A Smart Garden company offering customers to dive into growing a personalised garden in their homes at the push of a button. Gartenzwerg is a Hardware as a Service (HaaS) business utilising technology to enable people to sustainably experience nurturing, growing and caring for their indoor gardens via an app. The software is fully automated and actively informs users the current state of their gardens and displays instructions and measurements to ensure their plants continue to grow. This means that customers can enjoy high-quality home-grown food, sustainably and conveniently.
Gartenzwerg has offices in the UK and USA with B2B partnerships in Singapore and the UAE and their products are sold in 12 countries worldwide. The company currently has two product variations available, a standalone unit and a wall-mounted option. Their Smart Gardens use the latest technology and therefore Gartenzwerg is in the process of protecting their IP, as well as seeking valuations and commercialisation options.
The company's revenue stream consists of hardware sales, subscriptions to the service, licensing agreements and advertisements. Gartenzwerg also works in conjunction with businesses such as cafes, offices and garden centres to display their products.
Funds are being raised to scale the business further by accelerating the manufacturing process and offering a premium package subscription to customers. In addition to this, investments will be used to expand the team, develop new products, certify and protect IP and produce marketing campaigns.
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£167,722
Map of Agriculture Group “Map of Ag” is being established to provide data, software & communication products for the agricultural sector.
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£3,010,100
Fortu Wealth is a Business-to-Business (B2B) Software as a Service (SaaS) solution for private banks, wealth managers, external asset managers & multi-family offices. The company aims to be a segment leader in the $158.3 trillion personal wealth market. It has developed and launched the beta version of its Fortu Wealth mobile app and a desktop version of the application with essential features during the first three quarters of 2020. It has also signed partnership agreements with top service providers to provide facilities like Foreign Exchange, Anti-Money Laundering (AML), and Know Your Client (KYC). Fortu Wealth will use the investment to enable further product development, manage operating expenses, and invest in customer acquisition.
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£500,045
Magnetto intends to challenge the traditional retail business by automating the checkout process and eliminating long queues via its app. The company allows shoppers to scan and pay for goods with their smartphones and skip queues using smart gates. The app also claims to facilitate indoor navigation with product locators and allows users to avail loyalty schemes. Magnetto asserts that the commercial rollout of its app has begun with the company planning to develop fully automated stores for one customer with its hardware partner, Modern Expo. Magnetto was nominated for an award at the London Smart Retail Tech Expo. The company intends to become a contender in the retail automation market that is projected to reach $23.58 billion by 2026. Magnetto aspires to connect fully with retail giants like Amazon and Sainsbury's and help them experience automated retail sales seamlessly. The company state it will use the investment to develop new features, grow its team and acquire more customers.
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£220,431
MortgageGym is a technology business that makes mortgages easier and digital for everyone. Its technology was authorised by the FCA, delivering first-to-market digital innovations. This company has provided free online advice to over 45,000 consumers and has got £100m+ of mortgages arranged to date. Moreover, it also has integrated 65% of the 20 largest UK mortgage lenders into live eligibility. MortgageGym has multiple revenue streams such as revenues generated from the arrangement of appointments with brokers, commission shares, and referral fees. From the funds raised, MortgageGym will accelerate its ongoing proposition development by investing in people, particularly focusing on technology and product. It will also use the proceeds to develop new technology features which are not currently offered by its competitors.
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£443,086
Tamoco Limited are a provider of online data, creating actionable data and aggregating precise consumer location data. Tamoco provides brands with a method of understanding how audiences behave with speed and accuracy, and delivers an innovative content delivery platform for advertisers. The platform utilises precise location to present content relevant to its audience.
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£1,050,000
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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£175,980
Aloha is a barrier-free WiFi hotspot and data-sharing platform. The company estimates that 3.5 billion smartphone users worldwide pay to access the web with many unable to access the internet daily due to technical or financial constraints. Conversely, 67% of smartphone users do not consume all of their mobile phone data available to them each month. Aloha aims to change this scenario. It enables users to get paid for sharing unused data and be rewarded with 'Aloha Tokens' that can be exchanged for cash, bitcoins and exclusive offers from Aloha's partner companies. Business users and advertisers can use the advertising tools in the Aloha application and broadcast offers and promotions directly to a targeted audience within the Aloha community. The company will use 20% of the investment to list the Aloha Token with one or more key Crypto exchange platforms, 15% to expand the application development team, 17% to complete development of the Aloha Marketplace, 20% for marketing and PR, 16% for running monthly costs, 3% for Aloha app upgradation, and 10% as contingency funds.
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£307,707
SafeToNet is a cyber-safety company that safeguards children around the world from online threats such as bullying, grooming, abuse and aggression. The company's Artificial Intelligence (AI) system is trained to look for patterns of behaviour that can suggest a child may be at risk. Its smart keyboard detects risks in real-time and steers children away from trouble by filtering harmful outgoing messages before they can be sent and any damage can be done. SafeToNet has sold more than 550,000 licences of its AI-based safeguarding solution in 2020 and is operational in 109 countries. It has featured in The Daily Mail, The Independent, and The Times, to name a few. It has raised £2.52 million to invest in its growth and is offering secondary shares to investors.
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£183,606
Gamerpro is an esports service provider for mobile gamers. It aims to become a new revenue stream for mobile game publishers. The company intends to provide an esports experience for mobile gamers to compete with one another, and win real money prizes. Players are required to deposit before playing on Gamerpro, and winners can quickly and easily make withdrawals. Gamerpro asserts that its application only works with mobile games that are both skill-based and have a PvP gameplay mode. The company's app has witnessed 500,000 installations with customers from across 160 countries with over $1 million worth of wagers placed. It will use the investment for technology development, onboarding key personnel across various portfolios, and product development.
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£442,410
