Wedding Planner is an online wedding-planning marketplace that provides an easy way to plan and book a wedding. Around 20,000 couples are using this platform to plan their dream weddings. Besides being a pre-COVID profitable business in the UK, it is the UK's number one ranked site for 'Wedding Planner' as per Google. The website has been created by combining a digital wedding booking system, curated venues, planning tools, and supplier search options. The platform generates 8,500+ leads for venues and suppliers per quarter and has a registered base of 3,000+ venues and other suppliers. With the investment, the company will use 25% to update their booking system catering to couples and suppliers, 12% in creating new and tested standardised contract templates between the couple and the supplier, 13% in developing a partnership with a wedding insurance provider, 30% as substitution funds for supplier and venue subscriptions frozen during COVID-19, 13% in continuing the platform's growth in Sweden, and 7% in costs associated with fund-raising.
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£25,010
Ever Insight (EI) offers professional analytics services catered to a customer's needs. The company platform draws valuable insights from data ensuring that business managers can make efficient decisions. EI specialises in three main verticals namely, Predictive Learning Analytics (PLA), Financial Analytics (FA) and HR Analytics (HA). EI's current mission is to deliver an innovative and supportive analytics system to institutions that facilitate learning and eliminate roadblocks to student success. Its team has already developed the software and implemented it in India, but the company needs further refinement and adaptation to suit the UK educational market requirements. It will use the investment to get its Start-up visa approved and establish its business at different verticals.
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Snoop is an application that aims to save a user's money by using data analytics. Snoop falls under the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) regulated Open Banking technology. The company asserts that Snoop can help every household in the UK save at least £1,500 each year. The app lets a user connect his/her bank accounts and credit cards to Snoop to observe all the balances and transactions together from a single portal. Snoop also watches a user's bills and lets the user know if he/she is paying too much or if there’s a price hike. The app also creates a 100% personalised feed of money-saving ideas based on the user's spending patterns. Snoop has grown to over 100,000 downloads and 75,000 customers since early 2020, delivered over 1 million money management tips to customers, and featured in publications like The Guardian, Financial Times, and The Telegraph. It will use 57% of the investment to grow its business, 21% to develop app functionality, and 22% for business operations.
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£8,445,740
savvy navvy (SN) is a technology company that aims to save sailors hours of frustration by finding the best and safest routes to their destination. Users need to drop a pin on the SN map and it will work out the best route in seconds. The company has raised more than £600,000 from more than 1,200 investors, calculated 15,000,000 miles of routes, and onboarded 56,000 registered users. SN has also secured partnerships with Sunsail, Navily, Dockwa, GJW Insurance, XShore, various yacht clubs, and marine brokerages around the world to increase its business. SN will use the investment to increase its Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR), execute nine marketing campaigns across 17 countries, and improve the application with additional features.
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£858,524
A Smart Garden company offering customers to dive into growing a personalised garden in their homes at the push of a button. Gartenzwerg is a Hardware as a Service (HaaS) business utilising technology to enable people to sustainably experience nurturing, growing and caring for their indoor gardens via an app. The software is fully automated and actively informs users the current state of their gardens and displays instructions and measurements to ensure their plants continue to grow. This means that customers can enjoy high-quality home-grown food, sustainably and conveniently.
Gartenzwerg has offices in the UK and USA with B2B partnerships in Singapore and the UAE and their products are sold in 12 countries worldwide. The company currently has two product variations available, a standalone unit and a wall-mounted option. Their Smart Gardens use the latest technology and therefore Gartenzwerg is in the process of protecting their IP, as well as seeking valuations and commercialisation options.
The company's revenue stream consists of hardware sales, subscriptions to the service, licensing agreements and advertisements. Gartenzwerg also works in conjunction with businesses such as cafes, offices and garden centres to display their products.
Funds are being raised to scale the business further by accelerating the manufacturing process and offering a premium package subscription to customers. In addition to this, investments will be used to expand the team, develop new products, certify and protect IP and produce marketing campaigns.
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investment:
£167,722
Thyngs is a touch-free instant payment platform for businesses and charities. It has around 20 active re-seller partners for new sectors and markets. The company is working with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as part of its raise programme and actively engaging with several Series A Venture Capitalist (VC) funds intending to raise £4-5 million in late 2021 to scale its business. Thyngs aggregates various payment partners including PayPal, Worldpay, Apple Pay and Google Pay. The company was the cashless donation platform for 210,000 fundraising events for Macmillan's 'World's Biggest Coffee Morning', which raised £27 million in 2019. Many reputed organisations such as Warner Bros, Royal British Legion, Wasabi, National Geographic, and ANZ Bank are working with Thyngs. The company will use the investment to enhance its marketing campaign, bolster its sales team, work on data security and integrations on its platform, and expand the account management team to boost its business.
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£329,591
Aloha is a barrier-free WiFi hotspot and data-sharing platform. The company estimates that 3.5 billion smartphone users worldwide pay to access the web with many unable to access the internet daily due to technical or financial constraints. Conversely, 67% of smartphone users do not consume all of their mobile phone data available to them each month. Aloha aims to change this scenario. It enables users to get paid for sharing unused data and be rewarded with 'Aloha Tokens' that can be exchanged for cash, bitcoins and exclusive offers from Aloha's partner companies. Business users and advertisers can use the advertising tools in the Aloha application and broadcast offers and promotions directly to a targeted audience within the Aloha community. The company will use 20% of the investment to list the Aloha Token with one or more key Crypto exchange platforms, 15% to expand the application development team, 17% to complete development of the Aloha Marketplace, 20% for marketing and PR, 16% for running monthly costs, 3% for Aloha app upgradation, and 10% as contingency funds.
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investment:
£307,707
Fitu App allows one to discover and instantly book great deals on amazing fitness activities happening near them without the need of a membership. At the same time, it helps fitness gyms, studios, and trainers to generate more revenue by filling up unsold and empty spots. By being in stealth mode, Fitu App has perfected its products on the bases of its user's feedback and has received on an average over 500 monthly downloads. Within a few months, it has managed to partner up with over 170 London gyms, studios and trainers, featuring a total of 460 unique weekly workouts. In future, around 40% of its proceeds will be used for growth marketing and 30% on technological development.
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£373,240
Grid Duck (GD) is an intelligent energy control system. It argues that only 14% of commercial buildings have a Building Management System (BMS) that allows them to switch off appliances when they are not needed automatically. GD is trying to bring the remaining 86% of buildings under its network. It has launched a wireless cloud-based system for companies to manage their energy consumption. Companies can check their energy consumption on an easy-to-use dashboard. GD is also evolving its technology into a self-learning system that supports time-of-use tariffs, demand response and renewables balancing. The company won the 2020 Rushlight Energy Reduction Award, and is ISO27001 certified for cybersecurity with regards to 'Penetration Test'. With the investment received, the company will grow its revenues and invest in New Product Development (NPD).
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investment:
£339,771
Wavepaths unifies immersive arts, psychotherapies and technology into personalised, digital music experiences to improve the mental health of individuals. About 1800 psychedelic therapists, psychotherapists and clinics are on the company's rolls. Wavepaths argues that 98% of its clients reported improvement in well-being, with 70% requesting repeat visits. The company has collaborated with notable entities like Brian Eno, Jon Hopkins, Greg Haines and L-Acoustics. It has also featured in publications like The Evening Standard, GQ, Wired, Rolling Stone, and Sydney Morning Herald. The company will use 50% of the investment towards design and development of its platform, 23% for payroll, 6% for operational expenses, and 21% for boosting marketing, sales and support to facilitate launches across different demographics.
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investment:
£387,470
