Triple Tread is a tricycle that has been designed for people who lack the balance to ride a bicycle or that have neurological illnesses such as MS and are therefore unable to ride a bicycle. The Triple Tread was designed to look similar to standard bicycles and uses many standard components.
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£10,770
Brickowner aims to become the leading service provider for property developers and asset managers, ensuring benefits for both parties. The company undertakes background checks of investors on its portal for the benefit of asset managers. It also ensures that investors can easily navigate its portal and find deals that suit their financial appetite. Brickowner successfully exited five investment rounds despite two investments happening in the wake of COVID-19. The platform has over 3,000 investors registered with over 700 active investors. It has overseen £14 million worth of investment on its portal to date. Brickowner will use the investment towards technology up-gradation, hire strategic personnel to expand marketing, and increase its marketing spend.
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£132,528
Helping SME home builders acquire finance for their projects in the UK. Rubicon Capital has assisted more than 40 project developers in receiving investments for their builds, which has exceeded £75m. In their second year, the company generated £500k in profits and has successfully paid dividends every year since launching in 2015. Two main sources of revenue are upfront fees for connecting borrowers with lenders and administration fees in the form of long-term consultancy and performance assistance.
Money raised from this crowdfunding round will be used to expand the Rubicon Capital team and grow their business to attract more home builders requiring financial assistance, in addition to increasing the number of sources offering finance.
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£128,510
WhyBuy is a rental platform that allows a user to rent out items or entities he/she may want to another person. WhyBuy asserts that consumers want to be able to access items for brief periods, and the company aims to be the go-to provider in this segment. It endeavours to save time, space, money and the environment through its business model that is backed by a 100% electric delivery fleet. The company has tested its supply chain to ensure orders are placed despite COVID-19 restrictions. Its app has seen 8000+ downloads from mid-June to end-July 2020 at just over £3 per acquired download across the App Store and Google Playstore. It will use 75% of the investment for marketing, 5% to expand its electric fleet, and 15% as stock and overhead expenses.
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£309,260
Propetly is an online platform that acts as a connecting hub between investment providers and global investors in the field of real estate. It enables potential property investors to find, evaluate and calculate their investment project within minutes. With the help of AI-enabled architecture, Propetly can verify transactions on its portal, suggest finance options and ensure complete diligence of the transaction as per industry benchmarks. Given the relative lack of professional and up-to-date property investors in the UK, Propetly aims to become the one-stop-shop for all real estate deals. Its offering has led to Propetly being counted amongst leading PropTech brands in the UK. With the funds received, Propetly will invest in paid advertising and PR, upgrade its AI systems to enable more options are available to customers across wide demographics and human resources.
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£235,079
Pedal Me (PM) uses proprietary electric cargo bikes in combination with trained employees to provide a fast, clean on-demand service to help move both people and goods around London. It argues that it trains its personnel based upon the curriculum of the City and Guilds of London Institute creating skilled riders who can carry passenger payloads up to 150 kilos, cargo payloads up to 150 kilos, and trailer payloads up to 300 kilos, respectively, on their bikes, covering distances at a speed motor vehicles cannot match. PM has grown to 50 personnel and 52 bikes since its founding in 2017. It has featured in global print media such as BBC News, Financial Times, and Volkskrant. PM also earned revenue worth £657,000 in February 2021 despite the COVID-19 crisis. It will use the investment to scale and find efficient ways to continue its growth.
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£600,000
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
Camptoo is a web application by which travellers can rent a motorhome straight from the owner. Its users can easily rent any of the available 3,000+ vehicles offered in fifteen countries. This company turned motorhome ownership into a revenue-making venture instead of an expensive hobby. More than 50,000 users have experienced travelling using Camptoo, and its number is growing year on year. It was part of the Google Launchpad accelerator program in 2015. Furthermore, in the Netherlands, it was awarded 'most promising startup' by Deloitte Technology Fast50 Jury in 2017, and in Europe, '16th fastest growing tech company' by TheNextWeb in 2018. With the proceeds, this company will further accelerate marketing campaigns in Australia and the UK and further optimize its current web application.
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£476,642
An online marketplace to buy and sell residential investment properties for those looking to generate an extra income. Vesta has sold 104 properties valued at £22m since launching in 2018. Properties listed contain full documents including tenancy history, due diligence, 360-degree photos and videos, valuations and investment projections. Sellers can list various new or existing sites and buyers can range from sole investors to institutions.
Vesta generates revenue by charging fees to both sellers and buyers. Various payment options are available to sellers and optional fees are charged to those who wish to host viewings for their properties. Buyers are charged a fixed fee after an offer is accepted. Vesta is now raising funds to expand their team, website and property portfolio by increasing brand awareness from marketing campaigns.
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£622,705
addvantage offers patented, fuel-saving technology that retrofits to heavy-duty trucks, thereby improving fuel economy, reducing harmful emissions and saving money for diesel-driven trucking fleets. Addressing two key challenges of the trucking industries--low margins and the need to reduce emissions--addvantage has a proven track record in the UK and is now launching in the US, where more than 4 million heavy duty class 8 trucks are operational. With diesel making up 40% of the trucking fleet costs in the US, the company provides compelling economics and environmental arguments for these fleets. addvantage is an exciting opportunity for investors looking for tax efficient, high growth opportunity with green credentials.
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£394,155
