While agriculture is the backbone of economies across the world. Despite “software eating the world”, farming, as an industry, has been severely overlooked when it comes to innovation and data-driven solutions. AGRIVI, the complete farm business management platform, is on a mission to change this by supporting farmers by leveraging technology to make farm operations efficient. London TechWatch caught up with CEO and Founder Matija Zulj to learn more about how AGRIVI helps solve the global food crisis while supporting farmers, the company’s expansion plans in Europe and the US, and the latest round of funding from investors that include South Central Ventures, European Investment Fund, Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Fil Rouge Capital,and AgriTech Hub.
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The October 2020 US Venture Capital Funding Report
EventsCase Raises £3.5M for its All-In-One Events Management Platform
Early in the pandemic, EventsCase, an event management platfor, lost 75% of its sales as the world and all events stopped. By May the company rolled out a solution for managing virtual events. The company is now on pace to double its sales thanks to the this strategic shift. London TechWatch caught up with CEO and Cofounder Jose Bort to learn more about the evolution of EventsCase, the company’s product roadmap, expansion plans, and recent round of funding from investors that include Haibun Partners and Neil MacDougall,.
The October 2020 London Venture Capital Funding Report
These 9 London Startups Raised the Most Capital in October 2020
Prokarum Raises $21M to Develop Microbial Cancer Immunotherapies and Vaccines
Prokarium is developing Vesibax, an innovative, safe, and effective microbial immunotherapy (MI) for early-stage bladder cancer, a disease with afflicts over 550,000 individuals globally every year. CEO Ted Fjallman to learn more about Prokarium’s upcoming pipeline of novel therapies, its current focus, and recent funding round from investors that include Korea Investment Partners (KIP), Flerie Invest, Riyadh Valley Company (RVC), and the UK Government’s Future Fund.
Bodyswaps Raises £470K for its VR Platform That Develops Soft Skills in the Workplace
Soft skills don’t come naturally to everyone, so companies like Bodyswaps are using AI, VR, and behavioral science to develop immersive modules for soft skills training. Through unscripted intervention that places users in realistic workplace situations, Bodyswaps’ platform helps to improve soft skills such as emotional intelligence, empathy, and leadership to complement workforce training programs. LondonTechWatch caught up with Cofounder and COO Julien Denoel to learn more about the unique benefits of using VR for workforce training, the company’s experience raising in the middle of the pandemic, and recent funding round, which brings the company’s total funding raised to £795K.
The September 2020 London Venture Capital Funding Report
Sumsub Raises $6M to Provide a Robust Single Solution for Identity Verification
Sumsub’s AI-based identity verification software automates 95% of the customer onboarding process and is trusted by AML/KYC (Anti-Money Laundering/ Know Your Customer) service providers to provide a range of compliant- solutions. Sumsub has already been used by 600+ businesses with no plans to slow down as the identity verification market is expected to grow to €20B by 2022 with a variety of use cases that is ever-increasing as the pandemic drives digital transformation. London TechWatch caught up with Founder Jacob Sever to learn more about Sumsub, the technology infrastructure powering the platform, the company’s latest funding round led by MetaQuotes,and much, much more…
Log my Care Raises £600K to Enable Care Homes to Improve Care With Software
Approximately 70%-80% of care homes are reliant on pen and paper and manual processes to run their operations and record data. Log my Care is the free care management software platform that features an intuitive interface that enables care providers to deliver exceptional care and record plans with a few clicks. Founder Sam Hussain shares some more insight on the inspiration for the company, how the pandemic led to the rapid development of new features, and the company’s latest funding round.