GoPower offers comprehensive portable solar energy solutions, designed to save you money and reduce your environmental impact. Their user-friendly solar panels eliminate the need for complex installations, allowing easy setup anywhere. Their portable solar power stations, providing up to 1000w/1280WH at 240v, are perfect for various applications such as home offices, garden rooms, boats, events, and more. With multiple output sockets and versatile charging options including solar panels and mains electricity, GoPower provides a greener and cost-effective energy alternative.
days to go:
Extended
investment:
£10,000
Rype addresses the dilemma of choosing between expensive or low-quality office furniture that contributes to carbon emissions and waste. By remanufacturing high-quality used office furniture, Rype offers cost-effective solutions with 80% lower carbon emissions and waste, while creating local jobs. Their mission is to significantly reduce office carbon emissions and costs through sustainable, circular economy practices, including exclusive furniture ranges made from waste materials. Rype's comprehensive services encompass furniture sourcing, remanufacturing, and employing marginalized individuals, contributing to a more environmentally friendly and socially responsible approach to office furnishings.
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Extended
investment:
Withheld
Gively is an online marketplace where users can give and get secondhand items for free. The secondhand clothing market will double in value to £50 billion annually by 2023, and the company finds itself as a suitable contender in this domain. They aim to lower greenhouse gas emissions and minimise landfill sites through its portal. The company has reached over 5,000 users, 70% of which came from unpaid channels. Gively won an SME (Small and medium enterprises) grant worth £10,000 of television advertising and has received rave reviews from its users through the App Store, social media, and in person. They will use 50% of the investment for marketing purposes, 25% for technology up-gradation, and 25% for hiring human resources.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£105,207
DatePlay is a mobile dating application that allows you to play games to meet your match. By playing a few games DatePlay analyses your personality and then you're shown who you are potentially compatible with and the compatibility percentage. It's then up to you to decide whether you like them or not.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£219,570
Chessable applies learning styles and gamification to make it easy to get started with learning Chess. Chessable allows you to select a opening book you'd like to play and then when you have learnt it just once, the Chessable system will use it's algorithms to make sure you review what you learnt in the most efficient manner possible.
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Expired
investment:
£17,800
Pronto is an online platform that aims to connect businesses needing short term staff with reliable workers. This allows businesses who have last minute staffing issues a chance to hire a skilled worker for a short period of time.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£7,030
ClearWaste is a price comparison website for waste removal and a provider of enforcement services to councils across the UK. The company argues that the cost to local authorities and taxpayers for cleaning up fly-tipping in England in 2016/17 was £57.7 million and is now thought to exceed £100 million. ClearWaste is on a mission to combat it through its app and web platform utilising reporting and prevention methodologies. The company links consumers with govt-registered waste removers backed by a £1k no-fly-tipping guarantee. ClearWaste argues that the UK waste industry is worth over £6.8 billion and supports more than 103,000 jobs. It aims to be a contender in this segment. ClearWaste has featured in press entities such as BBC, ITV, Channel 5, Sky, Times, and The Guardian. It was also a finalist at the National Recycling Awards 2020. ClearWaste will use the investment to develop its sales and marketing functions and further raise brand awareness.
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Expired
investment:
£199,599
The Fantasy Football Hub brings together some of the very best fantasy football players, bloggers, toll creators, podcasters, and content creators under roof. The company has a social media presence of more than 3,000 paying subscribers. It has more than 24,000 Twitter followers and 7,000 YouTube subscribers. FHH's monetisation strategy is based on three streams: Site memberships, Generic site advertising, and Affiliate partnerships. With the proceeds, the company will provide additional player and team analysis tools, improve its website user interface, and increasing developer man-hours.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£109,056
A dating app using location-based technology to help everyone meet new people instantly. Honeypot is launching their service across 50 location in London and in 40 universities in the UK. They differentiate themselves by allowing people to meet each other and have conversations face-to-face, rather than primarily through their mobile screen. This is achieved by connecting with other Honeypot users within a pre-defined radius and planning meet-ups through the app.
Revenue will be generated though in-app purchases to access certain functionalities, in addition to a premium membership which will give users unlimited access to features. The company also aim to advertise their product through other businesses and venues. Honeypot intends to provide their services in Paris, Barcelona and the USA in 2019.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£117,290
Fonebox allow users to charge their phone safely and securely behind a password protected lock and then pay with their credit or debit card. Fonebox is considered the modern day telephone box and comes with a high quality touchscreen display that provides additional revenue through advertising.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£34,250
