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
EverUp is the UK's first digitally-native prize-linked money account. The company's objective is to shift consumers from the conventional savings account to an application that rewards users with virtual coins for the money they save. Users can then use the virtual coins to play EverUp's online games or lottery events and win tax-free, cash prizes, or more virtual coins to play. The company envisions to build a full-scale financial hub where its customers can accomplish all types of financial transactions. EverUp will reward users for solidifying good financial behaviours through a prize-linked suite of products. EverUp has been accepted by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Innovation Hub to act as a registered Electronic Money Institution (EMI). EverUp is soon going to launch its application across iOS and Android. The company will use the investment to fund its initial operations and earn market traction.
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£478,889
easyHire is a cloud-based technology platform that deals in event and construction equipment rentals. It possesses over 3 million pieces of inventory. easyHire is operating in the £23 billion equipment rental industry in Europe and aims to be the category leader in it. The company raised £1.5 million from leading investors and built a revenue-generating Software as a Service (SaaS) platform. It is backed by renowned entrepreneurs Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou and Fabio Cannavale, as well as, venture capital firm Pilabs. The company owns brand exclusivity for the easyToolhire and easyEventhire franchises across 30 territories. It continued to strengthen its business during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. easyHire will use the investment to open up new markets, invest in product development, and boost its marketing initiatives.
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£520,161
HairFare is an end-to-end hair and beauty chair rental platform that connects beauty professionals to salons, studios and barbershops across the UK. It asserts that the hair and beauty industry was worth £10 billion in 2018 and is set to increase. HairFare aims to be a contender in this segment. HairFare asserts that it has expanded to five cities within the UK with no marketing budget. The platform has featured in media platforms including The Barber Magazine, Islington Gazette, Startups of London, Business Daily, ITProPortal, ExBulletin, Compsmag, and LinkedIn News, to name a few. It will use 40% of the investment for creating its proprietary app, 40% towards marketing to increase the number of business owners and beauty professionals on the platform, 10% towards setting up its merchandise line, and 10% towards establishing the HairFare Academy.
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£57,736
Grow is a British biopharmaceutical company on a mission to unlock the potential of cannabis medicines for patients globally. It claims that it is one of the largest importers of cannabis medicines in the UK and Ireland since its founding in 2017. The company has raised over £9.5 million through several fundraising rounds to allow expansion of operations, supplied medicines to more than 1,200 patients a month as of June 2021, and earned £2.35 million in revenue as of July 20, 2021. The company has also launched its patient app, Calyx, to help patients track their medications and health indicators and signed long term partnerships with some of the world’s leading cannabis companies, including Aurora, Tilray and Columbia Care. The company argues that it has also pioneered the ‘Open Cannabis’ campaign to improve education on cannabis medicines and the means to access them in the UK. It states it will use 40% of the investment on capital expenditure, 30% on hiring new personnel, and 30% as working capital.
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£3,566,133
Vendoir aims to become the go-to app for instantly sourcing and booking event vendors on-demand with ease. It intends to operate as a marketplace model and earn revenue through commission on each transaction and via premium accounts. It asserts that it is part of the London & Partners Business Growth Programme Spring Cohort 2021. The company endeavours to disrupt the £43 billion UK events market post-Covid-19 with an on-demand app. It has a waitlist of more than 1300 interested clients and has featured in Forbes. The company will use the investment to accelerate its product launch.
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£172,457
Uhive is a cryptocurrency-powered social network that aims to foster peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions, interest-based advertising, and the sale of in-app digital assets to maintain user privacy on its portal. The company argues that current social networks flood users' feeds with hidden agendas auctioning off their data to the highest bidder. Uhive intends to change this. It asserts that its content-discovery model allows users to choose and fine-tune the content they see by selecting 26 different interests. Content creators can use Uhive's paywall feature to earn, rewarding quality posts with cryptocurrency payments. The company's app consists of an advanced AI and recommendation engine, crypto wallet, and media streaming, to name a few. Uhive has onboarded 182,000 users and witnessed 5 million posts created by users on its platform. It will use 23% of the investment for operations, 55% for product development, 21% for marketing, and 1% for legal costs.
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£815,530
YEO (Your Eye Only) Messaging is a next-generation communication platform that connects business with people. The company asserts that its patented continuous facial recognition requires users' ID as an authentication key to display content, making it impossible for someone else to read a user's messages. The portal also doesn't allow others to screenshot, copy, save or forward content unless allowed by the user. YEO Messaging claims that its 'Geofencing' and 'Burn After Reading' features provide sender control even after content is sent guaranteeing delivery to the person rather than just the device. YEO was selected as one of eight companies worldwide for CyLon London’s Cohort 10 accelerator in the autumn of 2019 and has a valuation of £8.3 million when only considering issued shares. The company will use the investment to expand its team to accelerate the development of its desktop and enterprise solutions to drive revenues and further its partnership in the insurance and healthcare sectors.
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£823,622
Themis is a regulatory technology company that helps organisations mitigate the risk and impact of all forms of financial crime such as money laundering, bribery, corruption, cybercrime, theft, slavery/human trafficking, and fraud. The platform is designed to provide insights and intelligence on the latest threats, trends, and criminal techniques whilst helping clients complete due diligence on their clients, staff, and supply chains. Themis works alongside the Themis Charitable Trust to ensure the reduction of financial crime. The company also supports the UN Global Compact taking into account the fundamental responsibilities of business in the areas of human rights, labour, environment, and anti-corruption. Themis will use the investment to grow its business across different verticals.
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£1,300,000
Common Objective is a global B2B sourcing and information platform that rewards sustainable business through higher search rankings. The company aims at disrupting the $2trillion fashion industry as it has already used by 23k+ fashion professionals who work at leading brands and 1000’s of SME’s, from over 150 countries. The company’s online platform uses personalisation and matching technology to connect buyers with suppliers and provides them with targeted content and tools supporting best practice. The site is used by individuals and teams who work at world-leading brands backed by industry leaders including Roland Mouret, PDS Multinational, and Plexus Cotton.
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£462,260
