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Become a Tech Investor 2! Our second and latest top Tech investments from Crowdcube.

 

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Five Live Tech Investments

Crowdcube is showcasing another five live tech investment opportunities in this new blog series. The focus is on start-ups and growth-stage businesses that are raising finance from the crowd.

Crowdcube is the world’s first and largest investment crowdfunding platform, that enables entrepreneurs to raise finance with the added benefit of being backed by everyday investors, VCs and angels. For investors, Crowdcube provides a way to hand pick a stake in an innovative business that traditionally would have been restricted to corporate investors.

Since Crowdcube was founded in 2011, it has helped over 590 companies successfully raise funds, with a total of £358 million having been invested on the platform to date by a crowd of over 470,000 registered Crowdcube investors. Take a look here to find out how you can raise capital through Crowdcube.

New businesses get added to Crowdcube daily and here are five of the latest tech investment opportunities selected for you. This month we focus on 4 businesses with an innovative use of a commercial software platform and a great money saving domestic plumbing invention.

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The UK’s leading parcel delivery comparison website, Parcel2Go offers a cheap alternative to the Post Office, especially for small eBay & Amazon sellers. With over 800,000 customers, P2G had revenue of £56m in 2016/17 with underlying EBIT of £1.9m and has grown at 25% in the first half of this year.

Investment target: £500,000

Equity offered: 1.41%

Amount raised so far: £570,000 (114% of target)

No. Investors so far: 930

You can find out more about this business and invest by visiting the pitch page here.

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Striving to be the Airbnb for boat chartering, Borrow A Boat is an online platform designed to allow anyone to hire a boat, and for any boat owner to easily rent out their idle vessel. With 13,000 boats in more than 50 countries now listed, the team are now raising to expand marketing activities.

Tax relief: EIS

Investment target: £200,000

Equity offered: 19.61%

Amount raised so far: £290,000 (146% of target)

No. Investors so far: 470

You can find out more about this business and invest by visiting the pitch page here.

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3. Doctaly

Doctaly is a health-tech marketplace, bringing on-demand, affordable, face-to-face GP appointments to patients and Uber-style flexibility to NHS doctors. Having completed a successful pilot in London, they are poised to expand their service and are in talks with NHS England, Bupa and AXA.

Tax relief: EIS

Investment target: £500,000

Equity offered: 7.69%

Amount raised so far: £320,000 (64% of target)

No. Investors so far: 220

You can find out more about this business and invest by visiting the pitch page here.

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4.Much Better Adventures

On a mission to unearth the best local guides, hosts, & places to stay: Much Better Adventures is the online travel booking platform making it easier to live a more adventure-rich life. Now with a tribe of over 20,000 & sales of over £10m, they are poised to expand their reach and capture the market.

Tax relief: EIS

Investment target: £750,000

Equity offered: 14.06%

Amount raised so far: £900,000 (120% of target)

No. Investors so far: 550

You can find out more about this business and invest by visiting the pitch page here.

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5. Showersave

As the first Waste Water Heat Recovery System to achieve the Government’s SAP energy efficiency recognition, Showersave can reduce the cost of domestic hot water requirements by as much as 60%. Over 7,000 units have been successfully installed by 6/10 of the UK’s largest housebuilders.

Investment target: £300,000

Equity offered: 9.52%

Amount raised so far: £60,000 (20% of target)

No. Investors so far: 75

You can find out more about this business and invest by visiting the pitch page here.

These small to medium sized businesses are raising capital for their next stages of growth.

You can be part of their journeys by investing anything from just £10. Not only that, all these businesses have EIS tax relief, which means eligible investors can receive 30% tax relief on their investments.

You can find out more about the businesses and have the opportunity to invest here.

Maybe you’d like to be featured in this article in 2 months time? If so, take a look here to see how you can Crowdcube can help you take your business to the next level!

 

Capital at risk. Investments of this nature carry risk as well as potential rewards.

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