CrowdProperty is a specialist property project lending platform that matches quality property professionals undertaking quality property projects with institutional/private investors of capital for value-creating property projects. It seeks to ensure profits for borrowers, lenders, the under-supplied UK housing environment, and the UK economy through its business model. The company claims to have recently closed a £300 million funding line from a global asset manager. It has lent upwards of £140 million with £180 million+ originated facilities, gained recognition by Deloitte Fast50 and FT1000 as a 'High Growth Business', and built a proprietary and scalable technology platform. CrowdProperty has also launched CrowdProperty Australia, leveraging its asset-class expertise, scalable proprietary technology and IP from the UK business in the Australian market. The company states it will use the investment to grow its property team, evolve its technology platform further, acquire more customers, and grow its business.
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£1,815,319
MGN Builders Merchants is a well-established, profitable, and a fast-growing builders merchants and skip hire based in London and Essex. It offers same or next day delivery on thousands of building products kept in stock at all times. Having served 50,000+ customers in 2018 (81k EBITDA), the company's client base includes small to medium-sized companies, private developers and DIY customers. In the last three years, the company has trebled its revenue from £2.5m in 2016 to £7m by January 2019, achieving an almost 100% sales increase YoY. MGN is raising funding to accelerate its rapid growth plans, expand its team, start selling online, and launch concrete delivery service to capture UK's £34bn construction supplied wholesale market.
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£114,260
The Smart Container Company (TSCC) has come out with an Internet of Things (IoT) device, Kegtracker, a first-to-market product that measures volume, location, temperature and motion of each keg in real-time. TSCC claims that the UK has over 2000 breweries with an estimated market worth of approximately £10 billion. It further points out that, unlike single-use cans and bottles, kegs are reusable containers that can last for over 25 years. TSCC asserts that Kegtracker ensures that kegs deliver the beer or other beverages in the freshest condition possible. TSCC points out that its AI-driven platform, BeverEDGE, uses data collected from the device to empower breweries, distributors and retailers alike with actionable insights for a more efficient and sustainable supply chain. The company asserts that it raised £475,000 from nearly 1300 investors in 2020 and secured pilot partners across the globe, notably, Brewdog, the UK's fastest-growing alternative beer brand. TSCC has featured in press entities such as BBC and Lion Cage. TSCC states it will use the investment to purchase Kegtracker inventory to service clients and accelerate its marketing efforts across Europe and North America
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£659,602
Vendoir aims to become the go-to app for instantly sourcing and booking event vendors on-demand with ease. It intends to operate as a marketplace model and earn revenue through commission on each transaction and via premium accounts. It asserts that it is part of the London & Partners Business Growth Programme Spring Cohort 2021. The company endeavours to disrupt the £43 billion UK events market post-Covid-19 with an on-demand app. It has a waitlist of more than 1300 interested clients and has featured in Forbes. The company will use the investment to accelerate its product launch.
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£172,457
A Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP) offering speeds from 20Mbps up to 1Gbps in Hard to Reach Areas (HTRAs) of the UK. Wildanet began its digital rollout in Cornwall, covering 4000 rural homes and is now raising funds to expand to the rest of the county, targeting around 12,000 customers over the next 3 years.
Widanet has built its network using The Lizard as a foundation and deployed its services to HTRAs in South Wales, Devon and Dorset. Within 5 months, the company has built an Operations Centre to distribute their network, which is reportedly more cost effective than current methods such as satellite and fibre.
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£897,790
One of the largest UK-based estate agents on the internet as listed by Which?, with 1 out of every 100 properties listed on their website. Doorsteps.co.uk have achieved this feat without spending any money on advertising since launching and instead through PR and word-of-mouth. Funds are being raised to increase staffing levels to meet customer demand and provide higher quality services using a combination of technology and real-life agents.
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£889,340
Jeeni is an online entertainment service that aims to harness the growing reach of streamed music. It has close to 350 million subscribers and a growth rate of 39% Year-on-Year (YoY) providing billion-dollar revenues for digital disruptors. The Jeeni prototype was launched in April 2019. The company asserts that it offers artists an ethical revenue share. Five revenue streams are operating in parallel on the Jeeeni platform, namely, subscription-based memberships, online masterclasses, bespoke hardware sales, pay-to-view streamed events, and branded merchandise sales. The company's long term goal is to surpass its target paid subscriber numbers, achieve high subscriber growth and exit by acquisition. The investment raised will be used to further scale the company's capacity globally and build its mass artist showcases.
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£118,854
Reveal is a dating application that enables women to browse anonymously, only being noticeable to men they like. Reveal aims to provide a substitute concept with solutions to the most common user pain points which includes female privacy concerns and 'stale' matches. Since its first seeding in June 2018, Reveal's user base has increased tenfold, proving that the idea is well acknowledged, especially by women. The first monetisation stream was founded in February 2019 and it is now making profits from In-App Purchases (IAPs). After achieving the low UAC, Reveal is planning to grow internationally and introduce the 2nd and 3rd revenue streams.
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£59,940
savvy navvy (SN) is a technology company that aims to save sailors hours of frustration by finding the best and safest routes to their destination. Users need to drop a pin on the SN map and it will work out the best route in seconds. The company has raised more than £600,000 from more than 1,200 investors, calculated 15,000,000 miles of routes, and onboarded 56,000 registered users. SN has also secured partnerships with Sunsail, Navily, Dockwa, GJW Insurance, XShore, various yacht clubs, and marine brokerages around the world to increase its business. SN will use the investment to increase its Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR), execute nine marketing campaigns across 17 countries, and improve the application with additional features.
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£858,524
Carwow is an online marketplace service that makes the car buying experience better. In 2018, the company became the 6th growing organization in Europe. It has also expanded into Spain and Germany by building a YouTube channel of 2.7 million subscribers. Initially, carwow focussed on the UK new car market; however, it has expanded into financing, leasing, and nearly-new cars. In Germany and the UK, the company is rated 9.6/10 on Trustpilot. More than 2m people see its editorial content every month and in August 2019, the company's YouTube channel received 55 million views. The business aims to invest in its growth & market expansion.
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£4,963,200
