Below is an overview of no-name pre-screened investment profiles of wireless and mobile telecomunications related companies requiring funding:
1. Sector dedicated EIS Seed Fund Three to five sector relevant cornerstone investors required, investing each £200,000, for a new EIS Seed Fund aimed at early stage ventures primarily focused
on wireless, mobile internet, online media and mobile telecoms sectors. Click here for more information.
2. WiMax/Wifi network deployment & roll-out. Early stage municipal wireless network service provider, delivering a two-tiered network architecture, combining WiMAX and Wi-Fi, capable of enabling next generation wholesale applications for local government, businesses and the public. In addition, the Company is planning a complementary wholesale WiMAX network as an alternative access infrastructure in non-urban areas, overcoming technical limitations of the existing BT ADSL and LLU networks, delivering wholesale broadband, telephony and TV services, providing investors with additional potential upside to the municipal investment opportunity.
The opportunity
£400,000 is required for accelerated network deployment and strategic acquisitions. Location: South of England
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3. Video, text & mobile applications for rail & bus sector.
The Company is developing an “OnBoard” media product - a high quality tailor-made video and real-time text service - to provide value added passenger information, news, weather, sport, and other applications for commuters and business travellers to enjoy and engage while travelling. It is shown “OnBoard” via flat panel screens and is delivered via leading technologies, whether wi-fi, satellite or GPRS feed, ensuring that information and breaking news is real time and relevant. It also provides value added services for the rail and bus operators including CCTV, passenger information and a marketing platform. The Company’s OnBoard Media product is currently undergoing trials with a number of rail and bus operators in the UK and abroad.
The opportunity
The overall funding requirement, over an 18 month period, amounts to £1,250,000 required for commercialisation and software development. Location: Greater London
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4. Unique mobile communication tool enabling easy communication for affluent and tech-savvy social community. Development and launch of mobile messaging tool and interactive online community portal for affluent and tech-savvy social community. Unique revenue generating platform
for UK and European markets with additional mobile content and portal revenue opportunities. Funding of £200,000 required for initial platform launch with subsequent £300,000 for additional
target communities and international roll out
The opportunity
Funding of £200,000 required for initial platform launch with subsequent £300,000 for additional target communities and international roll out. Location: Greater London
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5. IT back-up and mobile authentication applications. Utilising essential IPR from Vodafone, the company is developing IT back up and mobile (WLAN authentication) patented applications in order
to allow customers to operate wire-free and provide additional service and application mobility. The company’s launch product (Q4 ’07) combines both flash memory and a SIM card thereby providing the utility of a memory stick with a portable, physical on-line security product and PC backup service.
The opportunity
Initial funding requirement amounts to £600,000 in order to finalise development and initial market introduction: Location: Wiltshire
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6. Mobile phone ticketing and couponing company offering a range of proprietary and third party mobile marketing solutions including mobile gift vouchers, mobile ticketing and mobile content to mobile operators, event organisers, venues, promoters and marketing agencies. Operating from a low cost development unit in Romania and support team in India, the company sells tickets online and on mobile, and, delivers on mobile using secure barcode technology.
The opportunity
Funding of £0.5m is required for sales and business development, new product launch and international expansion. Location: Greater London
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7. Intelligent Multimedia Polling Solution. Early stage mobile and web based business designed to provide customers with a more effective mobile survey and polling solution, bringing aspects such
as multimedia (image, audio and video), mobile, self-poll creation and panel management together into one service. As part of the overall solution, established panels can be provided to customers, removing this costly barrier to using the solution
The opportunity
Overall funding requirement amounts to £250,000 to finalise development and initial roll-out. Location: Greater London
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8. Photographic evidence via mobile phone. A start-up web based business that innovatively uses today’s technology to solve a massive business problem for a range of sectors. Initially, the company is focusing on the insurance industry, where it will enable insurance companies to loss adjust claims below existing thresholds quickly and cost effectively by gathering visual evidence on claims remotely and so substantially reduce the £1.5bn per year of insurance fraud in the UK alone.
The opportunity
Overall funding requirement amounts to £390,000 Initial seed level matching funding amounts to £70,000 following securing £20,000 Micro-project money from a Regional Development Agency, matched by £20,000 being invested by founders for trials and initial roll-out. Location: West of England
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9. Mobile dating. The company has developed the next generation in proximity-based mobile dating service, combining the model of online dating with the immediacy of meeting people in the real world by mobile. The target market is principally those men and women who thought they did be paired off years ago, and are beginning to notice they are getting old(er) and are still inexplicably single.
The opportunity:
Funding requirement amounts to £300,000 to finalise development and to roll out the service. Location: Greater London
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