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
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Hungry Tomato is a successful children’s educational publisher that makes fun and illustrated non-fiction children’s books. It has created 170+ successful soft-learning titles, enjoying global interest with 700+ title licenses sold. Hungry Tomato is an established brand, with proven sales in North America. The company's EBITDA is positive for the last 2 yrs with turnover £361,107 EBITDA £98,135 (27%), Dec '18. The funds will be used for growth, for expanding the product range and for launching in the USA.
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Expired
investment:
£160,830
Love2move has developed a platform to bridge the gap between sellers/ homeowners and the market. It functions as an internet estate agent working in collaboration with well- established estate agents with a physical office. This way Love2move provides its users the best of both traditional as well as online estate agents. With the help of online sales platform, the agents can list homes without much setup costs involved.
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Expired
investment:
£51,850
Improving the railway construction industry by collecting data to reduce inefficiencies and overspending. Rail Diary is a B2B SaaS product that is designed to analyse information on infrastructure projects to improve particular elements that plague the industry. These include the delivery, commercialisation and the health and safety of projects.
Rail Diary allows developers to monitor ongoing costs, forecast for the future and reduce the number of claims made. Rail Diary will generate revenue via a monthly subscription model ranging from £45 to £150, plus project fees.
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Expired
investment:
£50,544
RemitRadar is a platform for sending and receiving money transfers or remittances. The company has 350,000 monthly average users and 1.2 million remittance agencies on its portal. The remittance sector comprises more than 250 million migrant workers who send money home and more than 700 million recipients who receive the money with a total transaction value of over $2 trillion. The company aims to be a major contender in this segment. RemitRadar is also working with the United Nations (UN) agencies to ensure that migrant workers and their families face negligible hassles sending and receiving money. The company will use 35% of the investment for software development, 35% to increase market penetration, 10% to recruit retailers and financial institutions into its lending model, and 20% to manage overhead costs.
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Expired
investment:
£360,126
WiseAlpha is an investment platform that allow its members the opportunity to invest in secured loan investments from some leading UK companies.
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Expired
investment:
£579,150
For Good Causes turn Loyalty points into donations for charities, giving people a new way to give to causes closest to their hearts. Brands are given a while new CSR opportunity and charities are given much-needed funding. Research has shown their is over £7bn unused rewards in the UK, values which could be donated.
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Expired
investment:
£292,220
Finisterre is an outdoor brand dealing directly with consumers, designed to inspire a love of the sea. The company is famous for product excellence, sustainability, creativity and has received 4.8/5* rating. It has over 75k consumers globally and, revenue has grown to 60% over the year. Finisterre has investment led by active partners including Rapha and Soho House. With the funds, the company will accelerate growth, open further stores and manage product innovation.
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Expired
investment:
£3,935,140
The Bottled Bartender is a manufacturer of premium RTD cocktails. The company manufactures, markets, and distributes single-serve premium cocktails to the trade, events and home markets. The cocktails are designed with the same recipes as a high-end bar, by using only branded spirits, garden-fresh ingredients made by the experienced staff. The company wants Trade and Events to benefit from the speed of service and logistical ease and not hire specialist staff. The Bottled Bartender anticipates in using a 24-hour courier service.
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Expired
investment:
£61,150
A money transfer service allowing customers to send money worldwide at a lower cost compared to traditional methods. TransferGo has been gaining 1,000 customers a day since May 2018 and currently has over 700,000 users. They have processed almost £781m on their platform through 1.3m transactions and operate on a gross profit margin of 6.7%.
TransferGo has 5 offices located in London, Berlin, Istanbul, Warsaw and Vilnius, with more than 100 employees globally. The company recently launched their new product, dubbed 'NOW', that enables users to send and receive monies in less than 30 minutes across borders.
Revenue is generated via fixed transfer fees and currency conversion fees ranging from 0.0% to 2.2% per transaction. These fees are dependent on the currency's origin and the amount being transferred. A free option is available to customers whose transaction may take a couple of days to transfer.
Funds are being raised to expand the business into emerging markets and introduce new products and services. This also means that TransferGo is aiming to provide local-language support and build new partnerships to attract more customers to their platform.
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Expired
investment:
£11,297,362
