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10 de julio de 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!
Become a part of Padure manor – help us to renovate it!
Industry - Hospitality
Rasing - 180,000.00 EUR
About the project
Have you ever imagined owning a manor and being part of its restoration? Have you dreamed of hosting concerts and exhibitions at your manor, always having a place to retreat and relax? Have you pictured a manor where you could invite all your relatives and friends, with ample space for everyone?
If this is your dream, read on! My name is Jānis Lazdāns, and I am the owner of Padure Manor. Sixteen years ago, the beauty of Padure Manor first captivated me, and since 2015, I have been actively involved in its restoration. Over the past few years, I have invested a great deal of energy, work, time, and care in the manor, including organizing tours, events, concerts, and hosting guests. Padure Manor has become a delightful place for visitors and has gained recognition among creative personalities thanks to its unique exhibitions and inspiring atmosphere.
Award-winning, AI-powered, patent-pending translation-embedded Clik Pro earbuds seek to enhance cross-cultural communication. No smartphone needed, just real-time translation in 50+ languages. A leading tool to empower travellers, businesses, and humanitarian organisations to create new experiences whilst connecting with others. Join us on our mission to become the #1 AI translation electronics.
Industry - Communication
Rasing - 480,000 GBP
Valuation (pre-money) - 15,000,000 GBP
Problem: It is estimated there are up to 7000 languages spoken around the world and 1 in 4 adults don't speak a second language in the UK. In today's globalised world, language barriers remain a significant challenge, hindering communication and cultural exchange. These barriers can impact personal connections, business operations, and access to information across different languages.
Solution: We are an innovative developer of AI-powered translation-embedded earbuds designed to provide high quality of translation accuracy. Our translation earbuds have different translation modes (voice/text/group) and enable real-time communication and content access across multiple languages
The global translations market was valued at US$39.37 billion in 2020 and expected to reach US$46.22 billion by 2028. This presents an opportunity for growth in technological devices in communication.
Limatech's mission is to transform the world of aviation through environmentally friendly, high-performance LFP lithium batteries for aerospace applications. An award-winning company recognised by the European Commission, their goal is to support the transition to zero-emission aircraft through advanced and sustainable technology.
Industry - Manufacturing of batteries
Rasing - 450,000 EUR
Valuation (pre-money) - 49,897,716 EUR
Company and product stage - As the final step in the EASA certification process, Limatech bears the 1st European ambition.
Problem: Traditional aviation batteries, made from nickel-cadmium and lead, pose an environmental challenge and do not meet the sustainability and performance needs of the current and future aerospace industry.
Solution: We aim to offer the first environmentally friendly European lithium battery for aviation, providing superior performance, enhanced durability, and optimum safety while meeting high performance standards.
Driven by the imperatives of decarbonisation and modernisation, the aerospace market is transforming towards sustainability, offering a significant opportunity for sustainable LFP batteries, supported by a very strict regulatory framework.
Timbuktu aims to bring multi-destination travel into the digital age by empowering travellers to design their own trips online with transparency, choice & expert guidance, enhancing the booking experience through efficiency & customisation. Aspiring to enable guests to travel with a purpose and leave a positive impact.
Industry - Travel
Rasing - 150,000 GBP
Valuation (pre-money) - 8,000,000 GBP
Company and product stage - Over 2,500 journeys booked to date, primarily targeting US guests travelling to Africa
Problem: Planning multi-destination travel is often a complex, time-intensive venture, involving numerous emails and calls, with a lack of transparency and flexibility from traditional travel companies.
Solution: Our platform is designed to allow travellers to design their own trips online, but with the guidance of our travel experts. We’re aiming to streamline the planning into an easy, efficient experience, offering transparent pricing and flexible booking options.
We’re focused on the tailor-made travel sector, worth $12 billion in 2023, targeting sophisticated, adventure-seeking travelers, in the US and UK, looking for transparency of choice, trustworthy recommendations, and ease of booking. We’re well placed to cater for this market with our blend of trip planning technology and our team of specialist travel experts.
Our vision is to enable our planet's transition to sustainable energy.
Industry - Green energy
Rasing - 1,400,000 GBP
Valuation (pre-money) - 63,900,000.00 GBP
Currently, the European EV and energy storage sectors are largely reliant on lithium produced by Chinese refineries. These existing producers are environmentally unfriendly, emitting large volumes of CO₂. This dependence will be further amplified by a continued increase in demand for battery chemicals.
We believe the solution is a UK lithium refinery that can serve the European market in an environmentally-friendly way whilst providing a stable and secure supply of lithium hydroxide to European cathode producers, battery manufacturers and OEMs.
Climate & Energy resilience with AI for hydropower and energy trading optimization.
Industry - Green energy
Rasing - 200,000 EUR
Valuation (pre-money) - 5,400,000.00 EUR
Company and product stage - Secured 1.7x 2023 revenues for 2024
Wegaw helps governments, energy companies, and traders forecast water availability for hydropower by assessing mountain snow levels. With outdated models and climate change making weather forecasts less reliable, predicting future water availability for hydropower production is challenging.
After successfully piloting the solution in 8 countries with 20 different clients, Wegaw is ready to commercialize the solution in international markets.
The profit lies in purchasing! Tenderpilot revolutionizes SMEs with digital purchasing and tendering processes.
Targeted total return - 201.1 % (Targeted time to exit 3.5 years)
Industry - Forestry
Rasing - 350,000 EUR
Valuation (pre-money) - 3,500,000 EUR
Company and product stage - EUR 200,000 in 2023, close to break-even.
Challenges faced by SMEs in purchasing:
Time-consuming processes: Approximately 68% of orders from medium-sized industrial companies are placed by fax and telephone.
Lack of transparency and knowledge: Buyers often lack market information on prices, suppliers, and cost-cutting opportunities.
Solution
Tenderpilot offers a digital solution that addresses these challenges by providing a platform where buyers can send out tenders and receive comparisons from multiple suppliers. This results in significant savings:
Process costs: Reduced by 30-50%.
Material costs: Reduced by 15%.
Serviceable Obtainable Market (SOM): €20.1 billion (Small companies in the manufacturing sector).
The green company that produces, sells and rents electric vehicles, energy efficiency products and balcony photovoltaic panels
Industry - Renewable energy
Rasing - 150,000 EUR
Valuation (pre-money) -1,800,000
Company and product stage - Contracts signed that bring 2024 revenue projections to €700,000
Project and business model description
E-Muoviti is an innovative startup that deals with the production, sale and rental of electric vehicles, energy-efficiency products and photovoltaic panels for balconies. The company has two main business lines, namely E-Mobility and Efficiency.
ADASTEC’s SAE Level-4 Automated Driving Software Platform enables OEMs to develop modern, automated, shared, and connected commercial vehicles
Industry - transportation
Rasing - 16.011.500 EUR
Valuation (pre-money) - 140.000.000 EUR
Adastec offers an innovatie "automation as a service" platform for full-size buses that reduces labor costs. According to our analysis; the global Electric Bus Market sales in 2023 will be approximately 121 Thousand Units. The electric bus market is anticipated to grow substantially in the coming years. Based on research reports, the market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 25%, exceeding 400 thousand by 2030.
ADASTEC delivers the SAE Level-4 Automated Driving Software Platform, flowride.ai, for full-size buses. Click to see the video of flowride.ai’s capabilities
ADASTEC offers a flexible, affordable, and secure software platform for autonomous driving in commercial vehicles. This platform can be easily integrated into any bus OEM and produced serially. ADASTEC provides its specific design expertise and knowledge to implement the platform for electric buses. "flowride.ai" includes two components: "flowride Drive," which is a modular automated driving software that runs on the bus and handles all aspects of the automated operation using sensors and HD-Maps, and "flowride Cloud," which is a cloud-based platform that supports mission control, fleet management, and data-sharing operations through APIs. The platform utilizes enhanced sensor fusion and deep learning techniques for fault-tolerant operation.
The first VTC solution offering a fair, sustainable and participatory economic model
Targeted total return - x1.6 - x49.6
Industry - Transportation
Rasing - 700,000 EUR
Company and product stage- Already 5,000 Drivers & 42,000 users
Have you spoken to your driver recently? They are fed up, torn between high commissions (23-25%) and a lack of consideration from the platforms. The quality of service is also decreasing, as drivers are looking for the most profitable ride.
With already 4000 partner drivers registered, or 15% of Parisian drivers, COMIN offers an innovative model: a commission reduced to only 10%, guaranteeing better remuneration for drivers and a fair approach that benefits the consumer through an accessible price for journeys and, ultimately, a more reliable service with fewer cancellations.
€4.4 billion: Size of the French VTC market in 2023.
Innovative veterinary biotech dedicated to the development of drugs for animals.
Targeted total return - x2 - x7
Industry - Veterinary
Rasing - 2,200,000 EUR
Launched just two years ago, Vetbiolix is an innovative veterinary biotech company dedicated to the development of animal drugs. In a growing market for drugs for dogs and cats (osteoarthritis, periodontitis and gastric disorders) worth €3.5 billion, Vetbiolix has set up an innovative drug development process, three times faster , using already patented human health molecules.
After an initial round of €1.7 million from CapTech Santé, Nord France Amorçage and BPI FRANCE , enabling the validation of two proofs of concept (POC) on its drug candidates for periodontitis and osteoarthritis in dogs, Vetbiolix is completing a second round of fundraising of €2.5 million, including €1.2 million from Tudigo.
Vetbiolix operates in 2 markets worth more than €3.5 billion, driven by strong growth trends
Sidefish automates repetitive administrative tasks so your employees have more time to focus on their core tasks
Industry - AI
Rasing - 150,000 EUR
Valuation (pre-money) - 850,000 EUR
Finding highly qualified personnel can be a challenge due to several factors. First, there is often a shortage of qualified candidates in the job market, especially for specialized positions. This can lead to intense competition between companies looking for the same talent. In addition, the recruitment process can be lengthy and costly, requiring considerable effort in advertising vacancies, screening resumes, conducting interviews, and negotiating salaries and benefits.
Sidefish can help you with data automation. Our digital assistant automates repetitive tasks like data entry and document processing. This not only saves your current employees valuable time, but also reduces the need for new full-time employees (FTEs) for administrative tasks.
Djibble's mission is to bring people together face-to-face, moving beyond the confines of phone and laptop screens.
Industry - AI
Rasing - 304,260 EUR
What problem company is solving?
Around the globe, scientific research from institutions like Harvard Medical School, the University of Oxford, Universiteit Gent, the University of Queensland, and the Centers for Disease Control all reach the same conclusion: enhancing social connection is the most effective way to combat loneliness.
Improving social connections not only alleviates loneliness but also supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of reducing noncommunicable diseases (such as heart disease and diabetes) and mental health disorders by 33% by 2030.
Djibble makes meeting new people enjoyable and straightforward through shared activities that everyone can enjoy.
Company that has developed one of the leading Italian Wine & Spirits e-commerce, with dedicated B2C and B2B channels
Industry - Beverages
Rasing - 200,000 EUR
Valuation (pre-money) - 9,500,000 EUR
Company and product stage - 2023 turnover of 3.8+mln€ and innovative logistics of 10,000 m³
What problem company is solving?
Etilika is an e-commerce specialized in B2C and B2B wine & spirits sales, founded by Michele Trotta and Marco Guerrini. Founded less than 5 years ago, it immediately positioned itself among the leading Italian e-commerce companies in the sector, recently entering the prestigious Financial Times ranking of the top 100 companies in Europe with the highest growth rate.
What is the market potential?
The value of the total turnover of the Italian wine sector was 13.8bn€ in 2023 (Source: ISMEA).
We make concrete more sustainable worldwide: - 40 % CO2, - 75 % material
Targeted total return - 8,72 - 14,39 x
Industry - Construction
Rasing - 700.000 EUR
Valuation (pre-money) - 3.800.000 EUR
Concrete causes 6-8% of global CO2 emissions – 2-3 times as much as all global air traffic. The worldwide mining of the main components of concrete, sand and gravel, endangers entire ecosystems. The reserves of these raw materials are becoming scarcer and more expensive – at the same time, the global concrete market is growing steadily.
HYPERCON technology offers a solution to two of the most pressing problems of our customers (concrete manufacturers and construction companies): reducing material consumption and CO 2 emissions.
The HYPERCON technology addresses the global concrete market of 14 billion m3/a with the upcycling of residual materials, low production costs, clearly measurable sustainability criteria, and high product quality.
MoveOn® is a line of products created by Plus Biomedicals to help patients in the rehabilitation phase or with motor problems. Born from the study of biomechanics to guarantee maximum performance.
Industry - Healthcare
Rasing - 50.000 EUR
Valuation (pre-money) - 3.205.810,00 EUR
What problem company is solving?
The company, operating in the bio-medical field, stands out for its balanced approach, thanks to the constant collaboration with clinical professionals (and direct comparison with patients), through which it has developed and patented a technology based on an application silicone which, by reconstructing the anatomical districts, guarantees greater usability of the upper and lower limbs of the body. This innovation is called MoveOn® .
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