MyT is a cloud-powered subscription-based accounting software designed for small businesses that allows them to submit financial information to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) under the Making Tax Digital initiative, which is mandatory from April 2023. MyT asserts that its app provides businesses with a simple way to keep track of business finances on the go, send and manage invoices and bills, and record expenses and mileage. The company claims that its app is available on App Store and Google Play and has witnessed 1000+ downloads to date. It claims that it has onboarded over 500 users without any extensive marketing spend. MyT will use half of the investment to implement its marketing plan, a third for developing new technology and the remaining for administrative expenses.
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£133,543
Grandeo is an innovation and technology company that is developing new generation blockchain products. In previous years, it has built unique blockchain products with UCL and IBM. Now, it is building one of the world's first blockchain security application, Stor3 for iPhones and Android phones. Grandeo has designed Stor3 to enable mobile users to store, send sensitive and private files to each other without fear of hacking. With the proceeds, it will finalise the build and bring the Stor3 application to apple and android stores. Furthermore, the company plans to have an installed base of over 4 million in 3 years.
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£34,290
Graphene Composites is a nano-materials technology company that creates the strongest, lightest, most resilient material by combining aerogel, graphene, and other nano-materials. Founded in 2016, the company, in partnerships with US/Global defence/aerospace contractor, is one of the few graphene nanotechnology companies who are developing bulletproof graphene/aerogel armour. Moreover, it is also extending its GC Shield technology to military/police applications. Besides these, GC's technology can also be used to improve the strength and reliability of wind turbines.
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£597,360
Particity is a platform that allows researchers to hire participants for a research project, collaborate with them, and approve participant incentives all on a single portal. The company argues that its portal automates what is currently a tedious and manual process and brings operational costs of a project down to a viable level. Particity claims that its model allows entities from Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) to marketing and research agencies, witness business growth. It has received enquiries from enterprises such as Oxford University, Discovery INC and PPD. Particity endeavours to become a contender in the $345 billion logistics and efficiency market and deliver an end-to-end solution to its clients. The potential exit opportunities for Particity would be to a player in the research industry, consultancy, software and digital or private equity.
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Lessgo is a real-life social networking platform that allows users to have shared experiences with like-minded people in small and comfortable groups. The app allows users to engage in the pursuit of similar interests like a bike ride, a park run, have a drink, share moments after work, or have a meet-up. The company has acquired 800+ registered users through invite-only sign-up since its release in April 2021. It launched its successful beta between September–November 2020 with hundreds of organic users based around London and has witnessed 1500+ installs in the UK to date on iOS and Android. It will use the investment for growth marketing programmes, expand its team, and operations management.
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£122,070
Zap and Go have created ultra fast technology for cordless and hand held devices by using Carbon-Ion technology which result in ultra-fast charging, taking 5 minutes or less. The technology is part derived from Oxford University and in part developed independently by Zap&Go's own scientists.
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£1,353,551
Billon have created a technology that enables zero cost global payments by the use of a simple mobile app. Billon's mobile app allows you to instantly pay for the rest of an article from the Guardian or even donate to your favourite Youtubers with a few clicks of a button.
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£1,406,667
Those who work in services, such as the Armed Forces, can find it difficult to access financial products due to their anomalous credit histories compared to non-services personnel. TSFL aims to address this with their advanced risk-modelling platform for underwriters. This will allow tailored insurance, consumer credit and eventually home lending to be sold through TSFL.
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£1,431,885
The SidebySide Partnership is a London based Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) Venture Capital (VC) firm. Its purpose is to finance and control the management teams of its investee companies enabling them to become a developed corporate entity. The SidebySide Partnership's focus is on fast-growing technology businesses with £1 - 10 million in revenue. It provides 100% EIS relief on investment with zero initial/ongoing fees charged to investors. The SidebySide Partnership's investment experience of 20+ corporate acquisitions totalling more than $200 million, 20+ private investments, and a rate of interest of 12x over the last 35 years has enabled it to become a dependable platform for upcoming tech businesses. It will use the investment to grow its business across different verticals.
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£1,500,000
Kaleao has created simple, agile and flexible hardware and software systems which provide 10x more performance per unit of space and consumes 4x less energy. They maintain all promises of the hyperconvergence through the convergence of compute, storage and networking hardware whilst teamed with a full-featured and flexible software platform.
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£2,050,000
