Using coffee grounds from London’s cafes and transforming them into award-winning beauty products, Optiat’s handmade cosmetics are distributed in 7 countries with retailers such as Whole Foods, Planet Organic, and Topshop.
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£217,500
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
POS8 is a company that has developed an app, Fetch, that allows customers to order and pay from their phone. The company feels that 'Fetch' holds prominence against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic. Using the app, customers can view a menu, order food & drink and pay securely, all in a matter of seconds with no need for contact, from the comfort of their smartphones. The app's 'Intelligent Ordering System' sends orders to a venue staff’s own devices according to who has the fewest orders waiting. The company believes that its pay-per-transaction model allows it to dominate the £98 billion restaurants industry. POS8 is also developing a LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) & beacon location technology to pin-point guests to an accuracy of 10 cm for faster serving times. The company will use 10% of the investment to complete its location technology, 20% in Point of Sale (POS) integrations, 20% in operations, and 50% in sales and marketing to build customer and user base.
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£438,660
Buildy is an online platform that aims at making construction hiring easy by eliminating the expensive middlemen, thereby, saving time and money for both employers and employees. The platform was shortlisted as the Best Recruitment Innovation at Building Innovation Awards. Buildy has already signed up around 100 tradespeople and 46 employers. The company will streamline the hiring process through automation of job by bidding for jobs, matching algorithms, ratings, online chat, reviews, and providing the skilled workers and tradespeople more control via a better user interface. With the proceeds, the company will seek to fast track the Buildy app and help the company become the top recognised brand in construction staff hiring.
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£17,380
The Stirling Electric Motorcycle Company presents a futuristic motorcycle experience available today! The SEMC "SINATRA" delivers an exhilarating ride, easy maintenance, and the finest ride quality in its category. Whether you're a new, returning, or transitioning rider, enjoy the benefits of electric riding without the complexities and costs of advanced licensing. In numerous regions, motorcycles with up to 11 kilowatts of continuous power have more lenient licensing rules, such as in the UK where an 11kw SINATRA can be legally ridden after completing a one-day basic training course.
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£42,000
Muse is a smart, data-driven financial management application which aims to make financial empowerment a reality for all business owners. The app generates clear snapshots of a company’s finances showing all bank balances, and gives quick access to innovative invoice financing and other smart tools. Muse is live on the App Store and Google Play. Moreover, it has partnered with Prime 5 Finance Limited for invoice finance facility. The funds raised will be used to expand the business, sales channels and give an e-money account card in three currencies.
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£339,920
Baotree is an innovative B2B SaaS and mobile platform revolutionizing sustainability by empowering indigenous communities in shaping projects. Their accessible tools enhance project effectiveness and create fintech opportunities by rewarding data contributions. Baotree's cutting-edge mobile app and SaaS interface streamline data collection, bridging on-ground actions with data-driven insights. Their long-term vision aims to establish a marketplace where contributions result in tangible benefits for sustainability.
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£408,718
&SISTERS is a femcare company offering products that are hypoallergenic, pH-neutral and free from chlorine, pesticides & perfumes. It has sold 225,000+ certified organic cotton period products, directly to 300+ customers. The company has many listed retailers including Feel Unique, Farmdrop and Triyoga and exports to many countries including Asia and Europe. In January 2020, &SISTERS is planning to launch a new paper-wrapped naked tampon®. With the proceeds, the company will expand the product range, expand the team, raise awareness and accelerate sales.
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£199,630
Almond provides businesses and consumers with a method to understand their carbon footprint and use the company's proprietary offset tools to become carbon neutral. Consumers can earn Almond Tokens when purchasing products from Almond's partnering sustainable brands. The Almond Tokens can be spent on their website The Almond certification label on products enables them to demonstrate their commitment to protecting the environment, consumer health and building a better society for all. The core idea is to build a market that's geared towards sourcing and selling sustainable products. The green economy market is worth $4 trillion. The offset market was $300 million in 2018, having grown over 140-fold in 10 years. Almond seeks to be a market leader in this domain. It has also partnered with reputed institutions such as the World Wildlife Fund, and the Stockholm Environment Institute (carbon analytics). With the investment, the company aims to further the popularity of its existing Almond App and have more people join its ecosystem.
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£522,540
Currently, the self-employed have fewer admissions to financial services than their employed counterparts do. Hatch aims to give sole traders free-to-use access to real-time credit scores that will allow lenders to make more informed decisions when invoice funding. The company also offers digitising of tax files, one of the most time-consuming admin burdens. Revenue is generated via affiliate fees to those who wish to introduce and facilitate Hatch on their platforms. A beta for 5k users will be launching soon, with half the slots already filled.
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investment:
£115,000
