Acknowledge is a digital CV for students to share their interests, experiences and achievements. Acknowledge is designed to be a downloadable app and a web based platform.
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£12,079
Caretoshare gives users the opportunity to share years of experience with others and learn a new skill in return, whilst also building new friendships.
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investment:
£4,420
Career Masterclass (CM) is an e-learning platform that seeks to level the playing field for professionals from under-represented or under-served groups by giving them practical guidance from successful industry leaders. It aims to become a contender in the Learning and Development (L&D) market that is valued at £40 billion in the UK. The company asserts that there is a 57% consensus amongst leaders that soft skills such as communication, negotiation, personal branding, and leadership are more important than technical skills. CM aspires to fulfil this objective. It has onboarded clients such as Google, Natwest, HSBC, Barclays Bank, and McDonald's. CM's female CEO and founder has been listed on 'The Powerlist of Britain’s Most Influential People of African and African Caribbean Heritage' for 3 years running. CM will use 45% of the investment for growing its team, 30% for platform and content production, and 25% for marketing and administrative expenses.
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investment:
£412,939
Capture Education is an education portal that aims to help educators and parents connect, foster engagement, improve understanding and increase satisfaction with respect to their children. The company asserts that its software can help reduce workload and costs for educators. It also claims that an average nursery will save over 6.5 hours per week on paperwork when switching from paper to the company's digital solution. Parents can see shared images instantly, watch videos of their children's achievements on the portal at any time. The portal allows educators to capture plans to allow and track activities of children's clubs and extracurricular lessons. The company has witnessed over 1 million observations created and shared on its portal. Over 19,000 parents access the company's system every month. Capture will use 40% of the investment in Research & Development (R&D), 30% in marketing, 10% in sales, and 20% as contingency funds in the wake of COVID-19.
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investment:
£257,040
A digital ski instructor technology that can be placed into any ski boot to deliver real-time audio coaching via pressure and motion sensors. Carv has shipped more than 2,100 units, which has generated more than £580k of revenue since launching in 2017.
Thier boot inserts house 114 sensors that feed information to a smartphone app wirelessly to provide the skier with data on their performance. Their technology has been created with guidance from Olympic and World Cup skiing athletes, including their coaches. Carv is further enhancing their product by developing a subscription service that will deliver premium lessons and coaching drills.
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investment:
£996,710
CAROL is an integrated smart platform, offering an easy-to-use and affordable service to UK motorists, by integrating car insurance, servicing and maintenance into one. Through fusion of technology and intelligent service design, Carol aims to revolutionise the £32 Billion after-sales industry by offering an all-in-one marketplace for all car-related needs, thereby removing the hassles of dealing with multiple different providers and saving time and money. Carol has identified a core early adopter market of an estimated 3.7mn customers in the car after-sales sector. To tap into this potential market, Carol is undergoing partnership discussion with numerous companies including the Insurance Factory, Aviva and Lexis Nexis.
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£104,010
Loanpad is a financial technology entity that provides a user-friendly, lower-risk platform for investors to earn inflation-busting interest through shared short-term property loans. It argues that its portal shields customers from much of the risk of peer-to-peer (P2P) lending by partnering with established property lenders, who take on both higher risk and return. Investors can invest through Loanpad's Classic and/or Premium accounts (both ISA eligible). The Classic account pays 3% and allows daily withdrawals, while the Premium account pays 4% and requires a 60-day notice for withdrawals. Loanpad has over £22 million in funds under management, onboarded over 2,600 registered investors, and witnessed over 150% growth in loans through 2020. It is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). It will use the investment to boost marketing, further develop software capabilities, increase the size of its Interest Cover Fund (ICF), and invest in general working capital.
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investment:
£423,060
Coull is an advertising technology expert. They are looking to disrupt the way online advertising appears making it more natural, non-intrusive and creative. Coull is an established company already revenue generating. The funding will go towards growing the team, targeted marketing and product development.
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investment:
£175,980
Created is an academy for people who wish to enter the creative industries, one of the fastest growing sectors in the UK. It connects the gap between employment and education in the creative industries. It encourages education inside the UK’s £100bn+ creative industries by offering career accelerator courses. The academy proceeds with years of team expertise and experience in the creative industries and education. Created finished its first two rounds of funding amounting £610K from a blend of angels and corporate investors. Now, Created is seeking funds to develop further courses and support the recruitment of students.
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investment:
£425,790
Auddy is on a mission to build a data-driven podcast publisher for mainstream audio podcasts from top producers. The company points out that 1 in 5 people listen to podcasts in the UK, with over 50 million episodes published each day. Auddy stresses that this creates significant competition and confusion for the podcast producers, with many great podcasts going unnoticed due to a lack of editorial, promotional, and commercial support. Auddy intends to change this. The company guides a creator’s show from birth to distribution and advertising sales, helping creators make money via royalty shares. Auddy claims to use data to research shows that need to be broadcast. It fine-tunes the show for editorial and commercial advantage. Auddy points out that its podcast catalogue witnessed 5.5 million UK downloads. It wants to become a contender in the £7 billion podcast industry and has featured in press such as the Telegraph, Financial Times and The Guardian. The company states it will use the investment to become a data-centric publisher for its producers and customers alike globally.
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Expired
investment:
£681,371
