Dot Investing enables individual investors to access private markets, creating equal opportunities and expanding investment options.
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investment:
£781,877
Powervault sells energy storage products that aid in the reduction of electricity bills and helps customers during black-outs. Powervault's cloud-connected energy storage appliance stores low cost electricity then releases it when household demand peaks.
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investment:
£1,438,040
A current account for small business owners and the self-employed that automates their accounting and taxes. Coconut informs customers about transactions on their account that that are eligible for a tax deduction and automatically completes a tax return. It also provides a tax bill forecast and shows guidance on tax rules and regulations. Coconut currently looks after 3,000 accounts and has pre-registered 5,000 limited companies with total transactions processed exceeding £12m.
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£1,857,450
Catipilla designs, manufactures and retails a range of high quality, functional, wall-mounted climbing frames, resting points, and scratchers to create unique living spaces for cats. The company asserts that the cat segment of the pet market is worth an estimated £5 billion in the UK alone. It wants to become a contender in this segment. Catipilla has sold 2,000+ products across 16 countries, listed at retailer Pets at Home, and became a finalist in the PetQuip '2018 Product of the Year' in the past three years. Catipilla's products are situated in vet practices, catteries, and cat rescue centres. The company claims that it is endorsed by International Cat Care and has a partnership with IAMS, a global pet food giant. After a 5.36 times increase in orders during the 2020 lockdown (compared to Q2 and Q3 2019), Catipilla requires investment to scale up sales, distribution, manufacturing, and export capability.
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investment:
£196,702
A cyber-defence system preventing criminals accessing secure information from internet-enabled businesses. vzInternet Limited have developed Assayer, a cloaking tool that works differently to traditional cybersecurity systems. Assayer aims to tackle criminal behaviour by removing the time they have to exploit an organisation, rather than current methods that only add more layers for criminals to break through.
vzInternet Limited is in the process of creating three version of their Assayer range, targeted for specific needs. Assayer Freedom is the initial offering that will prevent criminals from using stolen information and biometric data to access private material. Assayer Trust aims to tackle malware designed to convince customers to provide personal information and Assayer Veto is being created to protect businesses from internal attacks by employees and third-party contractors.
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£60,000
Zeigo is a clean-technology platform that helps corporate energy buyers contract energy directly from wind and solar farms using data and technology and avoid barriers e.g. lack of price transparency, limited market visibility, and complex legal processes. The Zeigo platform hosts close to 270 projects worldwide and has witnessed £1.35 million in investment in 2020. The company won the Innovative Energy Product Award at EMA Energy Management Awards, was named Renewable Energy Technology of the Year by Business Green Technology Awards, and was shortlisted for Best Business Solution at TELCA 2020. Zeigo will use 80% of the investment to hire new staff members in key positions, 12% to onboard consultants on technology and Machine Learning (ML), and 8% on marketing.
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£578,740
Hoptroff offers a global Traceable Time as a Service (TTaaS). It verifies and corrects incorrect server clocks to microsecond accuracy thus making timestamp records of computer transactions trustworthy. This technology's precise time feed is set by Hoptroff's atomic clocks in its time hubs which are situated in London, Tokyo, and New York. Furthermore, with its partners BSO and BT networks, it delivers the feed anywhere in the world over low latency fibre connections. It already has 9 financial services customers and is also working with its partners to pursue a pipeline of potential new customers. It is raising funds to increase sales and marketing efforts, particularly, in Africa and the Asia-Pacific regions. It will further move on quickly to exploit the global Financial Services market which is worth £0.7bn and enter new markets such as TV broadcasting.
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£983,610
ARROE Limited is planning on creating an ecosystem of software and hardware products to eliminate the charging problem. The company has made the first universal laptop charging solution by joining software and hardware. Since 2016, the business and products of the company have evolved enormously, but the key focus of the company is to free people from the wall socket. It will sell their products through three channels: B2C (Website), B2B and B2C (Brand partners). The ARROE application will become the virtual assistant for power management.
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investment:
£360,000
CoinBurp is a uniquely user-friendly crypto trading platform. It has a long-term vision to become an international brand and an integral part of the banking ecosystem. The company has acquired more than 1,000 users and facilitated 1000+ transactions, accumulating a trading volume of more than £1m. As CoinBurp enters its second phase of product development, it aims at providing banking facilities such as provide customers with prepaid cards, offer secured crypto loans and have initiated the process to become FCA regulated.
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investment:
£274,630
Cadello is a newly produced category-defining unique spirit produced by Distilleria Pisoni, a 150-year-old distillery in Italy. It is growing its distributors over the UK as well as Italy. The company has also partnered with Honest Grapes and other independent marketers and sales teams. Cadello has hired Italian and UK Brand Ambassadors and engaged Pegasus Spirits as UK importer and brand manager. The company will support its continued fast-paced growth by investing into its marketing and sales through tradeshows & tasting events, Brand Ambassadors, PR (editorial and events), social media & advertising, and bartending competitions.
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Expired
investment:
£275,490
