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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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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A well-established money transfer service with more than 10,000 account holders, aiming to bridge the gap between unbanked businesses, merchants and individuals, no matter their locations in the world. Omanye is seeking investment to expand their current sites in Asia and Africa.
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£129,090
Smartlands is a blockchain-based digital finance and investment ecosystem. It allows asset owners to turn an ownership right to a share of any asset, into a tradable digital token attributing it almost unlimited liquidity. In the UK, Smartlands is the first platform for crowdfunding investments that allows investors to use digital currencies alongside fiat currencies to raise capital. The platform boasts of a 16,000 strong community following with over 11,000 wallets opened since its inception. It has a reputed list of partners including Colliers International, CMS, Archax, UK Sotheby’s, and many more. They have been awarded the 'Best Crowdfunding Platform' at the 2020 FinTech Breakthrough Awards and have been featured in Yahoo Finance, Forbes, Coindesk, Benzinga, and Investors Chronicle to name a few. With the investment, the company will grow its internal engineering team and obtain the necessary licenses to move its business forward across Europe.
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£379,183
Accunea is the world’s first real-time continuous organ function monitoring company, specializing in biomarkers for kidney transplantation. Targeting NHS hospitals in the UK undertaking renal transplantation, the company aims to provide relief to patients awaiting organ transplants by ensuring availability of more organs for transplant and reducing the numbers of deaths due to increasing waiting list times. For this purpose, the company has designed a miniature analysis device which constantly monitors markers of kidney function and metabolism through a standard dribble line put into the vein of a patient. Accunea is raising £400,000 at a pre-money valuation of £2,230,000. The funds will be used to achieve clinical utility in Kidney and Pancreas.
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£388,038
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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£360,126
Ensuring an organisation's activities are compliant with key regulations. Evidology is a software program that can be easily integrated into a business's existing infrastructure. The software will check the business's data against more than 40 local and international legislation's and provide a real-time report to management that will highlight whether the business is following compliance, or not.
Evidology's revenue model consists of a 3-year subscription package, in the form of a standard, or enterprise-level product. The company has tested their software within nine businesses, including HSBC. Evidology has predicted to break even as soon as 15 months, based on selling their product at a modest rate of 3 clients per month.
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£50,003
Created in 2015, Fourex provides an advanced and innovative self-service kiosk for exchanging over 150 currencies in both coins and notes. The company has grown its revenue by 175 % and it is continuing to grow. It will be live in 80 locations by the end of 2019. Fourex has a presence at Heathrow, Gatwick, and Stansted with access to 153 million passengers per year. It is located in 21 London underground stations with a combined 1.9 million passengers each day. In early 2018, Fourex has extended its business from 12 locations to 66 locations. It has won innovation awards from Lloyds Bank, Virgin, and Amazon. The company's revenue has increased by 175% in 2 years. Fourex's current partners are TfL/London, Westfield, Underground, Welcome Break, Intu, Moto and Roadchef. The company aims to become a principal multi-currency exchange solution. With the proceeds, the company will be accelerating its growth in the UK, by expanding the network of machines nationwide both in international travel hubs, high footfall retails and transit locations.
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£928,830
Nebeus aims to bridge the gap between cryptocurrency and cash, providing people with instant crypto-backed cash services for everyday use. The company argues that there is an equivalent of $400 billion held in more than 55 million crypto wallets around the world which cannot be used further than keeping as an investment. It aims to change this scenario. Nebeus's core product is its 'Instant Loans' offering. It also offers users to do mobile top-ups, conduct Card2Card transfers, and send cash to Points of Sale (PoS) amongst other financial services. The company is working to come out with a 'Nebeus Mastercard' in partnership with Railsbank in Q1 of 2021. Nebeus has more than 60,000 users on its portal and has overseen transactions over £30 million to date. The company has featured in publications like The Independent, Forbes, and Bloomberg to name a few. It will use the investment for growth and marketing, the rollout of Nebeus Mastercard rollout, for growing its team, and for Research and Development (R&D).
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£862,580
Enoron is a management system that allows lawyers to easily manage all their clients and all their related information, all their matters and deadlines, keeping track of all their activities, timesheets and accounting and much more.
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£31,896
