Vercida aims to be Europe's largest diversity and inclusion-focused careers website. Vercida's AI integrated system offers candidates with more reliable search results and job matches based on what they truly want from a workplace. The company has drawn 2 million+ visits from 136 countries, has strong comeback rates from high profile clients like Virgin and Home Office, and has won multiple awards. Vercida is driving innovation backed by technology to set new standards to attract, progress, and retain the best candidates for the job.
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£315,220
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
Bippit is a wellbeing platform that provides employees with financial consultancy from a professional with zero cost to the employees themselves. The company asserts that COVID-19 has made financial consultancy services difficult to access for employees. Bippit aims to resolve this situation. It is available in mobile and desktop formats and integrates with an employees’ entire financial life through 'Open Banking'. Bippit argues that this helps staff members receive all the tools they need to learn, plan, and take action concerning their finances. It also helps companies save time and money, ensures that employees receive an impartial support system, and allows financial experts to get an extra revenue stream. The company will launch an Initial Public Offering (IPO) likely within 5 years if it moves beyond strategic acquisition.
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£73,000
Cyance is an award-winning marketing technology pioneer. Nexus is a software platform designed by the company to track the buying behaviour through billions of computers belonging to millions of businesses across the globe. This platform can track the consumed content and identifies customer interests and needs. The company's customers typically generate x3 more leads and x4 more sales. With the proceeds, Cyance will increase its marketing sales and improve product development to fund the general working capital.
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Patch is a modern plant shop for contemporary plant people. It helps in finding the most suitable plants and delivering them to the door. The company has delivered over 2,50,000 plants to over 82,000 customers in Paris and London. Patch has witnessed solid growth at +124% vs last year, reaching £4.48m in revenue. The company has a 4.6-star rating on TrustPilot and, it has been featured in The Times, The Telegraph etc. The funds will be used to expand across Europe, eliminate the middle-man and expand into the B2B market.
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investment:
£2,412,150
Billon have created a technology that enables zero cost global payments by the use of a simple mobile app. Billon's mobile app allows you to instantly pay for the rest of an article from the Guardian or even donate to your favourite Youtubers with a few clicks of a button.
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investment:
£1,406,667
Honcho is a new mobile app that’s going to revolutionise the way people buy products and services…saving them time and money. They have developed the first online reverse auction marketplace for financial services.
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£829,370
FavourUp is designed to solve the problem that brands spend lots of time and money working with social media influencers, but usually get only one-off exposure. FavourUp helps brands extend influencers’ impact by aggregating brands’ influencer endorsement, and showcasing it on their website.
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£108,300
HubrisOne is an online platform that allows its global customers to exchange, invest and safely store their crypto assets, tapping into a $500bn+ global digital asset market. Their aim is to simplify the world of digital currencies and blockchain technology by focusing on product design, user experience, and consistent innovation. Till date, they have engaged over 100,000 members and started generating revenues since its launch in July 2019. The funds will be used in product development, expanding the team, salaries and marketing.
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investment:
£903,990
UnderTheDoormat is a luxury home accommodation business that provides the quality of a hotel in the comfort of a home. Since 2017, this award-winning business has had more than 40,000 guest nights. Till date, it had more than 300 homes and £3 million gross booking revenues. It is the first company in the UK to be approved by the government-backed Quality in Tourism scheme. Its last 12-month gross booking revenue is £1.3m and up to 72% on the previous FY. EBITDA -£581k. UnderTheDoormat seeks to expand its international growth and tech-led distribution arm.
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investment:
£535,080
