OvuSense is a women's health monitoring platform offering continuous insights into the reproductive cycle. With over 45,000 users and 10 patents, they aim to expand through partnerships, starting with a large IVF clinic chain. Addressing underdiagnosed health issues, their platform provides accurate cycle monitoring, health screening, and treatment tracking. Backed by institutional investors, OvuSense stands out for its predictive capabilities and accuracy in ovulation tracking, empowering women's fertility control.
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investment:
£169,920
PlusGuidance is an online counselling/therapy platform that gives people immediate access to counselling. It provides secure video, voice, IM and email sessions directly through the site, and booking in-person sessions too. Our Mission - Immediate access to counselling for everyone.Business Model - Software-as-a-Service for counsellors, who pay a monthly fee to use secure online sessions, practice management tools to manage their clients, and a public web profile in our directory.
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investment:
£115,022
PlusGuidance is an online counselling/therapy platform that gives people immediate access to counselling. It provides secure video, voice, IM and email sessions directly through the site, and booking in-person sessions too. Our Mission - Immediate access to counselling for everyone. Business Model - Software-as-a-Service for counsellors, who pay a monthly fee to use secure online sessions, practice management tools to manage their clients, and a public web profile in our directory.
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investment:
£64,987
Aiming to improve the health and well-being of the UK by incorporating spa and beauty treatments into everyday life. PURE is a profitable business that currently runs 8 urban spas across Great Britain, as well as selling their own range of natural products and treatments for skincare to be used at home. Over 100k clients a year have used PURE's services, with 40% of appointments being booked via the company's website and mobile app. This has resulted in sales of £2.9m in 2017, with group revenue increasing by more than 21% in the year-to-date.
Investments will be used to open in more locations, develop more products and expand the PURE Beauty Zone marketplace for independent health and beauty businesses to sell their products in PURE's spas and on their website.
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investment:
£72,650
Riversimple is a car manufacturer and service provider that is spearheading ‘next-generation’ Hydrogen electric vehicles. It sells mobility as a service and retains ownership of its cars. Their pricing structure allows customers to pay a single monthly fee that covers the vehicle, fuel, maintenance, and insurance costs. It's proprietary offering, Rasa, is a two-seat local commuter vehicle that can achieve a 250mpg equivalent fuel figure with a 300-mile range from a 3-minute fill. The company has recently been awarded two new grants from The Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) for £1.25 million to support the build of its first low volume production run, and another from InnovateUK worth £0.5 million to support the deployment of cars in the Milford Haven Energy Kingdom project. The company has also been featured in several prominent publications such as The Guardian, CNBC, BBC Wales, Reuters and CNN to name a few. The company will use the investment to expand its engineering team and start volume production to reach product commercialisation by the end of 2022.
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investment:
£504,000
Plant-based diets, health and fitness programmes for those interested in veganism to improve their health and wellbeing. Skinny Bitch's book has sold more than 1.1m copies and is available in 6 languages. Readers of the book include celebrities such as Eva Longoria and Jessica Alba. Ellen DeGeneres has stated that the Skinny Bitch book is the reason she became vegan.
The company is now expanding their brand further by offering their content through online guides and blogs. Skinny Bitch is also intending to generate revenue via vegan supplements produced in the US to be sold through their website and third party e-commerce channels.
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investment:
£75,810
Sudor is a purpose-built platform for fitness professionals and their clients. The company claims to provide the technology and tools to empower fitness professionals as they build their digital business. Its core vision is to disrupt YouTube's fitness section that isn't purpose-built for fitness, doesn’t support challenges, track progress, or allows for 1:1 classes etc. Sudor asserts that its platform is different. It allows trainers to earn from their first subscriber. Trainers can also upload on-demand videos, stream live classes or create challenges for their subscribers. Sudor stresses that this gives its business ultimate scalability. It aspires to dominate the digital fitness industry in the US that is set to be worth $15 billion by 2026. The company has raised £465,000 to date, won the NOAH London Startup of the Year, and signed over 200 trainers. The portal hosts over 20,000 users and has paid out over £160,000 to trainers. The company states it will use the investment to scale Sudor worldwide.
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investment:
£274,488
StrongHer empowers and educates women of ALL socio-demographics and diversities to control their wellbeing, nutrition, and fitness. It is an established brand known as a top workout class by London Living. The brand has a social following of more than 13,000 across Facebook and Instagram. StrongHer fills the gap between boutique fitness establishments and budget gyms to give accessible courses, classes, social events, and workshops. In 2018, the company held its first ‘fitness festival’ - Ultimate Warrior Weekend which was attended by around 100 women. With the proceeds, the company will create its first strength and conditioning facility for women.
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investment:
£126,730
The Gut Stuff is a proactive advocate for gut health, educating a substantial community and offering an innovative app in BETA that aims to bridge gaps in the gut health market. With a strong presence in physical products, workplace education, and media, they're positioned to redefine the gut health category and leverage diversified revenue streams for growth during their expansion into the digital realm.
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investment:
£321,662
Emopwering people to improve their musculoskeletal health through exercise. TrackActive is a physical health app that assesses a person's conditions, health and habits and delivers a personalised programme consisting of advice and exercises that adapt as the person progresses. The app is developed using rehabilitative exercise data, clinical algorithms and AI. The app can be used by organisations to view anonymised information on the health of their employees or customers and is distributed via public health, corporate and insurance partners.
TrackActive will be monetised via the aforementioned partners, who will pay an ongoing monthly subscription from £25 per month. This figure may increase depending on the health practitioners using the service. TrackActive's content, such as articles, video and images, can also be licensed to partners. Funds will be allocated towards developing the product further, with the inclusion of an Android version, admin dashboards, evidence-based content and regular updates to the app.
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Expired
investment:
£253,598
