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Hottest startups you can invest starting from a few hundred euros! 13.06.2024

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June 13, 2024

We reviewed 90+ equity crowdfunding platforms and prepared a list of the hottest (in our opinion) startups you can invest starting from a few hundred euros!

OMAJ on  Crowdcube

OMAJ is dedicated to making the circular fashion economy both accessible and desirable. They offer a seamless consignment solution for sellers and a premium, carbon-free shopping experience for buyers. Their customers love it, as shown by their 4.5/5 rating on Trustpilot with over 1500 reviews.

Industry - Fashion

Rasing - 200,000 EUR

Valuation (pre-money) - 5,962,596 EUR

Company and product stage - +4.7k active sellers & 10k active buyers with €83 avg. basket.

What problem OMAJ is solving?

Problem: The fashion industry is a significant contributor to global waste and pollution. Selling clothes you no longer wear can be time-consuming, discouraging people from doing it.

Solution: OMAJ is creating a platform for second-hand fashion that makes it easy for sellers to consign their items and for buyers to shop sustainably, reducing the fashion industry's environmental impact.

What is OMAJ market potential?

The second-hand fashion market is rapidly growing as more consumers seek sustainable options, offering significant growth opportunities in this sector.

Phlo Systems on  Crowdcube

Phlo Systems is on a mission to streamline and demystify international trade for SMEs through digital solutions. They offer a suite of SaaS applications designed to simplify customs and regulatory trade compliance, enhance supply chain visibility, and provide accessible trade finance resources.

Industry - Trade finance 

Rasing - 150,000 GBP 

Company and product stage - £1Bn+ trades facilitated on Phlo’s platforms: TradePhlo, opsPhlo & finPhlo.

What problem Phlo Systems is solving?

Problem: SMEs struggle to navigate the complexities of international trade due to cumbersome regulatory environments, opaque supply chains, and limited access to finance, stifling global growth opportunities.

Solution: Our SaaS integrates 3 modules strategically crafted to streamline customs compliance, manage operations seamlessly, and facilitate trade finance access for SMEs, boosting efficiency & global compliance.

What is Phlo Systems' market potential?

Our suite operates across three global markets: customs management ($8.58bn), global supply chain management ($20bn), and trade finance gap ($2.5tn).
 

PinPoint on  Crowdcube

PinPoint’s mission is to optimise urgent cancer referrals through its AI-driven blood test for cancer detection. By leveraging machine learning & NHS data, PinPoint is designed to help doctors accelerate a patient’s route to diagnosis & treatment, and ultimately help save lives by ensuring timely & accurate cancer diagnosis.

Industry - Healttech 

Rasing - 200,000 EUR

Valuation (pre-money) - 5,962,596 EUR

Company and product stage - +4.7k active sellers & 10k active buyers with €83 avg. basket.

What problem PinPoint is solving?

Problem: The fashion industry is a significant contributor to global waste and pollution. Selling clothes you no longer wear can be time-consuming, discouraging people from doing it.

Solution: We're developing an AI-driven blood test, the PinPoint Test, for cancer detection. PinPoint is designed to enhance diagnostic accuracy & speed by leveraging machine learning & NHS data, which has the potential to reduce the overloading of our healthcare system & shorten waiting times for treatment.

What is PinPoint market potential?

In March 2024, the PinPoint Lower GI Test was given approval by an independent panel of NHS clinicians. This gives PinPoint a green light to take the next steps into clinical service, allowing us to target a global market for cancer diagnostics which we are aiming for an estimated potential addressable market of over 245 million tests/year.

MishiPay on  Seedrs

Building innovative self-checkout solutions to enable frictionless shopping in stores.

Industry - Hardware 

Rasing - 3,300,005 GBP 

Valuation (pre-money) - 25,o00,000.00 GBP 

Company and product stage -  Live in 400+ stores globally, processed £74M in transaction value in last 12m

What problem MishiPay is solving?

Retailers are estimated to lose $341B in lost sales annually due to long queues at checkout. *Unified Commerce Retail Report 2019. We are helping retailers recover these lost sales while also reducing their stores’ costs and improving the in-store checkout experience. Our research shows that Mishipay's mobile-first, cloud-native approach to checkout results can result in up to 80% lower capex for the stores.

Will MishiPay  team be able to deliver?

Mustafa Khanwala is the Founder & CEO, an Engineer from UCL and an entrepreneur at heart. In 2019 he was listed in the Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ and has won the UCL ‘Bright Ideas’, and Top 10 shortlisted for Mayor of London’s International Student awards.

What is MishiPay market potential?

Retailers are estimated to lose $341B in lost sales annually.

Launched on  Seedrs

Launched is the multi-channel ABM platform for reducing tech stack and building a predictable pipeline.

Industry -  Information Technology 

Rasing - 450,000 GBP 

Valuation (pre-money) - 2,000,000.00 GBP 

Company and product stage -  Revenue of £577K in Y2023 (GBP)

 

What problem Launched is solving?

Launched aims to empower our customers to streamline their marketing tool expenditures and enhance the ROI from their generated leads, all within a single, integrated platform. By leveraging our innovative solutions, we envision significant cost efficiencies and improved marketing effectiveness for all our users.

What is Launched market potential?

We estimate that the programmatic ad market size is worth as much as £725B globally!

There are 332 million SMBs and most struggle to see ROI on their 29% Martech spend.

Rentd. on  Seedrs

Rentd is one of the UK’s pioneering full-service lettings platforms.

Industry - PropTech

Rasing - ,400,001 GBP 

Valuation (pre-money) - 8,300,000.00 GBP 

Company and product stage - Nearly 37,000 total users with successful direct sales funnels.

What problem Rentd. is solving?

At Rentd, we aim to pioneer a new ecosystem in the traditional rental market. While technology has made its way into residential rentals, Rentd's technology enhances the ease of transactions, allowing for nearly autonomous interactions.

Will Rentd. team be able to deliver?

Ahmed previously the director of Sphinx Consultancy spanning 9 yrs in prime London property developments. Ahmed has consulted for major property transactions and development projects in the London residential sector.

What is Rentd. market potential?

With a long-term rental serviceable market of £1.2 billion in annual fees in the U.K. alone, Rentd is targeting significant growth in both London and currently BETA testing in Dubai, as there is an immediate need for such a solution within the region with <90% of residents being expats. We are currently onboarding more than 1,500 users monthly with next to no marketing expense and a CAC of just £1.88.

TO ZERO  on  Companisto

Forward-looking electric bus conversions: The answer to the demand for environmentally friendly transport solutions worldwide.

Targeted total return -  1194 % (Targeted time to exit 5.5  years)

Industry - Logistics

Rasing - 500,000 EUR

Valuation (pre-money) - 8,500,000 EUR 

Company and product stage - Order for 173 buses

 

What problem TO ZERO  is solving?

To-Zero's solution addresses the urgent need to reduce transport-related CO2 emissions by providing a sustainable, cost-effective alternative to new electric buses by replacing diesel engines, gearboxes, and tanks with electric components in existing buses.

What is TO ZERO  market potential?

To-Zero's market opportunity in Germany alone is estimated at €8.6 billion. This does not account for potential markets in other European countries and beyond​​.

SIDUSTECH SRL on CrowdFundMe (language Italian)                  

The service which, with a hi-tech 3D printing system, allows spare parts for cars, motorbikes, planes, ships and industrial machines to be produced in workshops.

Industry - 3D printing 

Rasing - 150,000 EUR

Project and business model description of SIDUSTECH SRL

SidusTech is the first innovative startup to have studied a model (recurring and scalable) which, thanks to 3D printing, solves the problems of the current aftermarket supply chain (i.e. the spare parts sector for cars, ships, airplanes, household appliances, industry etc. .).

In particular, the company rents and installs one or more 3D printers in each repair shop, which produce spare parts directly on site. The workshop can search for parts available for printing on a web portal (supported by Artificial Intelligence ), which contains the complete catalog of printable parts. Thus the workshop prints the spare parts directly, only when they are needed, reducing the spare parts supply chain to the direct relationship between the workshop and the final consumer.

 

Will SIDUSTECH SRL team be able to deliver?

William Cappabianca, CEO of SidusTech, has over 20 years of experience in the international aftermarket (e.g. 13 years at Tenneco).

What is SIDUSTECH SRLmarket potential?

Expanding market: the automotive aftermarket alone will grow between now and 2030, globally, with a CAGR of 5.8% reaching a value of $1002.5 billion. Sidus Tech offers itself to this market with a new solution: no one has ever identified a system like this to shorten the aftermarket supply chain.

Klarsicht.online  on  Seedblink

Online Marketplace for Opticians

Industry - Marketplace 

Rasing - 395,000 EUR

Valuation (pre-money) - 14,820,0000 EUR 

Company and product stage - Operating in Austria and Germany, expanding to the DACH region by 2026.

What problem Klarsicht.online is solving?

Problem: The optical industry is dominated by large chains and online retailers, marginalizing independent opticians. These smaller businesses lack the technology to compete effectively, leading to declining market share and limited consumer access to diverse, high-quality eyewear options.

Solution: Klarsicht.online offers digital tools and services for opticians:

- OptikerWELT: Digital storefront with professional photography, virtual try-ons, and telemedicine services.

- EasySOCIAL: Social media management for opticians.

- DOA (Vision Service): Digital sales assistant with virtual try-ons and real-time sales dashboards.

- Good Look Store: Curated selection of high-demand products for opticians.

What is Klarsicht.online market potential?

The global eyewear market is valued at $178 billion USD, with a CAGR of 7.1%. Germany's market alone generated €6.8 billion in 2022. With our expansion into Germany, Switzerland, and beyond, the DACH and CEE regions present significant growth opportunities.

TRUCKRS on Tudigo 

The 1st European platform for connecting carriers and independent drivers

Targeted total return -  x2.3 - x9.7

Industry - Transportation 

Rasing - 500,000 EUR

Company and product stage-  In 1 year, already +3400 drivers and +100 partner carriers

 

What problem TRUCKRS is solving?

France is facing a growing shortage of road drivers: 

60,000 road drivers are missing today

50% of workers will be retired within 10 years.

Truckrs is THE solution to remedy this. The platform connects carriers and independent drivers, looking for a better work/life balance and fairer remuneration.

What is TRUCKRS market potential?

A €5.4 billion opportunity.

Tramundi  on  Mamacrowd

The organized travel marketplace offering multi-day tours and itineraries designed by top tour operators and local agencies through its online platform

Industry - Travel  

Rasing - 1,090,000 EUR

Valuation (pre-money) - 6,500,000 EUR 

Company and product stage - 4.000+ customers and 1.83mln trips sold in 2023 (+164% vs 2022)

What problem Tramundi is solving?

Tramundi is an OTA (Online Travel Agency) that was born with the ambition to digitize a sector that is still strongly rooted offline, that of organized travel, or multi-day tours. For this, it has developed a marketplace that can automate all the processes of a traditional travel agency.

The mission is to bring people closer to their idols, to innovate the relational experience between VIPs and fans, defining a new and more direct way in which people can interact with their favorites.

What is Tramundi market potential?

The travel package market is worth 264bn€ worldwide as of 2023, and is a predominantly European market (117bn€, including 8bn€ in Italy). Globally, the online channel is growing at a rate of 7 percent year on year, while the offline channel is yielding about 1.5 percent each year.

WellO2 Oy on Invesdor 

The WellO2 device is a proven effective, unique patented drug-free solution to treat breathing problems easily at home

Industry - Healttech  

Rasing - 1,500,210 EUR

Valuation (pre-money) - 12,000,730.50 EUR

Company and product stage-  Over 110,000 devices sold with outstanding customer feedback.

What problem WellO2 Oy is solving?

WellO2 Oy develops and commercialises WellO2 devices and applications for improving and measuring respiratory conditions and performance at home with non-medicinal intervention. The company's first device is the most advanced breathing trainer in the world which is internationally patented, clinically proven and has been on the market since 2016. WellO2 has sold more than 110,000 devices with excellent customer feedback.

nascit on Fundernation

High-tech mini-factory for fresh, low-CO2 oat drinks

Targeted total return -  7,14 - 14,36 x

Industry - Beverages 

Rasing -  500.000 EUR

Valuation (pre-money) - 10.000.000 EUR 

What problem nascit is solving?

We have developed a system similar to SodaStream that produces high-quality oat drinks fresh on-site. With our mini-factory "The Oater Barista" we have developed a compact oat drink machine with a globally unique and patent-pending technology, especially for the B2B sector. The use of tap water and local production at the point of sale maximize freshness, while the integrated enzymatic hydrolysis and homogenization in a closed system minimizes energy consumption and CO2 emissions.

What is nascit market potential?

Taps into a growing €4.93 billion plant-based milk alternatives market in Europe, with a machine leasing and ingredient subscription model generating €6,000 ARR per machine.

Moving Doors on Fundernation

Fully serviced and equipped flexible accommodation for business professionals and digital nomads.

Industry - Rental real estate 

Rasing (min) - 150.000 EUR

Valuation (pre-money) - 15.000.000 EUR 

Company and product stage: We completely redesign and furnish apartments to deliver a home-like experience to our tenants, with 229 operational apartments in our network as of April 2024

What problem Moving Doors is solving?

Demand and Supply Mismatch

The current market for real estate rentals is fragmented and sluggish, with bureaucratic processes that have not changed over the past decades.

The Solution

Moving Doors harmonizes the rental market by bridging the gap between landlords and renters by offering flexible contracts, fully furnished and ready-to-move-in apartments, remote booking, continuous support, and a sense of community.

What isMoving Doors market potential?

In 2022, the European market for mid-to-long-term tenancies was valued at $63 billion, projected to reach $97 billion by 2026, representing a compound annual growth rate of 11.4%!

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