Immersionn™ is a Virtual Reality discovery engine for immersive content. This engine works with fast speeds and low latency providing 5G networks that are the perfect go-to-market vehicle for Immersionn. This platform is accessible via smartphones, virtual reality headsets and laptops. Immersionn has the potential to work globally with 5G Telco operators and other vertical markets (e.g Transport, Mobile OEMs) that benefit from proposing Immersionn’s offering to its customers. Immersionn’s founder is a member of the UK5G Creative Industries working group, supporting the acceleration of the immersive sector adoption of 5G.
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£110,300
AirSensa is a proprietary globally-scalable cloud platform developed with the aim to avert air pollution globally. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that 7 million die prematurely every year because of air pollution. Lack of poor data coupled with unreliable systems makes tracking air pollution a major task. Better data can help city authorities to make effective interventions, help businesses to improve operations, and help citizens avoid the worst of pollution. The company's unique big data platform (STORRM) can scale to run hundreds of thousands of sensors and serve any number of users simultaneously while providing reliable air pollution data. AirSensa's technology can also be used to understand the impact of Covid-19, to tackle the post-Covid complications due to air pollution by providing hyperlocal, real-time information to those people as well as the existing vulnerable groups like asthmatics and heart disease patients. The company will utilise the investment to drive business development, build a post-COVID product that will lead to potentially lesser fatalities due to risk from polluted air, and ensure more people join its ecosystem.
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£763,890
Black Young Professionals (BYP) Network is a company that empowers black professionals around the world to solve the problems they face through economic empowerment and connectivity. The company has grown from side hustle to a 6-figure revenue-generating company with over 40,000 members. BYP allows both members and corporate partners to avail a variety of offerings including webinars/events, blogs, newsletters, podcasts, a social networking app, and job board alerts. The company has about 60 corporate partners including Accenture, Facebook and Soho House. It has featured in publications including BBC, Roc Nation, and Forbes. BYP Network has won the Maserati Top 100 Most Innovative Companies and a place on The Mayor of London’s International Business Programme and London Stock Exchange Elite Program. The company will use the investment to have a user base of over 500,000 black professionals with 2% on its premium model in the next 18 months through marketing, scale its leadership, sales, and content teams, and improve its current technology platform to make it more intuitive.
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£853,982
Travala.com is a leading blockchain travel company with over 2 million listings covering 90,124 destinations in 230 countries and territories across the globe. Offering travellers payment options through 20+ cryptocurrencies in addition to credit/debit cards, Travala aims to be 15% cheaper than the rest of the market. Moreover, the company is in strategic partnership with Booking.com. Travala's user base has also increased to over 20K registered users with over 90% organic growth to date. With the proceeds, Travala plans to release its native iOS and Android apps, increase customer support operations worldwide, boost marketing activities, secure more high-profile partnerships from both the blockchain and travel space.
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£367,580
We Are Fetching is a free application that helps parents manage the school run amongst their trusted friends, whilst keeping the school informed. The app allows parents to earn credits to use as per their necessity when they collect a friend’s child as well as their own. Fetching asserts that 56.2% of mothers have made a change to their employment due to childcare in the UK. The company points out that its portal can address the aforementioned concern. Fetching also includes a walk-home option and contact reporting in response to COVID-19. The company's platform aims to get more parents back to work and reduce administrative pressure in schools in the wake of COVID-19. Fetching will use the investment to grow its parent user base and make its platform live in 20% of UK schools by 2022.
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£41,976
Faizpay is a financial technology entity that provides a cost-effective alternative to card payments in-store and online. The company facilitates account-to-account payments from a consumer to a merchant via 'Open Banking' as per the European Revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) and bespoke direct Application Programming Interface (APIs) with financial institutions, when available. It asserts that their online tool provides seamless integration with a retailer’s e-commerce system including plug-ins and Software Development Kit (SDKs) for WordPress, Android and iOS. FaizPay states it also allows merchants to offer first-time and regular discounts that automatically apply to transactions. The company has 71 fully registered merchants with 95 registered terminals. FaizPay has onboarded the nine biggest UK banks and signed notable entities like Monzo, Revolut and Starling. The company will use the investment to grow its team, hire additional tech development and sales personnel, apply for an e-money license in the UK, and seek relevant financial authorisation to provide its services in the European Union (EU).
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£536,714
Padoq is a creative game-changing mobile application development platform for organizations and businesses which enables customers of all forms and dimensions to engage, organise and monetise. Its functionality includes Photo, file and video sharing, Event Management, Payment collection etc. The company is listed on the G-Cloud public sector procurement framework, is ISO-certified and, it has won Venturefest in the NW and membership of the Maserati 100 by the Sunday Times. With the proceeds, the company will target the release of a self-serve advertising platform that will allow communities and businesses in benefiting controlled advert inclusion.
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£850,117
Switchd's proprietary technology model allows users to select the best energy solutions to power their homes. The company argues that more than 60 suppliers are dealing in solar, heat pumps and batteries in the UK which can be confusing for users to choose from. Switchd aspires to simplify this. Users can enter their energy tariff details on the company's portal. Switchd then uses its smart algorithm to find the user the best deal from over 26,000 tariffs. The company will also switch users every 6-9 months based on future energy deals. Switchd claims its model has saved users an average of over £400 per year on their energy bills. Switchd is backed by angel investors, Inspired Energy, and the Nationwide Building Society, who are promoting Switchd to their 15.5 million members. The company was rated 'Excellent' on Trustpilot in July 2021 and intends to become a contender in the £6 billion UK and £300 billion global green homes solutions market. The company states it will use the investment to accelerate platform development, boost ongoing performance monitoring, grow its user base and lead the market.
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£1,246,010
GeoDB is a decentralised peer-to-peer big data-sharing ecosystem, powered by Blockchain Technology, which rewards you for data generated. Users upload their data to the ecosystem and in exchange get rewarded for the data generated and datasets are purchased by buyers to access the data pool. It aims to solve the existing inefficiencies of the data industry. Till now, the company has launched Data Generator Network and Data Generator App GeoCash. The company has secured partnerships with five big data companies from Europe & Latin America. Their app is available on the google play store. Also, they have over 15,000 social media followers, including Telegram, Wechat, Twitter, Linkedin, and Medium. The proceeds will be spent on team building, marketing and growth of their Token to increase its visibility and presence in more significant and liquid exchanges.
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£1,527,399
The Fertility Circle (TFC) aspires to become the go-to channel for one in six couples that are struggling to conceive. It aims to help them via its app that consists of four core features namely, community guidance, expert help, knowledge sources, and holistic support channels. The company aims to become a contender in the fertility market that is projected to hit $41 billion by 2026. TFC asserts that it is supported by notable entities like Virgin Startup, FemTech Lab, and 'M' accelerators. TFC has featured in media entities like Grazia, Thomson Reuters, and Thrive Global and was included in Apple's ‘Hot Right Now' list being ranked second for 'Fertility Support' in the App Store. The company has witnessed a 40% Month-on-Month (MoM) user growth, over 6,000+ app downloads in 6 months, and a social community presence of 5,000 followers to date. TFC will use the investment to pilot with six leading fertility clinics to offer the application to their patients.
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£391,372
