Kalendit removes the middleman (agencies) and provides UK nurseries with temporary staff while helping them save up to 50% on staffing fees. Since September, over 150 users joined Kalendit, and it is continuing to add about two workers daily. This company had launched its services in November with four nurseries, and since then, have been successfully processed 49 bookings. With the funds raised, it will hire people and serve thirty nurseries in one year. By the fifth year, it wants to take 45% of the London market, which equates to 1400 nurseries.
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investment:
£82,180
QFinds is a purpose-built hiring tool that enables employers to easily and efficiently pre-screen candidates, conduct interviews and generate employment contracts. The company asserts that it is a UK government vetted 'Kickstart Scheme' representative and can get small businesses grants to hire interns having already processed over 100 job applications. QFinds claims that its app has been downloaded 2 million+ times garnering 24,000 reviews averaging 4.8/5 stars. QFinds also points out that bad hirings cost the UK up to £6.7 billion in turnover, productivity, and training. It seeks to change this and disrupt the £39 billion recruitment market. The company has partnered with notable entities like University College London, Kings College London and Brunel University London, intending to use them as strategic partners to increase job seekers signing up to and using its app. QFinds will use the investment to grow its business across different verticals.
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investment:
£222,866
DMALINK, an electronic trading platform, fosters a transparent currency market for institutional FX and cryptocurrency traders, achieving over $8 billion monthly transactions since its Q4 '22 techstack launch, collaborating with major institutions and holding proprietary intellectual property.
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investment:
£480,856
CrowdProperty is a financial intermediation company that provides a P2P lending platform which facilitates loans between private individuals and UK professional property businesses. CrowdProperty believes in complete transparency and follows the principles and guidance of the Peer-To-Peer Finance Association (P2PFA). It is the only property development platform member of the P2PFA and the only to be Brismo (the leading provider of standardised loan performance data) verified. CrowdProperty has also financed the construction of over 500 Great British Homes, worth over £80,000,000 by lending over £30,000,000. CrowdProperty aims to secure the first place for strong first-charge secured returns for lenders and project finance direct to SME property professionals.
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investment:
£1,098,832
A web-based location experience platform for businesses to market their content for their target audience by users visiting physical locations to view digital content. Landmrk's service is currently used by travel, entertainment and retail industries and allows businesses to provide 'rewards' when customers reach the location. Revenue is primarily generated from marketing agencies and businesses licensing the platform on a monthly, quartely or annual basis.
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investment:
£519,364
LXCCoin, a 2nd generation crypto currency company with the worlds first 100% asset based cryptocoin with an increasing base value, bridging real-world finance to crypto currencies with its own cryptocoin/P2P loan exchange
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£47,079
Findr aims to automate the creation of business partnerships by providing easy access to hyper-targeted opportunities in minutes. The company asserts that its platform allows any business, regardless of its size, to sign up, post its partnership requirements, and explore opportunities for free. The company's portal allows users to request a 1-hour 'Discovery' call with a potential partner when the said user spots a relevant opportunity. Findr argues that it has made 'Discovery' for free for the first few months to build its user base. The company has onboarded 140 business users ranging from early-stage to global brands such as Mastercard, Uber and Visa since November 2020. Findr has featured in Forbes for helping businesses navigate COVID-19. The company will use the investment to develop two new price plans – Unlimited and Enterprise, introduce new platform features, hire a machine learning expert, and undertake digital activity to grow its user base.
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investment:
£396,288
Patch is a modern plant shop for contemporary plant people. It helps in finding the most suitable plants and delivering them to the door. The company has delivered over 2,50,000 plants to over 82,000 customers in Paris and London. Patch has witnessed solid growth at +124% vs last year, reaching £4.48m in revenue. The company has a 4.6-star rating on TrustPilot and, it has been featured in The Times, The Telegraph etc. The funds will be used to expand across Europe, eliminate the middle-man and expand into the B2B market.
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investment:
£2,412,150
DMALINK aims to create a transparent and accessible currency market for banks, funds, and corporations. The company asserts that the Foreign Exchange (FX) market is the world's largest and most liquid financial market, recording an average daily trading volume of $6.6 Trillion but is fraught with imperfect price movements. DMALINK aims to address this situation. Its portal utilises big data and analytics solutions to enable users to make better trading decisions. It also offers users access to 63 currency pair combinations. DMALINK also points out that its clients have chosen its services over 316,000 times with the company witnessing an average deal size of $585,000 and earning revenue worth $3,140,000. The company has featured in Business Insider, Yahoo Finance, and FX Markets to name a few. DMALINK will use 60% of the investment on salaries for existing and new team members allowing global growth, 20% towards marketing and sales efforts, and 20% towards technology expansion.
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investment:
£425,903
Growth Capital Ventures (GCV) is a Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) approved fintech company. GCV's mission is to back the game changers, innovators and value creators. It is operating at three different levels namely, G-Ventures, a specialist software development division; Quva, a private investor network; and G- Labs, an innovation lab. The company aims to provide investors with access to well researched alternative investment opportunities that are selected for their potential to deliver better returns than traditional mainstream investment products. GCV has structured property transactions worth £14.7 million, has 5000+ everyday investors, and seen 500+ jobs created by portfolio companies. GCV will use the investment to grow its business across different verticals.
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investment:
£1,295,410
