Celestial Labs is a drone display company that combines advanced technology with organic performance. The company's proprietary 'Skytheatre' display is a dynamic, safe and green alternative to carbon-intensive fireworks and represents a new frontier for the live event industry. Composed of a creative collective of award-winning filmmakers, musicians, developers, entrepreneurs, and storytellers, the company is constantly pushing the boundaries of drone display innovation, where technology meets imagination. The Human Support division of Celestial is a not-for-profit initiative that aims to lift the spirits of those who witness Celestial's displays whilst imparting crucial information. The company aims to enlist the support and guidance of city leadership partners, industrial conglomerates, and seek grant funding.
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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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Rock and Roost is an online retailer of hardwood furniture, designer fabrics, soft furnishings and accessories for both the domestic and high-end office markets, competing with the likes of Myakka, Susie Watson, Swoon Editions, and John Lewis.
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£238,270
Photocrowd is a photograph community that connects photographers with one another. It also provides a platform for these photographers to earn money from their best photographs. Photocrowd currently have 31,000 members signed up in 166 different countries.
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£595,620
gowithYamo aims to make art more accessible to everyone, from art newbies to experienced gallery-goers through its application. Users can collect Yamo points by checking-in to galleries and exchanging them for rewards such as art prints and exhibition tickets from the company's in-app store. gowithYamo provides support to galleries, museums and artists by exposing them to an active community of art lovers. The company also offers custom-built virtual exhibition spaces where artists can show and sell their work to a sizeable digital audience. gowithYamo has collaborated with art entities like Roy's Art Fair, The Other Art Fair, Harlesden High Street, and many others. It has a social media presence of 50,000+ followers. The company will use 30% of the investment to expand across different demographics, 25% to further finetune its virtual exhibition platform, 20% for marketing, and 25% to implement Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the gowithYamo app to help recommend exhibitions to its users.
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£161,105
Float is a financial wellness platform that aims to improve employee health through reduced financial stress. The company asserts that many of the UK's workforce struggle from one payday to the next with 41% of workers holding less than £1,000 in savings. It aims to change this scenario. The company combines an organisation's database containing employee financial records and other details with open banking to drive better purchasing power for its users. Float hopes to channelise the aforementioned technique into generating additional sources of revenue by tapping into data such as salary advances, bank revenue, loan brokering revenue to name a few. It will use 40% of the investment in sales and marketing, 35% in product development, and 25% as operational costs.
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£569,790
RoosterMoney is a pocket money application & debit card that aims to transform the way kids learn about money around the globe. It has more than 200,000 monthly active users. The company launched a Visa prepaid debit card in the UK, in July 2019, with over 16,000 card users. RoosterMoney has featured in publications like the Guardian, The Times, and the BBC. Its 'Pocket Money Index' has been quoted on CNBC, The Wall Street Journal (USA), and the Sydney Herald (Australia). The company will use 30% of the investment in marketing, 40% in team and product development, and 30% in upgrading its technology and payment infrastructure.
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£2,263,290
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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£6,033
With new MiFID II regulations introduced in January, Hiddensee provides independent investment research mainly on forensic accounting and corporate governance. Analysts will search for inconsistencies and anomalies in the valuation of UK listed mid-cap and smaller companies and publish their reports to assist investors in deciding whether to buy or sell shares.
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£143,097
Hitmarker is a proprietary job platform that covers the entire video game sector. It aims to be the leading job provider in the $159 billion video game industry. It has a database of 67,000 candidates and has posted 46,000 jobs from 4,500 companies in 77 countries. The company asserts that one million people have used Hitmarker 2.5 million times to post or look for jobs. Hitmarker has been covered by publications like Forbes, CNBC, and The FT. It has also onboarded 20 partners, including The University of California, RGF Executive Search, and the British Esports Association. The company will use the investment to build a global network of localised platforms in crucial territories and expand its addressable market.
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£521,283
