ThinkCyber is a UK-based company that offers products that reinvent the delivery of end-user security education and awareness training. The company reduces cybersecurity risks by drawing its customers' practitioner experience and empowering them through user-centric solutions. It has won InnovateUK grants multiple times by working with academics and designers to create its RedFlags™ product that tracks user behaviour and delivers threat awareness and alerts. It has deployed its product into two clients and has a surplus worth £0.75M in the pipeline. ThinkCyber is also a member at Rapid Cybersecurity Advancement (LORCA). With the proceeds, it will be turning to 30 customers by the end of 2019 and then generate £2M Annual Recurring Revenue by mid-2020.
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£284,352
UnderPinned gives freelancers a single, dedicated platform to learn how to build a successful business, find clients, manage their work, and help them get paid on time. The company aspires to build a connection with users that ensures everyone thrives through its accelerator programme, community, and content. UnderPinned asserts that its accelerator programme allows it to achieve day one unit profitability before converting users to subscribers. It claims to have made £12,772 in revenue with £8,000 spent on marketing in its first month of programme sales in January 2021. The company argues that COVID-19 has accelerated freelancing, moving away from traditional employment. UnderPinned has a community of over 20,000 subscribers and growing. It says itvwill use the investment to scale its team, marketing and product development as it focuses on expanding in the US and EU markets.
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£629,086
Qure are an affordable and convenient on-demand healthcare service providing a doctor to users doors within 2 hours, 24/7. The hassle-free healthcare connects individuals with highly-experienced medical practitioners in the local area.
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£720,000
ClickMechanic offers car repairs, servicing, Ministry of Transport tests (MOTt), diagnostics and pre-purchase inspections through its nationwide marketplace of vetted mechanics. The company cites research group Mintel's data stating that 50% of drivers got ripped off by car service centres. ClickMechanic wants to change this and become a leading contender in the £23 billion UK automotive servicing industry. The company takes a 20% commission on every completed booking and has secured a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 85+ for its services. Their exit strategy is via an Initial Public Offering (IPO) or trade sale.
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£100,000
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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£307,707
Emission Solutions (EMSOL) empowers organisations to take everyday steps to reduce emissions through their real-time emission monitoring and analytics system. EMSOL's open framework platform is built with networks of sensors like air and noise pollution, vehicle tracking, and working with any asset tags and emission sensors which enables EMSOL to perform real-time measurements with location tags and calibrated sensors. Data from these platforms are easily shared on dashboards, through notifications and gives detailed real-time data on urban noise, air quality, and vehicle pollution. To date, EMSOL won Rushlight Environmental Analysis Award, achieve yearly income targets, rated 5th place in the national PowerUp Index and 4th in the London and South East region. Moreover, EMSOL also won a fully funded project sponsored by DFT to deploy EMSOL technology into the rail sector. The company will use the funds to expand its customer base and increase the number of deployment sites.
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£316,884
Carwow is an online marketplace service that makes the car buying experience better. In 2018, the company became the 6th growing organization in Europe. It has also expanded into Spain and Germany by building a YouTube channel of 2.7 million subscribers. Initially, carwow focussed on the UK new car market; however, it has expanded into financing, leasing, and nearly-new cars. In Germany and the UK, the company is rated 9.6/10 on Trustpilot. More than 2m people see its editorial content every month and in August 2019, the company's YouTube channel received 55 million views. The business aims to invest in its growth & market expansion.
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£4,963,200
Receive an affordable massage at home and on-demand by easily booking straight from an app. Since the start of year, Urban Massage has delivered more than 114,000 massages and received a 4.85/5 or above rating for the level of treatment provided to their customers. The company has successfully launched in Birmingham, Manchester and Paris with an Annualised Run Rate (ARR) of 3,300% from June 2014 and in June 2018, an ARR of £10.4m.
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£3,491,730
SleepCogni combines a handheld device and a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform to help users wind down by collecting physiological, behavioural and environmental data. The company points out that 1 million people in the UK take sleeping pills for insomnia. SleepCogni intends to change this with its product. It claims that its device receives data from fifteen different sensors, providing detailed insights into a user’s sleep struggle to further assist in clinical intervention, including procedures such as CBT-I (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia). The company's initial target sleep clinics are the UK and the US, with the US sleep clinic market estimated to be worth $9 billion in 2020. SleepCogni has eleven granted and four pending patents in various territories, a trademark on the logo and protection of specific handheld trigger hardware. They state they will use the investment received to commercialise their product.
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£577,270
TrustPortal is a digital AI platform helping global clients such as Telefonica and EDF to deliver advanced customer service by augmenting existing Information Technology (IT) systems. The company argues that poor customer service costs UK companies an estimated £37 billion per year. TrustPortal aims to address this situation. It points out that companies with great Customer eXperiences (CX) have witnessed 30% more revenue growth than others with a further 69% of companies agreeing that improving CX is critical/very important. TrustPortal combines leading Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and AI technology to help companies boost their CX scores. It aims to become a contender in the RPA software market that is predicted to be worth $19 billion by 2027. The company will use the investment to grow its business across different verticals.
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£1,249,997
