Using artificial intelligence to accurately match a person's CV with a business's job requirements. Recruitment Smart have developed SniperAI, a tool created by specialists and a researcher from Carnegie Mellon University to quickly search and scan the ideal candidate for a specific job role.
This technology can be integrated into a company's job listings to automatically screen submitted CVs and returns a suitability score. In addition, as HR departments are under constant scrutiny to provide information on equality in the workplace, SniperAI can offer a list of appropriate candidates without bias. Recruitment Smart will generate revenue from initial set-up costs and licensing the product to businesses.
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investment:
£272,650
Lifetise is a financial planning platform that enables prospective clients to plan significant expenditures such as buying a home, marital expenses, child-rearing and retirement. Presently, they have come up with two major offerings: Homefinder and Childminder. The first one acts as a tool that shows money required to afford a home in the UK and the amount of time taken to save the money while the latter helps parents to calculate the costs of childcare along with their work. Lifetise is targeting the 25-40 age group in the UK whose population numbers are approximately 14 million. To date, they have been featured in prominent publications like Evening Standard and Stylist with an active following on Reddit. The company has secured 12,000 customers after their partnering with Accenture's Fintech Accelerator Programme. With the investment, Lifetise will spend more on developing its applications with a focus on all major life expenditures, marketing on social media channels, build partnerships and human resources.
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investment:
£254,240
Enoron is a management system that allows lawyers to easily manage all their clients and all their related information, all their matters and deadlines, keeping track of all their activities, timesheets and accounting and much more.
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£31,896
WyzePay is a platform for the issuance and sale of corporate digital currency. It helps businesses by giving them access to advance working capital, customer acquisition and retention, and consumer behaviour analytics into one turnkey platform. It gives customers access to a marketplace to avail discounts, where they can buy, manage and spend their currency. The company strives to ensure that customers receive tangible financial benefits while helping local businesses to prosper. WyzePay claims that its coins are stored in a digital wallet that can be used as a payment method on NFC terminals or online. It further stresses that its coins can’t be lost or stolen, are fully transferable, and never expire. WyzePay states it will use the investment for product development and team growth.
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investment:
£617,214
Learn Amp is now a multi-award winning an employee experience platform which combines SaaS learning, engagement and performance management software in one intuitive platform that helps deliver a better overall employee journey. Company's vision is to transform the way businesses engage, align with and develop employees and want to dominate space the way HubSpot has done with content/inbound marketing for better employee experience. Till now, they have secured multiple integrations and content partnerships, having three-year deals with Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward, Metro Bank, Paragon Bank and Boon Edam. They won numerous awards: including 2019 Winner of the Employee Experience Award (use of technology) as well as two years running the global no.1 Learning Experience Platform. Funds will be spent majorly on marketing, building tech, product, sales team and marketing team and covering all the central costs.
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investment:
£400,730
Sustainable Accelerator 4 (SA) supports and invests in the UK’s best SEIS and EIS sustainability start-ups. Its goal is to empower the next generation of businesses who are redefining the way people consume, manage waste, produce food and apply smart resource technology. SA 4 argues that COVID-19 has led to a situation wherein innovative companies with sustainable solutions are more in demand. SA 4 aims to invest £100,000 - £150,000 into around 6-8 high potential sustainability businesses. It has made 22 investments across a variety of companies. SA 4 has helped start-ups gain a profitable track record. Some of them are Rovco, Airex, Zeigo, Sennen, Vendi, and Tandem. SA 4 will use the investment to grow its business and help emerging businesses get a boost by guiding them on different verticals.
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investment:
£1,106,100
InMyBag is insurance for your gadgets. They have optimised the claims process so instead of waiting days for a claim to be resolved, they can have a resolution for you within 24 hours. You can register all the items you wish to insure online and manage them through the secure portal.
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£347,603
Elfin Market is an FCA authorised peer-to-peer lending platform offering fair and affordable alternative to credit cards. There are over 60 million credit cards in the UK and the outstanding credit card debt amounts to £72 billion. The company plans to disrupt the credit card market by making financial services simpler and cheaper for everyone through technology and innovation. Elfin Market has already launched the beta version of their product and has achieved 60% monthly growth since its launch in September 2019. With the proceeds, the company will hire two developers to further build up in-house capabilities and for the smooth working capital of the business.
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investment:
£804,890
Zumo is a wallet and payments platform that aims to make traditional money and cryptocurrency work together. The company asserts that its blockchain-powered smart wallet is a safe and simple way to trade, store, transfer and spend cryptocurrencies. Its ecosystem comprises of three core products, namely Zumo App, ZumoKit and Zumo Pay. The company has raised £3 million in equity funding across three investment rounds. It has also soft-launched on the App and Google Play stores in November 2019 and grown to nearly 1000 users in that time. Zumo will spend 39% of the investment on human resources and hiring, 39% on product development, 17% on marketing, 5% on administrative costs, 3% on legal costs, 1% on rent, and the remaining on employee expenses and loan repayment.
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investment:
£1,580,010
SEEiO is an innovative SaaS platform designed to simplify corporate governance for startups and scaling firms. Unlike existing solutions focused on larger organizations, SEEiO offers user-friendly Governance Power Tools that are cost-effective and tailored to the specific needs of ambitious and growing companies. Their platform automates risk management, objective tracking, and record-keeping, making it easier for organizations to navigate complex regulations, build investor trust, and achieve scalable growth. SEEiO is also planning to incorporate AI into their software to enhance the user experience and streamline onboarding for customers.
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investment:
£205,060
