Channels such as eBay and Amazon present a tremendous opportunity for SME’s to sell their products benefiting their businesses. This, however, also introduces a range of new challenges e.g. how to keep stock up to date on all channels. Developing proprietary systems to manage these is complex and expensive. ESeller Express offers a cost effective, instantly available, cloud based system which arms SME’s with just the tools they need to manage their businesses efficiently.
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£23,000
Savortex is a British IoT (Internet of Things) hand-hygiene technology company. It has designed a patent-pending, non-touch, smart hand sanitizer dispenser. Savortex argues that the worldwide market for 'Hand Sanitizers' is forecast to grow to $36.6 billion by 2026 in the wake of COVID-19. The company aims to become a segment leader in this sector. Savortex claims that IoT enabled hand dryers and sanitizers can identify individuals who use the aforementioned devices and those that did not. Building managers can use this data to ensure the highest level of hygienic discipline. Savortex points out that its IoT devices can also provide real-time data on the number of times a hand dryer or sanitizer is being used in other locations. This allows a range of clients, including supermarkets, hotels, restaurants, and shopping centres, to assess how hygienic their customer base is and take measures accordingly. Savortex will use the £1,075,000 of growth capital to develop its sales channels, continue product development, and access new markets globally.
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Measuring customer interactions within a retail environment to gain behaviour insight and knowledge. Shoppar's technology is installed in-store and analyses various aspects of a customer such as their gender, age and attention span. This information can be utilised to develop marketing campaigns to target audiences. Clients of Shoppar include Samsung, Sky, Hugo Boss and Heineken, with many more currently in advanced discussions. All data collected is GDPR compliant and there is no identifying information of an individual stored.
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£240,008
Makerble is an easy-to-use mobile app and web-based tool for charities to track, improve and share their impact. Currently only 8% of charities use software to track their impact and so far Makerble's beta users have reduced time spent on data collecting by 50%.
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£21,429
Lenderwize provides working capital to telecom wholesalers. It asserts that large telecom operators pay on sixty days whilst suppliers are paid on seven days; hence the middleman suffers an average -53 day Cash Flow Gap (CGP). Lenderwize also argues that banks do not understand the telecom industry because a phone call is not a tangible asset such as real estate; hence they provide little help. Lenderwize solves this problem. It has developed a financial technology platform that certifies 'Proof of Service' that includes real phone calls, real invoices and the quality of delivered services. Its typical clients are mid-sized operators having annual revenue of 50-300 million USD. Lenderwize sells to large Tier 1 Operators (Originators) and buys from smaller (Terminating) Operators. It has identified 1350 wholesalers in need of $96 million. Lenderwize intends to exit within four years and sell its business to potential buyers such as large telecom operators, alternative finance funders, and banks seeking innovation.
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£1,310,640
WebTicketManager Limited or WTM has made an online software platform which helps the customers by providing information on attractions and events, with a complete ticketing solution. The company has customers including The Beatles Story museum and stadium tours at Twickenham and Chelsea FC and has over 250 other users. The company will use the funds for developing capital for marketing.
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Africa New Energies has a mission to improve the lives of millions of sub-Saharan Africans by delivering them electricity in an environmentally responsible way. The company is an innovative oil and gas exploration business. We start with a huge asset: a drilling concession in Namibia in territory the size of Wales which contains 32 potential natural gas and oil fields. A conservative estimate is that there are 1.6 billion barrels of oil in the rocks there. If we can prove that the energy is there and can be economically accessed we will have increased our value 600 fold and be sitting on blocks valued at $6.5bn/£4bn.
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£563,631
Signapse is developing automatic Sign Language Translation using Generative AI, aiming to be the "Google Translate for Sign Language," enabling global companies to be Deaf accessible. They are focusing on creating automatic translation from English to British Sign Language, particularly in the transport market, with AI-powered signed announcements in train stations. With roots in two decades of research, Signapse's technology provides photo-realistic sign language videos for improved accessibility, targeting the 7 million profoundly Deaf people worldwide who often struggle with written English. Their revenue model involves recurring licenses for their sign language generation API server, which has gained traction with UK Train Operating Companies and expanded to the United States.
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£500,000
We provide a unique toolset that measures and tracks ship emissions from a computer on land or at sea. 75 countries have signed up to the UN's "MARPOL" regulations, but none of them have an automated system that can cope with the numbers of ships involved, or can measure emissions to the level of accuracy required. We have a patent pending on our design for the monitor and the tracking software which allows regulators - coastguards and port authorities - as well as shipowners to track vessels.
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£57,519
EMERGEiQ is a cloud-based platform targeted towards Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and large corporate organisations. The company plans on having an extensive suite of algorithms that simplifies Data Science (DS) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) at low cost, across all sectors. EMERGEiQ asserts that its analytics can help businesses improve operational productivity, cut costs, and eventually generate more revenue. It has worked with companies across a variety of sectors such as finance, medicine, stock market, and insurance. The company will use will 30% of the investment for R&D, 25% to purchase software and hardware to improve platform capabilities, 25% to market its new product line, 10% as working capital, and 10% as miscellaneous expenses.
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£150,000
