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This week’s crowdfunding roundup has quite a strong human element tying them all together. One startup is opening an emotional wellness space designed to give people a place to take care of themselves. Another is a contactless payment solution built specifically for teenagers and children, while a third is a workplace platform to help screen and monitor employees.
These areas in particular, being wellbeing, finance and the workplace, are all ones where the details matter and these thoughtful founders are building tools to make life a little easier for everyone involved.
So, who are the startups crowdfunding this week? Here they are.
1. Oracley
How much are they raising: €375,000
Website: www.oracleyspace.com
SEIS/EIS? N/A
About: Oracley is on a mission to make wellness as accessible as the gym, a proven concept in Amsterdam is now launching in New York City.
Physical fitness has always had a familiar infrastructure where you regularly go to a gym and looking after your body just becomes part of your routine. It hasn’t always been the same for emotional wellness, which sits somewhere between clinical therapy and self-help apps. Oracley is building the middle ground, a physical space that makes taking care of your emotional health as everyday and unstigmatised as a workout.
Where to invest: Europe Republic
2. Foundermatcha
How much are they raising: £200,027
Website: www.foundermatcha.com
SEIS/EIS? Yes, SEIS
About: Foundermatcha is a matchmaking platform for early-stage founders, using behavioural data to help people build well-matched founding teams from the start.
Co-founder fit is one of the mos cited reasons early-stage startups fail and yet, the way most founders find each other is remarkably casual through networking events and a lot of hoping for the best. Foundermatcha brings a considered approach, evaluating working styles, values and tendencies that actually determine whether a team will hold together under pressure. It’s a smart, evidence-based way to reduce one of the biggest early-stage risks.
Where to invest: Europe Republic
3. Money Walkie
How much are they raising: N/A
Website: www.moneywalkie.com
SEIS/EIS? N/A
About: Money Walkie offers a contactless payment solution designed specifically for children and teenagers, paired with an educational app that parents can manage on their end.
Giving children a way to pay for things independently is a familiar tightrope for parents, balancing giving enough freedom to learn how money works while keeping things safe and sensible. Money Walkie is built for that balance, combining a contactless payment device kids can use with a parent-controlled app that adds education and visibility to the mix. Going forward in a cashless economy, giving the next generation the right tools matters more than ever.
Where to invest: Crowdcube
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4. Veremark
How much are they raising: N/A
Website: www.veremark.com
SEIS/EIS? N/A
About: Veremark is a workplace trust platform offering automated background screening, continuous employee monitoring and secure credentials.
Background check are often slow and outdated by the time they’re complete, ongoing monitoring is rarely done well and credentials are still verified through messy manual processes. Veremark brings everything together, automating the parts that should be automated and giving employers a continuous, reliable picture and not just a single snapshot at the point of hire.
Where to invest: Crowdcube
5. The Sanctuary Group
How much are they raising: N/A
Website: www.thesanctuary-group.com
SEIS/EIS? N/A
About: The Sanctuary Group is a pioneer in boutique fitness operating studios under 6 brands, each dedicated to a specific discipline including pilates, dance, boxing, HIIT, cycling and aquabiking.
Rather than trying to be everything to everyone under a single name, The Sanctuary Group has built dedicated brands for each discipline, giving each one its own identity and community while sharing the operational muscle behind the scenes. They currently operate 22 studios across France.
Where to invest: Crowdcube
6. TPE
How much are they raising: N/A
Website: www.t-pe.co.uk
SEIS/EIS? Yes, EIS
About: TPE has created the Tradable Private Equity Investment Company, designed to bring some of the accessibility and liquidity of public markets to the world of private equity.
Private equity has long been one of the best-performing asset classes over the long term, but it’s also one of the least accessible, usually reserved for institutional investors and the very wealthy. TPE’s TPEIC structure is designed to change that, offering exposure to private equity in a form that can actually be traded.
Where to invest: Crowdcube
7. Quibid
How much are they raising: £25,000
Website: N/A
SEIS/EIS? N/A
About: Quibid is an AI-assisted platform for market analytics, modelling and automated systems research, opening up a corner of finance that’s always been difficult to examine from the outside.
Modern markets already run heavily on automation, quantitative modelling and large-scale data processing, but a lot of it happens within the walls of major financial institutions and out of reach of independent researchers and the wider public. Quibid is trying to change that, providing tools that make sophisticated market analysis and automated research more accessible.
Where to invest: Crowdfunder
