The Noo aims to redefine the delivery space by facilitating the delivery of anything, anywhere, anytime from a single application. It argues that between February-April 2020, online food delivery weekly sales skyrocketed by 840% amidst a boom in e-commerce sales. The Noo points out that with every innovation in the name of convenience, people seem to expect more. It intends to deliver just that through its community platform allowing anyone to request anything at a price set by the requestor and finally, facilitate earning by simply owning a smartphone. The company also aspires to create a space where the local high street can compete with today's delivery giants. It will use the investment to enhance and launch its app, fund marketing campaigns, hire key personnel, and make The Noo visible across more cities.
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investment:
£149,388
DocuChain has developed a customisable SaaS platform designed for Risk, Process, Asset and Compliance Management, providing Chain of Custody solution to the enterprise. The global market of content collaboration market is about to reach $18.78 billion by 2025. The industry is growing at a CAGR of 17.8%. DocuChain has 13 Non-Disclosure Agreements for knowledge sharing: FTSE, NYSE, NASDAQ and Big4 audit companies. It has also received a pilot request from an FTSE100 packaging company for a pharma application demo. With the proceeds, the company is planning to support demos, hire two technical support members and for product enhancements.
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£119,620
Atom Universe (AU) is an established virtual world, available on PC and consoles that allows players to create their avatars, explore a vast 3D universe, and meet like-minded individuals from all over the world to chat and play with. The company asserts that its game has seen over 2 million downloads with an average of 20,000 unique players registering every month. AU claims that the revenue from in-game purchases added up to over £500,000 since the company's launch in 2016. The company has partnered with Crash Media providing players access to over 100 Kung-fu movies to play in its Kung Fu Theatre, signed up with Valiant Comics to open its comics store, and plans to run an NBA 2K eSports event, with a virtual rap battle lined up. It will use 60% of the investment to develop the mobile version of its game, 30% to grow its team, and 10% for marketing.
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£94,518
Meeow is a company that seeks to offer unlimited, on-demand business networking. It argues that Covid-19 has changed the idea of networking with an increasing demand for in-person online networking solutions. Meeow aims to capture this sentient through its app. The company's AI-driven proprietary platform brings four people together for 1 hour in an interactive video session through a combination of random selection and machine learning. Meeow's ongoing BETA saw more than 420 Meeowists using its service. The company will use the investment for marketing its service network, further develop its platform, and expand its early adopter community to a minimum of 10,000 users by the end of 2021.
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investment:
£125,235
HairFare is an end-to-end hair and beauty chair rental platform that connects beauty professionals to salons, studios and barbershops across the UK. It asserts that the hair and beauty industry was worth £10 billion in 2018 and is set to increase. HairFare aims to be a contender in this segment. HairFare asserts that it has expanded to five cities within the UK with no marketing budget. The platform has featured in media platforms including The Barber Magazine, Islington Gazette, Startups of London, Business Daily, ITProPortal, ExBulletin, Compsmag, and LinkedIn News, to name a few. It will use 40% of the investment for creating its proprietary app, 40% towards marketing to increase the number of business owners and beauty professionals on the platform, 10% towards setting up its merchandise line, and 10% towards establishing the HairFare Academy.
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investment:
£57,736
SplitBill allows free instantaneous money transfer between friends and family and enables merchants to save in processing fees versus credit cards transactions. The company is built around 'Open Banking' and claims to reduce card payments for its users. It aspires to become a contender in the 'Open Banking' sector that is estimated to grow to £7.2 billion by 2022. SplitBill asserts that its app has been downloaded 3000 times. The company's portal has processed more than £90,000 in Consumer To Consumer (C2C) transactions to date. They state they will use the investment to simplify e-commerce enabling transactions without inserting card details by linking through API to the merchants' stores, allowing users to settle restaurants bills at the table by just scanning a QR code, acquiring clients and boosting business development.
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investment:
£113,540
Stark is a blockchain connected software application that allows businesses to accept digital currencies peer-to-peer via online and instore routes. The application supports same-day settlements supporting 30 international currencies and endeavours to make acquiring a 'Merchant Acquiring Account' (MAA) an effortless task for business owners and entrepreneurs. Payment companies, gateways and financial technology providers can integrate with Stark to offer new solutions to their business clients. Stark's goal is to build a team that is passionate about technology and helping businesses succeed. The company will use the investment to enter the market with an effective sales-focused marketing campaign.
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£182,366
Drone Ag is a UK based farm-oriented research and development company which has created 'Skippy Scout ', a software to make farming more productive through drone automation and AI technology. The software enables drone systems to scout crops more efficiently. This technology has the potential to reduce manual labour, chemical use and costs, and negate yield loss. Alongside completing its AI model, the company has developed an Application Program Interface (API) that communicates with both its app and 3rd party data sources/platforms and further lays the path for future integrations. The company won the 'Gold Future Innovation Award' at LAMMA 2020 and has been featured in over 45 print publications since November 2019. With the investment, Drone Ag will develop future versions of the software, moving towards creating a fully autonomous, integrated drone platform for agriculture using AI.
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investment:
£300,220
HealthBox Software is a technology company building products for the post-COVID healthcare landscape. Its first product, ClearPass, was met with success. The tool asks an employee a series of screening questions related to COVID-19, including evidence of fever, fatigue, and dry cough, etc. ClearPass has over 400,000 end-users including companies like Johnson Controls, Remy Cointreau and the San Diego School District. HealthBox aims to be a significant contender in the global digital health market that is expected to be worth $600 billion by 2026. The company is on the verge of launching another innovative product, MyHealthBox. It is a consumer-facing digital health app that will allow users to store their medical records, easily accessible 24/7. HealthBox asserts that the app will have an array of features, including AI health assessment services, dietary advice and data-powered lifestyle guidance. The company will use 47% of the investment towards technology and development costs, and 53% towards sales and marketing.
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£144,265
StanMe aims to be the first community marketplace to enable collaboration and co-selling between independent creators. It asserts that the majority of creators have to continuously learn techniques to market themselves, adapt to social platforms’ ever-changing algorithms, and grow and maintain a large community to generate a sufficient amount of sales. StanMe claims that not all can do so and intends to address this situation with its services. It launched its public beta in July 2020 with more than 1,000 users and has processed over 130 transactions since its beta launch. StanMe claims it has more than 1,900 pre-registered users on its waiting list and aspires to become a contender in the creator economy valued at $11 billion in 2019. It will use the investment to accelerate its growth, invest in technology, and boost marketing initiatives.
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investment:
£164,080
