Iceni Labs is an innovative enterprise that develops and deploys cutting-edge technologies to build a safer and secure future. The company takes early-stage technology from the lab to the market by partnering with leading academics, researchers, and commercial experts. It has collaborated with the UK National Health Service’s (NHS) Royal Papworth Hospital to accelerate the development of a non-contact device, SafeScan, that monitors the breathing rate of an individual remotely. Iceni Labs also conducted a one-year clinical study of the device at Royal Papworth Hospital on a sample size of 400 patients. It has been awarded Innovate UK funding to build a prototype for monitoring care home residents. The company's goal is to become globally recognised as a catalyst for successful innovation.
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FinOptix is an innovative FinTech company that solves real business problems. FinOptix’s objective is to become a significant player in a rapidly growing FinTech market by developing systems that provide financial clarity to decision-makers. FinOptix has a well-established user base, as well as a sales pipeline that covers multiple geographies and sectors. Their verification and validation procedures applied during the development process and operational trials have led to engagement with commercial partners. With the proceeds, they will design an Evaluator for the future, apply AI techniques to solve complex problems, develop their skill set and framework and hire a team of data scientists based on the assessment.
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OPTIFarm is the world’s only real-time, remote, 24/7 optimisation service for livestock farms. The company argues that current livestock production facilities lack a systematic way of monitoring production, animal welfare or staff training needs on a continuous basis. It stresses that its model combines the knowledge of trained experts with raw data gathered from livestock consisting of metrics like feed consumption, feed availability, water, temperature, humidity, and air pressure. The company combines the aforementioned data with advanced software and data analytics offering livestock businesses 24/7 monitoring providing full status reports every 90 minutes. OPTIFarm asserts that this enables farms to optimise feed, water and climate to provide the best conditions for their livestock. OPTIFarm’s service is currently generating c. £25,000 per month in recurring revenues from poultry clients in 14 countries across the globe. The company stated it will use the investment received to prepare the business for rapid scale-up growth over the next five years.
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HelloDone automates conversations across messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Instagram for the transportation, home delivery and utility sectors. HelloDone stresses that its Software as a Service (SaaS) enables more than 80% of inbound queries to be resolved automatically between customers of retailers and global carriers. HelloDone states that its portal drastically reduces the customer service burden and creates new dialogues with the customer for enhanced revenues. The company claims that it launched its portal in October 2020 and onboarded its first client in four months, followed by signing large online retailers such as Charles Tyrwhitt and Footasylum. It has also signed contracts with leading UK fast fashion groups and major US retailers. HelloDone is tracking £330,000 worth of Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) for 2021 and forecasting revenues of £65 million by 2025. They state they will use the investment to arrange flagship brands signed, build on evidence/success metrics and build scale and pace ready for a planned Series-A in mid-2022.
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Care Line Live is an award-winning revolutionary monitoring and management platform for Home Care Agencies. CLL is a client-based system that enables home care agencies to run their businesses from any place. It reduces administration, automates processes, easily rosters client visits and improves efficiency and productivity by giving the client more Time to Care. It increases client and carer satisfaction, provides accessible and responsive support, increases compliance for CQC purposes, generates higher profits through improved efficiency and capacity. The future product road map includes integration with 3rd party home automation platforms that will allow home care agencies to offer further services to their clients, such as secure key-less entry.
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£367,000
Third Bladetec Bitcoin Mine is aiming to be the largest bitcoin mine in the UK. They are looking to raise £10million to fund the building and operations of the mine.
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£1,195,000
Solaris Photonics Ltd are developing the next generation of clean energy systems, multiplying the output of solar panels. The Solaris Photonics Multiplier is a power electronics device which can be retrofitted to solar panels to increase their power output by up to 4 times. The Alkaline Photovoltaic is a versatile photovoltaic cell, which can transform any surface into a solar panel.
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Buyerdock is a Software as a Service (SAAS) global discovery platform that allows retail buyers instant access to compliant ready brands through the company's intelligent cloud technology. Buyerdock enables each supplier to upload details like product information, barcodes, images, and pack size on the portal. Retail buyers can then scrutinise all the available information within specific product categories and select the inventory they wish to purchase intuitively. Buyerdock received a mention from the former CEO of Sainsbury's that the former will speed up the buying process from 6 months to under 3 for retail buyers. The company is in talks with the top six UK retailers, such as Tesco, Marks & Spencer, Home Retail Group, Sainsbury's, Asda, and Morrisons. It will use the investment to grow its business and target the approximate 306,000 retail outlets in the UK, of which around 200,000 are independent retailers.
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Zentraxa is focused on precision bioengineering to produce peptides with predictable properties tailored towards purpose. The company points out that peptides are amino acids that are the building blocks of certain proteins needed by the skin, like collagen and elastin. It has come out with a synthetic biology platform, Zentide, that designs, produces and tests novel peptides. Zentraxa argues that Zentide can circumvent previously existing bio-design limits imposed by conventional peptide synthesis and produce tailor-made biomaterials for healthcare, personal care and industrial uses. Zentraxa is initially targeting healthcare with its first biomaterial, a debondable adhesive, for use in wound care. The company asserts that the material has other uses such as cosmetics and industrial applications due to its ability to bond strongly while still being easily and painlessly removable. Zentraxa will use the investment to create a portfolio of other biomaterials for licensing to global businesses in the health and industrial sectors via its Zentide platform.
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Butterwire is a professional research and portfolio analyst platform designed for high conviction low turnover active equity managers. Butterwire's AI web application was launched in June 2018 and is used by all active equity investors aiming to generate higher returns, with faster stock selection, longer investment horizons, lower portfolio risk, and less trading. The application assists active investors with their top 3 challenges: find opportunities, minimise risk, and keep aware. It is built by and for professionals but is accessible to individual investors, too. The company will utilize 10% of the proceeds to operations, 25% to development, 15% to research, 40% to business development, and 10% to administration.
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