Each contract typically goes through a lifecycle that involves creation, negotiation, execution, and monitoring. Each of these steps involves various stakeholders that each may be responsible for review, editing, distribution, signing, storage, and renewal. Automating the workflow reduces the time spent by all parties involved and decreases the legal cost. Juro is an automated, end-to-end contract management and execution platform that allows all parties to manage all facets of the contract lifecycle from any web browser. By focusing on a browser-based solution, the contracting process is frictionless and centralized without requiring different organizations to rely on disparate software. The company has benefited from the rapid digital adoption acceleration as a result of the pandemic; Juro has processed 300K+ contracts since its founding in 2016 with 250K+ in 2021 alone. London TechWatch caught up with Juro CEO Richard Mabey to learn more about how his work as a lawyer inspired the business, the company’s strategic plans, how this funding round came together from investors that include Eight Roads, Union Square Ventures, Point Nine Capital, Seedcamp, and Taavet Hinrikus, and much, much more…
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These 7 London Startups Raised the Most Capital in December 2021
Everything you need to need to know about the largest London startup funding rounds of December 2021; broken down by industry, stage, investors, and more…
The 13 Largest London Startup Funding Rounds of 2021
Everything you need to need to know about the largest London startup funding rounds of 2021; broken down by industry, stage, investors, and more…
Excerp Raises $5M to Launch its Digital Media Platform Focused on Online Written Content
The 1% rule of internet culture dictates that 1% of users of a site add content while the other 99% consume that content. Also, as much of the world shifted to digital during, content consumption on digital platforms increased exponentially as readers looked for sources of information, research, productivity, and entertainment. These trends have led to a meteoric rise in video and visual content (Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, etc.) Excerp is a digital media platform focused on online written content. The yet-to-launch platform, founded by three Goldman alums, seeks to provide content creators with the infrastructure and technology tools to create, curate, and distribute their content to mass audiences. While details on the product are sparse, it appears to be a blend of WordPress, Medium, and Substack with embedded marketing, distribution, and content creation tools. London TechWatch caught up with Excerp Cofounder Majid Sebti to learn more about the company’s founding, future strategic plans, and recent round of funding led by Edward Eisler.
These 7 London Startups Raised the Most Capital in November 2021
Everything you need to need to know about the largest London startup funding rounds of November 2021; broken down by industry, stage, investors, and more…
Lindus Health Raises $5M to Build the Operating System for Clinical Trials to Accelerate Time to Market
On average it takes at least 10 years to get a drug to market from pre-discovery to marketplace; the price of a successful drug exceeds $2.6B when accounting for the cost of failures. Clinical trials can take anywhere from six-to-seven years alone. Speeding up this process provides hope to the millions of patients suffering from various conditions as well as alleviates the burden on the healthcare system that has to manage the increasing costs of drug development. Lindus Health is building an operating system for clinical research that will allow the research needed for clinical trials to be centralized and modernized. The company projects that shifting away from a pen and paper model with limited technology will unleash next-generation innovation in healthcare as companies can be nimbler than ever before and without the need for the heavy capital requirements that legacy clinical trials required, allowing more participants in the ecosystem. The recently-launched venture is already partnered with leading healthcare research institutions like King’s College London, Imperial College, London, UCL, and the University of Oxford. LondonTechWatch caught up with Lindus Health Cofounder Michael Young to learn more about the inspiration of the company, upcoming strategic plans, the positioning, and recent round of funding from investors that include Firstminute Capital, Presight Capital, Seedcamp, Hambro Perks, Amino Collective, Mehdi Ghissassi, Alex Zhavoronkov, Marc Warner, James Dacombe , Henry de Zoete, and Vishal Gulati.
Mojo Raises £3.25M for its Pill-Free Sexual Wellness Platform for Men
There are scores of startups looking to sell men medication for the treatment of erectile dysfunction. There are millions of men using these services to seemingly improve their sexual health. Mojo is a sexual wellness platform that helps men overcome their erectile dysfunction by taking a holistic and medication-free approach. Offered as a subscription, the platform offers access to therapists that provide tailored plan of action that includes video courses, exercises, live events, and group sessions to help men overcome the psychological issues that are affecting their performance in the bedroom. Mojo is also used to address sexual anxiety, porn addiction, and other causes of sexual performance issues. The subscription is £50 for a quarterly subscription after a 7-day free trial. London TechWatch caught up with Mojo Cofounder Angus Barge to learn more about how Mojo seeks to replace the blue pill as the first course of action when it comes to sexual dysfunction for men, the company’s strategic plans, and latest round of funding led by Octopus Ventures and Kindred Capital.
Cord Raises $17.5M for its Platform that Makes Any SaaS Application Collaborative With Just a Single Line of Code
The first instance of multiplayer mode for non-entertainment use can be traced all the way back to 1968 when Douglas Engelbart of Stanford demoed collaborative document editing, teleconferencing, and manipulation of on-screen elements in what has been dubbed “The Mother of All Demos”. In the 50+ years since these features have become commonplace but not truly collaborative across the average 80+ SaaS applications that an organization uses. Cord brings the true power of collaboration to SaaS applications with a single line of JavaScript. With this single line of code, SaaS application providers can instantly make their applications more collaborative by introducing features like chat, presence, annotations, integrations with task managers and Slack, screen recordings, audio messages, live cobrowsing, and video chat. Building these features internally would not only be costly but also require significant development resources. London TechWatch caught up with Cord CEO and Cofounder Nimrod Priell to learn more about how the founding team’s time at Facebook led to the inspiration for the business, the company’s strategic plans, recent round of funding from investors that include Index Ventures, Elad Gil, Jeff Morris Jr., Charlie Songhurst, Guy Podjarny, and Matt Robinson.
AKT Raises £1.5M for its All-Natural Deodorant Brand That Works Anywhere on the Body
The global deodorant and antiperspirant market is expected to surpass $80B this year; the organic personal care products market is expected to grow at 9.3% through the latter part of this decade. Sitting at the intersection of the two is AKT, a direct-to-consumer all-natural, plastic-free premium deodorant brand. Rather than the conventional roll-on or spray, AKT’s three scents are designed as a balm that can be applied to any part of the skin without fear of irritation. Each tube, designed to keep you smelling fresh all day, retails for £18 and is also available as a subscription through AKT’s site. London TechWatch caught up with AKT Cofounder Ed Currie to learn more about how the found team’s experience sweating under the bright lights as theatrical performers inspired the brand, the company’s strategic plans, and latest funding round from Stronebridge.
The September 2021 London Venture Capital Funding Report
September was a strong funding month for startups in London with over £1.2B pulled in across seventy deals including six mega ($100M+) deals. Aggregate statistics for all London funding deals by stage of funding (Early, Series A, Series B, and Late) including mention of notable rounds for September 2021.