Wi-Fi Securities Limited is a cyber security company that aims to revolutionise the security of public access Wi-Fi. To realise this vision, the company is developing a unique patent-protected system called SpriteGuard™ which will protect you and your data from hackers by stopping you connecting to fake hotspots. The system is targeted towards the $550 bn worldwide hospitality industry and has the ability to expand to other large global markets like city-wide free Wi-Fi, airports and coffee shops. Moreover, Wi-Fi Securities Limited has a highly experienced Wi-Fi Securities management board that has a track record of delivering multi-million-pound projects from concept to successful commercial deployment.
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Extended
investment:
£1,014,708
Medic Bleep is a simple, secure and innovative patient-focused solution to communication challenges that healthcare professionals and the wider team in the UK National Health Service (NHS) face while going about their everyday work. It is saving each nurse & each junior doctor an estimated 48 minutes per shift. This coincides with the UK's Department of Health calling for a ban on pagers. If implemented across the NHS, it could free up the time to care for an estimated 11,000 nurses. To ensure data privacy and safety, the company allows communication to occur via the app. As a result of these safeguards and its user-friendly portal, the company's app has been downloaded 16,000 times by UK doctors and nurses. With the funds raised, the company will aim to solve looming technology gaps for over 30% of the NHS in the next 3 years and expand globally.
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Expired
investment:
£814,600
One Year No Beer (OYNB) is a community support platform that helps people change their relationship with alcohol. It argues that despite drinking being a part and parcel of most work, social and family gatherings, excess drinking leads to 3 million deaths per year, causes 5.1% of all diseases and costs £52 billion to the UK economy alone. OYNB intends to change this by helping customers choose a plan from its subscription-based models that consist of a 28-day, 90-day and 365-day challenge to stay away from alcohol. The platform has empowered 80,000+ people in 90 countries through its challenges, earned revenue worth £2.2 million in 2020, and witnessed an 85% growth in Alcohol-Free Challenge (AFC) sales between February - June 2021. OYNB has featured in the BBC, ITV, and Men’s Health, to name a few. It also has an online presence of 230,000+ social media followers. The company states it will use the investment to consolidate its growth and improve its technology to become a stronger brand and reach millions globally.
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Expired
investment:
£932,654
FETCH states that is a fully developed in-venue food and drinks order and pay solution built by POS8. The app allows customers to view a menu, order food and drink and pay securely, in a matter of seconds from their smartphones. POS8 claims that Fetch's 'Intelligent Ordering System' sends orders to a venue staff’s devices according to who has the fewest orders waiting. FETCH has helped 109 venues go live and processed 26,000 transactions from 87,000 registered users earning a platform flowthrough of £265,000 in March 2021. It has partnered with multiple Point of Sale (PoS) and payment systems including, Zonal, Oracle, Stripe, Square, and Adyen, to create an end-to-end solution, easy for venues to adopt. FETCH aspires to take a healthy share of the £98 billion food and drinks market. It says it will use 60% of the investment towards sales and marketing, 20% towards operations and 20% towards product development.
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Expired
investment:
£2,011,196
Saurus is a digital banking platform that aims to make all banking services accessible to its users from the convenience of their smartphones. The company aims to develop a current account facility and contactless payments between their users' smartphones, and eventually venture into saving accounts, Automatic A.I Loans, P2P Loans, Investment account, Instant transfers, and Personalized Debit Cards. The company has a growing online presence with 133,000+ YouTube and 700+ Instagram followers with 1500 users registering on the portal with negligible marketing activities. In February 2020, more than a 1000 people showed interest in opening a Saurus account. With the investment, the company aims to launch the Saurus App with 'Current Accounts' features during Q3 2020, hire qualified professionals to expand the brand, and sign appropriate contracts with its providers.
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Expired
investment:
£943,540
Outfts is a fashion marketplace that serves retailers, influencers, and consumers merging the traditional marketplace concept with expanding social features. Users can shop via storefront, creator profiles, shoppable social feed, or search and product listings. Outfts is focused on 'Female First' creators. Outfts claims to bring together a growing collection of more than 55 retailers, combining over 3000 brands and over 1 million products. The company live tested its private beta, with three carefully selected clients namely, H&M, Urban Outfitters and MATCHESFASHION, and multiple influencers. It has acquired over 50 more high-profile clients, including Coach, Kenzo, MANGO, Harvey and many more. Outfts says it will use the investment to hire key personnel, manage operational expenses, manage marketing initiatives, oversee its app development, and expand outside of the European market, beginning with the US.
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Expired
investment:
£198,047
Power Transition (PT) is a specialist cloud-based software & hardware platform that enables every participant in the energy sector to dynamically track, optimise and balance their energy in real-time and at any scale, from micro-grids to national grids. It is currently focusing on the UK residential & commercial market that consists of 1.25 million meter readings daily, focussing on £1.5 billion of customers’ funds annually, and ensuring steady and reliable management of interconnections throughout the UK. In 2018, the company raised seed funding, matched by Innovate UK, which in turn is being used, to develop and deploy its technology in 47 homes in Corby. The company is implementing its PT integrated microgrid as a 'Service Platform' in houses in Corby using its Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Network. With the investment, the company plans to roll out its platform beyond the microgrid use case and is talking to commercial estates, local authorities, Distributed Network Operators (DNO), energy aggregators, and producers.
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Expired
investment:
£266,530
AxiaFunder is a commercial litigation funding platform that offers investors access to pre-vetted cases. The platform aims to connect eligible investors like sophisticated retail investors, high-net-worth, and typically institutions with claimants seeking funding. Launched in January 2019 with the first case fully funded within seven days and the third in 7 hours; 5 cases financed to date, attracted over 355 registered investors so far including several institutions and has featured in several prominent publications including the Financial Times, Times and City AM. Also, they have won the 'Best Commercial Litigation Crowdfunding Platform 2019' award by Wealth & Finance. AxiaFunder plans to use the proceeds to make key hires particularly to strengthen its case origination, further development of its platform and marketing to build the AxiaFunder brand and grow its investor base.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£256,780
A sports platform where the user can invest, trade and support their favourites clubs and athletes. The Globatalent platform gives everyone the chance to invest in top prospect sports athletes and organisations from around the globe. Globatalent’s potential market of sports fans is vast, covering 97% of the world’s population. The Globatalent platform has already been built, tested, launched and is generating revenue since Feb 2019. Currently, the platform is managing a total of £1.2m in assets. With the proceeds, they are going to spend on marketing, technology, increase the customer base and cover the day-to-day operational costs.
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Expired
investment:
£420,931
Flooring Hut is a UK-based technology company that aims to disrupt the UK flooring industry valued at £2bn in 2017. Touted as the smarter way to buy new carpets & flooring, Flooring Hut has made 24,000+ online sales across domestic and trade sectors by building a huge network of independent installers. The company's USP is to connect a disjointed market and allow customers access to value products, samples, leading brands and a suitable, vetted local installer to perform the work. The key to its success to date has been a consistent and reliable mix of pricing, availability, and selection. Till date, the company has 786 registered trade customers, 140+ Flooring Hut Installer Network of members, and 12,000 products available for sale. With the proceeds, the company will develop its self-service platform functionality for customers and expand its reach on social media and affiliate marketing.
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Expired
investment:
£57,077
