Ascension Ventures

Ascension Ventures Limited is a private equity and venture capital firm based in London and Birmingham, United Kingdom, founded in 2012. The firm specializes in early-stage to later-stage investments, focusing on sectors such as creative industries, digital media, technology, and health. It targets investments in areas including advertising technology, financial technology, educational technology, and sustainability, among others. Ascension Ventures primarily invests in Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) and Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) companies, with investment amounts ranging from £250,000 to £1.5 million. The firm aims to exit investments within four to seven years and is open to co-investing with angel investors and other funds. With a commitment to supporting the UK tech ecosystem, Ascension Ventures actively seeks to back innovative startups that have the potential for significant growth.

Albanese, Nico

Principal

Belsky, Brian

Principal

Jean Fougerolles

CEO

John Kuelper

Senior Managing Director

Sam Marchant

Investment Associate

Remy Minute

Partner

Schuler, Ryan L.

Managing Director

Emma Steele

Partner

Past deals in England

Greenpixie

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Greenpixie is an award winning provider & integrator of cloud emissions data. As pioneers in cloud sustainability and GreenOps, they are committed to helping businesses comply with environmental regulations, reduce their emissions, and save on costs. Greentech of the Year | Speakers at COP27

Hammock

Venture Round in 2022
Hammock is a technology platform that helps landlords reconcile transactions on the go. The platform provides current account and data analysis services for the property sector. It brings FinTech and PropTech together, helping landlords and property managers save time and money in the management of their finances. Hammock translates information from individual transactions into real-time, actionable insights so they can monitor and optimize the performance of their portfolio. It also manages their property finances, from rent collection to insights into profit and loss, including bookkeeping and reconciliation. Hammock was founded by Manoj Varsani in 2019 and is headquartered in London, England, UK.

Foodsteps

Seed Round in 2022
Foodsteps is a london-based startup that has developed a platform to help the food sector reduce its carbon footprint.

RideTandem

Seed Round in 2022
RideTandem focuses on transportation technology. It transforms local transportation companies into smart shuttles for work, education, and other purposes.

Kettel

Seed Round in 2022
Kettel Homes is a real estate services platform designed to assist first-time homebuyers in transitioning from renting to owning. In response to the challenges posed by rising rental costs and declining availability of rental properties, the company provides a rent-to-own program that aims to make homeownership more accessible in the UK. Through its technology platform, Kettel connects buyers with vetted advisors, offering personalized guidance throughout the home-buying process. This approach not only streamlines transactions but also ensures a more transparent and efficient experience for buyers, ultimately fostering a new generation of homeowners.

Again

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Again operates a decentralized network of automated micro-cleaning facilities known as CleanCell. The company focuses on supply chain services aimed at circular packaging, utilizing advanced technology to clean and prepare reusable packaging for subsequent use. This innovative approach helps brands tackle the pressing challenges related to packaging waste, promoting sustainability and efficiency in the supply chain.

Contingent

Series A in 2022
Contingent is on a mission to fundamentally change how procurement is done, helping companies reduce friction and increase resilience, while empowering procurement teams to make right choices and partner more closely with the wider business. Easy to use and simple to set up, Contingent’s lightweight and proactive real-time insights tool fits seamlessly into an organisation’s existing procurement workflow and technology ecosystem, and provides the answers the team needs to act.

SteadyPay

Series A in 2022
SteadyPay exists to improve the financial wellness of all gig economy workers. Our service enables gig economy workers to enjoy consistent income even when they work inconsistent hours (due to such factors as reduced shifts, fewer bookings, time of sick and holidays). Using the SteadyPay mobile app, customers securely link to their bank, we then work out the customer's average income and monitor for when income drops below that average. When this happens we provide a top-up, advancing money to the customer's bank to bring their income back up to average. No interest is charged on the top-up; we are a subscription credit service. By smoothing out income we enable gig economy workers to budget with confidence for everyday essentials, and in turn reduce the need to turn to high-cost credit solutions that trigger debt spirals.

Aura Fertility

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Aura Fertility is an evidence-based support platform that supports emotional health and fertility wellbeing for IVF patients. Aura Fertility was founded in 2019 and was headquartered in London.

Beem

Seed Round in 2022
Beem provides key infrastructure for the future of spatial telepresence in the Metaverse. From feeling the close presence of a far-away loved one, or the intensity of a live performance in your space, Beem finally brings back immediacy and intimacy to digital communication. Anywhere, Together.

ExSeed Health

Seed Round in 2022
ExSeed Health Test and improve the quality of your sperm from the comfort of your home with thier smartphone device and intelligent lifestyle app.

Mobilus Labs

Venture Round in 2022
Mobilus Labs Limited specializes in developing wearable voice communication devices and a comprehensive software platform designed for seamless voice transmission in various environments. The company's product lineup includes the mobiWAN, a device tailored for harsh and noisy settings, the MobiWan_TR, which utilizes bone conduction technology for audio reception via micro-vibrations on the head, and the mobiTWO, a hybrid communication device that merges VOIP and walkie-talkie functionalities. Mobilus Labs also provides a cloud-based voice platform for efficient voice and data management. Founded in 2017 and based in London, the company was previously known as Noto Technologies Limited until its rebranding in March 2020. With a focus on integrating artificial intelligence-driven voice bots and voice recognition algorithms, Mobilus Labs aims to enhance communication across teams of any size and range, particularly in industrial sectors.

Zen Educate

Funding Round in 2021
Zen Educate Limited is a company that has developed an online platform to connect teachers, teaching assistants, and cover supervisors with job opportunities in schools. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in London, with an additional office in Manchester, the platform facilitates the matching of qualified education professionals with short-term, long-term, and permanent positions. The company aims to enhance the recruitment process for educational institutions by providing a streamlined and effective staffing solution, ensuring that schools have access to quality educators and support staff.

Fuzey

Seed Round in 2021
Fuzey provides a comprehensive digital platform aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and independent contractors, including those in the automotive sector, such as mechanics and car dealerships. The platform facilitates business growth and management by enabling users to streamline communications through various channels, including SMS, WhatsApp, email, Facebook, and Instagram. It offers tools to understand customer behavior, manage appointments by syncing directly with calendars, send invoices, and process payments. Additionally, Fuzey helps businesses enhance their online presence by increasing customer reviews, ultimately allowing them to attract, convert, and retain clients more effectively.

HURR

Seed Round in 2021
HURR is the smart way to rent your wardrobe, on-demand. The UK's leading wardrobe rental platform allows members to share clothes and accessories, securely and in seconds. HURR has been named the “Airbnb of Fashion”, disrupting fashion ownership and paving the way towards a more sustainable future. Discover and rent curated edits of contemporary and luxury brands, accessing trend led pieces and coveted one offs. Welcome to a new way to wardrobe.

hundo.xyz

Series A in 2021
hundo.xyz is the first skills platform to validate and verify qualifications on-chain in a soulbound NFT skills wallet for Gen Z to replace the CV/resume. We are an EdTech company augmenting mandatory education with the employability skills needed across frontier tech in partnership with educators and employers. Our on-demand content stream 'CareerCon' enables young people, parents, educators and employers to discover the future of learning and work.

Vinehealth

Seed Round in 2021
Vinehealth develops a digital application focused on enhancing oncology patient outcomes through the integration of data science and behavioral science. This patient-centric technology allows individuals battling cancer to effectively track, manage, and comprehend their treatment journey. By utilizing behavioral science principles, Vinehealth's application generates valuable patient-reported data, which can inform healthcare delivery, drug development, and research. This personalized support not only aids patients but also equips clinicians with a comprehensive understanding of patient experiences, facilitating tailored healthcare services.

CourtCorrect

Seed Round in 2021
Close Complaints, Cases and Claims faster, better and delight customers with our secure, intelligent, plug and play software. We’re a VC-backed tech company based in London on a mission to transform the way businesses and their customers resolve complaints, claims and cases. Drawing on extensive research and experience in the fields of user-centric design, customer service, machine learning and dispute resolution, we’ve developed an intelligent case management system that will take your back office from cost centre to competitive advantage. Trusted by multinational insurance companies, European governments and SMEs in 5 jurisdictions and supported by a world-class team hailing from top educational and professional background (including the Order of the British Empire), [CourtCorrect.com](http://CourtCorrect.com) is your ticket to the future of case management.

Nook

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Nook is a developer of a trade collaboration platform focused on providing payment and invoicing solutions for small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs). The platform is designed to simplify the payment process by integrating features such as invoice processing, approval workflows, secure payments, and account reconciliation. Additionally, Nook incorporates fraud protection measures aimed at eliminating invoice fraud, ensuring that business owners can process their invoices and bill payments with ease and security. This comprehensive approach allows SMEs to manage their financial transactions more effectively.

MindLabs

Seed Round in 2021
MindLabs is the world's first live mental health platform.

Plend

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Plend is building a better way to borrow where consumers are no longer held back by credit history. Built on the belief that one size doesn’t fit all when it comes to credit, Plend was created to enable wider access to truly affordable loans, underpinned by new and innovative advances in open-banking powered credit scoring in order to create a fairer future for borrowers. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in London, England.

Bonnet

Seed Round in 2021
Bonnet Ltd. is a London-based company founded in 2019 that specializes in a charging-as-a-service platform for electric vehicle drivers. The company addresses the challenges faced by drivers who must register separately for multiple public charging networks by offering a single app that enables access to any public charger. This streamlined service caters to both individual drivers and businesses, simplifying the charging process and enhancing the overall user experience for electric vehicle owners.

ZeroHeight

Series A in 2021
Zeroheight is a software company developing a design documentation platform to easily build style guides and reuse common design elements. Its platform offers an easy-to-create design system to edit style guides that are synced with design and code to create beautiful and sophisticated style guides. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in London, England.

Mirthy

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Mirthy is a wellness platform that offers a variety of online events and a social space to connect over shared interests and experiences. It is a platform for lifelong learning and social connection. Mirthy was founded in the year 2019 and is located in London.

BEPPS Snacks

Seed Round in 2021
BEPPS Snacks are chickpea snacks with black-eyed pea inclusions that pack a flavourful punch.

Kana

Seed Round in 2021
Kana is a web application that provides building blocks for pricing, enabling businesses to customize their pricing plans effectively. This flexibility allows companies to enhance customer lifetime value and accelerate sales. Additionally, Kana offers a software development kit aimed at payment platforms, which facilitates the integration and deployment of pricing, packaging, and plans for product-led businesses. By streamlining these processes, Kana ensures users can achieve seamless integration, thereby optimizing their operational efficiency.

Switchee

Funding Round in 2021
Switchee was founded out of INSEAD business school in 2015 and is headquartered in London. It is now the market leader in social housing IoT, servicing many of the largest housing associations in the UK. The company helps large residential landlords to better manage their property portfolio, using technology to identify maintenance issues, reduce fuel bills and improve communication with residents. For every £1 invested in Switchee services, the landlord saves £2 and puts £2 back into the pocket of their resident. Switchee has reimagined the way landlords interact with residents and manage their homes. Their services ensure that landlords have the information they need to eliminate fuel poverty, damp and mould as well as heating & ventilation failures. Switchee is primarily a software and insights business, but to access this real-time data, they reinvented a ubiquitous household object – the thermostat. They have created an internet connected product that reduces energy bills, acts as a two-way communication platform with the resident and collects environmental data that drives an insights engine, landlord dashboard and API.

Thursday

Seed Round in 2021
Thursday is a dating app that wants to solve problems created by, well, too much time spent using dating apps.

FarmLend

Seed Round in 2021
FarmLend is focused on transforming the global food distribution system by creating a wholesale platform that connects growers with buyers of high-quality produce year-round. The company aims to reduce food waste, which currently accounts for 30% of the 5 billion tonnes of produce grown annually, by facilitating smoother transactions between farmers and distributors. Through its platform, FarmLend ensures that growers can find reliable buyers and receive payment upon delivery, without the need for collateral. The service also includes forward contracts that guarantee sales and offers financial support to farmers for their working capital needs during the farming season. Ultimately, FarmLend envisions a world where access to healthier food is widespread, benefiting both consumers and agricultural communities.

Suvera

Funding Round in 2021
At Suvera we superpower primary care to deliver truly effective virtual care for patients with long-term conditions. Effective for us means improved outcomes for patients - less hospital admissions, less doctor appointments, more time in good health.

Lick

Series A in 2021
Lick building a disruptive home decor brand that is obsessed with helping people transform their home with ease and a smile.

Homeppl

Venture Round in 2021
Homeppl, Ltd. is a London-based company that has developed an internet platform to facilitate the rental process for both tenants and landlords. The platform provides a digital rental resume, known as the Homeppl Smart Profile, which assists landlords in assessing potential tenants and making informed decisions. This risk assessment tool helps landlords avoid unsuitable candidates and approve more applications, thereby increasing rental opportunities. Homeppl also focuses on preventing application fraud by automating credit underwriting and integrating instant fraud analysis and affordability capabilities into its decision-making process. The company serves a diverse range of clients, including leading global corporations and fintech firms, enhancing their operational efficiency and risk management in the rental market.

Kana

Seed Round in 2021
Kana is a web application that provides building blocks for pricing, enabling businesses to customize their pricing plans effectively. This flexibility allows companies to enhance customer lifetime value and accelerate sales. Additionally, Kana offers a software development kit aimed at payment platforms, which facilitates the integration and deployment of pricing, packaging, and plans for product-led businesses. By streamlining these processes, Kana ensures users can achieve seamless integration, thereby optimizing their operational efficiency.

Boost Technology

Funding Round in 2021
Boost Technology provides financial B2B commerce platforms. The company provide services that create a tipping point and services that listen, learn, build, and iterate on a shared platform. Boost assists distributors in the trillion-dollar informal economy. Boost is a single, adaptable platform that allows clients to be served in numerous languages and currencies, with multiple catalogues and prices available across channels.

SportsTribal

Seed Round in 2021
SportsTribal is a streaming service established in 2018 that specializes in providing sports-based entertainment channels globally. The company offers a diverse range of sports content, including motorsport, mixed martial arts (MMA), basketball, poker, action sports, eSports, women's sports, and billiards. With a focus on delivering ad-free entertainment, SportsTribal aims to enhance the viewing experience for sports enthusiasts by combining free television with digital streaming technology.

Homeppl

Venture Round in 2021
Homeppl, Ltd. is a London-based company that has developed an internet platform to facilitate the rental process for both tenants and landlords. The platform provides a digital rental resume, known as the Homeppl Smart Profile, which assists landlords in assessing potential tenants and making informed decisions. This risk assessment tool helps landlords avoid unsuitable candidates and approve more applications, thereby increasing rental opportunities. Homeppl also focuses on preventing application fraud by automating credit underwriting and integrating instant fraud analysis and affordability capabilities into its decision-making process. The company serves a diverse range of clients, including leading global corporations and fintech firms, enhancing their operational efficiency and risk management in the rental market.

Tembo Money

Seed Round in 2021
Tembo is a mortgage platform that provides various services to help individuals secure home financing. It offers options for first-time buyers, remortgaging, and affordability enhancements through innovative schemes. The platform connects users with multiple lenders to maximize their borrowing potential and streamline the mortgage process.

Organise

Seed Round in 2021
Organise is on a mission to give everyone the tools, network and confidence to make change happen in their workplace.

Homeppl

Venture Round in 2021
Homeppl, Ltd. is a London-based company that has developed an internet platform to facilitate the rental process for both tenants and landlords. The platform provides a digital rental resume, known as the Homeppl Smart Profile, which assists landlords in assessing potential tenants and making informed decisions. This risk assessment tool helps landlords avoid unsuitable candidates and approve more applications, thereby increasing rental opportunities. Homeppl also focuses on preventing application fraud by automating credit underwriting and integrating instant fraud analysis and affordability capabilities into its decision-making process. The company serves a diverse range of clients, including leading global corporations and fintech firms, enhancing their operational efficiency and risk management in the rental market.

Tomato Pay

Venture Round in 2021
Tomato Pay offers a QR-code based payments and invoice application designed for businesses and sole traders seeking a more cost-effective and ethical way to receive payments. The platform allows users to process transactions without hidden fees, enabling instant access to funds through immediate cash settlements. Additionally, Tomato Pay simplifies the invoicing process, allowing users to create invoices within the app and incorporate features such as discounts, late penalties, and payment reminders. By connecting their bank accounts, users can receive payments directly, eliminating the need to share sensitive banking information. This solution promotes local economic support by facilitating cashless transactions in a hassle-free manner.

Secondbake

Seed Round in 2021
Secondbake develops a plant-based food that offers to the customers. It engaging in kraft foods of the plant-based industry. It focuses on vegan, plant-based, and gastronomy.

Piper

Seed Round in 2021
Piper is a people management platform established in 2021 that focuses on enhancing team development and management. The company offers integrated tools designed to reduce the cognitive load on managers while promoting empathy in the workplace. By honing skills and improving employee engagement, Piper's toolkit assists managers in fostering meaningful relationships with their teams. This approach aims to enhance individual engagement and overall team performance, thereby transforming the dynamics of people management.

Glaize

Funding Round in 2021
Glaize is a D2C brand reinventing women's nail care through technology and science starting with our made-to-measure gels.

Pangaea Data

Venture Round in 2021
Pangaea Data provides a machine learning-based software solution making scientific and clinical data more meaningful.

Spill App

Seed Round in 2021
Spill is an app that makes all the benefits of talking therapy available to everyone, every day. It offers a message-based therapy app to help improve workplace well-being.

Kuula TV

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Kuula, Inc. is an online video and streaming platform designed for yoga and fitness professionals to connect with their communities. Founded in 2020 and based in London, the platform enables instructors to deliver live workout classes, videos, and courses. It also offers essential features such as scheduling, payment processing, management tools, and mailing services, which help trainers enhance their brand and boost revenue. Kuula provides a comprehensive solution that includes an on-demand library, private class options, and notifications, making it easier for fitness and yoga teachers to engage with their clients effectively.

VALK

Seed Round in 2020
VALK is a software company based in London, founded in 2019, that specializes in providing a platform for managing, investing, and trading unlisted assets, including private company shares, fund shares, real estate, and infrastructure. The company's solution digitizes and automates asset management and investment workflows, streamlining processes traditionally handled manually. VALK serves a diverse client base, including over 70 investment banks, hedge funds, asset managers, family offices, fund managers, and individual private companies across more than 15 countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, and South America. In the past year, VALK has facilitated over 4 billion USD in transactions. The company has received industry recognition, winning awards for sell-side technology and asset management, and is involved in the FCA Sandbox as well as Tech Nation's fintech cohort.

Cudo Compute

Series A in 2020
Cudo Compute is a platform that facilitates the monetization of underutilized computing resources by enabling users to access distributed computing power from idle data center hardware globally. By leveraging a decentralized approach, Cudo Compute allows businesses and individuals to deploy virtual machines efficiently, finding optimal resources in ideal locations at competitive prices. This platform aims to democratize cloud computing by offering a sustainable model that enhances economic, environmental, and societal benefits. Users can scale their computing needs flexibly without being constrained by traditional centralized cloud infrastructures. Cudo Compute operates in over 145 countries, managing millions of devices and delivering significant advantages in availability, proximity, and cost efficiency. Through this innovative approach, Cudo Compute empowers users to monetize unused computing capacity while responding effectively to changing market demands.

Veratrak

Seed Round in 2020
Veratrak is a document sharing and master data collaboration platform that is purpose built for the pharmaceutical supply chain allowing partners to communicate sensitive information more efficiently.

Compare Ethics

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Compare Ethics verifies, manages, and delivers compliant product impact claims at scale. Giving teams confidence in communicating the impact of their products. In addition, anti-greenwashing regulations must be followed. The patent-pending verification technology is held to strict regulatory and scientific standards by working with leading lawyers, academics, and a dedicated advisory board.

ImproveWell

Venture Round in 2020
ImproveWell is a digital worker engagement tool intended to improve healthcare standards. It provides everyone a voice, assisting enterprises in fundamentally enhancing the working environment for employees and the standard of patient care. Their platform enhances employee satisfaction, gives employees a voice, helps them gather ideas from the front lines in real-time, suggests ideas for improvement, discusses and fine-tunes them with managers, and monitors progress and implementation, empowering healthcare professionals to make suggestions and enhance their workplace.

Homeppl

Seed Round in 2020
Homeppl, Ltd. is a London-based company that has developed an internet platform to facilitate the rental process for both tenants and landlords. The platform provides a digital rental resume, known as the Homeppl Smart Profile, which assists landlords in assessing potential tenants and making informed decisions. This risk assessment tool helps landlords avoid unsuitable candidates and approve more applications, thereby increasing rental opportunities. Homeppl also focuses on preventing application fraud by automating credit underwriting and integrating instant fraud analysis and affordability capabilities into its decision-making process. The company serves a diverse range of clients, including leading global corporations and fintech firms, enhancing their operational efficiency and risk management in the rental market.

Kraydel

Seed Round in 2020
Kraydel addresses social isolation and also supports independence for our Users. Kraydel is the only platform to combine social connectivity, through easy TV-video calling, with scalable remote monitoring, through the broadest IoT platform for health and environmental sensors and devices. This combination supports User independence and wellbeing, delivering peace of mind to families and carers. Kraydel is headquartered in Belfast, with offices in London.

Shellworks

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Shellworks is a London-based company founded in 2019, dedicated to eliminating plastic waste through the development of compostable packaging solutions. The company focuses on creating sustainable bio-polymer products derived from waste crustacean shells, transforming this material into biodegradable and compostable items. These innovative products are designed to be environmentally friendly and can be disposed of by planting them in the ground, where they will naturally degrade and serve as fertilizer. By addressing the pressing issue of plastic pollution, Shellworks aims to provide effective alternatives that contribute to a more sustainable future.

Hammock

Seed Round in 2020
Hammock is a technology platform that helps landlords reconcile transactions on the go. The platform provides current account and data analysis services for the property sector. It brings FinTech and PropTech together, helping landlords and property managers save time and money in the management of their finances. Hammock translates information from individual transactions into real-time, actionable insights so they can monitor and optimize the performance of their portfolio. It also manages their property finances, from rent collection to insights into profit and loss, including bookkeeping and reconciliation. Hammock was founded by Manoj Varsani in 2019 and is headquartered in London, England, UK.

Beem

Seed Round in 2020
Beem provides key infrastructure for the future of spatial telepresence in the Metaverse. From feeling the close presence of a far-away loved one, or the intensity of a live performance in your space, Beem finally brings back immediacy and intimacy to digital communication. Anywhere, Together.

Lick

Seed Round in 2020
Lick building a disruptive home decor brand that is obsessed with helping people transform their home with ease and a smile.

NumberEight

Seed Round in 2020
NumberEight develops on-device mobile AI software to enable content providers to deliver hyper-personalized experiences in real-time using mobile sensors.

Organise

Seed Round in 2020
Organise is on a mission to give everyone the tools, network and confidence to make change happen in their workplace.

Wagestream

Series B in 2020
Wagestream Ltd., established in 2018 and based in London, United Kingdom, offers a financial services application that empowers employees to access their earned wages on demand. This platform enables users to control their payment timing, effectively alleviating the need for advances or loans and reducing financial stress associated with unexpected expenses. Wagestream aims to combat the poverty premium and help employees avoid debt cycles linked to high-interest credit and overdraft fees. The application includes various financial tools designed to improve workplace financial well-being, allowing employees to budget, set savings goals, and manage their financial resources effectively. The company is backed by several investors, including QED, Fair by Design, London Co-Investment Fund, and Village Global.

Poplar Studio

Seed Round in 2020
Poplar Studio is a platform that specializes in on-demand 3D and augmented reality (AR) campaigns. It focuses on activating a new generation of global 3D and AR creators while offering collaborative tools that streamline the production process, making it both affordable and efficient. The company has developed a visualization tool that allows businesses to present virtual previews of their products, enhancing customer engagement through an immersive shopping experience. By enabling customers to visualize products in AR, Poplar Studio helps brands build awareness and connect with targeted audiences across social media, ultimately facilitating more engaging and informative interactions between businesses and their customers.

Alva

Seed Round in 2020
Alva provides consultation, resources, and evidence-based information on menopause. It offers advice on treating symptoms through real-life and medical experiences. Alva is based in London.

Clara

Seed Round in 2020
Clara lets you visualize any data-set interactively so you can organize, understand and collaborate on complex data. Our current users use our interactive visualizations for: 1. Visual project management and corporate communication. 2. Transaction monitoring, and clustering of consumer spending to understand merchants who authorise and clear transactions too quickly/where card spenders are spending most and in which categories. 3. Understanding and clustering dealflow for VCs and other investors,

Smartcom

Venture Round in 2020
Smartcom is a software company that provides a platform for calls and SMS. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in London, England.

Foodlum

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Foodlum provides food delivery services to locations outside the cities. It connects with various local restaurants for clients to have wider choices. Foodlum is based in Medstead, England.

ERA

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Carbon offsets without the markup

Secret Spa

Seed Round in 2020
Secret Spa (London) Limited operates an online platform that provides a convenient way for users to book luxury spa, beauty, and wellness services directly to their homes, offices, or hotels. Founded in 2015 and based in London, the company connects customers with trusted therapists and beauty professionals through its mobile app. The platform features a booking and matchmaking engine that allows users to find service providers based on their specific needs, customer reviews, and pricing options. This service enables clients to enjoy salon-quality treatments without the necessity of visiting a physical location.

Bulbshare

Seed Round in 2020
Bulbshare Limited, established in 2017 and based in London, operates an online community platform designed to connect businesses with customers. The AI-powered platform facilitates real-time insights and feedback, enabling conversations and collaboration between brands and their audiences. It features tools such as vertical video integration, push notifications, and rich media mobile responses, fostering active customer communities that are engaged and ready to co-create. By leveraging these capabilities, Bulbshare aims to help brands establish meaningful relationships with their customers, enhancing overall engagement and collaboration.

Tandem

Venture Round in 2020
Tandem is creating a better bank, challenging legacy banking by building an app and products with input from their community of users. Tandem's goal is to make money simple, help their users save, and free up their time from financial stress.

R.grid

Seed Round in 2020
R.grid specializes in AI-powered solutions designed to automate and enhance clinical trial management, focusing on patient engagement and administrative workflows. Its platform offers tools that streamline processes from trial preparation to completion, significantly reducing delays and errors. Key products, such as Inclusive and TrialEngine, integrate various stages of the research lifecycle into a single platform, facilitating real-time data capture, reporting, and compliance with regulations like GDPR. By automating document creation and filing, R.grid enables medical researchers to optimize clinical operations and improve patient engagement, ultimately increasing the success rates of clinical trials.

AlphaStream

Seed Round in 2020
AlphaStream is a data experience platform based in Dartford, United Kingdom, that aims to enhance accessibility and insight in financial markets. The company specializes in unifying disparate financial data sources to deliver hyper-personalized market data experiences tailored to individual clients. Its offerings include solutions for online brokers, retail banking, stockbrokers, and investor relations, alongside services such as channel and asset design, custom data design, and front-end development. AlphaStream's low-code platform facilitates rapid integration with major SaaS platforms and content providers, allowing clients to personalize and present market information in real-time across various channels. Established in 2015 and formerly known as Digital Fintech Limited, AlphaStream rebranded in January 2019 to better reflect its focus on humanizing data relationships.

Youtility

Venture Round in 2020
Youtility is a free app designed to consolidate and manage home finances in one convenient platform. It enables users to track, compare, switch, and save on various household subscriptions, including energy, broadband, digital TV, and mobile contracts. By addressing the complexities of managing home finances, which account for over 50% of annual salaries, Youtility aims to simplify financial oversight for consumers. Its embedded subscription management technology integrates with banking and money management applications, providing users with insights and analytics to help them gain better control over their financial commitments.

SteadyPay

Venture Round in 2020
SteadyPay exists to improve the financial wellness of all gig economy workers. Our service enables gig economy workers to enjoy consistent income even when they work inconsistent hours (due to such factors as reduced shifts, fewer bookings, time of sick and holidays). Using the SteadyPay mobile app, customers securely link to their bank, we then work out the customer's average income and monitor for when income drops below that average. When this happens we provide a top-up, advancing money to the customer's bank to bring their income back up to average. No interest is charged on the top-up; we are a subscription credit service. By smoothing out income we enable gig economy workers to budget with confidence for everyday essentials, and in turn reduce the need to turn to high-cost credit solutions that trigger debt spirals.

Contingent

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Contingent is on a mission to fundamentally change how procurement is done, helping companies reduce friction and increase resilience, while empowering procurement teams to make right choices and partner more closely with the wider business. Easy to use and simple to set up, Contingent’s lightweight and proactive real-time insights tool fits seamlessly into an organisation’s existing procurement workflow and technology ecosystem, and provides the answers the team needs to act.

Seyo

Seed Round in 2020
Seyo allows warehouses to operate heterogeneous fleets of mobile robots, enabling truly end-to-end automation, from goods in to goods out.

Ohalo

Seed Round in 2019
Ohalo (www.ohalo.co) creates order of data chaos. Automate data discovery, classification, and redaction across unstructured data sources.

Youtility

Seed Round in 2019
Youtility is a free app designed to consolidate and manage home finances in one convenient platform. It enables users to track, compare, switch, and save on various household subscriptions, including energy, broadband, digital TV, and mobile contracts. By addressing the complexities of managing home finances, which account for over 50% of annual salaries, Youtility aims to simplify financial oversight for consumers. Its embedded subscription management technology integrates with banking and money management applications, providing users with insights and analytics to help them gain better control over their financial commitments.

Cudo Compute

Seed Round in 2019
Cudo Compute is a platform that facilitates the monetization of underutilized computing resources by enabling users to access distributed computing power from idle data center hardware globally. By leveraging a decentralized approach, Cudo Compute allows businesses and individuals to deploy virtual machines efficiently, finding optimal resources in ideal locations at competitive prices. This platform aims to democratize cloud computing by offering a sustainable model that enhances economic, environmental, and societal benefits. Users can scale their computing needs flexibly without being constrained by traditional centralized cloud infrastructures. Cudo Compute operates in over 145 countries, managing millions of devices and delivering significant advantages in availability, proximity, and cost efficiency. Through this innovative approach, Cudo Compute empowers users to monetize unused computing capacity while responding effectively to changing market demands.

Lick

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Lick building a disruptive home decor brand that is obsessed with helping people transform their home with ease and a smile.

Entale

Seed Round in 2019
Entale is an innovative company that has developed an AI-powered podcast application aimed at enhancing the listening and discovery experience for users. The platform utilizes advanced entity recognition technology to identify and surface relevant content while users listen, enriching their engagement with the material. This capability not only helps listeners discover new podcasts tailored to their interests but also allows creators to connect more effectively with their audiences by linking important information mentioned in episodes to related media. Through its unique approach, Entale seeks to transform the podcasting landscape by providing a more immersive and interactive experience.

Suvera

Pre Seed Round in 2019
At Suvera we superpower primary care to deliver truly effective virtual care for patients with long-term conditions. Effective for us means improved outcomes for patients - less hospital admissions, less doctor appointments, more time in good health.

Libryo

Seed Round in 2019
Libryo reduces legal insourcing costs and promotes compliance best-practice by empowering organisations and their employees to know “what does the law require of me here and now?”. Libryo’s context- and place-specific collections of regulation provide on-demand, plain language summaries of specific sections of applicable legislation. Libryo also tracks every applicable legislation change and notifies the parties involved.

Vinehealth

Seed Round in 2019
Vinehealth develops a digital application focused on enhancing oncology patient outcomes through the integration of data science and behavioral science. This patient-centric technology allows individuals battling cancer to effectively track, manage, and comprehend their treatment journey. By utilizing behavioral science principles, Vinehealth's application generates valuable patient-reported data, which can inform healthcare delivery, drug development, and research. This personalized support not only aids patients but also equips clinicians with a comprehensive understanding of patient experiences, facilitating tailored healthcare services.

SupplyCompass

Seed Round in 2019
SupplyCompass is a product development and production management platform that enables fashion brands and manufacturers to produce better, together. Our cloud-based software is transforming the fashion industry by digitalising global supply chains and making sustainable sourcing easy and cost-effective for brands and every player in the supply chain. Our platform enables brands to manage the entire product development, sourcing and production process from design right through to delivery, all in one place.

Moteefe

Seed Round in 2019
Moteefe is an e-commerce platform established in 2014 that empowers individuals and businesses to create and sell customized merchandise through social media. It offers a comprehensive print-on-demand service that supports entrepreneurs of all sizes, from individual creators to larger retailers, in transforming their creative designs into marketable products quickly and efficiently. Moteefe's platform allows users to launch their own white-labeled stores or sell directly through their websites, minimizing upfront investment and promoting entrepreneurship. By facilitating the design and sale of custom clothing and merchandise, Moteefe enables users to reach a global audience and monetize their creative ideas.

Secret Spa

Seed Round in 2019
Secret Spa (London) Limited operates an online platform that provides a convenient way for users to book luxury spa, beauty, and wellness services directly to their homes, offices, or hotels. Founded in 2015 and based in London, the company connects customers with trusted therapists and beauty professionals through its mobile app. The platform features a booking and matchmaking engine that allows users to find service providers based on their specific needs, customer reviews, and pricing options. This service enables clients to enjoy salon-quality treatments without the necessity of visiting a physical location.

Emergent Energy

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Emergent Energy is a London-based company that focuses on reducing carbon emissions in household systems through innovative energy solutions. The company develops smart local energy systems, including microgrids, to optimize energy storage and enhance the efficiency of renewable sources like solar panels and heat pumps. By transforming energy systems, Emergent Energy enables quicker and more cost-effective decarbonization of buildings, which is increasingly important as stricter energy performance standards emerge. Their solutions provide affordable clean energy to residents and help housing companies achieve commercial returns on solar installations, making a significant contribution to carbon reduction initiatives.

Goldex

Seed Round in 2019
Goldex operates a gold trading platform that facilitates ethical pricing for both retail and institutional investors in physical gold. The platform aggregates prices from various international vaults, ensuring customers receive the best available deals through a unique smart trading technology. With no minimum investment requirement, Goldex aims to modernize gold investing, making it more accessible and fair. The app provides users with tools to buy and sell gold around the clock, along with access to gold market news, price charts, and trade recommendations. Additionally, Goldex offers a physical gold-linked payment card that allows transactions without cash pre-loads. The company emphasizes security by implementing advanced cybersecurity measures and a legally protected gold ownership trust, enabling customers to invest in gold with confidence.

Digital Contact

Seed Round in 2019
Digital Contact provides digital media analytics and enriched metrics for the financial industry, public sector and media. Through their big data platform, you can capture and curate data relating to any topic and from almost any source, such as social media, blogs, forums and news sites. Their platform takes the resulting information and filters, analyses and displays it using valuable indicators, patterns, trends and predictive metrics, turning it into customisable dashboards – helping to make your decisions simple with big data.

Monolith AI

Venture Round in 2019
Monolith AI is a software company that uses machine learning and data science to help engineers improve the product development process. It enables companies to monetize on their old simulation and test data by using it to anticipate the behavior of new products. Companies can optimize their R&D process by reducing the number of simulations, tests, and prototypes required to develop a new product delivering faster and better products. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in London, England.

Wagestream

Series A in 2019
Wagestream Ltd., established in 2018 and based in London, United Kingdom, offers a financial services application that empowers employees to access their earned wages on demand. This platform enables users to control their payment timing, effectively alleviating the need for advances or loans and reducing financial stress associated with unexpected expenses. Wagestream aims to combat the poverty premium and help employees avoid debt cycles linked to high-interest credit and overdraft fees. The application includes various financial tools designed to improve workplace financial well-being, allowing employees to budget, set savings goals, and manage their financial resources effectively. The company is backed by several investors, including QED, Fair by Design, London Co-Investment Fund, and Village Global.

GEEIQ

Pre Seed Round in 2019
GEEIQ is a data analysis platform that assists companies in navigating the metaverse and optimizing their strategies in the esports and gaming sectors. By providing detailed insights into esports teams, streamers, and events, GEEIQ enables brands to make informed sponsorship and advertising decisions. The platform helps businesses engage with emerging virtual communities, expand their audiences, and develop sustainable revenue streams in the evolving landscape of digital marketing. Through its expertise and specialist services in campaign execution, GEEIQ empowers clients to identify key opportunities and effectively connect with the growing gaming audience.

Runa

Series A in 2019
Runa is pioneering a first-of-its-kind payment rail capable of sending and accepting digital value at scale. With Runa, companies can pay the people they serve in any form of digital value, anywhere, instantly. The Runa Network provides a wide range of digital payout types including gift cards, prepaid cards, subscriptions, donations, cryptocurrencies and more. Legacy payment mechanisms struggle to adapt to low-volume, high-velocity transactions both locally and globally, such as sending payouts to gig workers, creators, or sending rewards to customers or employees wherever they are. Runa’s infrastructure and network facilitates payouts to these recipients, helping businesses expand their reach, retain their users while modernizing the way in which they manage and transfer money: instantly, internationally, and free of charge for the senders and the recipient. Runa was established as WeGift in October 2016 by Aron Alexander in London, England.

Credit Kudos

Venture Round in 2019
Credit Kudos Limited operates an online credit scoring platform in the United Kingdom, focusing on enhancing financial inclusion and credit availability. The company allows borrowers to temporarily share their creditworthiness with lenders and brokers by connecting their online banking data. This process enables lenders to quickly assess an applicant's suitability through real-time access to consumer transaction data. Credit Kudos employs machine learning to create precise and transparent credit scorecards and affordability metrics, aiming for a fairer representation of creditworthiness. Its offerings include an online dashboard for issuing affordability requests and the Atlas underwriting platform, which provides insights based on Open Banking data. Additionally, the Reports API facilitates the automation of lending decisions and integration of Credit Kudos data into existing risk models. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in London, Credit Kudos strives to improve the lending process while prioritizing consumer consent and data privacy.

Greendeck

Seed Round in 2019
Greendeck leverages artificial intelligence to help online brands and retailers with dynamic pricing and competitive intelligence. This lead to make better pricing and promotion decisions, thereby increasing revenue and improving profits.

Veratrak

Seed Round in 2019
Veratrak is a document sharing and master data collaboration platform that is purpose built for the pharmaceutical supply chain allowing partners to communicate sensitive information more efficiently.

Globechain

Seed Round in 2019
Globechain is an online platform that facilitates the reuse of unwanted items by connecting businesses, charities, and individuals within a global supply chain. By providing a marketplace for the redistribution of surplus goods, Globechain helps enterprises manage their asset inventory and track items, promoting sustainability and reducing waste. The platform generates data that enhances transparency and enables organizations to report on their environmental and social impact. Through its services, Globechain aims to foster sustainable supply chains and support social causes by diverting items from landfills, thus creating both economic and social value for its members.

Poplar Studio

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Poplar Studio is a platform that specializes in on-demand 3D and augmented reality (AR) campaigns. It focuses on activating a new generation of global 3D and AR creators while offering collaborative tools that streamline the production process, making it both affordable and efficient. The company has developed a visualization tool that allows businesses to present virtual previews of their products, enhancing customer engagement through an immersive shopping experience. By enabling customers to visualize products in AR, Poplar Studio helps brands build awareness and connect with targeted audiences across social media, ultimately facilitating more engaging and informative interactions between businesses and their customers.
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