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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Infobode is a members-only online platform that is revolutionising the real estate industry by providing easy access to information. Infabode streamlined hundreds of prestigious content partners into a single platform, customised for each user. This company was officially launched in March 2016. Although, it was founded in 2014 but still it remained in a beta-mode for the next two years for building a prototype and talking to potential content providers. Furthermore, Infobode has convinced 10 content providers such as Knight Frank, JLL, and Cushman & Wakefield to share their market views and research through the platform in exchange for an increased market range. By 2018, the company had around 420 content providers who were sharing their research and facts to a network of 17000 global members. With the proceeds, Infobode is planning to hire marketing professionals as well as a marketing budget.
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£120,568
Multiple brokers and clients can connect with each other on the only FCA-regulated social trading app. Pelican's platform is designed for traders to discuss strategies and share, copy, oppose or execute trades similarly to traditional traders on Bloomberg terminals. Revenue is generated via client-trading rebates and subscriptions from users following good traders and mentors. Further B2B revenue streams include set-up and monthly service fees.
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£465,209
Chip is one of the fastest-growing Fintech companies in the UK. Chip has built an app that uses the user's banking app to make personalised decisions about their money. Its user base has doubled since its previous fundraising in 2018. The company has 153,000 accounts, and it has processed more than £130m of savings. ChipX is the company's revolutionary returns platform and it has a waiting list of more than 50,000 people. The company is a winner of the British Bank Award, 2 Crowdcube awards, and 1 World Banking Award. It has welcomed many management executives from Funding Circle, Monzo, and Purple Bricks. Chip is now scaling with market-leading returns on ChipX. It aims to build the biggest savings account in the world. With the proceeds, the company will double its team and expand ChipX in the €10 trillion European savings market.
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£3,768,260
Folio is an automated savings App, allowing users to create intelligent savings goals easily. They have over 4000 active users and are growing by 6% every week. Folio aim to help people build better financial habits by focusing on the future.
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£183,360
Juggle helps companies hire, manage and retain experienced professionals on flexible contracts. The company has onboarded more than 9000 professionals and over 700 businesses on its platform. Juggle asserts that its portal is completely free for companies to post jobs wherein professionals will receive a recommendation to the right opportunities based on their profiles. Juggle allows both companies and candidates to manage the timesheet and payment formalities through its platform once a contract is agreed upon. The company claims that 85% of professionals recommended by its platform are interviewed. Juggle aims to become a contender in the online recruitment industry that is projected to reach $36.2 billion by 2027. It will use the investment to make additional hires in certain key positions, expand product features, and apply to the FCA for a license to handle payments at a larger scale.
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investment:
£467,537
Celo is an app-based insurance provider designed to provide cheaper quotes, faster claims, and a pleasant user experience. We plan to offer insurance cover for motor vehicles, travel, health, and more. Like Monzo and Starling who are disrupting banking, Celo plans to disrupt the insurance industry.
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investment:
£142,840
QFinds is a purpose-built hiring tool that enables employers to easily and efficiently pre-screen candidates, conduct interviews and generate employment contracts. The company asserts that it is a UK government vetted 'Kickstart Scheme' representative and can get small businesses grants to hire interns having already processed over 100 job applications. QFinds claims that its app has been downloaded 2 million+ times garnering 24,000 reviews averaging 4.8/5 stars. QFinds also points out that bad hirings cost the UK up to £6.7 billion in turnover, productivity, and training. It seeks to change this and disrupt the £39 billion recruitment market. The company has partnered with notable entities like University College London, Kings College London and Brunel University London, intending to use them as strategic partners to increase job seekers signing up to and using its app. QFinds will use the investment to grow its business across different verticals.
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investment:
£222,866
British Pearl is a property investment platform facilitating share & loan investment in property. It is an FCA authorised investment manager which allows fractional international investment in the property without any hassle. British Pearl has won ten award nominations, three speaker engagements and has been featured in over 20 media including the Times, the Daily Mail and the BBC. With the proceeds, the company will grow the sales, increase property sourcing and develop the platform's features.
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investment:
£910,132
Easily understand and manage all your insurance in one simple app, ready for the digital age. Wrisk is all about transparency and allows customers to see how much they’re currently paying for their insurance, what actions they can take to reduce their risk and purchase the insurance seamlessly from within the app. Wrisk is seeking investment to expand and cater for as many insurance needs as possible.
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investment:
£1,044,630
