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
TiPJAR is a cashless and contactless tipping platform that allows guests to tip workers in under 8 seconds via their phones, with no app required. TiPJAR's distribution engine empowers staff to control and share their tips and takes the admin burden and risk away from business owners. The company estimates the global tipping market to be worth a combined $100 billion per year, and it aims to be the worlds first multi-currency, scalable solution in this segment. The company's clients include Honest Burger, Yard Sale Pizza, and BrewDog. TiPJAR will use the investment to have live clients by November 2020 and expand across Europe and Australia.
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Expired
investment:
£699,748
Magnetto intends to challenge the traditional retail business by automating the checkout process and eliminating long queues via its app. The company allows shoppers to scan and pay for goods with their smartphones and skip queues using smart gates. The app also claims to facilitate indoor navigation with product locators and allows users to avail loyalty schemes. Magnetto asserts that the commercial rollout of its app has begun with the company planning to develop fully automated stores for one customer with its hardware partner, Modern Expo. Magnetto was nominated for an award at the London Smart Retail Tech Expo. The company intends to become a contender in the retail automation market that is projected to reach $23.58 billion by 2026. Magnetto aspires to connect fully with retail giants like Amazon and Sainsbury's and help them experience automated retail sales seamlessly. The company state it will use the investment to develop new features, grow its team and acquire more customers.
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Expired
investment:
£220,431
innerworks is a behavioural analysis technology company that aims to capture and verify the true nature of people to build happier and more productive workforces. innerworks crowdsources anonymous opinions about people over time. The company argues that this verification model leverages objective, credible data, making its profiles more unique. Its mission is to empower users with their behavioural data. The company is backed by Ex-Microsoft and Ex-Groupon managers as part of this crwodfunding round. It has been featured in TechRound and Startups Magazine. innerworks will use the investment to finance product development and initial client traction ahead of its Q3 2021 seed round.
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Expired
investment:
£231,386
Lux is a premium alternative that rewards high-spending customers, without devaluing restaurants’ brands. Powered by the latest card-linking technology, LUX offers premium reward schemes that give users up to 10% of their restaurant spend back as luxury rewards. So far, Lux has attracted more than 50 restaurants including JKS & Mews of Mayfair and Browns. Moreover, accountants, banks, law firms and consulting firms have accepted to distribute LUX. The company will use the funds to grow the customer base and the business.
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Expired
investment:
£241,580
GemTrax.IO's GemTrax Mobile App provides buyers and sellers of precious stones a comprehensive set of logical, physical, and administrative protocols. Powered by blockchain technology, the app ensures informational integrity while providing an immutable and easily audited record of the material's journey from mine to sellers. GemTrax's strategy for capturing market share and increasing user base includes targeting specific upstream gemstone supply chain stakeholders in key CAHRA markets such as Rwanda, Uganda, and Tanzania. With the proceeds, the company will purchase rough diamonds in the DRC, issue certificates of origin, sell the diamonds, and complete development of the mobile app.
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Expired
investment:
£773
Publisher Discovery, using AI & Machine Learning technologies, provides recommendations to Advertisers of highly relevant Publishers in the affiliate marketing sector. The company has built a uniquely curated database of over 2 million publishers and 330,000 advertisers, which are then analysed, compared, and matched to make recommendations in ranked lists, matching the best publishers with each advertiser. The affiliate publishing market is worth 16 billion dollars per year but is still largely dominated by human-based agencies and is uniquely suited for automation. Publisher Discovery aims to capitalise on this aspect and establish itself as the market leader. The company has signed up over 50 publishers and is negotiating contracts with two large distribution partners. It is currently raising £1 million investment with £675,000 committed so far, to grow sales and operations and reach over £2m Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) in the following 12 months.
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Expired
investment:
£800,000
Wedding Planner is an online wedding-planning marketplace that provides an easy way to plan and book a wedding. Around 20,000 couples are using this platform to plan their dream weddings. Besides being a pre-COVID profitable business in the UK, it is the UK's number one ranked site for 'Wedding Planner' as per Google. The website has been created by combining a digital wedding booking system, curated venues, planning tools, and supplier search options. The platform generates 8,500+ leads for venues and suppliers per quarter and has a registered base of 3,000+ venues and other suppliers. With the investment, the company will use 25% to update their booking system catering to couples and suppliers, 12% in creating new and tested standardised contract templates between the couple and the supplier, 13% in developing a partnership with a wedding insurance provider, 30% as substitution funds for supplier and venue subscriptions frozen during COVID-19, 13% in continuing the platform's growth in Sweden, and 7% in costs associated with fund-raising.
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Expired
investment:
£25,010
Q Doctor aims at changing the NHS care delivery with the help of video consulting to benefit patients and clinicians. The company is focusing on delivering a model that keeps modernised NHS care free of charge for the patients. The video solution plugs NHS clinicians to the existing NHS infrastructure and allows them to connect to the NHS patients digitally. With the proceeds, Q Doctor will fulfil its strategy for 2020. It will deploy the funds into labour, development, operations, marketing, and contingency funds.
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Expired
investment:
£1,386,200
