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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Stretch
investment:
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Legal Connection (LC) is on a mission to democratise the $1 trillion legal profession, and enabling networks of legal professionals to compete with large partnership firms. The company asserts that the UK leads the world in being a friendly regulatory environment for freelance lawyers and virtual firms. LC aims to capture this sentiment and provide the aforementioned lawyers with the right technology so that they can group to provide a comparable service to large firms at a fraction of the price. LC argues that its product looks like a social networking tool but functions as a legal case and practise management suite wherein all the work takes place in secure chat rooms. Lawyers are also allowed to leverage third-party managed accounts to hold client money and execute transactions. LC was selected by Antler Venture Capital and given a pre-seed investment of £120,000. LC will use the investment to grow its user base, continue product development, and use technology to power the future of law.
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Expired
investment:
£211,874
Gridizen desires to change the way agencies and landlords manage their properties whilst enhancing the tenant experience. It eliminates manual methods and gives landlords and tenants a way to manage and communicate their rental property. Further, its central management team has a number of relationships within the market to build up the customer base and create a buzz about the product which other companies lack. Gridizen aspires to be the property management solution of choice for tenants and landlords. With the proceeds, it will fully develop the Property Management module, recruit an in-house technical team to oversee the development and recruit sales and marketing support.
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Expired
investment:
£150,004
Genuine Impact is the next generation financial terminal made exclusively to empower DIY investors by providing experts with automation tools, portfolio enhancer, unbiased data and insights. Genuine Impact is more cost-effective in comparison with traditional financial terminals, and it makes financial research effortless and efficient. Currently, the company's beta app has 500+ users from more than 27 countries. With the proceeds, the fund raised will be used for new product development, enhancement of existing product and for marketing and branding.
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Expired
investment:
£500,920
Leaseum is a Business to Business (B2B) Software as a Service (SaaS) provider based in London that offers white label capital raising portals to its clients and targets alternative investment managers who deal with private equity, venture capital, real estate, hedge funds and private credit. The company claims that fundraising for alternative investments is time consuming, expensive and involves many compliance and regulatory aspects. It aims to change this by bringing together all the tools needed to raise capital such as an investor portal, a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system, an email marketing module, e-signature facility, and investor onboarding compliances. Leaseum claims that it allows its clients to streamline their fundraising processes and convert more leads into investors via its portal. It will use 40% of the investment to strengthen its sales team, 40% to strengthen its IT team, and 20% for marketing.
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Expired
investment:
£76,440
Business Finance Market (BFM) is a financial technology platform that stimulates the market towards Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) lending via data in the UK. BFM claims that SMEs are gradually being excluded from mainstream banking. The company cites that in 1988, 40% of all bank lending went to SMEs. BFM points out that lending today is closer to 4% with an estimated £22 billion funding gap to the 5.9 million UK SMEs. BFM asserts that almost 90% of SME loan applications are stuck due to a lack of choice and transparency when it comes to securing finance. BFM aspires to solve this dilemma. It states that its technology allows SMEs to experience quicker finance decisions based on true addressable market access and allows lenders and intermediaries access to its platform to help manage the end-to-end application process, improve deal flow, and deliver faster credit decisions. BFM intends to exit via a trade sale within the financial sector.
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Expired
investment:
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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
Peerport Limited (trading as MultiISA) is targeting the multi-million-pound market and claims to offer a holistic approach to Individual Savings Account (ISA) management. The company asserts that traditional ISA managers don’t give users enough flexibility with their investment choices. Current ISA rules restrict investors to only one ISA of each type per tax year. This impedes the investors’ ability to build a diversified IFISA portfolio. Peerport argues that its portal offers investors the freedom to operate multiple accounts like Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA), Cash ISA, and Stocks & Shares ISA under a single ISA management platform. The company will use the investment to finalise the build-out of its end to end platform, fund its office space, manage marketing costs, oversee staffing costs, pay regulatory fees and supervise working capital.
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Expired
investment:
£6,033
FinOptix is an innovative FinTech company that solves real business problems. FinOptix’s objective is to become a significant player in a rapidly growing FinTech market by developing systems that provide financial clarity to decision-makers. FinOptix has a well-established user base, as well as a sales pipeline that covers multiple geographies and sectors. Their verification and validation procedures applied during the development process and operational trials have led to engagement with commercial partners. With the proceeds, they will design an Evaluator for the future, apply AI techniques to solve complex problems, develop their skill set and framework and hire a team of data scientists based on the assessment.
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Expired
investment:
£125,000
Holidaymakers tend to return home with around £110 in foreign currency, which tends to go un-exchanged possibly due to hidden fees, lack of ease and simplicity, or poor buy-back rates. Bedwig aims to solve this issue by creating a P2P platform for buyers and sellers to exchange unused currency whilst taking a commission to support the service.
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Expired
investment:
£39,570
