These are the slides that accompanied the Q3 2021 Quarterly Investment Briefing for the South West on 23rd September. The event included lightning talks from Stuart Nicol, QantX, Rosie Bennett, SETSquared, and Briony Phillips, Rocketmakers. Slides 37/39 include information about those 13 companies that are actively raising investment in Q3 2021. Check out the disclaimer - these aren't recommendations, just information.

1. Q3 Quarterly
Investment Briefing
People-powered Investment
Thursday 23rd September
#QIBriefing

2. QIB Guiding Principles
Those who attend the Quarterly Investment Briefing share
three common principles:
• Whoever attends is an active or potentially active investor, or
manager of investors – or enabler of investment activity.
• Whatever is presented is informative, fact-based and regionally
relevant.
• We value the opportunity to learn equally with the opportunity to
share.

3. People powered investment
Founding team
Cultural
cofounders
Advisors
Investors

4. Agenda
12:35 – 12:45 Welcome and scene setting
12:45 - 13:30 Lightning Talks
+ Rosie Bennett, SETsquared Partnership
+ Stuart Nichol, QantX
+ Briony Phillips, Rocketmakers, The Reinvestment Club
13:30 - 13:45 Beauhurst data & who’s raising
13:45 - 14:30 Networking - 4 minute conversations

5. Good news...
In Q3 2021, 56 companies in the South West have raised:
£104,000,000
collectively

6. Raised successfully in Q3 2021 (56)
South West
Ultraleap
Develops hardware that uses ultrasound to
replicate the sensation of touch
Imophoron
Develops a range of therapeutics.
Moneyhub Enterprise
Develops software allow businesses to aggregate
and analyse customers financial data and
facilitate rapid on-site payments via an API.
+ XCD HR
+ Blu Wireless Technology
+ TravelLocal
+ Bennamann
+ Perceptual Robotics
Vet’s Kitchen
Provides a range of nutritional pet food
Tickitto
Develops AI chatbot software that recommends events
to users based on their location.
Kortext
Operates an internet-based platform that allows
students access to digital textbooks.
Callen-Lenz
Provides a range of professional services to the
aerospace industry, including providing unmanned test
platforms for UAS flight tests.

7. Rosie Bennett
SETsquared
@rosiestones
@SETsquared

18. Stuart Nicol
QantX - High Impact Innovation Investment

19. Briony Phillips
Rocketmakers
@BrionyPhi1
@Rocketmake

20. The Regional
Reinvestment Club
Enabling a more diverse and connected
entrepreneurial community.

21. Endeavor Insights model of entrepreneurial ecosystem

22. 1% of equity
investment goes to
female founded
teams.
Mixed gender teams
get 10%
0.24% goes to black
founders.
There’s a growing
ecosystem of funders
supporting diverse
founders post £300k…
but often those
founders don’t have
the social capital or
lexicon to get to seed
funding.
We have a strong
community of exited
founders and
professionals with
disposable income
who could become
meaningful investors
+ enablers.
Why?

23. What?
Membership Fee £1000
People (professionals, founders,
anyone with a passion for inclusion
and innovation) pay £1,000 pa to be a
member of the Reinvestment Club.
A Philanthropic Fund
The Reinvestment Pledge
All founders, including those that
benefit from the fund, are invited to
donate a meaningful percentage of
personal proceeds at the point of
liquidity to the fund.

24. What?
Sharing Experiences
Club members can contribute in-kind
support.
Founders contribute insights/practical
support to help support the next
generation - including sharing what has
been most helpful to them in their
growth journey.
An Active Community
Events // Networking
Members and donors connect and
support one another to increase their
individual impact.

25. Who for?
Beneficiaries:
- Diverse and/or impact-focused local
founders building profitable businesses
receive pre-seed funding.
- Founders and professionals build their
networks of like-minded people & have
clearer infrastructure to engage with
entrepreneurship ecosystem.
- Later stage investors have a clearer
and richer pipeline
Benefits for funded founders:
- Receive a donation (£10-25k) to
facilitate early-stage business
development.
- To unlock their donation, they are
required to complete our investment
readiness e-learning (freely available to
all) and make an application.
- Diverse founders receive access to
entrepreneurial support resources &
information on funders focused on
diverse and impact-led founders.

26. - Increased investment into diverse founders and impact focused businesses
- Increased diversity in the regions startup community
- Increased awareness of, and connection between, founders and support
organisations.
- Increased visible success from companies created by diverse founders
- Increased fund size year on year due to inferred ROI on these investments
for the region and the businesses
What will success look like?

27. - Not for profit, social enterprise
- 100% of all membership fees and pledges go towards the fund.
- Founding Members/Growth Partners cover running costs
- Independent brand clearly differentiated to appeal to Club Members, Entrepreneurs and
Beneficiaries
- Selection of beneficiaries: open call, twice a year to invite early-stage founders to apply
for funding after registering their business. Applications assessed according to:
- Business model
- Need for ££ - what have they tried already to fund this project?
- Traction in light of limited funding received
- Soft launch initially. Invite first 500 club members to commit, launch only happens once
they are secured.
The Nitty Gritty

28. Can you help?
Founding partners to
fund operational
costs.
First 500 Club
members
Content development
- e-learning and legal
structure
Oh, and a co-founder.

29. Identifies 516 companies that have received
Equity Investment in West of England

32. Total amount raised
West of England
Q2 -> Q3

33. Sectors

34. Top Funders
by number of
fundraising

35. Top funders by
value of
fundraising

36. Raising equity funding Q3 2021
The activities of the Investment Activator Programme (and specifically the Silicon Gorge Pitch Competition, Quarterly Investment Briefing and Pitch Me events) do not give advice on the risks of investment and are not authorised to
carry on investment business under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (‘the Act’). Before investing in a project about which information is provided herein, potential investors are strongly recommended to take advice from a
person authorised under the Act who specialises in advising on investments of this nature. Opportunities showcased here have been reviewed and selected NOT verified.
An open call to anyone, not vetted or reviewed.
14 £7.9m
Companies In total

37. Data Duopoly £750k
The “Waze” of venue navigation, working to create
a better experience for visitors and helping venues
make better decisions using data.
Raising Q3 2021 – an open call £600k +
Airway Medical £950k
Developing portable airway suction devices that
are lighter, smaller and cheaper than current
technology, whilst being equally effective.
The activities of the Investment Activator Programme (and specifically the Silicon Gorge Pitch Competition, Quarterly Investment Briefing and Pitch Me events) do not give advice on the risks of investment and are not authorised to
carry on investment business under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (‘the Act’). Before investing in a project about which information is provided herein, potential investors are strongly recommended to take advice from a
person authorised under the Act who specialises in advising on investments of this nature. Opportunities showcased here have been reviewed and selected NOT verified.
Yuup £1m
Marketplace for local, in-person experiences.
Must Ltd £1m
Fixing content discovery, utility and community,
starting with TV.
SpaceBands £600k
Wearable technology to make workplaces a safer
space.
StaffMIS Limited £650k
Provides operations management software systems
to service industry organisations.
MyNestBox £600k
Using data science to make property assessment
instant. Software to help new build developers to
assess the constraints and deal breakers on a site.

38. Raising Q3 2021 – an open call £500k
Heyr £500k
AI powered virtual assistant designed to boost
commitment to mental wellbeing. 24x7 access to our
conversational AI.
LatchAid £500k
The only breastfeeding and motherhood support
solution that is powered by innovation and empathy.
The activities of the Investment Activator Programme (and specifically the Silicon Gorge Pitch Competition, Quarterly Investment Briefing and Pitch Me events) do not give advice on the risks of investment and are not authorised to
carry on investment business under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (‘the Act’). Before investing in a project about which information is provided herein, potential investors are strongly recommended to take advice from a
person authorised under the Act who specialises in advising on investments of this nature. Opportunities showcased here have been reviewed and selected NOT verified.
Glas Data £500k
Making agriculture more sustainable and more
productive. Solving everyday problems for the agri
sector using IoT sensors and our unique GlasCore
platform.
Filmily £500k
SaaS platform which using UGC and a patented AI
to amplify fan engagement within sport and music.

39. Raising Q3 2021 – an open call £100k+
Nommm £150k
Provides climate impact labels across the food industry
both digitally and physically.
The activities of the Investment Activator Programme (and specifically the Silicon Gorge Pitch Competition, Quarterly Investment Briefing and Pitch Me events) do not give advice on the risks of investment and are not authorised to
carry on investment business under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (‘the Act’). Before investing in a project about which information is provided herein, potential investors are strongly recommended to take advice from a
person authorised under the Act who specialises in advising on investments of this nature. Opportunities showcased here have been reviewed and selected NOT verified.
Well Squared £100k
Providing high quality, affordable and science-backed
delicious vitamin gummies.
Regulation Technologies Ltd £150k
Transforming massive unmanageable open
datasets into meaningful networks and built tools
that uncover unique insights.

40. Review company investment summaries here:
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41. Quarterly
Investment
Briefing
For your diary:
Thursday 6 December 12:30
Round-up of 2021