&SISTERS aims to develop the menstrual health ecosystem of the future by combining smart technology & best in class sanitary hygiene products. The company asserts that it offers an easy way for users to monitor their cycle, understand & respond to how their body changes, as well as access ethical, sustainable products on the company's portal. &SISTERS claims that its cotton period care products are sustainably sourced, plastic-free, recyclable & biodegradable. The company's products are stocked in over 75 small chains and independents, including Oliver Bonas, Next Beauty, Abel & Cole, Farmdrop, Ecovibe, Feel Unique and Planet Organic. &SISTERS's raised £199,000 in its first crowdfunding round in December 2019. The company will use the funds to grow its team, invest in technology, launch new products, and enhance its marketing campaign.
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£679,783
Ripple is the UK's first-ever clean energy ownership platform. The company aims to enable households and businesses to own new wind farms and solar parks and have the electricity they generate supplied to their home or business premises via the grid. It endeavours to become a segment leader in the $11 trillion global wind and solar market. Ripple has overseen £1 million+ transactions on its platform to date. It has featured in publications like The Times, CNBC, Independent, Business Green, and This Is Money. It has also garnered 5300+ pre-registered customers. The company will use 40% of the investment for marketing purposes, 40% for projects and business overheads, 10% for Non-UK projects, and 10% for website and application development.
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£442,282
RheEnergise is an energy company that plans to transform pumped hydro technology and boost its capacity with its patented High-Density Hydro (HDH) technology. The company asserts that, by installing HDH on smaller hills and combining it with its HD Fluid R-19, businesses could produce 2.5 times the energy compared to low-density pumped-hydro. RheEnergise aims to install multiple HDH projects to meet the UK's growing energy needs. The company has agreements with entities like SSE, WelshPower, GreenCat Renewables and REG-Power. It is currently using its funding grants of ~£270,000 over the next nine months to build a defendable "Moat" of IP (Patents, Design and copyrights, know-how, and trade secrets) across six critical integrated sub-systems. The company will use the investment received to hire key personnel, progress patents, and accelerate its activities.
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£850,000
icontract is an online platform that connects professional contractors with recruiters and employers for job matching, professional networking and contract management. The platform has live profiling, targeted search, connections and instant messaging. With a proprietary algorithm that makes recommendations based on availability, skill set and day rate.
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£121,067
Medic Bleep is a secure and real-time communication solution that aims to help medical teams communicate and collaborate effectively, reduce costs, and improve patient outcomes. It argues that poor inter-team communication has led to an estimated 400,000 episodes of potential harm a year, in the National Health Service (NHS) alone. Medic Bleep aspires to change this. It points out that its services have saved an average of £2.5 million worth of potential harm expenses per NHS Trust. The company asserts that its services are now being used by 5,600+ staff across hospitals every month. Medic Bleep has partnered with the BT Group targeting 20% of NHS trusts by 2025. It has 5,600 monthly active users and has witnessed 18,000 app downloads on multiple platforms. The company will use the investment to develop Version 2 of its product, deliver on its BT contract and NHS X framework to increase sales, and explore other geographies.
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£455,375
Lumio is an intelligent and independent application that intends to help people grow their money on autopilot. Lumio argues that £176 billion of lazy money is depreciating in the UK while for Europe, that number stands at £10 trillion. Lumio aims to optimise this money for everyone so that everyone can gain access to financial security and decide their financial future. The company claims that over £90 million worth of user transactions has been analysed by its smart algorithm. It has more than 6000 users on iOS and Android, which is growing 20% monthly. Lumio was recognised as part of the 'Top 100 Fintech Disruptor' by BusinessCloud in 2020, ahead of Monzo and Seedrs. It has also featured in Forbes, Tech Nation and Sifted by FT. It will use the investment to grow 1 million customers' money by 2024 and accelerate financial independence and personal progress through its technology.
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£1,149,659
Loowatt is delivering safe sanitation and generating energy from waste for sustainable business growth. Loowatt argues that poor sanitation leads to more than £150 billion being lost every year due to health care costs, decreased income and productivity. It aims to change this with its patented toilet. The toilet's waterless flush seals waste hygienically away and is the starting point for Loowatt's unique closed-loop processing system. Loowatt works closely with the local utility partners and ensures that waste is safely collected, treated, and transformed into biogas to generate electricity and heat with nutrients captured for organic fertiliser production. Loowatt has processed 555 tonnes of waste and served more than 250,000 people. The company will use the investment to scale-up manufacturing, complete development of the Loowatt Pro data transmission system, and develop an aftersales monetisation strategy for large international contracts, starting with the City of Manila.
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£1,101,180
Lenderwize is the first lending platform for Telecom Operators, offering investment opportunities in a new Asset Class. Its typical clients are mid-sized operators with an annual revenue of 50-300 million USD. Lenderwize sells to large Tier1 Operators (Originators) and buys from smaller (Terminating) Operators. Thanks to Lenderwize's in-depth industry knowledge, they have identified 1350 wholesalers in need of $96 million, making the Cost of Acquisition of clients very low. Additionally, its lean Back Office, Credit Vetting and Loan Management gives Lenderwize a competitive edge over Market Invoice or Funding Circle. With the funds, the company will invest in technology development and integration, increasing sales, marketing activities, and recruitment to enhance its reach globally.
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£100,045
Innovate Recycle (IR) is a company that aims to reduce carbon emissions from burning discarded carpets. It asserts that only 2% of the 400,000 tonnes of discarded carpets in the UK is recycled, with the rest going into a landfill or being incinerated. IR further points out that burning waste carpet leads to an estimated CO2 impact of £16 million per annum in the UK. It wants to solve this crisis. IR is building a new carpet recycling plant in Northamptonshire that would be able to recycle carpets into reusable materials. They have already received grant funding of up to £2.35 million. IR claims that a single production line in the plant, at full capacity, can recycle up to 20,000 tonnes each year and generate 12,600 tonnes of polypropylene pellets. It will use the investment to expand to a second production line by Year 4 at the same facility.
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£2,650,000
HyperionDev teaches people to code through online courses overseen by top code reviewers. It asserts that its core innovation was efficiently connecting top students to struggling ones having them review code on structured courses. This led to HyperionDev being financially backed by technology giants Facebook and Google in 2016/17 helping the company scale its computer-assisted code review process. HyperionDev has registered over 150,000 students and onboarded clients like Lambda School and Makers. The company reached profitability in 2020 earning £1 million in revenue and more than 250% user growth. It will use the investment to commercialise its model in the $300 billion tech education and assessments market and close the tech skills gap.
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£1,999,998
