Brickowner is a property investment platform. Its network is fast, simple, and available 24/7. It helps property asset managers and developers manage their investor onboarding, KYC, investor categorisation, escrow requirements. Since 2017, investment through the company has grown from £347k to £1m (2018), and over £10m by April 2019. Brickowner has more than 2000 investors registered on its platform. It has also gained extensive media coverage including Daily Mail, London Evening Standard, Property Week, and many more. With the proceeds, Brickowner will make significant improvements to its existing tech, develop some new technology for increasing the product range and expand its team.
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investment:
£282,015
Wedding Planner is an online wedding-planning marketplace that provides an easy way to plan and book a wedding. Around 20,000 couples are using this platform to plan their dream weddings. Besides being a pre-COVID profitable business in the UK, it is the UK's number one ranked site for 'Wedding Planner' as per Google. The website has been created by combining a digital wedding booking system, curated venues, planning tools, and supplier search options. The platform generates 8,500+ leads for venues and suppliers per quarter and has a registered base of 3,000+ venues and other suppliers. With the investment, the company will use 25% to update their booking system catering to couples and suppliers, 12% in creating new and tested standardised contract templates between the couple and the supplier, 13% in developing a partnership with a wedding insurance provider, 30% as substitution funds for supplier and venue subscriptions frozen during COVID-19, 13% in continuing the platform's growth in Sweden, and 7% in costs associated with fund-raising.
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investment:
£25,010
Fore Fitness Group (FFG) is a company that operates the easyGym and PACK45 brands in the fitness space. It operates 20 affordable but high-quality easyGym units across 3 countries. FFG plans to open gyms, boutique studios across the world and develop digital assets such as workout apps. It is developing two new products: an innovative workout app, and an effective & easy-to-use home fitness equipment machine. FFG believes that these steps will appeal to fitness enthusiasts both during and after the Covid-19 pandemic. FFG’s’ vision is to operate the largest fitness network in the world by 2030. The company will use the investment: 10% of it to patent, prototype and gather initial feedback for the home fitness equipment, 20% to build, market and ship the first orders for the home fitness equipment, 15% to market and establish momentum for the workout app, 15% to launch a premium version of the online fitness library, 20% for company costs such as rent and staffing, and the rest for investment opportunities that may present themselves and to seek new Master Franchise Agreements (MFAs) for different countries with eligible partners.
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investment:
£1,462,390
Q Doctor aims at changing the NHS care delivery with the help of video consulting to benefit patients and clinicians. The company is focusing on delivering a model that keeps modernised NHS care free of charge for the patients. The video solution plugs NHS clinicians to the existing NHS infrastructure and allows them to connect to the NHS patients digitally. With the proceeds, Q Doctor will fulfil its strategy for 2020. It will deploy the funds into labour, development, operations, marketing, and contingency funds.
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investment:
£1,386,200
MysteryVibe creates doctor-recommended sexual health devices. The company combines research and engineering by onboarding leading doctors to design devices that address major sexual health issues such as erectile dysfunction, dryness and pain during intercourse. MysteryVibe has changed over 50,000 lives in 65 countries, witnessed $1 million worth of direct sales in 2020, and became the first sexual health startup to be featured on a BBC documentary. The company has received 20+ international awards including, the coveted Design Week Awards where its product, 'Crescendo', beat the Apple Watch. MysteryVibe has featured in media entities like Men's Health, Women's Health, The Daily Dot, and Forbes, to name a few. The company will use 25% of the investment to expand and scale its digital marketing campaign, 25% to launch two new products, 25% to expand its team, and 25% on building its inventory.
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Expired
investment:
£498,020
Knoma is a payment solution that helps people looking to future-proof their career or move into new areas of work by eliminating the burden of upfront payment, and by removing the challenges of sourcing an appropriate course. Backed by a large European Venture Capital firm, Knoma enables lifelong learning as the global economy transitions to one where digital skills are essential for career success. All Knoma students can gain access up to £10,000 to pay for the course of their choice, which can be spread over 12 months with flexible repayments with no interest or fees applicable. The company has partnered with organisations like Codeclan, Wild Code School, Le Wagon, and Code Nation and has successfully secured £750,000 in funding from some of Europe's largest venture capital firms, namely, Global Founders Capital, and Rocket Internet. The company will utilise the investments to expand partnerships with tech and coding schools, test and deploy the Knoma app, unlock a £20 million debt facility to provide Knoma loans to its students, and scale the business on all verticals.
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investment:
£529,660
Sustainable Accelerator 2019, also known as, Sustainable Accelerator Investment Fund (SAIF) supports the UK’s best EIS & SEIS sustainability startups. The company's goal is to empower the next generation of businesses to redefine the way we consume energy, clean air, manage waste, and apply smart resource technology. Sustainable Accelerator 2019 actively supports start-up growth, they diversify portfolios, offer sector/strategy specific programme, capture equity stakes before rapid growth. The company looks forward to empowering the next generation of businesses driving sustainability forward.
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investment:
£1,021,720
Wireless Fitness allows fitness instructors to stream their music and voice from their phone to the phones of their class participants who listen in using their own headphones. This allows users to participate in their favourite classes without disturbing other park users or nearby local residents.
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investment:
£10,041
Infobode is a members-only online platform that is revolutionising the real estate industry by providing easy access to information. Infabode streamlined hundreds of prestigious content partners into a single platform, customised for each user. This company was officially launched in March 2016. Although, it was founded in 2014 but still it remained in a beta-mode for the next two years for building a prototype and talking to potential content providers. Furthermore, Infobode has convinced 10 content providers such as Knight Frank, JLL, and Cushman & Wakefield to share their market views and research through the platform in exchange for an increased market range. By 2018, the company had around 420 content providers who were sharing their research and facts to a network of 17000 global members. With the proceeds, Infobode is planning to hire marketing professionals as well as a marketing budget.
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Expired
investment:
£120,568
FinOptix is an innovative FinTech company that solves real business problems. FinOptix’s objective is to become a significant player in a rapidly growing FinTech market by developing systems that provide financial clarity to decision-makers. FinOptix has a well-established user base, as well as a sales pipeline that covers multiple geographies and sectors. Their verification and validation procedures applied during the development process and operational trials have led to engagement with commercial partners. With the proceeds, they will design an Evaluator for the future, apply AI techniques to solve complex problems, develop their skill set and framework and hire a team of data scientists based on the assessment.
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Expired
investment:
£125,000
