Astronome AI
Pre Seed Round in 2024
Astronome AI is a company that specializes in providing streamlined IT management solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Utilizing artificial intelligence, Astronome AI develops a unified platform that efficiently manages people, applications, and devices. This approach allows SMEs to achieve significant cost savings, potentially reducing IT expenditures by up to 50%. By offering a standardized method for IT management, Astronome AI eliminates uncertainty and simplifies the complexities often associated with managing technology, thereby enhancing the security and efficiency of businesses.
Meysey
Pre Seed Round in 2024
Meysey is an AI-powered fraud detection and prevention tool for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that offers automated alerts to help them guard against financial fraud, both external and internal.
Portaire
Pre Seed Round in 2023
PORTAIRE is a B2B software company that develops a SaaS platform for interior designers. Their platform streamlines workflow by enabling designers to create, share, and manage mood boards, projects, and product lists, facilitating client approval and feedback. This allows interior design brands to focus more on creative work.
Oditi fka PROSPECT 100
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Oditi fka PROSPECT 100 is building the digital space for co-creation, democratizing the creative industries
Bea Fertility
Venture Round in 2023
Bea Fertility is a monthly subscription program that provides users with at-home fertility treatment and ovulation tracking. The kits offered by Bea Fertility include an intracervical insemination device, as well as pregnancy tests, fertility trackers, and sperm donation pots. Bea Fertility democratizes effective and affordable fertility treatment for individuals and couples who are having difficulty conceiving.
Intanify
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Intanify is a technology company that leverages artificial intelligence to help organizations recognize and value their intangible assets, which often account for a significant portion of a company's overall value. By utilizing expert knowledge graphs, Intanify identifies assets such as intellectual property, data, and brand equity, enabling businesses to monetize these resources effectively and secure additional funding. The company also automates workflows for funders, lawyers, and other professionals involved in managing and advising on intellectual property matters. Through its platform, Intanify offers services that include asset type identification, inventory management, valuation, and risk assessment, facilitating connections between businesses and legal or financial experts to enhance asset management and strategic decision-making.
Renewabl
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Renewabl is a technology company specializing in renewable energy procurement. It offers a platform that enables businesses to achieve their sustainability goals by matching their energy consumption with blockchain-backed certificates from wind and solar farms, facilitating efficient decarbonization.
CareerPaths
Pre Seed Round in 2023
CareerPaths operates a mentoring platform designed to facilitate career development by connecting users with experienced professionals in various competitive fields, including technology, investment banking, private equity, venture capital, and strategy consulting. The platform offers personalized, one-on-one mentoring, allowing individuals to receive tailored career guidance and life advice from qualified industry experts. By bridging the gap between aspiring professionals and seasoned mentors, CareerPaths aims to enhance users' career progression and provide valuable insights into their chosen industries.
waibsites
Seed Round in 2023
Waibsites LLC offers an innovative solution for businesses to generate landing pages using AI. With state-of-the-art technologies like Next.JS, Tailwind CSS, Stripe, and Vercel, waibsites simplifies the process of creating and deploying landing pages for businesses, ensuring a seamless and efficient workflow.
Presentient Technologies
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Presentient Technologies is a developer of an innovative data analysis platform that serves the pharmaceutical and drug research sectors. Their meristem platform offers real-time and predictive insights into the status of clinical trials, enabling companies to make informed decisions based on projected trial outcomes. The platform is adept at processing large datasets, including bloodwork, biomarker, and time-series data. It addresses complex challenges such as low-bias cluster analysis on comprehensive patient-level data, organized by functional characteristics. By providing actionable insights from live trial data, Presentient Technologies helps pharmaceutical and drug development companies enhance their research and decision-making processes.
Fluffy
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Fluffy is a provider of pet insurance focused on supporting pet owners in raising healthy and happy pets. The company offers a range of insurance coverage that includes veterinary fees, treatments, and third-party liability. In addition to insurance plans, Fluffy provides valuable resources such as free dog training, 24/7 access to veterinary and behaviorist support, and discounts on pet food. This comprehensive approach aims to equip pet owners with the knowledge and tools necessary for responsible pet care while offering financial protection through their insurance offerings.
Bridged Media
Seed Round in 2023
Bridged Media is a technology company focused on empowering impact-driven content creators by providing tools that facilitate the integration of social action into various content formats, including text, audio, and video. The company offers a content management system that allows creators to easily embed actionable elements into their work with a simple line of code. This innovative platform enhances audience engagement and retention by enabling consumers to interact with content in a meaningful way, bridging the gap between empathy and action. By leveraging its dynamic engagement technology, Bridged Media helps digital publishers convert their audiences into monetizable leads, thereby improving their business performance and achieving key performance indicators. As the digital content tool market continues to grow, Bridged Media positions itself as a critical player in fostering sustainable goals and driving social impact through enhanced content experiences.
Virtue Health Group
Seed Round in 2022
Virtue Health Group specializes in delivering hospital-level care in the home environment through a comprehensive healthcare tool. This innovative approach allows patients to receive professional monitoring and care equivalent to that offered in traditional hospital settings, whether they are at home or in a nursing facility. By integrating and automating the processes and data of clinical and operational teams across the health and home-care ecosystem, Virtue Health Group enhances capacity, efficiency, and patient outcomes. Their solution aims to provide safe and effective care at scale, thereby redefining the standards of healthcare delivery.
Taxd
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Taxd is a developer of taxation software that simplifies the process of filing self-assessment tax returns. The company's platform enables users to file their tax returns online while ensuring compliance and maximizing tax efficiency. It provides solutions for corporate tax returns, company accounts, and limited company compliance, among other services. Taxd's software aids clients in managing their tax obligations more effectively, potentially reducing their tax bills and accounting fees by offering access to an online personal accountant. Through its comprehensive suite of tools, Taxd aims to enhance the tax filing experience for individuals and businesses alike.
Alectro
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Alectro is a digital platform that tracks, audits, and offsets carbon footprints for businesses. It serves as a virtual sustainability officer, providing verifiable emission insights to help institutions and events achieve their net-zero emissions goals.
Mitigant
Seed Round in 2021
Mitigant offers a comprehensive Cloud Attack Emulation and Cloud-Native Security Management Platform. It integrates advanced security features such as AI-driven Security Posture Management, Cloud Security Posture Management, and Kubernetes Security Posture Management to proactively secure modern cloud-native environments.
Semeris
Seed Round in 2021
Semeris develops legal document management software for financial services firms to review, analyze and summarize legal documentation. The platform provides market coverage, curated summaries, immersive context, and relevant comparisons to help users discover transaction documents and important notices in one location and to compare terms and language across transactions.
Bea Fertility
Seed Round in 2021
Bea Fertility is a monthly subscription program that provides users with at-home fertility treatment and ovulation tracking. The kits offered by Bea Fertility include an intracervical insemination device, as well as pregnancy tests, fertility trackers, and sperm donation pots. Bea Fertility democratizes effective and affordable fertility treatment for individuals and couples who are having difficulty conceiving.
Congenica
Series C in 2021
Congenica Ltd. is a biotechnology company that specializes in clinical data solutions for genetic diagnosis. Established in 2012 and headquartered in Hinxton, United Kingdom, it offers the Sapientia platform, a clinical genomic analytics tool that integrates human DNA sequences with deep clinical phenotyping. This platform enables clinicians and researchers to interpret genetic diseases and provides actionable insights for diagnosis, prognosis, and research. Additionally, Sapientia supports personalized medicine by facilitating the creation of disease registries, identifying patient populations for clinical studies, and aiding in the discovery of novel drug targets and biomarkers. Congenica's focus is on improving clinical outcomes through advanced genomic analysis.
BMLL
Venture Round in 2020
BMLL Technologies Ltd. is a financial data company based in London, United Kingdom, that specializes in providing advanced historical data and analytics for capital market participants. Established in 2014 within the machine learning laboratories of the University of Cambridge, the company offers a cloud-based platform that employs machine learning and inference frameworks to analyze limit order book data from various global financial markets. BMLL's platform facilitates access to Level 3 data, which captures the trading intentions of market participants, enabling clients to derive valuable insights for tasks such as order book simulation, back-testing, and compliance measurement. The platform supports programming languages like MATLAB, R, and Python, and is designed to provide immediate and flexible access to harmonized data without the need for clients to purchase or curate historical datasets. BMLL's clientele includes investment banks, hedge funds, asset managers, brokers, global exchange groups, and academic institutions, all of whom utilize its services to enhance research capabilities, optimize trading strategies, and improve decision-making processes.
Adludio, established in 2012 and headquartered in London, specializes in interactive mobile advertising. The company creates, delivers, and optimizes advertising campaigns at scale, using AI-powered technology, data, and algorithms to design and optimize ad creatives. Adludio partners with international publishers and brands, including global giants like Nike, Microsoft, and Chanel, as well as direct-to-consumer challengers. With offices across North America, Europe, and Asia, and a remote workforce spanning 17 countries, Adludio fosters a start-up culture and has been recognized for its growth and innovation, such as winning 'Best Mobile Campaign' at The Drum APAC Awards in 2018 and being listed in The Sunday Times Tech Track 100 'Ones to Watch'.
Flexa
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Flexa Ltd, established in 2019 and headquartered in Hackney, UK, operates an online recruitment platform that connects job seekers with companies offering flexible work environments. The platform enables candidates to find roles with flexible hours, remote work options, and pet-friendly offices. Flexa verifies employer information through current employees, ensuring authenticity for the millions of job seekers using its service to discover their ideal workplace.
Opsly
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Opsly Limited is a London-based company that has developed a no-code platform aimed at facilitating cloud development for organizations. Founded in 2017, the platform enables developers to create cloud services and applications using intuitive drag-and-drop tools, making it accessible even to those with minimal cloud knowledge. Opsly's technology supports major cloud services, including AWS, and offers features such as real-time visual optimizations, multi-cloud capabilities, and seamless integration with version control systems like GitHub. By addressing common challenges faced by engineering teams, such as communication barriers and skill gaps, Opsly enhances technical maturity within development teams while reducing engineering labor and the need for extensive manual training.
Disciple
Seed Round in 2020
Disciple is a community platform designed to empower content creators by facilitating direct connections with their fans. The company offers a customizable application that allows users to create and manage their own community spaces, where they can publish various forms of content, including images, videos, and artwork. With features such as livestreaming, community moderation, and advanced analytics, Disciple enables creators to engage their audience effectively while gaining insights into community dynamics. This all-in-one solution not only fosters interaction through content, polls, and competitions but also provides tools for monetization, allowing creators to enhance their branding and promotional efforts in a controlled environment.
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.
CloudNC is a London-based software company that develops autonomous manufacturing software to automate the programming of computer numerical control milling machines. It provides software and cloud-based services to design tooling paths and streamline CNC programming, enabling factories to produce precision metal components with minimal human intervention. The company also offers an end-to-end manufacturing service intended to replace skilled human roles in metal part production, aiming to improve lead times, machine utilization, and scalability. Incorporated in 2015, CloudNC seeks to modernize manufacturing by making milling processes more efficient and predictable, supporting industries that rely on precision parts.
PowerMarket
Pre Seed Round in 2020
PowerMarket is a software-as-a-service platform focused on solar life-cycle management, aimed at making sustainable energy accessible to businesses. The company leverages satellite data, meteorological information, and machine learning technologies to assist organizations in discovering, implementing, and managing solar installations. By offering comprehensive asset monitoring and management solutions, PowerMarket enables enterprises to effectively scale their solar initiatives while achieving their sustainability goals. Through its innovative approach, the company empowers businesses to navigate the complexities of solar project management, enhancing their ability to adopt renewable energy solutions.
Kortext Ltd develops a cloud-based digital textbook platform for universities. It offers personalized learning experiences through offline and online e-textbooks from academic publishers, along with study tools such as search, highlight, note-taking, and collaboration. The platform is accessible via PC, laptop, tablet, or smartphone, and was founded in 2012.
LiveSmart
Seed Round in 2020
LiveSmart U.K. Limited is a health assessment services provider based in London, established in 2016. The company specializes in a comprehensive range of health and wellness assessments, focusing on areas such as cardiovascular health, liver and kidney function, bone health, and mental health. It offers home blood tests, including vitamin D deficiency tests, and provides digital health programs that encompass pathology-based assessments, dietitian and health coach solutions, and educational resources. LiveSmart also supplies blood pressure monitors to help mitigate health risks. Its flagship solution enables employees to monitor and enhance their health, aiming to reduce sickness absence, improve long-term health outcomes, and boost productivity for businesses. The company has adapted to evolving health needs by supplying antibody tests and supporting both small businesses and large corporate clients through its established platform.
BibliU Ltd is a software platform developed to provide online access to textbooks and educational materials, catering primarily to colleges and universities. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in London, with an additional office in New York, BibliU offers a comprehensive digital content management solution that allows students to access textbooks and supplementary courseware from various devices anytime and anywhere. The platform boasts partnerships with thousands of publishers and open educational resource providers, making millions of digital resources available. Key features include instant access to course content, a discovery search tool, offline support, and analytics, along with synchronized highlights and comments to enhance the learning experience. Overall, BibliU aims to blend academic accessibility with affordability and automation in education.
Articulate.xyz
Seed Round in 2020
Articulate.xyz is a digital application designed to assist individuals in speaking languages clearly and fluently. The platform utilizes advanced vocabulary, voice, and artificial intelligence processing technologies, coupled with an intuitive user interface. This innovative approach offers a self-guided spoken language medium, allowing users to enhance their verbal communication skills in various languages. By focusing on user-friendly design and cutting-edge technology, Articulate.xyz aims to make language learning more accessible and effective for everyone.
Dai is a womenswear company that specializes in tailored performance wear designed for the modern woman. Established in July 2017, Dai merges eco-friendly technical fabrics with elegant tailoring, offering a diverse range of clothing including trousers, tops, skirts, blazers, and jackets. The company emphasizes comfort and style, catering to professional women seeking fashionable yet functional attire. Dai operates primarily through direct-to-consumer sales online and ships globally. In addition to its product offerings, the company is dedicated to sustainability and aims to create a positive social impact that empowers women.
Kitche Limited is a London-based company founded in 2018 that focuses on reducing food waste through its innovative app. The application is designed to help users manage their food inventory at home, providing recipe suggestions based on the ingredients they already possess. By tracking the potential costs associated with unused food items, Kitche encourages users to utilize their resources effectively, thereby minimizing waste and saving money. The app also sends reminders about food items that are at risk of being forgotten, further promoting efficient kitchen management and sustainable practices.
Smartia
Seed Round in 2020
Smartia Ltd is a company that designs and develops scalable artificial intelligence solutions aimed at transforming industrial data into actionable insights. Its flagship product, MAIO, serves as an industrial intelligence platform that integrates edge computing, big data technology, and AI-driven applications, providing a comprehensive digital solution tailored for the manufacturing and engineering sectors. In addition to its platform, Smartia offers AI and machine learning application development services customized to meet specific client needs. Founded in 2018 and based in Bristol, United Kingdom, Smartia is dedicated to helping industrial companies enhance their operations through innovative technology.
Coras enables brands like Ryanair, Lufthansa, Wizz Air, and Air Asia to generate ancillary revenue through its ticketing and loyalty platform. Operating in over 50 countries, 350 cities, and supporting 20 languages and currencies, Coras facilitates global event sales and activities for travel partners. Recently, they launched Fida, a web3-based loyalty platform allowing customers to spend their points across multiple brand partners.
Re-flow is a Devon-based company specializing in field management software tailored for the construction, highways, traffic management, civil engineering, rail, and landscaping sectors. The software offers a robust suite of features that facilitates job setup and task assignment, allowing field workers to access essential information through a mobile app. Users can view job specifications, complete tasks, and submit various forms related to health and safety, HR, and quality control, all while attaching relevant project documents and photos. The platform supports the creation of customizable forms to meet regulatory standards, ensuring compliance and enabling real-time data communication between the field and the management dashboard. Additionally, Re-flow's software automates workflows based on submitted data, enhancing job progress tracking and equipment management. With a proven track record of over 180 successful implementations, Re-flow is trusted by major industry players, helping them eliminate inefficiencies and elevate their field management processes.
Ocyan
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Ocyan is a company focused on addressing the financial exclusion faced by European expatriates by providing essential services such as mobile accounts, insurance, banking, and credit solutions. It facilitates the transition of individuals moving between countries by connecting user data—including credit scores, banking transactions, and identity information—between their country of origin and their new destination. This integration simplifies the onboarding process for expatriates, enabling them to adapt more easily to local markets. Additionally, Ocyan develops an end-to-end cloud operating platform that supports enterprise blockchains and peer-to-peer networks, offering the necessary infrastructure, automation, monitoring, security, and data integration to help fintech businesses scale within the blockchain environment.
Rosecut
Seed Round in 2019
Rosecut Technologies Limited, founded in 2018 and based in London, United Kingdom, specializes in digital wealth management services aimed at helping successful professionals achieve their financial goals. The company utilizes artificial intelligence-driven software to provide personalized financial planning and investment strategies, ensuring clients have access to essential financial knowledge. Rosecut differentiates itself from traditional private banks and DIY trading applications by offering a transparent and opinionated approach, granting clients greater control over their financial futures. The platform is designed to level the playing field in wealth management, countering the opaqueness of the private banking industry, where the affluent often have exclusive access to financial advisors. Through bespoke guidance and active investment management, Rosecut empowers clients to make informed decisions for long-term wealth generation and effective risk management.
Hire Space
Seed Round in 2019
Hire Space is a UK-based venue marketplace and booking platform that helps event planners find and book spaces for events, sports, exhibitions, performances, training and conferences. The platform connects users with venues across the country, enabling them to compare options and secure spaces that suit their event requirements.
Stashbee
Equity Crowdfunding in 2019
Stashbee, established in 2016 and headquartered in London, is a storage-sharing platform that connects individuals and businesses with spare space to those in need of storage solutions. The company offers domestic storage for items like sports equipment and furniture, as well as business storage for stock, tools, and supplies. Stashbee's platform automates the booking process, ensures secure and vetted spaces through ID checks, and provides insurance for stored items. It empowers hosts to earn additional income and offers guests affordable, local storage options.
Secret Spa
Seed Round in 2019
Secret Spa is a London-based luxury mobile beauty app that enables customers to book spa, beauty and wellness services at their home, office or hotel. The platform connects users with trusted therapists and professionals through a matchmaking engine that lets clients search by service, read reviews, get recommendations and compare prices, providing salon-style care in a convenient, at-home setting.
Concured AI
Seed Round in 2019
Concured Limited is a London-based company that provides artificial intelligence solutions for content marketing. Founded in 2015, Concured offers a platform that helps content marketers identify engaging topics across their own websites, social media, and competitors, consolidating insights from various sources. Its flagship product, CONCURED, leverages AI to enhance content production by delivering actionable insights and industry data, enabling clients to create content that resonates with their audience. Additionally, the company offers the IDG Content Studio, an AI-powered Content-as-a-Service solution. By utilizing predictive algorithms, Concured identifies emerging content gaps that have potential for high engagement, allowing marketers to optimize their strategies and maximize return on investment.
Oxford Medical Simulation
Seed Round in 2019
Oxford Medical Simulation Ltd. is a company that specializes in virtual reality (VR) simulation-based medical training solutions for healthcare professionals. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in London, with an additional office in Boston, the company provides immersive VR scenarios that allow doctors and nurses to manage patient care in a realistic environment. This includes performing investigations, initiating treatments, and collaborating with team members, all while receiving objective feedback on their performance. The platform aims to enhance medical training by offering a customizable, evidence-based, and cost-effective alternative to traditional simulation methods, addressing the challenges of accessibility and high expenses commonly associated with medical training. By improving the training experience, Oxford Medical Simulation seeks to ensure that healthcare workers can provide consistently high-quality patient management without compromising safety.
Classlist.com
Angel Round in 2018
Classlist is a networking platform based in Oxford, UK, that facilitates communication among parents within school communities. Launched in July 2014 by Clare Wright and Susan Burton, it has rapidly become the largest parent-to-parent communications platform in the UK, with over 2,400 schools registered. The platform enables parents to connect securely, allowing them to send messages, manage events, share newsletters, trade items, organize carpools, volunteer, and fundraise. Classlist provides a moderated and inclusive alternative to traditional social media, fostering collaboration and support among parents while enhancing the overall school experience for families.
Pass the Keys
Seed Round in 2018
Pass the Keys, established in 2015 and headquartered in London, specializes in Airbnb management services across the United Kingdom. The company offers a comprehensive suite of services, including listing preparation, guest screening and communication, 24/7 guest support, key management, cleaning, and accounting. Pass the Keys caters to landlords and frequent travelers, aiming to maximize rental income and minimize workload for property owners.
Coconut
Equity Crowdfunding in 2018
Coconut is an innovative tax and accounting software designed for sole traders, landlords, and their accountants. As the UK prepares for "Making Tax Digital for Income Tax," which will require over four million taxpayers to submit five tax returns annually starting in 2024, Coconut aims to simplify financial management. The platform automatically categorizes tax-deductible business transactions, provides guidance on tax regulations, tracks income, and facilitates invoice generation. It also enables users to split expenses and calculates real-time tax liabilities, allowing self-employed individuals and clients to efficiently manage their financial affairs and improve liquidity.
Go Instore
Venture Round in 2018
Go Instore humanises online commerce and experiences with their leading immersive live video technology solution. By connecting staff at physical locations to website customers, Go Instore enables rich online human interactions that have successfully increased revenues for companies across sectors including retail, automotive, hospitality and property.
They help to address the vast disparity in customer experience and conversion rates between physical and digital channels, and solves the key ecommerce challenge of how to convert more onsite traffic into buying customers.
The Foraging Fox
Venture Round in 2018
Founded in 2013 and based in Colchester, UK, The Foraging Fox specializes in producing high-quality condiments using natural ingredients. Known for its beetroot ketchups, the company offers a range of products free from common allergens like gluten and yeast, catering to vegan diets.
Rise Art
Equity Crowdfunding in 2018
Rise Art is an online gallery featuring curated contemporary art from around the world. It uses AI and consumer psychology for personalized recommendations and offers a try-before-you-buy rental service, making buying great art simple, risk-free, and accessible.
TalentPool
Venture Round in 2018
TalentPool is a recruitment platform that connects talented recent graduates and individuals with up to five years of experience to opportunities at start-ups and small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company specializes in four key sectors: Graduate roles, Marketing, Operations, and Sales. By utilizing an innovative matching engine, TalentPool streamlines the hiring process for both job seekers and employers, alleviating the stress often associated with job applications and candidate selection. The platform aims to simplify the recruitment experience, ensuring that employers can efficiently engage with the most suitable candidates.
Mayku
Venture Round in 2018
Mayku Ltd is a London-based company that specializes in manufacturing and selling devices designed for 3D printing and sculpting various products. Founded in 2015, the company offers a platform enabling creators to access machines, materials, and services required to produce their own items. Its flagship product, FormBox, is a desktop-sized vacuum former that allows users to create molds or models affordably and with ease. Another key product, the Multiplier, utilizes pressure forming to facilitate rapid production scaling. Mayku's innovations support local and efficient manufacturing by equipping creators with the necessary hardware, raw materials, and software to produce a diverse array of products. This approach aids in the transition towards local manufacturing solutions.
Pivigo
Venture Round in 2018
Pivigo specializes in connecting businesses with top-tier freelance data scientists for short-term projects. Additionally, it offers Europe's largest data science training program, Science to Data Science (S2DS), empowering analytical professionals to transition into commercial data science roles.
City Pantry
Series A in 2018
City Pantry Ltd is an online marketplace based in Maidenhead, United Kingdom, that specializes in corporate catering, allowing users to order food for office groups, events, and meetings. Founded in 2013, the company aims to transform the traditional corporate catering experience by offering a diverse selection of individually-boxed lunches, breakfasts, buffet platters, and catering options from independent chefs, restaurants, and street vendors. City Pantry collaborates with a variety of food providers to ensure that clients can easily cater to their specific needs while avoiding monotonous food options. The platform enables companies to place one-off orders or plan menus for extended periods, delivering tailored food experiences directly to their offices. As of 2019, City Pantry operates as a subsidiary of Just Eat plc.
Beer52
Venture Round in 2018
Founded in 2013, Beer52 is a global craft beer discovery club based in Edinburgh, UK. It offers a subscription service that delivers exclusive, small-batch craft beers from around the world to its members.
Wearable Technologies
Venture Round in 2018
Wearable Technologies Limited is a company based in Enderby, United Kingdom, specializing in the design, manufacture, and distribution of intelligent clothing embedded with washable electronics. Founded in 2011, it has established itself as a leader in the field, holding over 50 patents related to fabric sensor controls. The company's product range includes LED-equipped jackets, safety vests, parkas, and accessories marketed under the ICEid, Visijax, and ElekTex brands. These products cater to various sectors, including industrial safety, emergency services, and consumer markets, and are sold through retailers in the UK and the US, as well as online internationally. Wearable Technologies Limited aims to build its patented technologies into its Visijax-branded products while also exploring opportunities for licensing these innovations to other manufacturers. The company is developing an embedded smart garment platform to enhance connectivity for workers across multiple industries, supported by partnerships with technology leaders.
Shopin lets you experience a smarter, more personal way of shopping online and offline by building a decentralized Amazon on the blockchain, using a universal shopper profile and cryptocurrency.
Shopin is a universal shopper profile platform that delivers the most personal shopping experience on retailers' websites, apps, and stores based on shopper preferences and purchase history data. Shoppers are in full control of their data for the first time with a cryptocurrency to reward them when their attention is engaged with ads, content, and loyalty. Shopin empowers retailers to offer better product recommendations, easier and more secure transactions, and more valuable customer rewards using blockchain and Artificial Intelligence technology.
Voted "Best ICO" at the North American Bitcoin Conference 2018, "Best ICO and Startup" by CoinAgenda Global, and the #5 "Top ICO" at Davos d10e, Shopin's vision is to create a more sustainable retail economy where retailers become stronger by working together with their consumers.
Headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, Shopin is backed by Galaxy Investment Partners, Nima Capital, Passport, Block One Capital, Outbound Ventures, and angel investors from Google, ZocDoc, Wiser, and others. Shopin is revolutionizing the world of retail.
Through Shopin's API, retailers can access and utilize our shopper-verified preferences to offer shoppers a more personalized, immersive shopping experience.
Benefits to Shoppers:
1. Personally tailored shopping experience throughout the web and retail
2. Custom discounts targeted to personal spending habits
3. Manage retailer access to up-to-date personal data
4. A cryptocurrency to reward shoppers for access to their data, redeemable at retailers
5. Share their profiles with friends and families for enhanced gifting
Benefits to Retailers and Marketers:
1. Access to accurate shopper-verified preferences to increase engagement
2. Build more powerful recommendation engines with quality up-to-date shopper data
3. Increased ROI on marketing and communication through reliable, current shopper data
4. Instant out-of-the-box GDPR compliance
5. Reduced returns
Awards:
- winner of CoinAgenda Global 2017, voted the best ICO and startup from over 40 competitors.
- winner of North American Bitcoin Conference2018 (BTC Miami)
- winner of CoinAgenda Global 2017, voted the best ICO and startup from over 40 competitors.
- winner of BitCoinference Europe 2018 (Most promising ICO)
- top 5 at D10e in Davos
Find out more at www.shopin.com
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BitPoster
Series A in 2017
BitPoster is a programmatic advertising marketplace for out-of-home media that provides a data-driven platform for planning, evaluating site performance, and negotiating deals between media owners, buyers, and agencies. The platform automates the planning, booking, and buying workflow, connects media owners with buyers, and enables private messaging to streamline negotiations. It aims to increase accessibility, transparency, and accountability in outdoor advertising by offering insight into campaign performance and spend effectiveness. The company, founded in 2013, is based in London.
Amicable
Angel Round in 2017
Amicable is a technology-driven company focused on supporting couples through the divorce process. It offers a fixed-fee legal advice service, along with an online platform and mobile app for divorce and separation. The platform aims to help couples achieve fairer outcomes, faster, and at a lower cost than traditional legal routes. Amicable's mission is to improve the divorce experience for families, reducing the emotional and financial strain, and minimizing the involvement of the legal profession.
IOCOM
Venture Round in 2017
IOCOM creates visual communication software and designs videoconferencing and collaboration solutions that break down barriers of communication through unprecedented ease-of use, performance and security at a price any business can afford. Experience limitless communication with IOCOM.
Finlay
Venture Round in 2017
Finlay is a retailer specializing in handcrafted sunglasses and prescription spectacles designed to celebrate the individuality of its wearers. The company offers a curated selection of independent eyewear brands, providing a diverse range of frames that combine fashion with comfort. By focusing on unique designs and quality craftsmanship, Finlay aims to deliver eyewear that reflects personal style while ensuring a comfortable fit for its customers.
Visionable
Series A in 2017
Visionable is a software platform that delivers video conferencing services across healthcare, education, and enterprise sectors. It enables healthcare teams with telemedicine, medical education, diagnostic reviews, and care pathways such as health visiting, school nursing, primary care psychology, continence services, physiotherapy, and perinatal care to support better patient outcomes and reduce fragmented systems. In education, it provides tools for classrooms, lectures, and auditoriums, including personal devices and smart boards, to support training and collaboration. For enterprises, it offers visual workspaces and capabilities for organization-wide meetings and conferences, enabling real-time video, data, and audio collaboration with customers, partners and suppliers. Based in Westminster, United Kingdom, Visionable began in 2015 and focuses on secure, integrated communications that bridge physical and virtual environments.
Freemarket
Venture Round in 2017
Freemarket is a London-based company founded in June 2010 by Alex Hunn, specializing in online currency exchange and cross-border payment solutions for businesses. The company provides a platform that integrates access to a global bank network with innovative technology, enabling businesses to streamline their financial processes. By facilitating transactions at mid-market rates, Freemarket helps clients avoid high fees typically associated with currency exchange. The company's services are designed to simplify complex financial operations, enhance efficiency, and support business growth in an increasingly globalized market.
Meli Melo
Venture Round in 2017
Meli Melo designs and manufactures leather handbags distinguished by unique shapes and discreet markings on the reverse side. The brand offers men's and women's collections crafted as handmade leather pieces, available through an online store, with delivery services to customers.
Laundryheap
Angel Round in 2017
Laundryheap is an on-demand laundry and dry cleaning service that operates via a mobile application, allowing customers to schedule pickup of garments, which are then transported to partner cleaning facilities for processing and returned to the customer. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in London, Laundryheap operates across multiple cities with a network of local cleaning facilities to minimize travel. The service emphasizes convenience, offering doorstep pickup and drop-off with order management through the app, aiming to provide fast, reliable professional laundry and dry cleaning.
NorthRow is a digital platform that aids businesses in streamlining risk management, compliance, and fraud prevention processes. It offers standalone or combined features such as detailed checks on individuals, companies, and documents to optimize business operations, mitigate risks, and ensure regulatory compliance.
Rainbird
Seed Round in 2017
RainBird Technologies Ltd., established in 2013 and headquartered in London, specializes in providing artificial intelligence platforms for automating knowledge work. Its primary product is Rainbird Enterprise, an AI platform designed to assist business professionals by automating complex decision-making processes. This is achieved through visual modeling of expert thought processes, enabling faster (up to 100x) and more accurate (25% improvement) decisions with full explainability. Additionally, RainBird offers Rainbird Community Edition, an open-source AI platform for social enterprises and collaborative projects.
GoldieBlox
Venture Round in 2017
GoldieBlox, Inc., established in 2012 and based in San Francisco, specializes in manufacturing educational toys and books designed specifically for girls aged 5-12. The company's mission is to inspire young girls to develop spatial skills and pursue interests in STEM fields by combining storytelling with construction sets. GoldieBlox products are sold online and through retail stores across the United States and Canada, as well as internationally via distributors in the UK, Ireland, and Australia.
PlayStack
Venture Round in 2017
PlayStack is a game publishing company that supports developers with financing, publishing expertise, and technology to build a strong gaming audience and community. It provides funding, strategic guidance, and promotional resources to help creators bring concepts to life, fund and publish titles, and grow worldwide IP audiences.
Sprint Enterprise Technology
Venture Round in 2017
Founded in 2010 by experienced financial advisors and entrepreneurs, Sprint Enterprise Technology specializes in investment workflow software for the UK's financial advisory and wealth management markets. Their core solution, Fastrak, enables efficient, compliant, and cohesive client investment management, review, and reporting.
Givergy
Angel Round in 2016
Founded in 2009, Givergy is a global fundraising technology company that helps charities raise more funds through innovative platforms for events and online campaigns. With offices across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, Givergy's mission is to maximize charitable donations worldwide.
Eat Grub
Angel Round in 2016
Eat Grub is a UK-based company that promotes entomophagy, the practice of eating insects. It offers edible insect products such as roasted crickets and buffalo worms, aiming to introduce insects as a sustainable protein source into Western diets.
Love the Sales
Angel Round in 2016
Love the Sales is a shopping platform that aggregates discounted offers from retailers, helping users discover sales across fashion, home, and lifestyle categories. The service partners with hundreds of retailers to provide real-time price tracking and consolidated listings of sale items, enabling users to favorite products and receive alerts when prices drop. It offers a personalized shopping experience focused on discounted premium and luxury brands, making designer items accessible at reduced prices.
Plum Fintech
Seed Round in 2016
Plum Fintech Limited, established in 2016 and headquartered in London with additional offices in Athens and Nicosia, develops Plum, an AI-driven money management application operating on Facebook Messenger. The company's software employs algorithms to analyze users' spending habits, enabling automated tracking and management of finances. As of now, Plum has assisted over 2 million individuals across Europe, offering services such as effortless saving, empowered spending, and accessible investing, including pension and tax-wrapper products.
Swipii Labs Ltd., established in 2012 and headquartered in Glasgow, UK, operates a customer loyalty and marketing platform tailored for small businesses. The company offers tools to enhance online reviews, attract new customers, and track customer data. Its key services include digital loyalty programs, email marketing, and loyalty technology solutions, enabling customers to collect points and earn rewards. Swipii aims to empower local businesses with technology to compete on par with global brands, helping consumers discover local offers, save money, and share them with their community.
Pip’s Island
Angel Round in 2016
Pip’s Island is an unparalleled, groundbreaking, immersive play experience combining exploration, empowerment, and education. It is a sixty-minute live and interactive narrative that adventures its way through a dozen unique, hand-crafted environments. Over the course of the event, children earn five Spark badges by completing activities and puzzles that have been developed by the show’s writers, designers, and childhood development experts. Incorporating the latest curriculum guidelines and play trends, Pip’s Island is guaranteed to empower its audience through sheer wonder.
Bink is a technology company that specializes in developing a mobile application which connects card payments to loyalty schemes. It enables consumers to register their debit or credit cards and link them to various loyalty programs. Bink's platform offers card linking services through both mobile applications and websites, allowing retailers to instantly recognize and reward customers during shopping, fostering deeper insights and lasting connections. Additionally, it enables customers to collect loyalty points and receive discounts through their linked cards.
Rise Art
Angel Round in 2016
Rise Art is an online gallery featuring curated contemporary art from around the world. It uses AI and consumer psychology for personalized recommendations and offers a try-before-you-buy rental service, making buying great art simple, risk-free, and accessible.
Touriocity
Pre Seed Round in 2016
Touriocity is the easiest way to book private and tailor made tours with the best guides in 50 global cities
Stylect
Seed Round in 2016
Stylect is a mobile application designed to assist women in discovering their ideal footwear. The platform aggregates products from various online retailers and utilizes user preferences, gathered through an interactive interface, to provide tailored recommendations. Users can track their preferred items and receive notifications about sales on products they love. Additionally, Stylect employs geolocation technology to inform users about nearby stores that have shoes available for purchase. The application aims to simplify the shopping experience for women by offering a curated selection of footwear and related accessories.
Book Your Lifestyle
Angel Round in 2016
From shellac nails, to cut and styles, HD brows and even full body waxing – for him or her – they have the services to suit. With their fuss free online appointment scheduling they even can take your booking too. They're open 24/7 so you can book in to look, and feel, fantastic near you, now... or anytime.
Klydo, formerly known as Metadrift, specializes in leveraging advanced machine learning to provide actionable insights in a rapidly evolving marketplace. The company is focused on empowering individuals and organizations to confidently develop new products, services, and innovative business models. By merging creativity with artificial intelligence, Klydo aims to create a unique platform that enables clients to extract valuable insights from diverse online sources, such as reviews and forum posts. This approach not only enhances creative thinking but also helps brands differentiate their offerings, ultimately leading to the development of breakthrough ideas. With a commitment to innovation and a diverse team, Klydo is poised to transform the landscape of creativity and product development, supporting clients in navigating and adapting to the complexities of today's market.
Optalysys develops optical AI systems that accelerate deep learning tasks at groundbreaking speeds and with significantly reduced energy consumption compared to traditional computing hardware. Their embeddable technology enables supercomputing capability on edge and mobile devices.
Stratajet
Seed Round in 2016
Stratajet is a pioneering aviation technology company founded in 2011 by Jonathan Nicol, a pilot with a background in computer science. The company operates an innovative booking platform designed to make private jet travel more accessible and efficient. Stratajet's platform provides real-time information on available aircraft and empty legs, allowing users to search, filter, compare options, and book flights seamlessly. By adapting existing empty legs to suit customers' needs, Stratajet aims to reduce the cost of private jet travel while maximizing efficiency for operators.
TalentPool
Angel Round in 2016
TalentPool is a recruitment platform that connects talented recent graduates and individuals with up to five years of experience to opportunities at start-ups and small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company specializes in four key sectors: Graduate roles, Marketing, Operations, and Sales. By utilizing an innovative matching engine, TalentPool streamlines the hiring process for both job seekers and employers, alleviating the stress often associated with job applications and candidate selection. The platform aims to simplify the recruitment experience, ensuring that employers can efficiently engage with the most suitable candidates.
PlayJam
Venture Round in 2016
PlayJam Ltd. is a technology company based in London, United Kingdom, that specializes in developing and delivering Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions for embedded gaming and rich media, primarily targeting Android-powered TVs and set-top boxes. The company aims to make casual gaming accessible on the big screen, operating a platform that currently supports games on over 90 million Smart TV devices worldwide. PlayJam also designs a variety of white-label over-the-top (OTT) devices, including portable media consoles and customized controllers, which integrate various downloadable and streaming services, such as gaming, video on demand (VOD), and IPTV. Additionally, PlayJam offers Nexad, a mobile advertising solution utilizing HTML5 technology to provide comprehensive ad services to a global audience. Established in 1997, PlayJam operates as a subsidiary of Static 2358 Holdings Limited.
Banneya London
Angel Round in 2016
Banneya London is a jewelry manufacturer and retailer based in London, United Kingdom, established in 2013. The company specializes in creating fine jewelry for both men and women, offering a range of products including earrings, rings, necklaces, brooches, bracelets, and cufflinks. Banneya operates as a curated platform that emphasizes exclusive collaborations and customization, allowing customers to personalize designer pieces that are made to order in the UK. By integrating technology with traditional craftsmanship, Banneya enables the production of intricate jewelry designs on demand. The company primarily serves its customers through an online platform, bridging the gap between designers and clients while facilitating the sale of unique, personalized items.
Much Better Adventures
Seed Round in 2016
Much Better Adventures is an online platform offering active outdoor adventure holidays. It connects travelers with recommended guides and hosts worldwide for skiing, cycling, road biking, and other adventures.
Vashi is a fine jewellery brand that specializes in providing a unique and disruptive omni-channel retail experience. The company operates primarily through online retail, offering a range of diamond jewelry products made from ethically sourced diamonds with guaranteed provenance. Each piece is meticulously handcrafted by British craftsmen, allowing customers to customize their jewelry according to personal preferences. Vashi ensures that orders are conveniently delivered to the desired location, enhancing the overall customer experience.
GiveMeSport
Venture Round in 2016
GiveMeSport is a multi-channel digital sports publication that has been operating since 2014, specializing in delivering comprehensive sports news, analysis, and opinion content. The platform covers a wide range of sports, including the Premier League, Champions League, NBA, NFL, UFC, WWE, and boxing. With a team of experienced sports journalists, GiveMeSport provides breaking news coverage, in-depth analysis, and engaging features, catering to the interests of sports fans. The publication also offers match previews, reviews, and statistics, as well as multimedia content such as photos and videos related to trending sports topics. Owned and operated by Valnet Inc., GiveMeSport has established partnerships with prominent figures in the sports world, enhancing its credibility and reach within the digital sports publishing industry.
Our initial product, Boomf is a quite simply a better way to send a sentiment. Whether you are saying happy birthday, congratulations, or I love you, Boomf makes it personal, but even better than a card, Boomf are wonderfully sweet and chewy.
The printed marshmallow product is the first of its kind and Boomf intends to stay at the forefront by inventing more wonderful and original ways to get personal.
Radio Physics Solutions
Angel Round in 2015
Radio Physics Solutions, established in 2009 and based in Cambridgeshire, UK, is a security and investigation company. It specializes in real-time, non-intrusive detection of concealed threats up to 30 meters away, using patented millimeter-wave technology. The company aims to enhance global security by providing early warnings at critical locations such as schools, transportation hubs, and public venues, thereby reducing casualties caused by terrorist and criminal activities.
LeSalon Beauty
Pre Seed Round in 2015
LeSalon offers a convenient at-home beauty service in London, providing a range of treatments including manicures, pedicures, hair removal, and eyelash extensions. The company utilizes a user-friendly app that allows customers to view available appointment times in their area, select their preferred therapist, and pay online, streamlining the booking process. Unlike traditional salons, LeSalon ensures a consistent, high-quality experience by thoroughly vetting all therapists who join the platform, resulting in over 95% of treatments receiving five-star ratings. The service is designed to eliminate the hassle of commuting and waiting, making beauty treatments more accessible. LeSalon has gained recognition in the press, including being awarded the title of best manicure in London by Harper's Bazaar, and is actively seeking to expand its service offerings and geographic reach.
Lexoo Limited is an online platform based in London that connects businesses with specialized commercial lawyers in the United Kingdom. Founded in 2014, Lexoo allows users to obtain and compare quotes from a diverse range of legal professionals, including business solicitors and startup lawyers. The platform focuses on various legal services such as contract drafting, trademark registration, and employment agreements, ensuring that businesses can find the right lawyer for their specific needs. Lexoo vets and pre-screens all participating lawyers, who are typically experienced professionals from large firms operating on a lower overhead basis. This approach not only enhances cost-effectiveness and transparency but also incentivizes lawyers to compete for projects, thereby providing users with access to a broad selection of legal expertise along with numerous client reviews. The platform aims to streamline the legal service procurement process, allowing in-house legal teams to focus on more strategic tasks by handling recurring legal work efficiently.
SeeQuestor
Seed Round in 2015
SeeQuestor Ltd. is a company based in Ledbury, United Kingdom, specializing in video analysis solutions designed for law enforcement and security agencies. Founded in 2014, SeeQuestor develops an integrated software and hardware toolset that significantly accelerates the analysis of video data, particularly CCTV footage. Its offerings include a range of video processing devices, servers, and workstations that utilize artificial intelligence and advanced forensic tools. These solutions convert various video formats into a standard format, enabling analysts to efficiently detect movements, faces, and individuals within substantial volumes of footage. By indexing videos for rapid reviews and searches, SeeQuestor enhances the ability of security teams to identify persons of interest and uncover critical evidence, thereby improving the overall effectiveness of investigations.
BOTTLETOP
Angel Round in 2015
BOTTLETOP is an online fashion brand that combines sustainable design with cultural craftsmanship to create unique accessories. The company offers a range of products, including bags, purses, belts, scarves, and other items made from upcycled materials such as metal ring-pulls and bottle caps, as well as its own signature chain mail fabric. Each piece reflects a commitment to artistry and the skills of highly trained artisans from various cultures. In addition to its product offerings, BOTTLETOP supports artisan training programs that empower individuals to improve their livelihoods. The BOTTLETOP Foundation, fully funded by the company, focuses on empowering young people to protect themselves and their communities. Through its efforts, BOTTLETOP not only provides consumers with distinctive, hand-crafted fashion accessories but also fosters sustainable practices and social responsibility.
pepperhq
Angel Round in 2015
PepperHQ Ltd. is a London-based company that specializes in developing a mobile payments and loyalty application tailored for the retail and hospitality sectors. Founded in 2013, PepperHQ focuses on enhancing operational efficiency for brands while driving customer engagement. The application allows consumers to discover brands, check in for payments, earn and redeem loyalty points, and receive alerts from stores. For businesses, PepperHQ provides valuable consumer analytics, promotional tools, and the ability to manage custom loyalty programs through user-friendly guides. Additionally, it offers integration capabilities with existing point-of-sale systems and back-office solutions via a cloud-based API, streamlining operations and enhancing the customer experience.
PlasRecycle
Angel Round in 2015
PlasRecycle Ltd. is a recycling company based in London, United Kingdom, focused on processing post-consumer shopping bags and films collected from households at the kerbside. Founded in 2010, it operates the UK’s first dedicated plant for recycling these materials, specifically high density polyethylene (HDPE) and low density polyethylene (LDPE). By converting these plastics into clean granulates, PlasRecycle enables manufacturers to utilize recycled materials in the production of new bags, thereby reducing reliance on virgin plastics. The company has faced administrative challenges, with joint administrators appointed in July 2016 to manage its affairs.