whatimpact is a social impact technology entity that uses AI and specific reporting tools to match charities and social enterprises, termed 'Recipients', with donor companies and grant-makers, termed 'Supporters' to ensure efficiency and transparency in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and grant-making. whatimpact aspires to become a contender in the CSR segment that is estimated to be worth over £76 billion in reputational value to UK corporates. The business has onboarded 20 companies and 120 charities/Social Enterprises in Q1 2021 including EY, Brewin Dolphin, and Engie. whatimpact has a further 500 charities/social enterprises and 45 corporates in the pipeline. Its subscriptions range from £100/month to £2,000/month. It will use the investment to develop its algorithm and datasets, engage in customer acquisition, and build its leadership team.
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£375,002
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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£150,000
OnCare app (iOS and Android) for care workers: enables care workers to report on their client visits through their smartphone, instead of having to deal with large amounts of paperwork.
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£149,470
Care Line Live is an award-winning revolutionary monitoring and management platform for Home Care Agencies. CLL is a client-based system that enables home care agencies to run their businesses from any place. It reduces administration, automates processes, easily rosters client visits and improves efficiency and productivity by giving the client more Time to Care. It increases client and carer satisfaction, provides accessible and responsive support, increases compliance for CQC purposes, generates higher profits through improved efficiency and capacity. The future product road map includes integration with 3rd party home automation platforms that will allow home care agencies to offer further services to their clients, such as secure key-less entry.
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£367,000
OPTIFarm is the world’s only real-time, remote, 24/7 optimisation service for livestock farms. The company argues that current livestock production facilities lack a systematic way of monitoring production, animal welfare or staff training needs on a continuous basis. It stresses that its model combines the knowledge of trained experts with raw data gathered from livestock consisting of metrics like feed consumption, feed availability, water, temperature, humidity, and air pressure. The company combines the aforementioned data with advanced software and data analytics offering livestock businesses 24/7 monitoring providing full status reports every 90 minutes. OPTIFarm asserts that this enables farms to optimise feed, water and climate to provide the best conditions for their livestock. OPTIFarm’s service is currently generating c. £25,000 per month in recurring revenues from poultry clients in 14 countries across the globe. The company stated it will use the investment received to prepare the business for rapid scale-up growth over the next five years.
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Goldilock empowers remote, instant control of physical connections and disconnections for assets, devices, data, and network segments – all without internet dependency. Addressing the vulnerabilities of the Cloud and emerging technologies, Goldilock provides a solution that leverages physical disconnection, offering heightened cybersecurity. With the endorsement of experts like Gregory Akers from CISCO, Goldilock excels in securing IP-based network components, achieving unmatched security through on-demand isolation or connection that remains unseen by cyber threats.
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£200,000
End-to-end platform that enables content owners to profitably deliver video content direct-2-user in a complex multi-device world.
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£510,000
ClickMechanic offers car repairs, servicing, Ministry of Transport tests (MOTt), diagnostics and pre-purchase inspections through its nationwide marketplace of vetted mechanics. The company cites research group Mintel's data stating that 50% of drivers got ripped off by car service centres. ClickMechanic wants to change this and become a leading contender in the £23 billion UK automotive servicing industry. The company takes a 20% commission on every completed booking and has secured a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 85+ for its services. Their exit strategy is via an Initial Public Offering (IPO) or trade sale.
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£100,000
Lenderwize provides working capital to telecom wholesalers. It asserts that large telecom operators pay on sixty days whilst suppliers are paid on seven days; hence the middleman suffers an average -53 day Cash Flow Gap (CGP). Lenderwize also argues that banks do not understand the telecom industry because a phone call is not a tangible asset such as real estate; hence they provide little help. Lenderwize solves this problem. It has developed a financial technology platform that certifies 'Proof of Service' that includes real phone calls, real invoices and the quality of delivered services. Its typical clients are mid-sized operators having annual revenue of 50-300 million USD. Lenderwize sells to large Tier 1 Operators (Originators) and buys from smaller (Terminating) Operators. It has identified 1350 wholesalers in need of $96 million. Lenderwize intends to exit within four years and sell its business to potential buyers such as large telecom operators, alternative finance funders, and banks seeking innovation.
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investment:
£1,310,640
Smart Trade App is a software-based payment app that accepts card payments directly from the phone. It helps small business owners all over the UK. The app further includes features in it such as invoicing, light CRM, team management, reporting as well as the ability to delegate jobs. Smart Trade App has got the most Disruptive Payments Tech award 2019 and has processed transaction volumes worth £1.5 million. Large high street banks in the UK have approached the company for their business accounts. They have also signed an agreement with CardOne banking and has formed a strategic partnership with MasterCard.
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investment:
£268,152
