The FSE Group

FSE C.I.C. is an independent not-for-profit Community Interest Company (C.I.C.) whose surpluses are reinvested in the business, rather than being driven by the need to maximise profit for shareholders and owners. FSE C.I.C. has a number of subsidiary companies to deliver its funds and services, which are collectively referred to as The FSE Group. All regulated activities are delivered through FSE Fund Managers Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Finance East Limited delivers funding for businesses based in the East of England region.

Avent Bezuidenhoudt

Fund Manager

Kiko Duffy

Senior Fund Manager

Subhendu Pal

Fund Executive

Julie Silvester

Head of Equity Funds

Ralph Singleton

Head of Funds, Cornwall

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Luxury Cottages

Debt Financing in 2023
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Tugdock

Seed Round in 2023
Developer of submersible products intended to provide buoyancy to other products. The company develops platforms for other marine structures, enabling companies in the marine sector to transport and stabilize heavy machinery, lift and launch products.

Torsion Information Security

Seed Round in 2022
Torsion Information Security Ltd. is a London-based company founded in 2013 that specializes in software solutions aimed at mitigating insider security risks for businesses. The company provides tools for controlling insider threats, streamlining regulatory compliance, and managing permissions within SharePoint and other collaboration systems. Torsion's platform offers continuous access tracking and monitoring, ensuring that businesses can manage who has access to information and under what circumstances. By integrating with existing systems like Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and Office 365, Torsion empowers business users to maintain control over their data without hindering productivity. This cloud-first solution is designed to be easily deployable and affordable for organizations of all sizes, emphasizing the importance of user governance in maintaining data security and compliance.
Recruitment Smart is a B2B SAAS Deeptech HR platform. We automate the end-to-end talent supply chain process for organisations to effectively find, qualify and hire the best talent before their competitors. We also provide an AI solution that helps companies look for employees who can add value immediately

ARC Marine

Venture Round in 2021
ARC Marine is a sustainable fishing company that rehabilitates damaged marine habitats to create new reef structures. It primarily engages in enhancing marine ecosystems on an unprecedented scale. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Brixham, Devon.

Flexi-Hex

Seed Round in 2021
Manufacturer of a sustainable packaging material designed to remove plastic from the packaging industry and raise awareness of environmental threats. The company packaging material is plastic-free, recyclable, compact, protective, easy to assemble, customizable, and flexible, enabling users to deliver valuable products both beautifully and damage-free.

Stitched

Seed Round in 2021
Stitched is on a mission to make buying curtains & blinds easy, one stitch at a time. Stitched has developed intuitive online 3D design tools; sourced 140+ feel good fabrics (made of natural and recycled fibres); use live chat to help customers through measuring and designing online; and offer an easy-to-schedule installation service at the checkout. Looking to the future, Stitched is developing technology that will give customers the power to automatically measure their windows using their smart phone and view their designs in augmented reality. We believe in a future where new technology and methods of manufacturing with sustainable materials, will enable businesses to deliver products to customers that they love, whilst having a positive impact on the world around us.

Dragonfly AI

Debt Financing in 2021
Dragonfly AI is a predictive visual analytics platform based in London, United Kingdom, founded in 2018 by David Mitchell. The platform simulates attention processes to reveal how audiences perceive content, helping users understand what captures attention first. It is designed to optimize content performance across various sectors, including digital marketing, e-commerce, and shopper marketing. By providing insights that enhance audience engagement, Dragonfly AI aims to increase conversion rates, ultimately driving revenue growth for its clients. The company offers a range of tools, including a studio, extensions, applications, video capabilities, and an API, to facilitate effective visual analysis and content optimization.

Open Blend

Venture Round in 2021
For businesses that are serious about creating a people-focused culture, 80% of the answer lies with their managers. Open Blend is the only people platform specifically for people managers, guiding them to have coaching conversations with their talent that actively support all aspects of the individual’s development journey. Ensuring they engage in effective, meaningful and regular one-to-ones that accelerate performance for the whole team. Open Blend is so much more than just another HR platform. In fact it’s not an HR platform, it’s a people platform that empowers managers and talent to truly connect. At the heart of Open Blend is the powerful Blend tool, grounded in established coaching frameworks and using the latest technology to reconnect the workplace and support everyone to thrive.

FIXR

Series A in 2021
FIXR is a growing global platform that allows customers to effectively create, ticket, discover and explore events. The platform can be accessed online or via mobile apps,. FIXR scales from basic registration and ticketing, to a fully integration event management platform. It allows event organisers of all kinds to publish events and sell tickets through web integration and generation features. Plus, rapid scan and ticket transfer features mean event goers can access event information and buy tickets using just their phone. FIXR was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in London, UK.

Taylor & Hart

Debt Financing in 2021
Taylor & Hart Limited, based in London, United Kingdom, specializes in diamond engagement rings, wedding rings, and custom jewelry, with a commitment to providing ethically sourced, GIA graded diamonds. Founded in 2011, the company has garnered recognition for its mission to help individuals express their emotions through personalized engagement rings. It offers an extensive selection of over 100,000 diamonds and has transacted over $2 million in sales within the past year. Taylor & Hart has received accolades such as "Best New Jeweler" in 2014 and has been featured in prominent publications like the Telegraph and Forbes. The company operates online and ships its products globally, ensuring accessibility for customers worldwide. It has also successfully raised over $500,000 through crowdfunding initiatives and maintains a high customer satisfaction rating of 9.6 out of 10 based on over 120 reviews. A distinctive feature of their rings is a pink diamond set on the inside, which serves as the brand's trademark.

Clinical Design Technologies

Seed Round in 2020
Clinical Design Technologies Ltd engages in the research, development, and manufacture of medical devices. The company designs and manufactures Urine Testing System, a digital point-of-care urine test that can be read on desktop computer and saved to patient’s electronic health care record. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Truro, United Kingdom.

Bright Instruments

Debt Financing in 2020
Bright Instruments Ltd specializes in the manufacture of cryostats, microtomes, and freezing units, along with a variety of accessories for laboratories engaged in pathology, histopathology, immunology, life sciences, and industrial testing. The company offers a diverse product range that includes portable cryostats, sledge and rotary microtomes, rapid and solid-state freezers, as well as custom-made macrotomes for large samples. In addition to manufacturing, Bright Instruments provides servicing for microtomes and cryostats, knife sharpening, and replacement parts. Their products serve various industries, including automotive, forestry, medical, and plastics. Founded in 1937 and based in Luton, United Kingdom, the company was originally known as Bright's Refrigerator Services, Limited until it rebranded in 1988.

ArmaUrto

Seed Round in 2020
ArmaUrto is an innovative provider of protective cycle wear. The clothing range is designed to offer all the benefits of traditional high-performance cycle wear whilst incorporating extremely low-profile but effective crash protection for critical areas using “ARMA” material. This EN12621-1 accredited energy absorbing material dissipates the impact of a fall, allows for ventilation and airflow, and can be washed repeatedly.

Bakedin

Seed Round in 2020
Bakedin, a Basingstoke-based baking subscription service, provides premium home baking products featuring exclusive recipes by Michel Roux. The home baking kits are unique: they feature exclusive recipes by Michel Roux, one of the world's finest ever pastry chefs. They include all the dry ingredients bagged separately pre-cut baking paper and even the tin to bake in giving authentic baking from scratch experience. Their baking kits are extremely popular as gifts and for baking with children as an activity that teaches them real cooking skills with a little less hassle and no waste. Their mug baking mixes use the same top-quality ingredients as their baking kits but enable to bake a brownie, cookie, or cake in a mug in the microwave in less than 2 minutes. They sell them in individual pots as well as in multipacks. These have quickly become their best selling products and have a very broad appeal. Bakedin was founded in 2013 by 3 friends - Joe, Anna, and Elaina - and is based in North Hampshire.

Colateral

Venture Round in 2020
Swoop Applications Ltd is a software company based in Truro, United Kingdom, specializing in marketing management solutions for retailers and brands. Established in 2015, the company focuses on developing software that facilitates the planning, implementation, and compliance of in-store marketing campaigns. Swoop Applications aims to enhance communication and collaboration among marketing teams, brand teams, and operations, leveraging technology to streamline these processes for its customers.

Glas Data

Seed Round in 2020
Glas Data Ltd develops farm management and decision support software. The company offers software for farm management through automation and data aggregation It enables easy data entry, data aggregation, benchmarking, clear data visualisation, automated data analysis, agricultural research. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Penryn, United Kingdom.

Clinical Design Technologies

Seed Round in 2020
Clinical Design Technologies Ltd engages in the research, development, and manufacture of medical devices. The company designs and manufactures Urine Testing System, a digital point-of-care urine test that can be read on desktop computer and saved to patient’s electronic health care record. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Truro, United Kingdom.

Service Robotics

Seed Round in 2020
Service Robotics Ltd designs and develops a robot for elderly people. The company offers GenieConnect that combines robot 24×7 video Care Centre and specialized software for person-centered engagement. The company's product provides chat; stimulating content; music and video, health and wellness monitoring; care center; video chat and monitoring; and medication and appointment reminders. Service Robotics Ltd was founded in 2017 and is based in Bristol, United Kingdom.

Roto VR

Seed Round in 2020
Roto VR Limited develops interactive virtual reality (VR) chair for PlayStation VR, Oculus VR, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR, and Google Daydream. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Borehamwood, United Kingdom.

Evolve Dynamics

Seed Round in 2020
Evolve Dynamics is an UAV company working on machine vision, aerodynamics, long flight time and fast ready-to-fly solutions.

Hofmeister

Seed Round in 2019
Hofmeister Brewing Company Ltd is a brewing and retailing business based in Reigate, United Kingdom, which was incorporated in 2015. The company focuses on producing high-quality Bavarian-style beers through a traditional brewing process that involves bottom fermentation with a specialized yeast strain and the use of locally sourced ingredients, including mineral water and barley. Its subsidiary, Hofmeister Enterprises Limited, which was established in 2016 and operates from Dorking, sells these beers online, allowing consumers to conveniently select and purchase a variety of options from home. The brand is also known for its iconic advertising featuring George the Bear, which was directed by the renowned filmmaker Orson Welles.

Alvant

Seed Round in 2019
Alvant is an advanced materials technology group specialising in the design, development and production of aluminium composite components for demanding engineering applications.

Whitehall Finance

Seed Round in 2019
Whitehall Finance provides a working capital solution to Buyers at the head of a supply chain who want to ensure that their suppliers have the option to be paid immediately upon invoice approval. Buyers simply approve invoices and suppliers can opt to receive immediate payment. This is on better commercial terms than would normally be available through their own sources of finance.

theprintspace

Seed Round in 2019
theprintspace also have a central London gallery which hosts regular exhibitions with partners and organisations ranging from Magnum Photos to the Association of Illustrators.

FrontM

Seed Round in 2019
FrontM Limited offers software solutions for businesses that operates in remote environments. The company allows crewmembers on an aircraft or on a ship to collaborate using offline messaging, group messaging, and VoIP systems. It provides machine learning models to automate customer support workflows. FrontM Limited allows enterprises to integrate local GPS feed and combine offline maps, satellite imagery, and weather insights for information augmentation. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Colateral

Series A in 2019
Swoop Applications Ltd is a software company based in Truro, United Kingdom, specializing in marketing management solutions for retailers and brands. Established in 2015, the company focuses on developing software that facilitates the planning, implementation, and compliance of in-store marketing campaigns. Swoop Applications aims to enhance communication and collaboration among marketing teams, brand teams, and operations, leveraging technology to streamline these processes for its customers.

GoKart

Seed Round in 2019
GoKart based in Reading, Berkshire, have developed an app that allows restaurants to order high quality ingredients from vetted suppliers in a quick and easy way. The company offers restaurants a saving of up to 20% on their ingredients by combining their buying power within the app. This gives independent restaurants and small and medium sized chains the same prices and discounts that are offered to larger chains.

ThriveMap

Seed Round in 2019
Uncover your best candidates by measuring real work scenarios. Designed in your company, not in a lab. ThriveMap is a tool that provides insights to companies looking to make more informed people decisions. Use ThriveMap’s proprietary culture fit assessment to understand how a candidate would fit in with the team or use our bespoke “virtual shift” assessment to understand how a candidate would perform in their role.

Local Treasures

Debt Financing in 2019
Local Treasures offers local vetted handymen, cleaners, gardeners decorators, dog walkers & more for homes and businesses.

Advanced Ophthalmic Systems (AOS)

Venture Round in 2019
AOS is an award winning dynamic ophthalmic software development company established in 2014. AOS’s core drive is to facilitate the advent of newer technologies in the ophthalmic market by providing intuitive, diagnostic tools to aid clinicians. AOS is based in London

Wildanet

Seed Round in 2019
Wildanet Limited offers fixed-wireless network services to rural areas of Cornwall and other parts of the United Kingdom. It offers Internet connectivity for home and business. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Helston, United Kingdom.

Barter 4 Things

Debt Financing in 2018
Barter 4 Things is a company focused on enhancing cost efficiencies in the public sector and various organizations through its Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. It has developed an IoT systems integration platform that facilitates the management of resources and streamlines maintenance workflows. By providing a comprehensive suite of hardware, software, applications, and consultancy services, Barter 4 Things aims to boost IoT participation, enabling businesses to effectively connect and monitor their data across the Solent region.

Bakedin

Debt Financing in 2018
Bakedin, a Basingstoke-based baking subscription service, provides premium home baking products featuring exclusive recipes by Michel Roux. The home baking kits are unique: they feature exclusive recipes by Michel Roux, one of the world's finest ever pastry chefs. They include all the dry ingredients bagged separately pre-cut baking paper and even the tin to bake in giving authentic baking from scratch experience. Their baking kits are extremely popular as gifts and for baking with children as an activity that teaches them real cooking skills with a little less hassle and no waste. Their mug baking mixes use the same top-quality ingredients as their baking kits but enable to bake a brownie, cookie, or cake in a mug in the microwave in less than 2 minutes. They sell them in individual pots as well as in multipacks. These have quickly become their best selling products and have a very broad appeal. Bakedin was founded in 2013 by 3 friends - Joe, Anna, and Elaina - and is based in North Hampshire.

Open Blend

Debt Financing in 2018
For businesses that are serious about creating a people-focused culture, 80% of the answer lies with their managers. Open Blend is the only people platform specifically for people managers, guiding them to have coaching conversations with their talent that actively support all aspects of the individual’s development journey. Ensuring they engage in effective, meaningful and regular one-to-ones that accelerate performance for the whole team. Open Blend is so much more than just another HR platform. In fact it’s not an HR platform, it’s a people platform that empowers managers and talent to truly connect. At the heart of Open Blend is the powerful Blend tool, grounded in established coaching frameworks and using the latest technology to reconnect the workplace and support everyone to thrive.

Five Lamps

Debt Financing in 2018
Five Lamps aims to ?transform lives, raise aspirations, remove barriers and offer choice to families, business and communities?. They are a charity that supports the community by re-investing any profit back into the business. They are also known as a social enterprise, registered charity and community development finance institution.

Haygain

Debt Financing in 2018
Haygain produces a range of equipment that is being hailed as essential to equine health by vets and horse owners alike.

Mud Foods Limited

Debt Financing in 2018
Mud Pies are created using only the very finest, fresh and natural ingredients grown or reared in the sunny South Downs.

Macacha

Debt Financing in 2018
Macacha Health Ltd specializes in the production and sale of natural protein shakes made from organic plant ingredients. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in London, the company aims to provide high-quality protein supplements that incorporate carefully selected botanicals, superfoods, and adaptogens to support various bodily functions. Macacha's products are entirely raw, vegan, and free from GMOs, soy, yeast, gluten, and dairy. They are available for purchase through stockists in the United Kingdom as well as online. The company's approach is rooted in a commitment to offering the best plant proteins without overwhelming customers with unnecessary ingredients, focusing instead on complementary components that enhance overall health.

Access Anyone

Debt Financing in 2018
Access Anyone is a company that specialise in supplying transport for both able bodied and disabled passengers, looked-after children and children with special needs. We offer a bespoke transport service tailored to passengers' special needs. Our objective is quite simple: to provide the facility to go wherever you please regardless of personal mobility.

Arriba Technologies

Debt Financing in 2018
Arriba Technologies is at the leading edge of Battery Energy Storage and DC Microgrid systems design. Their technology incorporates the latest Internet of Things functionality and is designed for Near Zero Carbon Buildings and Cities.

TheGivingMachine

Debt Financing in 2018
TheGivingMachine provides an online shopping portal offering supporters of small charities, schools and community organisations a way of raising free, regular funds for their chosen causes with every online purchase they make.

Torftech

Debt Financing in 2018
Torftech is a developer and licensor of advanced process reactor technologies, specializing in the TORBED Energy Technologies. The company employs its proprietary TORBED Process Reactors, which facilitate efficient interactions between gases and solids across various applications. Torftech's offerings include expanded bed reactors, compact bed reactors, powder process reactors, and high-temperature fuel injection systems. These technologies cater to multiple industries, addressing needs in combustion and gasification, waste reprocessing, and biomass processing, as well as sewage, animal waste, and sludge disposal.

MARsoftware

Debt Financing in 2018
MARsoftware operates as a business which offers a medication adherence mobile platform.

Return2Play

Debt Financing in 2018
Return2Play is a sports medicine company which provides world-class injury management solutions. We believe players of all ages and ability should have access to the best medical care without delay and at affordable rates. Our particular expertise is the management of concussion in children, where we have a proven record in providing services that achieve optimum outcomes.

Intelligent Health

Seed Round in 2018
Intelligent Health makes physical activity a way of life through expertly delivered, measurable campaigns with long-term, community-wide benefits. Getting people physically active not only improves health and wellbeing, it also saves public money and improves our environment. Changing behaviour isn’t easy, but our knowledgeable, innovative approach makes it possible – and fun.

BetterPoints

Debt Financing in 2017
BetterPoints works with NHS Trusts, CCG's, Local Authorities and organisations to increase physical activity, promote active and sustainable travel and improve well being.

Life Stream Healthcare

Debt Financing in 2017
Life Stream Healthcare delivers live medical and surgical procedures to remote locations in real time over secure high quality video.

Cyrus Audio

Debt Financing in 2017
Cyrus Audio operates as a specialist audio company, manufacturing precision hi-fi equipment. Focusing on two-channel audio, the company has achieved its premium market position through innovative engineering and attention to design detail.

Locus Software

Debt Financing in 2017
Locus Software brings together deep shipping experience with modern technology, creating a new generation of shipping solutions which are easier to implement, easier to use and available anywhere at anytime.

ThriveMap

Seed Round in 2017
Uncover your best candidates by measuring real work scenarios. Designed in your company, not in a lab. ThriveMap is a tool that provides insights to companies looking to make more informed people decisions. Use ThriveMap’s proprietary culture fit assessment to understand how a candidate would fit in with the team or use our bespoke “virtual shift” assessment to understand how a candidate would perform in their role.

ATP Projects

Debt Financing in 2017
ATP Projects Ltd offer engineering, manufacturing and branding services focused at the requirements and challenges faced in the live events and installation industry. They have a long history in the entertainments industry. Their engineers have managed rental inventories and many major sound and AV installations, therefore they have a good understanding of the challenges many of their customers face. They are a small but growing firm focused at giving a personal service to their customers.

Filmstro

Debt Financing in 2017
Filmstro Ltd is a music tech scale-up based in 'Silicon Beach', aka Brighton, England (UK). We see a world where musicians and content creators can connect and collaborate. To make this happen we've created a new adaptive music format that will democratise music creation and consumption across the multi-billion dollar filmmaking and gaming industries.

TriCIS Ltd

Seed Round in 2017
TriCIS Ltd. provides secure integrating systems for defense engineering. Its products include TEMPEST information assurance products; rugged solutions for strong vibrations, extreme temperatures, and wet or dusty conditions; and COTS equipment. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Farnborough, United Kingdom.

Smart Offices

Debt Financing in 2017
Smart Offices Ltd (trading as Smart Garden Offices) Is the UK's leading manufacturer of garden office buildings. Their buildings are created here, in their own factory in Suffolk, to the very highest of standards to be the most comfortable, attractive, robust and long lasting garden offices available.

Widgety

Debt Financing in 2017
Widgety launched in 2014, providing a platform for UK Cruise Lines to store and update their ship information online, with distribution to travel agent websites who wanted to see better ship images, up to date brochures and a basic cruise list. They also had a simple Widget (Meet The Fleet) that allowed a basic search to “find any ship”. `

Safe Solvents

Debt Financing in 2017
Safe Solvents Europe Limited designs and manufactures parts washing and de-greasing systems. The company manufactures cleaning systems, such as manual cleaning, paint cleaning, high pressure cleaning, ultrasonic cleaning, flow through cleaning, portable cleaning, and brake cleaning. It also manufactures fluids and solvents for cleaning of machinery and equipment parts. Safe Solvents Europe Limited was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Maidenhead, United Kingdom.

Sentiment

Series A in 2017
Sentiment Engage is a cloud platform including a unified inbox for social media and messaging apps, and metrics and analytics for contact centers. The company's Horizon product is a next generation command centre for customer care teams.

IgniteData

Debt Financing in 2017
Ignite is the UK’s leading provider of technology-driven Patient Recruitment and Real-World Evidence solutions.

Omega Ingredients

Debt Financing in 2017
Omega Ingredients is a manufacturer and supplier of natural flavors, fragrances, and ingredients for the food, beverage, and cosmetics industries. The company specializes in creating high-quality, award-winning natural flavors, focusing on innovative and organic ingredients. By utilizing biochemistry combined with natural materials, Omega Ingredients helps businesses enhance the taste of their products while maintaining a commitment to naturalness.

FLYGHT

Debt Financing in 2017
FLYGHT create tailored staircase solutions for both commercial & residential properties throughout the UK & Europe. Design, Build, Inspire.
Our iCyber-Shield Platform empowers enterprises with the intelligence required to fight cyber attacks by combining security analytics, orchestration, automation, response, and extended management from a single command and control interface.

UltraSoC

Series D in 2017
UltraSoC Technologies Ltd. specializes in semiconductor intellectual property (IP) focused on system monitoring, analysis, and optimization for advanced systems-on-chip (SoC) devices. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Cambridge, UK, the company offers a comprehensive toolkit that includes dedicated and optimized IP, as well as configurable modules for design-time and run-time adjustment. Its technology facilitates non-intrusive, wire-speed monitoring of SoC behavior, allowing engineers to understand complex interactions among on-chip subsystems, buses, and software. This capability accelerates development and minimizes risks associated with SoC design. UltraSoC's solutions are applied in various contexts, including SoC debugging, analytics, optimization, and security applications, thereby enhancing the efficiency of embedded systems development. The company operates as a subsidiary of Siemens Aktiengesellschaft.

StaffConnect Inc

Seed Round in 2017
StaffConnect Inc develops enterprise mobile employee engagement application. The company’s application enables employees to engage with company communications, celebrate successes, and share their experiences. It allows organization’s workforce to interact, share, and collaborate with various forms of internal communication. The company is based in San Francisco, California.

Wood for Stone

Debt Financing in 2017
Wood for Stone provides a diverse range of natural stone products that includes fireplaces, staircases, kitchen worktops, and headstones.

Luminos Lighting

Debt Financing in 2017
Luminos are a UK-based manufacturer focused on advanced energy efficient lighting systems that provide superior performance, significantly lower cost of ownership and reduced environmental impact. Concentrating on LED and Induction technologies, Luminos offer solutions to all industry sectors which out perform the majority of products available. Luminos have made the bold move to assemble and manufacture the majority of its products in the UK, opting away from importing finished products from China like the majority of LED lighting suppliers.

Reviveaphone

Debt Financing in 2017
Reviveaphone operates a mobile service, bringing its fully kitted out repair workshop vans to the customer’s home or workplace, fixing the device on site.

CPW Computing

Debt Financing in 2017
CPW Computing specialises in providing a full range of IT services. CPW Computing is a friendly yet professional IT Support company, that supplies, installs and supports networks, computers and software.

Conversor

Debt Financing in 2017
Conversor Products Ltd are the leading personal amplifier & portable voice amplifier providers in the UK

MakerClub

Seed Round in 2017
MakerClub Ltd. is a company based in Hove, United Kingdom, that focuses on teaching coding and electronics through interactive learning experiences. Founded in 2013, MakerClub provides users, particularly young inventors, with 3D printed bots that facilitate hands-on learning. The platform aims to inspire creativity and innovation in technology by combining education with practical application, enabling users to gain valuable skills in a supportive environment.

Purepotions Skincare

Debt Financing in 2017
Pure Potions now have a range of natural skincare products formulated by Natalie which are free from perfumes, parabens and harsh chemicals. Suitable for those prone to eczema, psoriasis, dermatitis and for sensitive allergy prone skin.

Yocuda

Venture Round in 2017
Yocuda is a developer of a digital receipt management platform that focuses on enhancing customer engagement through transaction data. The platform generates digital receipts for online transactions and leverages this information to help businesses build customer databases and conduct targeted marketing campaigns. By centering customer insights in its approach, Yocuda aims to facilitate a sustainable increase in revenue and profit for its clients. The company's services enable businesses to better understand and engage with their customers, ultimately driving growth through data-driven decision-making.

Rotor

Seed Round in 2017
Rotor is the next generation music video creation tool. It's been handcrafted by award-winning music video directors, visual artists and creative coding experts. They've found a simple way to put years of industry experience into your hands. Their RotorD engine, professionally designed styles and easy to use Rotor Patchbay will change creativity and music video production permanently.

WyndyMilla

Debt Financing in 2017
WyndyMilla is a custom bike manufacturer and cycling apparel producer located in Surrey, United Kingdom. Originally founded out of a passion for cycling, the company evolved from providing personalized bike training and advice to offering a diverse range of high-quality products. WyndyMilla specializes in custom-made bicycles, including mountain bikes and skateboards, along with a variety of bike accessories and apparel. With a commitment to craftsmanship and attention to detail, WyndyMilla caters to cycling enthusiasts seeking tailored solutions to enhance their riding experience.

Acoustic Hubs

Debt Financing in 2017
Acoustic Hubs - beautifully constructed acoustic spaces for the office and beyond. A return to the natural world is key to the thinking behind the hub.

Gooseberry Planet Ltd

Debt Financing in 2017
Gooseberry Planet is a software platform designed to educate children, teachers and parents about the dangers online through ‘game based learning'. The Online Education Software Platform: teaching online safety via ‘game based learning’ joining child, teacher and parent at the same time through technology. Children play an interactive game which simulates real life online scenarios and addresses serious issues in a fun and engaging ways. A rigorous monitoring and assessment tool supports the platform for teachers. Parents have access to the platform and the system emails the parent every time their child plays and completes a scenario. This encourages the carer to be part of their child’s learning journey. Gooseberry Planet offers a 12-week programme (1 hour per week) for every child in each year of their primary school education.

Utonomy

Seed Round in 2017
Utonomy Ltd. is a company based in Southampton, United Kingdom, specializing in the manufacture and sale of advanced actuators designed to optimize gas distribution networks. Established in 2015, Utonomy has developed innovative technology that automates the management of pressure within these networks, moving away from traditional manual methods that fail to account for significant fluctuations in demand. By allowing networks to operate at lower pressure, Utonomy's solutions not only minimize methane leakage—a potent greenhouse gas—but also enhance the capacity for biomethane integration. The company serves a range of customers both domestically and internationally, contributing to more efficient and environmentally friendly gas distribution systems.

Lein Applied Diagnostics

Debt Financing in 2017
Lein Applied Diagnostics is an optical metrology company pioneering measurement devices and solutions for the healthcare and industrial markets. Its core technology is based around a scanning confocal system that can make highly precise, non-contact dimensional and structural measurements of organic and man-made materials. Lein was founded in 2003, initially to develop a non-invasive, pain free glucose meter for the diabetes market. Underpinning this Lein put together a highly qualified, experienced engineering team and built up a strong suite of patents.

Integrity Property Management

Debt Financing in 2017
Integrity Property Management is a property management company, providing services to the owners of residential blocks of flats. We are experts in managing residential blocks of flats. And we do it quietly, effectively, efficiently, thoroughly, with the aim of protecting our clients.

Tripism

Seed Round in 2016
Tripism Ltd., a travel platform, offers corporate travel programs and information to travel managers. The company offers information on dining for corporate entertainment, meetings, and personal business travel needs. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom.

CAN Advertising

Debt Financing in 2016
CAN Advertising operates as a creative healthcare agency. We bring smart, fresh-thinking to each project and pride ourselves on creating impactful, hard-hitting strategies that go above and beyond the brief.

Top Marque Logistics

Debt Financing in 2016
Top Marque Logistics their experienced, highly professional team provide a complete UK & Europe wide vehicle movement and management service.

HealthUnlocked

Angel Round in 2016
HealthUnlocked is a leading social network dedicated to connecting individuals with similar health conditions through shared experiences. The platform hosts communities centered around over 250 chronic conditions, such as asthma and heart disease, as well as general wellbeing topics like healthy eating. By joining these communities, users gain access to tailored recommendations, services, and credible information, all moderated by reputable patient organizations and nonprofits, ensuring safety and accuracy. With approximately 1 million daily users, HealthUnlocked generates significant data that can be transformed into insights, aiding both patients and the healthcare sector in achieving better health outcomes. The platform enhances the patient experience by providing therapeutic support and resources that complement clinical treatment, without replacing the essential relationship between patients and their healthcare providers. Research indicates that active users of HealthUnlocked experience increased knowledge, skills, and confidence in managing their health, as reflected in notable improvements in their Patient Activation Measure scores over time.

On The Menu

Debt Financing in 2016
On The Menu makes nutritious and tasty free from food. On The Menu is the specialist allergen free and no added sugar food consumer brand.

Powerlase Photonics

Debt Financing in 2016
Andritz Powerlase Ltd. designs and manufactures high power pulsed lasers for industrial applications that include materials processing. It offers infrared, green, and ultraviolet lasers for HSTB, surface polishing, rust removal, de-painting, cleaning, laser annealing, conservation, surface structuring, and CFRP applications. Andritz Powerlase Ltd. was formerly known as Powerlase Photonics Limited and changed its name to Andritz Powerlase Ltd. in June 2017. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Crawley, United Kingdom. Andritz Powerlase operates as a subsidiary of Andritz AG.

RazorSecure

Seed Round in 2016
Cyber security software for remote assets and small scale networks. RazorSecure Active Protection System provides continuous threat monitoring and active defence strategy for trains, buses, planes, trucks and cars.

TOWER Cold Chain Solutions

Seed Round in 2016
TOWER Cold Chain Solutions provides rental services dedicated to the KryoTrans (KT) range of passive, reusable controlled-temperature containers for the cold chain and cool chain industry. TOWER is based in Theale, in the UK, 30 minutes west of London Heathrow, on the M4 motorway, Theale is one of TOWER’s five hubs that service KT containers globally. TOWER has two hubs in the US, in San Francisco and New York, and two in mainland Europe, in Brussels and Frankfurt. In addition to providing a rental service for KryoTrans containers TOWER has its own environmental chambers to test KT containers against TOWER’s exacting protocols and also run bespoke tests for customers’ own internal qualification. TOWER’s team comprises experienced, knowledgeable people who support the KT containers with a high level of customer support, working hard to ensure the right outcome for every shipment.

Vigilant Applications

Seed Round in 2016
Vigilant Applications (VA) is a provider of User Behavior Management solutions. The company works with public and private sector organizations that are exposed to the risk and cost of misuse of sensitive information, IP or business process. VA’s VigilancePro® software technology is focused on user activity, monitoring and managing how users access, process, store and transmit sensitive information, and how they engage and interact with company assets and resources. VigilancePro detects and prevents unintentional, malicious or fraudulent user activity, ensures critical business process integrity and secures regulatory, legislative and internal policy compliance. VigilancePro delivers information protection and compliance, in any geographical market, for government, public services and enterprise, increasingly for vulnerable sectors such as retail and credit card services.

Cloud Airport Spas

Seed Round in 2016
Wouldn’t it be great to enjoy a little bit of pampering next time you travel? At Cloud Spa you now can! You’ll find all your nail and beauty needs situated in the convenience of the airport departure lounges at Manchester, East Midlands, Birmingham and Stansted*. Finding the time to treat yourself to the things that make you look and feel special isn’t always possible before you travel. That’s why their range of nail, brow, lash and massage treatments means even the most time pushed of traveller can enjoy high quality beauty treatments in as little as 15 minutes. See their menu for the full range of treatments you could enjoy next time you visit the airport. At Cloud Spa, they’ve set out to create the perfect travel experience by providing nail and beauty treatments that will leave you feeling ready for anything.

Quikkly

Seed Round in 2016
Quikkly Limited develops a mobile application that lets users to use Quikkly tags. Its application allows users to scan a Quikkly tag on a poster, brochure, or magazine to like, follow, watch, listen, and download. The company’s application also allows users to create and share their own scannable Quikkly tags; and print and add them to their brochure/business cards, stickers, or others. It serves individuals and businesses. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

FIXR

Seed Round in 2016
FIXR is a growing global platform that allows customers to effectively create, ticket, discover and explore events. The platform can be accessed online or via mobile apps,. FIXR scales from basic registration and ticketing, to a fully integration event management platform. It allows event organisers of all kinds to publish events and sell tickets through web integration and generation features. Plus, rapid scan and ticket transfer features mean event goers can access event information and buy tickets using just their phone. FIXR was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in London, UK.

Harino Care

Debt Financing in 2016
Harino Care is a private family-owned home care agency based in Theale, West Berkshire. The organization focuses on providing individualized domiciliary care to meet the unique needs of each client, thereby establishing a new standard in the industry. Their services include live-in care, daycare, and respite care, specifically designed for individuals who are unable to live independently. Harino Care also offers specialized recovery services for conditions such as dementia, Alzheimer's, multiple sclerosis, and stroke. The agency is dedicated to ensuring that every client receives appropriate and compassionate care, allowing them to enjoy their lives to the fullest.

Bactest

Debt Financing in 2016
Bactest was founded to exploit the clear market potential for a new type of automated instrument which responds to the need for microbial monitoring in a diverse range of locations or applications and which addresses modern safety issues. Existing machines are unable to respond to point of use needs within markets where services are increasingly centralised.

User Replay

Series B in 2016
User Replay Limited develops digital customer experience analytics software solutions that help businesses enhance their online interactions with customers. Founded in 2009 and based in Reading, United Kingdom, the company provides an integrated customer experience platform that utilizes machine learning to identify and analyze user sessions effectively. Its Active CX platform records and analyzes digital customer interactions, enabling businesses to uncover and address conversion barriers such as usability issues, confusing business logic, and technical problems. User Replay’s software is designed to improve user experience and increase conversion rates, which can have a direct impact on sales. The company serves various sectors, including financial services, insurance, retail, and travel, with operations across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the United States. User Replay's solutions are utilized by over 20 leading brands, including notable retailers in the US and Europe.

Ex Cantibus Gaudium

Debt Financing in 2016
Ex Cantibus Gaudium is a company specializing in media composition, offering a range of services including composition, recording, production, and sound design. With extensive experience in creating music for film, television, and library music, the company is known for its ability to craft compelling melodies and striking themes that enhance visual storytelling. Ex Cantibus Gaudium serves a diverse clientele, including corporate clients, radio, theater, and advertising, delivering captivating soundscapes that elevate the overall experience of various media projects.

Building Lives Training Academy

Debt Financing in 2016
Building Lives is an award winning Community Interest Company and registered Social Enterprise.

Redd & Whyte Limited

Debt Financing in 2015
Redd&Whyte was founded in response to the common frustrations experienced by life scientists, who struggle to find instruments with the capabilities needed to achieve their research vision. They are developing a range of novel Liquid Handling instruments that not only meet these requirements, but are one step ahead of the ever-changing life science market. Their values are open innovation, technology and quality.

i-Abra

Seed Round in 2015
i-Abra specializes in advanced analysis technology for both security and healthcare applications. Its Rapid Recognition platform enhances homeland security by analyzing archived and real-time surveillance video, overcoming common limitations in image processing, such as viewing angle issues. This high-performance system is capable of processing large data sets efficiently, significantly improving the speed of video analysis. In the healthcare sector, i-Abra has developed a rapid screening system that allows for immediate diagnostics at the point of care. This system leverages physical principles to detect pathogens within seconds, eliminating the need for laboratory testing. It is environmentally friendly, as it does not utilize toxic chemicals and features recyclable test cartridges, facilitating quick and effective COVID-19 screening. Through these innovations, i-Abra aims to streamline processes in both security and healthcare domains.