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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PULMOBIOMED is addressing the failings of current lung tests, which are expensive, infrequent, and invasive. Their so-called "clinically proven" solution claims to offer non-invasive liquid samples from deep within the lung, promising affordable tests for lung diseases. They assert that their product can empower clinicians to diagnose and treat conditions like lung cancer and infections, even though there's limited evidence to support these claims. With a few customers in the USA and Australia, and vague partnerships in the EU, PULMOBIOMED hopes to disrupt the asthma diagnostics market by introducing what they call a comprehensive diagnostic test for asthma, despite the skepticism around their capabilities.
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Extended
investment:
£295,000
Carocell Bio is innovating by developing patented anti-inflammatory peptides delivered via nanoparticles to address severe inflammatory conditions such as atopic dermatitis. Their primary peptide, JEL0305, not only halts inflammation but also prevents its initiation, as evidenced by its effectiveness in reducing inflammation in human AD biopsies and burn tissue. With AD impacting a substantial population and costing $21 billion yearly for unsafe treatments, Carocell Bio's safer peptide remedy has the potential to avert AD recurrence. Additionally, their pioneering approach to skin-related inflammation involves topical peptide products that target mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), a crucial element in inflammation. This breakthrough offers promise for managing and forestalling AD and mitigating skin aging.
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Optimise BP, the debut product by Optimise Health, introduces an innovative digital solution that offers secure and efficient semi-automated blood pressure management within primary care, focusing on hypertension. This advancement is projected to lead to substantial appointment savings in the range of millions.
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TBC
investment:
£127,001
Learning Labs are a fast growing EdTech startup focussed on helping people to learn languages across 3 core channels. They have launched unique language Post-it Notes, a digital language learning platform and have been licensed to over 15k pupils across schools in the UK.
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Expired
investment:
£577,007
A fully integrated, end to end platform that enables real time situation and work force management, for the private security industry. It ensures regulatory compliance and real time reporting for security operatives. FalconDHQ is addressing a gap in the market to modernise the current paper based process.
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Expired
investment:
£415,000
Founded in 2015, Developing Experts is a complete online curriculum solution for children aged between the age group of 4 to 14 years. Developing Experts provides over 700 online lessons with a practical investigation, easy-to-understand handouts, interactive assessments and quizzes for multiple curricula including the National Curriculum. Additionally, with an aim to enhance child’s critical thinking and learning outcomes, it provides specialised lessons held by experts from the university and industry, specifically operational in science field.
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Established in 2011, Crowdcube has become the market leader in the equity crowdfunding sector. The company has a 40% share of the UK market with over 620,000 investors registered on the platform that have invested more than £561m in pitches. This has resulted in nearly 800 successful campaigns and Crowdcube's revenue increasing by 33% from H1 2017 to H1 2018. Funds are being raised to scale the business by expanding further in the UK, as well as overseas.
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Expired
investment:
£7,918,180
Spearhead provide over 250 high quality, practical, training courses via their network of experienced trainers and their new online training platform. Spearhead have secured large corporate clients nationally, from various sectors.
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Expired
investment:
£140,660
Teaching children the value of cash in a cashless society. gohenry aims to communicate to children between the ages of 6-18 how to earn, spend, save and learn in a digital banking world. The company has more than 550k active members across the UK and the US and generated revenues of £6.1m in 2017 with a YoY growth of 115%. The main source of revenue is a membership fee charged monthly to parents for activating a child bank account.
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Expired
investment:
£6,000,000
