Ustar is a specialist in digital imaging technology. It works with visitor attractions to provide movie, image and photo souvenirs. Owing to its unique, fully automated system, Ustar has become the go-to supplier for high rope courses and zip wire attractions. Moving away from traditional photographs in cardboard frames, Ustar’s Digital Delivery System allows today’s tech savvy customers to access their media from anywhere, anytime. Zip World, Hangloose and Historic Environment Scotland are some of the sites where Ustar’s automated imaging systems are installed. With an average conversion rate of 20%, Ustar has a solid scalable growth strategy and is ready to take on more clients and installations.
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£31,190
Snoop is an application that aims to save a user's money by using data analytics. Snoop falls under the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) regulated Open Banking technology. The company asserts that Snoop can help every household in the UK save at least £1,500 each year. The app lets a user connect his/her bank accounts and credit cards to Snoop to observe all the balances and transactions together from a single portal. Snoop also watches a user's bills and lets the user know if he/she is paying too much or if there’s a price hike. The app also creates a 100% personalised feed of money-saving ideas based on the user's spending patterns. Snoop has grown to over 100,000 downloads and 75,000 customers since early 2020, delivered over 1 million money management tips to customers, and featured in publications like The Guardian, Financial Times, and The Telegraph. It will use 57% of the investment to grow its business, 21% to develop app functionality, and 22% for business operations.
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£8,445,740
SimplyCook offer a range of recipes to help cook restaurant quality meals in a fraction of the time. They have been rated as the top online recipe startup in the UK. Customers have currently cooked over 900,000 meals. With the investment recieved, SimplyCook aim to enhance their customers experience and launch a new distribution partnership with Ocado.
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£717,550
Quotall is a specialist insurance technology software entity that helps large, high profile enterprises to enter the insurance market. The company claims that to date, brands have struggled to extend into insurance due to significant up-front costs, regulatory concerns, legacy technology in the insurance sector and a lack of in-house expertise. Quotall claims that its insurance ecosystem service aims to remove these barriers and enable rapid market entry. The company asserts that it can arrange regulatory approval for the client and link the latter's customers through to its fully client-branded, quote, buy and self-service insurance platform. Quotall's earned revenues in 2020 reached close to £500,000 and it has raised £4 million to date. It states it will use the investment to resource the implementation, development, and servicing of new client accounts as they are contracted.
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£708,805
Systemising tourist booking for major companies This UK-based software solutions company is expanding its profitable business. Khubi Solutions wants to add to the success of its online hospitality booking engine, which has been certified by Trip Advisor and is used by top hotels in East Africa, and feed off other successes to launch a new range of products. Khubi Solutions is now aiming to increase its presence in the hospitality, tourism and car rental markets – and will use an existing customer base in the area to help it do so. New introductions will include a conference booking engine, property management system and a loyalty programme. The company has a history of creating technology solutions for numerous markets with a team proficient in all aspects of software development and web services.
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£4,000
Aiming to prevent further deterioration and leakage of water and sewerage pipes, Aqualiner has developed their Melt in Place Pipe (MIPP). This patented technology consists of a sock insertion, which when heated, expands and melts onto the inner pipe and forms a solid glass-reinforced thermoplastic layer. This process can increase the longevity of existing pipes and is the only product of this type to be approved to be safe-for-use in drinking water pipes. The UK has more than 251,000 miles of water pipes, where almost 75,000 miles of pipes are classed as damaged.
Aqualiner firstly plans to sell the initial equipment in return for a small profit margin, but the materials and consumables used in the process will be sold to the licensed contractor directly as a second income stream. The third source of revenue is derived from fees charged to International territorial licensors for any Aqualiner sales.
The product has been developed with support from Anglian Water, Severn Trent Water and Yorkshire Water and is approved to be installed in US drinking water pipes.
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£642,471
Clean Slate is a 100% plant based all day dining concept. The idea is to create easy attractive plant based eating not just for vegetarians and vegans. They are lookng for funding to launch a restaurant with the view to open four restaurants over the next four years.
(EIS Partial)
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£36,290
A premium British handcrafted candy-maker seeking funds to expand and grow their business internationally. In addition to their own candy and confectionary, they also offer customers to create their own designs using natural colourings and the finest ingredients. Spun Candy have the rights to the Candy Crush app.
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£341,990
Hexis is a fitness application that helps users become fitter scientifically, fuel smarter and feel on top of their game. The company argues that despite users becoming knowledgeable in fitness, courtesy of the internet, nutrition hasn’t become a core area of concern. Hexis asserts that its proprietary 'Carb Coding' tool amplifies the human body's response to exercise, enhancing performance, recovery and adaptation. Hexis stresses that its tool removes the guesswork from nutrition by predictively personalising a user's requirements as per their workouts and lifestyle. The company points out that its beta system was tested on 1,000 users. It aspires to dominate the personalised nutrition market that is set to grow to £11.7 billion by 2027 and counts athletes like Paul Dunne (Golf), Rohan Dennis (Cycling), and Lauren Delany (Rugby) amongst its star users. Hexis states it will use the investment to democratise nutrition and increase its user base across global markets.
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£398,234
Dojo is a tech platform that connects BAME (Black, Asian and Minority, Ethnic) students and professionals with like-minded peers and mentors. Backed by a group of distinguished advisors, including Sceenic, LinkedIn, and Mckinsey, Dojo is reimagining career development and is on a mission to deal with diversity and inclusion by democratising access to mentorship across the globe. Dojo has also been a participant in the ZINC VC tech-for-good incubator. With the proceeds, the company will tackle key hires and execute on strategic partnerships.
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£24,700
