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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A medical condition management platform allowing clinicians to create their own app to improve a patient's health whilst reducing costs. Living With develops smart apps specific to a person's condition, they currently have 3 products with another in the development stage. Their primary app, Squeezy, is the top paid medical app in the UK that helps patients with their pelvic floor exercises. Other apps, allow clinicians to monitor a patient's bowel and bladder health, as well as those with rheumatoid arthritis. These apps are already in use at multiple NHS Trusts and clinics.
Funds are being raised to complete development of their apps to help those with lupus and lung cancer, in addition to further developing their existing products. The company aims to have thousands of apps that will be available worldwide to provide self-service treatment at any time. Living With is expecting to earn £1.07m in revenue by the end of March 2019.
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Expired
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£250,000
Loanpad is a financial technology entity that provides a user-friendly, lower-risk platform for investors to earn inflation-busting interest through shared short-term property loans. It argues that its portal shields customers from much of the risk of peer-to-peer (P2P) lending by partnering with established property lenders, who take on both higher risk and return. Investors can invest through Loanpad's Classic and/or Premium accounts (both ISA eligible). The Classic account pays 3% and allows daily withdrawals, while the Premium account pays 4% and requires a 60-day notice for withdrawals. Loanpad has over £22 million in funds under management, onboarded over 2,600 registered investors, and witnessed over 150% growth in loans through 2020. It is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). It will use the investment to boost marketing, further develop software capabilities, increase the size of its Interest Cover Fund (ICF), and invest in general working capital.
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Expired
investment:
£423,060
C-Major is a medical technology company. It asserts that over 2 million people suffer a Needle Stick Injury (NSI) every year and are at risk of contracting blood-borne viruses such as Hepatitis and HIV. It aspires to resolve this crisis by bringing to market its patented medical device, Controlled Helical Retraction Device, to prevent NSIs. The company argues that the device contains a ‘Helical Track’ mechanism for controlled acceleration of the needle during retraction as well as a ‘Sealed Port’ to minimise any blood splatter. C-Major endeavours to disrupt the $5.5 billion safety syringe market with its product. It is backed by the UK 'Innovation Seed' fund. C-Major will use the investment to complete the final design of its product for manufacture and assembly ahead of a Series A funding round in 2021.
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Expired
investment:
£211,595
Trecento Diagnostics, with the help of a molecular testing system complete, they are now ready to launch a patent-pending collection device named HygieCatch®. It is a non-invasive, needle-free examination, in the vet practice providing DNA extraction from urine onsite with a report within 40 minutes of extraction of the sample. The company has identified partners in the UAE and US and is also in early-stage discussions with UK vet practices. Furthermore, for the purpose of commercialisation of HygieCatch & the technology used, alongside addition of new tests including Lyme disease the company is planning to raise its capital.
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Expired
investment:
£167,910
Assetz Capital is a leading property-secured business marketplace lender in the UK and Europe. It provides loans to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and property developers in the UK, financed by retail investors, institutional investors, government bodies and banks. The company has arranged loans of over £1 billion since its founding in April 2013. It ranked 53rd out of the UK’s top 100 fastest-growing technology companies for two consecutive years in the Sunday Times Tech Track 100, and funded the equivalent of 1 in 100 UK homes in the last two years. Assetz Capital aims to utilise the investment to fund legal and structuring work around the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Schemes (CBILS), have working capital for business development, grow its team, and possibly launch an Initial Public Offering (IPO) in the future.
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Expired
investment:
£760,600
Kulea.ma are an affordable and easy to use Marketing Automation, readily available for SME's. They have already seen impressive results with 80% of users seeing their number or leads increase and 77% seeing customer conversions rise.
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Expired
investment:
£67,616
Monva is a financial technology platform that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to revolutionise the price comparison experience and personalise customer offers. It argues that only 38% of people in the UK trust Price Comparison Websites (PCWs) with the majority being wary of such entities. Monva aims to change that. Its AI Chatbot ‘Mo’ helps customers save time by suggesting search queries, highlighting key information to assist in making switching decisions, and providing alerts to new automated offers. The company has raised £625,000 in 2020 from DBW, Angels and crowdfunding sites. It was also overfunded by >200%. It aims to become a contender in the price comparison market valued at £2.8 billion. It will use the investment to continue building its smart comparison technology, secure commercial partnerships, and grow its marketing activity.
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Expired
investment:
£451,905
Polydone is a project management platform to help tech companies plan and manage tasks, projects and people. The platform is easy to use and uses automation, artificial intelligence and machine learning to help businesses plan timelines and obtain accurate estimates - helping businesses to avoid human error by 90%. Polydone currently caters for tech companies of up to 50 people but will be expanding to other sectors and larger teams in the future.
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Expired
investment:
£128,106
Chip is one of the fastest-growing Fintech companies in the UK. Chip has built an app that uses the user's banking app to make personalised decisions about their money. Its user base has doubled since its previous fundraising in 2018. The company has 153,000 accounts, and it has processed more than £130m of savings. ChipX is the company's revolutionary returns platform and it has a waiting list of more than 50,000 people. The company is a winner of the British Bank Award, 2 Crowdcube awards, and 1 World Banking Award. It has welcomed many management executives from Funding Circle, Monzo, and Purple Bricks. Chip is now scaling with market-leading returns on ChipX. It aims to build the biggest savings account in the world. With the proceeds, the company will double its team and expand ChipX in the €10 trillion European savings market.
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Expired
investment:
£3,768,260
