wants to become the segment leader in the projected $130 billion streaming service industry. It has featured in news publications like SportsPro, Propel, and The Morning Advertiser. Screach will use 40% of the investment for sales and marketing, 36% as technology and product expenses, and 24% for customer operations.
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£1,132,840
Supplycompass is a digital sourcing platform helping brands build quicker, leaner and more responsible supply chains. It is on a mission to provide the most seamless experience for both manufacturers and brands. Supplycompass has 50 Manufacturing Partners across China, India, Nepal, Portugal, Sri Lanka. Further, 90% of its target clients place repeat orders. It has been awarded Top 50 Retail Tech Innovations by FUTR and Sublime Good Brand Award 2019. Additionally, it featured in JustStyle, BQ, Knitting Industry News, Forbes and many more. With the proceeds, it will develop an in-house Technology Team, grow its Operations Team in both India as well as the UK and increase its marketing spend across many channels.
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£1,377,302
Workhorse allows the company to deliver individual applications that are customized to specific company requirements. Workhorse's modular approach integrates all the functions one needs into a single easy-to-use bespoke application, tracking tasks, invoicing CRM, scheduling inventory timesheets and more. Workhorse applications are reviewed as a long-term solution as they quickly become integral to the operations of the company's clients. Workhorse has 50 customers, and it is delivering applications in four different countries, two different languages and across industry sectors as diverse as legal, financial, marketing events, manufacturing, retail, and e-commerce. The company's plan for growth into the future is to become a platform for other companies to deliver applications and deliver a customized bespoke solution on the Workhorse platform.
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£391,466
Prepaired is a global platform for university students to learn from and teach each other via video calling. Students can post a study request on the portal with the questions they have regarding a subject, and others can offer to explain it via a one-on-one video call. The company asserts that its technology is an ideal platform in the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic allowing students to share notes and chat on classroom syllabi. Prepaired has tied up with GlobalExam, an e-learning content provider, to further its mission of remote teaching. It will use 67% of the investment in product development, 12% in sales and marketing, and 21% as operations cost.
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£115,209
Say It Now specializes in enabling audience interaction with audio and TV advertisements through smart speakers, recognizing the impact of advertising in the home via digital audio and TV. With smart speakers present in 60% of UK homes and 90 million US homes, consumers can seamlessly engage with advertising offers using voice commands, offering convenience and real-time insights for advertisers. Collaborating with top-tier advertising groups, publishers, and brands, Say It Now facilitates engagement through voice assistants like Alexa, providing valuable data to optimize advertising campaigns and offering access to their technology through a CPM or license fee model based on hundreds of millions of tracked impressions and engagements.
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£670,733
PixelPin replaces passwords with pictures for an easy and secure login for tablets, pcs and mobile phones. It provides a secure experience which does not require the user to remember the passwords and keeps the personal data private. PixelPin has a commercial partnership with KPMG in Taiwan, Fujitsu in Japan, Blue Media in Poland. In 2018, PixelPin was a finalist at the Europas. The company has opened an office in Tokyo. It is planning to use the proceeds to strengthen the commercial activities of the team.
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£1,467,762
OXTO Energy is an energy storage technology provider that intends to transform the way energy is stored. It claims to have developed an innovative energy storage flywheel technology made using 100% recyclable steel, having a low cost of operation, and being easy to manufacture. It argues that it has secured approximately £1.7 million worth of revenues through contracts for 2021 in UK, Kenya, and France, to name a few. It also aspires to become a minority partner of large infrastructure projects by offering its units at a discounted rate, guaranteeing a consistent revenue stream while increasing profitability throughout the project. It wants to dominate the estimated £70 billion energy storage market. The company states it will use 25% of the investment to grow its team, 60% for project delivery, and 15% towards growth and commercialisation of its business.
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£635,493
