A financial intelligence service that provides personalised data for clients in the professional business industry. CityFALCON collects information from numerous sources in over 30 languages and structures it in a format to meet the user's specific requirements. Partners of the business include Bloomberg and Twitter, whilst clients such as BNP Paribas and Raffeisen Bank utilise the service.
CityFALCON currently generates revenue via API licensing fees for B2B and B2B2C firms at a fixed monthly price. They will also be launching premium subscriptions in 2019 that will consist of non-public data and pay-walled information for a recurring monthly fee. The business can be accessed through their website, or via iOS, Android, Amazon Echo and Google Home apps.
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investment:
£746,955
Created in 2015, Fourex provides an advanced and innovative self-service kiosk for exchanging over 150 currencies in both coins and notes. The company has grown its revenue by 175 % and it is continuing to grow. It will be live in 80 locations by the end of 2019. Fourex has a presence at Heathrow, Gatwick, and Stansted with access to 153 million passengers per year. It is located in 21 London underground stations with a combined 1.9 million passengers each day. In early 2018, Fourex has extended its business from 12 locations to 66 locations. It has won innovation awards from Lloyds Bank, Virgin, and Amazon. The company's revenue has increased by 175% in 2 years. Fourex's current partners are TfL/London, Westfield, Underground, Welcome Break, Intu, Moto and Roadchef. The company aims to become a principal multi-currency exchange solution. With the proceeds, the company will be accelerating its growth in the UK, by expanding the network of machines nationwide both in international travel hubs, high footfall retails and transit locations.
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investment:
£928,830
Dot Investing enables individual investors to access private markets, creating equal opportunities and expanding investment options.
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Expired
investment:
£781,877
A current account for small business owners and the self-employed that automates their accounting and taxes. Coconut informs customers about transactions on their account that that are eligible for a tax deduction and automatically completes a tax return. It also provides a tax bill forecast and shows guidance on tax rules and regulations. Coconut currently looks after 3,000 accounts and has pre-registered 5,000 limited companies with total transactions processed exceeding £12m.
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investment:
£1,857,450
Catipilla designs, manufactures and retails a range of high quality, functional, wall-mounted climbing frames, resting points, and scratchers to create unique living spaces for cats. The company asserts that the cat segment of the pet market is worth an estimated £5 billion in the UK alone. It wants to become a contender in this segment. Catipilla has sold 2,000+ products across 16 countries, listed at retailer Pets at Home, and became a finalist in the PetQuip '2018 Product of the Year' in the past three years. Catipilla's products are situated in vet practices, catteries, and cat rescue centres. The company claims that it is endorsed by International Cat Care and has a partnership with IAMS, a global pet food giant. After a 5.36 times increase in orders during the 2020 lockdown (compared to Q2 and Q3 2019), Catipilla requires investment to scale up sales, distribution, manufacturing, and export capability.
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Expired
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£196,702
Hoptroff offers a global Traceable Time as a Service (TTaaS). It verifies and corrects incorrect server clocks to microsecond accuracy thus making timestamp records of computer transactions trustworthy. This technology's precise time feed is set by Hoptroff's atomic clocks in its time hubs which are situated in London, Tokyo, and New York. Furthermore, with its partners BSO and BT networks, it delivers the feed anywhere in the world over low latency fibre connections. It already has 9 financial services customers and is also working with its partners to pursue a pipeline of potential new customers. It is raising funds to increase sales and marketing efforts, particularly, in Africa and the Asia-Pacific regions. It will further move on quickly to exploit the global Financial Services market which is worth £0.7bn and enter new markets such as TV broadcasting.
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investment:
£983,610
CoinBurp is a uniquely user-friendly crypto trading platform. It has a long-term vision to become an international brand and an integral part of the banking ecosystem. The company has acquired more than 1,000 users and facilitated 1000+ transactions, accumulating a trading volume of more than £1m. As CoinBurp enters its second phase of product development, it aims at providing banking facilities such as provide customers with prepaid cards, offer secured crypto loans and have initiated the process to become FCA regulated.
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investment:
£274,630
Cadello is a newly produced category-defining unique spirit produced by Distilleria Pisoni, a 150-year-old distillery in Italy. It is growing its distributors over the UK as well as Italy. The company has also partnered with Honest Grapes and other independent marketers and sales teams. Cadello has hired Italian and UK Brand Ambassadors and engaged Pegasus Spirits as UK importer and brand manager. The company will support its continued fast-paced growth by investing into its marketing and sales through tradeshows & tasting events, Brand Ambassadors, PR (editorial and events), social media & advertising, and bartending competitions.
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investment:
£275,490
AEVHA London is a luxury fashion brand that makes beautifully crafted handbags at an accessible price. Their handbags have been used by celebrities including Beyoncé, Jessica Biel, and Amy Adams. AEVHA London has a wide global wholesale distribution and is stocked by Harvey Nichols and Yoox-Net-A-Porter. The brand has also been featured in publications such as Vanity Fair, Grazia, Marie Claire & Elle. AEVHA acquired 45,000 followers on Instagram without a dedicated digital marketing budget. With the investment, the company will allocate a digital marketing budget and build an experienced team to execute an efficient paid media strategy to drive more sales.
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Expired
investment:
£278,291
Conferences designed for C-Level executives in finance and insurance, with greater control over the content discussed and building new networks within the industry. Club2020 has more than 1000 customers with 25 sponsors and has been in profit since its inception. The company have launched four financially successful events in two years and is now ready to expand further.
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Expired
investment:
£35,870
