Oyako is a distance-control application that aims to reduce the stresses and strains on children's eyes. The company asserts that an increase in mobile technology usage has led to an increase in myopia (nearsightedness) in children. It also leads to parents incurring a cost by way of purchasing spectacles along with a cost to the National Health Service (NHS) and medical insurance companies. By 2050, half of the global population will be short-sighted if current trends continue. Oyako aims to solve this issue through its application. Oyako's prototype app uses a simple traffic light design to signify safe or damaging scenarios, intelligently controls the phone camera without compromising battery usage, and is available on the App Store and Google Playstore. Oyako will use the investment to finalise its application and take it to market at £6.99 per download.
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£131,641
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
Hagley West is an online watch company co-owned by cricketing legend, Chris Gayle. The brand has more than 50,000 followers on Social Media and has already sold its products in 39 different countries. To eliminate high barriers constructed by big brand markups and sales agents, Hagley West has developed a strategy to deliver direct to the consumer. Hagley West aims at increasing its presence to billions of global cricket fans with growth plans focused in the Asian market. With the proceeds, the company will accelerate its core business, develop new ranges, and expand into new markets.
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£353,540
The Wild Curl (TWC) makes custom-formulated and plant-based curly hair products. The company chooses its ingredients based on research that centers around the composition of curly hair across different demographics. TWC argues that it supports and fights for inclusive beauty standards by empowering women to adopt their naturally curly hair since 65% of women in the world have textured hair. The company claims to have changed the hair journey of 5000 customers globally. TWC has 5,000 customers, 5,600 email contacts and 6,000 followers on social media. The company has earned £100,000 in revenue since its launch and shipped over 5,000 orders to customer’s doorsteps worldwide. TWC will use the investment to expand its product range focused on conditioners.
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£95,689
Offering hosting services for both chefs and guests to cook food for paying guests. WeFiFo generates revenue through ticket sales charged at a variable commission rate and in return provide a multitude of support for those who love to cook and wish to earn a flexible income. This includes Food & Hygiene training, marketing, administration and insurance for the host, guest and equipment.
WeFiFo has offered their service in a variety of locations such as homes, supermarkets, boats, parks, cafés, venues, and high streets worldwide. The company receives regular press nationally and internationally through publications and television. Funds raised will allow WeFiFo to recruit a further 33,000 hosts in the UK, as well as offer their services in 3 more countries and aim to be within a 10-mile radius for consumers interested in attending a WeFiFo event.
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£416,030
Manigo will provide an easy, secure and cost-effective way to manage everything around your money. We want to be the go-to place for everything around banking and payments - think of it as the Amazon for your money and related services. To do this, we’re building an open architecture, designed for other companies to integrate and operate within our ecosystem- we see Blockchain technology as a natural fit.
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£510,630
Cuckoo is an internet broadband provider. The company claims that incumbent internet providers treat customers with poor customer service, high prices, and complicated contracts. Cuckoo aims to change this by providing users with fair and transparent prices, simple contracts, high-quality routers, and responsive customer service. The company is currently developing its website and billing engine ahead of launching with its first customers in the second quarter of 2020. Cuckoo's business is in the pre-revenue stage. It expects to start generating revenue in May/June 2020 when they launch their broadband service. Cuckoo will use 50% of the investment towards paying salaries to staff, 25% as technology development fees, 10% as professional fees, 5% as rent, and 10% as AOB. Cuckoo's exit strategy is via a trade sale or listing in the United Kingdom.
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£69,622
A Google-mentored service that utilises award-winning AI to track electricity usage and cost for individual home appliances and deliver the data via a smartphone app. Verv uses patented technology to gather a home's electricity data 5 million times faster than current smart meters. The information gathered can be used to identify which appliances could be switched off to reduce unnecessary energy consumption.
Verv is funded by Centrica and has sold 12k units globally to businesses such as British Gas and Dubai Electricity & Water Authority. Verv is currently trailing their technology with 6 other international energy firms, as well as a global insurance company. In addition, Verv has also received funding via 6 government grants.
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£768,420
Genomes.io is a safe and private DNA data storage application resolving the problem of DNA data breach and exploitation. It helps the users to store, manage, promote and arrange their genomic data in order. The company is a member of Consensys Labs Tachyon II Accelerator 2019. It has also signed MOU with TenX Health VC for lead investment and board position and, it is in discussions with Pharma & Biotech co for establishing partnerships. The company is seeking funds to bring its B2B and B2C products to market.
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£1,035,370
A crisps company with the mission of making tasty and healthy snacks. Emily Crisps are vegan, gluten-free, halal and kosher certified, as well as being 1 of a 5 per day. Their products are sold in major grocery stores such as Sainsbury's and Tesco, which are responsible for 50% of the company's revenue. Emily Crisps are well-established in the UK and are now seeking funds to expand to the US, with a dedicated marketing campaign and sales team.
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£1,048,030
