SafeToNet is a cyber-safety company that safeguards children around the world from online threats such as bullying, grooming, abuse and aggression. The company's Artificial Intelligence (AI) system is trained to look for patterns of behaviour that can suggest a child may be at risk. Its smart keyboard detects risks in real-time and steers children away from trouble by filtering harmful outgoing messages before they can be sent and any damage can be done. SafeToNet has sold more than 550,000 licences of its AI-based safeguarding solution in 2020 and is operational in 109 countries. It has featured in The Daily Mail, The Independent, and The Times, to name a few. It has raised £2.52 million to invest in its growth and is offering secondary shares to investors.
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Damson Global is an audio company offering ground-breaking electronics and technology and are dedicated to developing electronics for people who appreciate great technology. Damson has designed and optimised technology for the Cisor speaker and have been showcasing a range of disruptive technologies such as its Dolby Atmos Wireless home cinema system, 'hiss-free' noise-cancelling HeadSpace headphones and, the S-Series. The company instantly gained market approval by offering premium design, without unsightly, trailing cables. Moreover, plans to expand its share of the television-audio market. The company will use the investment to scale the businesses product purchasing, logistics, research and development, eCommerce development, marketing and staff recruitment.
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Cutter's Club allows its customer to book a barber to their door, on-demand. With the easy to use web application, a customer can choose a barber, book a time and place that suits, and they come to customer's home, office, wherever, for a regular haircut and clean up afterwards. The company has fostered a network of 250+ barbers and, it has won the Launch22 pitch competition. The company is planning to use the funds on the launch of its products, on personnel, space, software, legal, etc.
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WiForia is a SaaS business which formed in July 2014. Their platform is an automated location marketing cloud turning a retailer’s public Wi-Fi into a communications channel, enhancing a customer’s in-store experience, delivering more sales and enhanced loyalty. By identifying registered users every time they enter or leave a store, it can push offers, promote content and drive social sharing in personalised and contextually relevant ways whilst delivering valuable insights back to the retailer. The company is already revenue generating (£600k in year 1) and the platform has been used at scale with McDonalds (over 20m engagements).
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People Matter (PM) is a wellness platform that offers an online space where a user can measure and improve his/her mental wellness at work. The company's app, Okina, aids the user in getting mental stability and avoiding stress. PM asserts that over 264 million people suffer from depression globally. For its efforts, PM won the Tech Nation’s Rising Stars competition in 2019, Tech Nation’s Applied AI cohort in 2019/20, and Start-Up of the Year by Tech SouthWest in Dec 2019 amongst others. It will use 70% of the investment to fund the development of its app as well as the PEAK data science engine, and 30% to support its operation and launch its proposition and product to market.
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Getting-in.com started with one simple goal: to give school leavers all the resources they need under one website. The website is designed to help individuals discover the ideal apprenticeship, university course, or more vocational opportunity for their particular needs. In order to do this, the website lists every undergraduate course currently offered, as well as 20,000 apprenticeship and traineeships. We need your support today as the site is ready to be marketed and monetised. We will do this with an expert sales and marketing team focusing on signing up organisations and schools across the UK, potentially giving us the traffic and the revenue we need to keep growing the business.
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StanMe aims to be the first community marketplace to enable collaboration and co-selling between independent creators. It asserts that the majority of creators have to continuously learn techniques to market themselves, adapt to social platforms’ ever-changing algorithms, and grow and maintain a large community to generate a sufficient amount of sales. StanMe claims that not all can do so and intends to address this situation with its services. It launched its public beta in July 2020 with more than 1,000 users and has processed over 130 transactions since its beta launch. StanMe claims it has more than 1,900 pre-registered users on its waiting list and aspires to become a contender in the creator economy valued at $11 billion in 2019. It will use the investment to accelerate its growth, invest in technology, and boost marketing initiatives.
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The Octopus Club (TOC) is a UK marketplace where users can buy, sell or give anything related to babies and kids. TOC asserts that baby items are often used for short periods because they grow quickly, aren't environmentally sustainable because of the waste they create and are financially challenging for many parents. The company aspires to solve this quandary by creating a safe platform for parents to extend the life of products and produce less waste. TOC has onboarded over 1800 members and 3500 listings since its launch in June 2020. The company's Instagram page has 5,000 followers with the brand having spent only £450 on advertising so far. TOC aims to become a contender in the global baby product market that is worth £115 billion and the sharing economy that will be worth £9 billion within the next 5 years. It will use the investment to increase its member base, support product development and improve its customer service capability.
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Savvy Navvy is the equivalent of Google Maps for sailors and provides point-to-point navigation solution, making sailing easier, safer and more enjoyable. The app factors in all the crucial information that a sailor would need like wind, tides, hazards and saves sailors time and money by combining all the elements of an amazing trip at the click of a button. Since the launch of its 'Founding Member Program' in 2018, the company received a wave of feedback from its community of 11,000 members who were searching for a navigation solution like Savvy Navvy. The company witnessed an amazing raise on Seedrs, overfunded by 265% in 7 days, with 400+ investors. It has also won Seedrs’ Entrepreneur of the Year 2019. With the proceeds, Savvy Navvy aims to secure partnerships with marine brokers, sailing schools, charter companies, and insurance companies.
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