Groubook is a social bookings platform that allows a group of users to pre-book nights out on its platform, letting themselves avail of discounts and earn rewards. The company claims that its focus groups are millennials who go out twice a week and spend £6589 a year, and students who avail of discounts, coupons and rewards on expenses. The company stresses that it offers its partners a non-contract service with no upfront fees. The company further points out that it sold 178 tickets for a local Nottingham bar event during the COVID pandemic, earning its partners £890 in pre-booking revenue. Groubook has featured in press entities such as Real Business, BBC, Venue Insight, and Sage amongst others. It has also partnered with 330+ venues nationally, including Olivias, Las Iguanas, Bella Italia, Revolution, and Bedlam paintball, to name a few. The company states it will use 65% of the investment towards hiring personnel, 22.9% towards promoting marketing campaigns, 7% towards overseeing location expenses, and 5.1% towards managing administrative expenses.
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£81,660
YAYZY has created a platform that calculates the carbon footprint of a user using their spending data land helps the user make up for it using carbon offsets and guides the user towards more sustainable choices. The company believes that the shift in the use of money from high carbon to low carbon choices will accelerate the transition to a new era of sustainability and responsibility. YAYZY raised a £120,000 pre-seed amount, experienced a 26% organic week-on-week growth only driven by referrals and is in conversation with three major banks that are interested in using its technology. YAYZY will use the investment to launch its Android app, convert 25% of users to subscriptions, introduce impact investing, and onboard at least two B2B customers.
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£722,793
Zapaygo allows consumers to order ahead at coffee shops, food outlets, restaurants, bars, events spaces, stadiums, and many other venues, improving customer experience while increasing venue revenues. The app also has a loyalty program for its users, RewardZ. This blockchain, digital rewards token is a key offering by Zapaygo to chain and individual merchants who can redeem RewardZ Tokens. Using Zaypaygo allows venues to reduce time taking orders by 40% and increase their sales by 30%. The company has developed an innovative technology platform that has identified core venues & corporate partners in the UK as initial target markets and is ready to scale. With the funds received, the company is focused on covering customer/corporate convenience in collecting F&B (Food & Beverage) and experience growth similar to the success experienced by apps like UberEats and Deliveroo. It also aims to offer 'order to delivery' end to end services.
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£596,030
Zap and Go have created ultra fast technology for cordless and hand held devices by using Carbon-Ion technology which result in ultra-fast charging, taking 5 minutes or less. The technology is part derived from Oxford University and in part developed independently by Zap&Go's own scientists.
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£1,353,551
Secret Saviours have created the anti-stretch mark pregnancy band. Used in combination with the day gel and night cream, there is now a way to prevent stretch marks from forming. The band has special pads that are placed to diffuse and spread the tension of the stretching skin.
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£185,863
Daisie intends to build a digital art school where everyone has access to an arts education regardless of location, background, or life stage. It aims to become a contender in the $7 trillion e-learning market and establish a new medium of learning. Daisie provides creators with the opportunity to explore their interests, further their craft, and launch their careers via its digital workshops and rooms. The company has onboarded 170,000+ creators globally, conducted over 22,000 hours of live sessions, made 600,000 connections, and raised over $5 million in funding from Founders Fund, 8VC, Kleiner Perkins, and Gaingels. Daisie asserts that its team and board are from institutions such as MasterClass, Google, Tesla, and Depop. It will use the investment to ensure that its creators grow in confidence, take up space in their chosen fields, and build lasting careers.
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£471,170
Capture Education is an education portal that aims to help educators and parents connect, foster engagement, improve understanding and increase satisfaction with respect to their children. The company asserts that its software can help reduce workload and costs for educators. It also claims that an average nursery will save over 6.5 hours per week on paperwork when switching from paper to the company's digital solution. Parents can see shared images instantly, watch videos of their children's achievements on the portal at any time. The portal allows educators to capture plans to allow and track activities of children's clubs and extracurricular lessons. The company has witnessed over 1 million observations created and shared on its portal. Over 19,000 parents access the company's system every month. Capture will use 40% of the investment in Research & Development (R&D), 30% in marketing, 10% in sales, and 20% as contingency funds in the wake of COVID-19.
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£257,040
Fame Media Tech (FMN) is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) technology start-up that aims to transform the visitor, fan, and customer experience through technology-driven data perspectives. FMN asserts that sport and hospitality sectors have suffered from customer and fan isolation during COVID-19. FMN application, n-gage.io, addresses this situation. The company argues that its portal, combined with storytelling and innovation in digital media, can help companies to positively influence user behaviour, enhance engagement, and improve loyalty. FMN claims that companies can judge the above metrics through data diagrams on its portal as well. The company's early-stage proof of concept discussions extend across sport, hospitality, and visitor attractions such as Wembley Park and Bohemians FC. FMN's exit strategy would be via a trade sale to a media or technology business.
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£45,700
Expert Apps is an all-in-one solution to license a fully functional social networking app to businesses, coaches, brands, and industry experts. With its use independent, trusted and valuable communities can be built having their own brand identity. Expert Apps has acquired more than 40 clients such as BBC, Khadija Kalifa, and Apprentice finalist who are using this technology. In its first year of trading, the company received more than ¼ million in sales revenue. It also has a healthy profit, a strong client reputation, and many social followers. In 2019, Expert Apps has 41 app licence holders, a GP of £256,012, and sales of £281,096.
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£375,028
Ernest is a personal banker powered by Artificial Intelligence. The chatbot connects to bank accounts and then answers questions and gives insights on personal finances. After their first funding round they raised £165,000 in an angel round with a raw prototype and now, less than 12 months later they have a live product in private beta with 2000+ users in the waiting list.
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£131,360
