Plerith works with high growth start-ups and scaling companies to plan for and deliver growth. The company asserts that it helps companies promote their business to potential funders, through its network of angel and venture capital investors depending on the stage and sector of the said business. Plerith is partnering with Newable and Bristol Private Equity Club to deliver the fund in the South West London (SWL) area and identify and invest in the most exciting high growth companies in the region. Plerith argues that its deep knowledge of fundraising, sales, strategy, finance and technology would help SWL businesses flourish. Plerith aims to provide investors access to the highest quality local companies in the SWL region.
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Nova launches growth focus, tech-enabled startups, putting passionate founders at the heart of everything they do. It creates a more rewarding experience for startups with its co-founding model. The company conceives and scales digital businesses thereby solving the real-world problems, open new markets and disrupt existing ones. 46% of Nova co-founded businesses are still trading. There are 140+ staff over Manchester, Liverpool, London, and Islamabad. There is a 3% portfolio valuation growth YOY, thereby creating more than £72m valuation of the portfolio. The company made a turnover of £7.2m in 2018/19. Nova is raising funds to leverage the company's growing network of Founders, Funds, and Talent in the UK.
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investment:
£744,880
Whoomies is a PropTech company focused on improving people's lives by implementing digital solutions to share accommodation. The company is now developing solutions tailored to the needs of big shared buildings such as university campuses, students and co-living campuses. Whoomies is working with Paris Dauphine University and Flatmates, the biggest entrepreneur-focused co-living residence in the world. The company's goal is to improve the daily lives of millions of people by bringing them together. The company is raising capital for growing its international user base to 200,000 users within the next 15 months, for improving its products, and for expanding its team.
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Expired
investment:
£454,294
AgeWage is a pension scoring system that provides customized information to the customers. By bringing together your pension pots, AgeWage scores each of the pension pot out of 100 and tells you how well they have worked for you. The scoring system offers information that helps the customer make decisions on how to consolidate pots, reinvest their money and most importantly, how to get their money back. The company has signed an MoU with Royal London to enter into B2B arrangements. It was also chosen for the Direct Support Innovate programme with the FCA. AgeWage has been voted the best new idea in the BGL partnership awards(2018). With its proceeds, the company is planning to invest in digital development, marketing the application to the general public and other organizations. Also, it is trying to build out the infrastructure to support the development of the product with third parties such as Annuity Providers, IFAs, and Drawdown Providers.
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Expired
investment:
£317,760
JustUs plans to offer its own ISA's directly to consumers via IFA's and by doing so they are disrupting the £1.5 trillion lending and savings market in the UK.
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Expired
investment:
£12,580
A well-established money transfer service with more than 10,000 account holders, aiming to bridge the gap between unbanked businesses, merchants and individuals, no matter their locations in the world. Omanye is seeking investment to expand their current sites in Asia and Africa.
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Expired
investment:
£129,090
FairMoney is a Price Comparison Website (PCW) specialising in comparing loans for consumers using machine intelligence. They ensure consumers receive the most appropriate loan by taking into account the lender's underwriting criteria, as well as the borrower's credit situation by using their proprietary algorithms.
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Expired
investment:
£200,000
An IT recruitment and training site launched to meet the demands of enterprises that require highly skilled tech professionals. 365 Talent Portal offers companies to hire IT consultants at a lower price compared to traditional recruitment hubs. The company also allows IT professionals registered on the site to access training and certification programmes that will expand their current skillset and become more marketable to potential employers.
365 Talent Portal is raising funds to produce more prominent marketing campaigns and establish their brand in major markets such as the USA. In addition to this, the company will be using AI more heavily and develop a more automated approach on their platform for their customers.
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Expired
investment:
£156,000
Career Masterclass (CM) is an e-learning platform that seeks to level the playing field for professionals from under-represented or under-served groups by giving them practical guidance from successful industry leaders. It aims to become a contender in the Learning and Development (L&D) market that is valued at £40 billion in the UK. The company asserts that there is a 57% consensus amongst leaders that soft skills such as communication, negotiation, personal branding, and leadership are more important than technical skills. CM aspires to fulfil this objective. It has onboarded clients such as Google, Natwest, HSBC, Barclays Bank, and McDonald's. CM's female CEO and founder has been listed on 'The Powerlist of Britain’s Most Influential People of African and African Caribbean Heritage' for 3 years running. CM will use 45% of the investment for growing its team, 30% for platform and content production, and 25% for marketing and administrative expenses.
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Expired
investment:
£412,939
Chip is a wealth investing & savings app that aims to foster financial prosperity for today's generation
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Expired
investment:
£5,083,686
