A multi-platform business combining extreme action sports with leisure activities. Graystone offers experiences in surfing, skiing, snowboarding and skateboarding. Customers have the option of participating open sessions, or attending classes. Graystone will open its first site in December 2018 in Manchester. Brands interested in the company include Adidas, Red Bull, Stance and Nixon.
Graystone intends to offer other facilities such as fitness studios, media labs, bars, restaurants and retail sites. By year two, the company is aiming to host 100,000 visitors per year and have locations within one-hour driving distance of at least 8 million people. This will be achieved with plans to open 5 facilitates in Britain over the next 5 years.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£229,830
10Cast forensic forecasting is a cloud and mobile AI application that integrates with legacy CRM systems to improve B2B forecasting.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£90,056
Leaseum is a Business to Business (B2B) Software as a Service (SaaS) provider based in London that offers white label capital raising portals to its clients and targets alternative investment managers who deal with private equity, venture capital, real estate, hedge funds and private credit. The company claims that fundraising for alternative investments is time consuming, expensive and involves many compliance and regulatory aspects. It aims to change this by bringing together all the tools needed to raise capital such as an investor portal, a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system, an email marketing module, e-signature facility, and investor onboarding compliances. Leaseum claims that it allows its clients to streamline their fundraising processes and convert more leads into investors via its portal. It will use 40% of the investment to strengthen its sales team, 40% to strengthen its IT team, and 20% for marketing.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£76,440
Opportunity Network is a digital network that provides equal growth opportunities to Chief Executive Officers (CEO). The portal's algorithm vets prospective users, allows them to buy, sell, raise or invest in an asset, gives them the option to choose the industry they wish to do business in, and then post their requirement for the same. The user can then select the best deal for their business from a list of responses and scale profitably. The company's platform connects 32,000+ qualified CEOs in 130+ countries to $295 billion worth of commercial, financial, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals. 86% of the deals on the portal find at least 1 counterpart in 48 hours. Opportunity Network aims to reach full scale by the end of 2020 and find 10 counterparts for 95% of the deals in 1 hour. The company has also been featured in publications such as Forbes, CNBC, Financial Times, and The Economist. It will use the investment to scale its business across various verticals.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£962,500
Batfast has developed an interactive cricket simulator to increase the interest in cricket. Batfast is used for entertainment purposes and also for training with a basic scoring system and 100 ball feeder.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£148,055
Teapayment is an electronic finance platform that assists Fintech companies in processing payments by providing e-wallets to end-users. The company provides payment support to Loan Aggregators, P2P lending platforms, and Loan Originators, collectively known as 'Distributors'. It provides payment services to its distributors such as acquiring deposits from investors and issuing corresponding e-money, storing investor e-money in secure e-wallets, enabling distributors to transfer funds to an e-wallet held in the name of the borrower, issuing a payout to an external bank account and redeeming the corresponding amount of e-money. Teapayment will function as an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) alongside an in-house developed platform and will apply the funds in maintaining and developing the platform. It will also expand its product offering to give end-users the ability to make payments to and receive payments from their segregated e-wallet.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
Withheld
ITIG have developed software to aid in understanding the investment process, as well as reducing the associated costs of investing. Using their licensed methodologies, retail and institutional investors will see return funds which are more predictable when investing in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), resulting in highly diverse and low-cost investment portfolio.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£67,000
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.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
Withheld
PyroCore is a waste-to-energy technology company. Its technology, Pyrolisis, burns waste and sludge for 30 minutes at 700-900 degree celsius in the absence of oxygen, which leads to reduction of waste volume by 90%, and the energy output can be used for heat, steam or power generation. It also eliminates the need for landfill sites, reduces carbon emissions, and helps businesses cut down on landfill taxes. The company has partnered with institutions such as Brunel University London and The Association for Renewable Energy and Technology. It has also contributed to charities such as Fresh Water Habitats, ALK Positive UK, and others. It is seeking support for deployment of its technology on sites where safe and easy disposal of hazardous or infectious waste can be undertaken, especially in the wake of Covid-19.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
Withheld
Toraphene is an environmental technology company that aims to eliminate plastic waste. It has released with its product, Toraphene, to solve this crisis. It claims that Toraphene is a biodegradable, compostable and commercially-viable plastic packaging substitute for conventional plastic. The company asserts that its product is biodegradable even in the ocean, and has been developed using graphene technology. It is focussed on eliminating carrier bags and food containers in its first-round which account for 23% of marine waste. It aims to be a segment leader in the projected $25.4 billion biodegradable plastic industry by 2026. The company will use the investment to make Toraphene accessible to companies worldwide and make plastic packaging obsolete.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£1,000,000
