Fully Charged is a broadcasting, digital and events business with the aim to become the world’s no.1 consumer channel for everything related to clean energy technologies & electric vehicles. The company's work has been met with more than 3 million monthly episode views globally on its YouTube channel with a record 4.6 million views in August 2019. Fully Charged is receiving ~£8,000 per month from YouTube advertising. It has successfully crowdfunded its first book, 'The Fully Charged guide to Electric Vehicles & Clean Energy'. Fully Charged LIVE has also won the ‘Pioneer Award’ at the British Renewable Energy Awards. With the investment, the company will hire additional staff/freelancers to drive audience, invest in audience growth through merchandising, hold more events, and establish a larger production office at Bristol & Bath Science Park to manage its increasing workflow.
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£558,734
Rebel Energy (RE) is an energy supplier on a mission to address inequality and provide everyone with easy access to clean and affordable energy, to eventually eliminate fuel poverty. RE claims that fuel poverty led to 16,500+ cold-related deaths in the UK in 2018. RE argues that as the UK home electricity market enters a phase of growth in a post-COVID world, it will be focused on offering reliable customer service and develop strategies that help people who are struggling with their electricity bills. The company has applied for a B Corporation accreditation. RE asserts that its customer support systems are automated and can handle multiple queries simultaneously. It plans to offer a weekly direct debit payment option. RE will use the investment to grow its business across different verticals.
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£503,810
Numerous is a company that aims to establish a new data-sharing economy by ensuring profits to brands and consumers. On the Numerous app, consumers create a data profile filling in the appropriate information. The Numerous AI technology leverages this consensually-shared personal data to connect the right users to the right brands. It also incentivises its members to share their data by sharing some of the revenue with them that Numerous, in turn, generates from brands. Personal data is worth £30 billion in the UK, and $200 billion in the US. Numerous aims to be a strong contender in this segment. It currently has 1,300 users sharing over 130,000 pieces of data. The company's app is live for iOS and Android. It aims to grow to 50,000 users, 7.5 million pieces of data and 60 brand partners in the next 12 months. It will use the investment to pioneer a new model for the data economy and grow its business.
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£352,502
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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£125,000
EMERGEiQ is a cloud-based platform targeted towards Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and large corporate organisations. The company plans on having an extensive suite of algorithms that simplifies Data Science (DS) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) at low cost, across all sectors. EMERGEiQ asserts that its analytics can help businesses improve operational productivity, cut costs, and eventually generate more revenue. It has worked with companies across a variety of sectors such as finance, medicine, stock market, and insurance. The company will use will 30% of the investment for R&D, 25% to purchase software and hardware to improve platform capabilities, 25% to market its new product line, 10% as working capital, and 10% as miscellaneous expenses.
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£150,000
Service Robotics Ltd is a unique service designed to help older adults live independently in their own homes. This game-changing service offers voice-enabled face-to-face human support through an adorable intelligent Genie robot. The company's roadmap includes IT integration to turn the home into a cocoon of wellness, health, and companionship. The company has been actively piloting the GenieConnect® platform solution since 2018. Service Robotics Ltd won its first contract in November 2019 from the NHS/SBRI programme. GenieConnect® has agreed on pilot projects with 3 care and retirement organisations, applied for an Innovate UK grant in March.
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£569,430
Artfinder is the art world's first certified B corporation that is on a mission to create a world where art benefits everyone. Operating in the $55 billion+ wall décor and online art market, the company is backed by Wellington Partners, and private investors in the UK, US and Switzerland. It has 60,000 customers, 6,000 artists and a collection of 470,000 artworks. The company believes in establishing direct contact with artists to select or commission work and negotiate prices. Customers have rated the company highly with 4.8+ Trustpilot reviews. The company will use the investment to supercharge its growth, grow its team and improve its platform.
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£834,056
Scribestar's Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform digitises and automates the documentation and compliance processes required for raising capital on stock markets such as IPOs, bonds etc. The platform intends to provide users with structured data format documents that can be machine-read and monetised. Scribestar aims to become a contender in the $22 billion Regulatory/Legal Technology markets. It argues that it is already active in the UK and has witnessed over 50 transactions on its system. It is also a part of the London Stock Exchange Issuer Services and CMS equIP with 4 years of verifiable commercial use and over £13 million received as investments. Scribestar asserts that its services are being regularly used by three law firms in the UK with more showing interest in its capability to function as a remote tool to manage the compliance documentation process. The company will use the investment to start its expansion in the US and other markets targeting law firms and deliver successful trials with stock exchanges.
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£864,009
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
MiiCARE is a company that provides AI-based in-home companionship & health support for the elderly. miiCARE provides an 18-month product validation process with the NHS and the elderly. Its innovation miiCUBE is a cloud-based assistive technology solution that can detect an emergency and inform a designated responder. miiCARE already has 250 prospective clients who have already expressed interest to purchase the product. The company was accepted for the 'Microsoft for Startups' program in 2019 and Microsoft's 'AI for Good' acceleration cohort in 2020. The company will utilise the investments to create an emergency stock to support future orders, fulfill orders for clients, strengthen its team, and create a small inventory for orders.
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£354,632
