Hercules Trophy is a company which promotes intercompany sporting team events, with 100 teams at a time taking place and with 5/6 events per year at each location/country. Currently present in Belgium, Holland and France the business recently ran its first event in Dubai with 96 teams and about 500 people taking part and is soon to open in South Africa, Singapore and Hong Kong. It will then look to create a presence in the USA and the fast developing markets of the East. It has a 90% return rate from participating teams.It has the advantage of a high quality IT system which enables the creation of an interactive environment for participating players and teams and creates a low cost administration for the company. The majority of the participating countries are JV’s or franchises which removes a lot of the risk for expansion and 60% of the fees are paid up front. It is looking for finance of $500k for 15% of the company to support this growth and is likely to be based in Dubai for its global development.

A Sequoia Capital funded company, is a pioneer and market leader in the provision of 5D smart software solutions. In a World that is urbanizing at an alarming rate this brings complex built environment date to life in 3D. It enables government officials, master developers and corporate leaders to make better quality decisions in relation to planning, infrastructure location, development and repair in real time. It sits on top of all the other control systems in place aggregating and making this available to all parties on a controlled basis. To protect the IP that Screampoint is creating they have applications in place for 7 trademarks and 6 patents.The revenue model is based on 2 approaches; Private On Premises and Software as a Solution(SaaS).The first permits the licensing fee as a ‘one off’ with charges for customisation.SaaS permits a low cost entry with monthly access charges on a ‘pay as you use’ basis. This fundraising is part of the third wave of funding of this exciting project. The company is looking to raise $4m for 30% of the equity, $2m now and a commitment for another $2m.They have raised $500k of this in the last 2 weeks.

ShopMidEast is a UAE based operation which has developed technology to deliver a new concept in the Middle East that enables retailers to offer consumers a shopping experience in a virtual electronic mall. It is an integrated online retail & marketing enabler through the region’s first and only online mall. Online retail in the Middle East exceeds $3bn annual spending and this will only increase as internet and credit card penetration accelerates. This concept offers retailers the opportunity to be present in markets without physical presence and provides consumers with the ability to access to their favourite retailers goods and services in their home location.The business model has three main revenue streams from 1) marketing and service fees 2) value added services and 3) other activities e.g leasing of ad space and loyalty cards.There will be a bilingual interface in English and Arabic. The technology has been developed by an experienced team and funding is required to meet operational expenses to recruit and scale up for the sales and marketing to launch across all the Middle East markets.Exit is likely to be a trade sale within either the retail or technology sector.

Olly Limited is producing "Olly - The Little White Van", a highly creative animated children’s TV series, and will be exploiting its broadcast and intellectual property licensing opportunities worldwide, starting on-air in the UK this June. The award-winning team behind Olly combines global creative and commercial licensing/distribution expertise, having previously been involved in the success of dozens of brands like Thomas & Friends, Scalextric, Thunderbirds and Transformers over the years. To date the project has received an almost universally positive response around the world. The company has a 5-year contract with ITV and are in advanced negotiations with some of the world’s major TV channels. Home Entertainment (DVD) deals have also been signed, together with a worldwide master-toy contract with Hornby plc. Other licences are in the process of being signed.The team are working to worldclass standards in the latest HD 3-D animation, and are aiming for maximum commercial potential in terms of computer/online gaming as well as merchandising/publishing. The first tranche of £1.75m is fully subscribed, and the second tranche of £1m is now on offer. The company is debt-free and has no liabilities, and expects to move into profit within the year. Exit strategy targets a trade sale of £30m+, with current sector P/Es in the 8-10 bracket.

digdeep is a contemporary, British, menswear label launched in 2010. The concept is built on that great British institution of digging deep, and the foundations of the brand are built on the dual communication of the digdeep concept and strong sense of Britishness. The product category of contemporary male fashion is the highest growth category of male clothes on a global basis and has seen some huge successes in recent years through brands such as Superdry, Bench, Henleys and Jack Wills.The brand had a soft launch online in the spring of 2010, however its inaugural store opened in November 2010 in a prime location in Richmond-Upon-Thames. There are plans to develop a strong online channel as well as opening further storesdigdeep’s founder is John Postlethwaite, a successful marketing executive and entrepreneur. John and his family have currently put £2m into the brand and he will be investing further funds (minimum £500,000) in the second round of funding.

HOMEWORKSTM Magazine is a free monthly home interiors magazine distributed through the Guardian newspaper, inspiring the best of British architecture and design. The Founder, Marc Spiteri, runs a successful marketing agency in Malta (t/o €1m), where over the last 7 years, 46 editions of HOMEWORKSTM magazine has been distributed through the Sunday Times of Malta, Malta’s leading and highest circulated newspaper. In January 2010, Marc signed an exclusive agreement to distribute HOMEWORKSTM through the Guardian in the UK, and in summer 2010 a seven-member team set up an office in Holborn to launch the first magazine in October 2010. The team includes Emily Brooks (author of 'Spectacular Homes of London', Panache Publishers), Lisa Borain (Editor of HOMEWORKSTM, Malta) and Rachel Loos (5 years Editor of ELLE Decoration UK). HOMEWORKS’ circulation of 372,000 is more than House & Garden, Wallpaper and ELLE Decoration combined. The cost per thousand for advertisers to promote their designer living products through HOMEWORKSTM is a tenth of that of ELLE Decoration, the closest of these competing publications. Marc splits his time between UK and Malta and is looking for an investor/partner to help build the business in the UK

Psonar is an internet music service combining convenience and pleasure for music fans. Psonar enables users to save their music ‘in the Cloud’ and access it from anywhere, at any time. They can download their music to their computer, phone or mp3 player or stream it to any browser.With over 7,500 users and nearly 1.5 million unique tracks uploaded to the Cloud, Psonar lets users find new music and sample it or buy it and share their playlists and charts with their friends.Psonar has developed an innovative way for music lovers to consume music legitimately. This is Psonar Pay-Per-Play which enables a user to listen to track once for a payment of 1 cent, 1 penny or 1 eurocent, charged to their mobile phone bill.Psonar intends to offer investors an attractive exit within 3 to 5 years by trade sale to an existing large internet or telecommunications company.www.psonar.com

Managed workspace for SMEs is a well-established and growing market, despite challenging economic conditions. However, many SMEs and freelance workers require a more flexible, innovative and affordable meeting space solution with no fixed overheads. Traditional office providers have been slow to respond, while hotels, cafés and park benches have shortcomings. Box Clever’s new concept, Workbox, meets the need for well-serviced, quality meeting and work spaces, available by the hour in central London, bookable using the latest on-line reservations software. The business model is modular, flexible and cash-generative, supporting rapid roll-out of locations. Workbox requires £500,000 (in addition to £100,000 committed by the founders) to launch its first location within six months of funding and a further £330,000 in Year 2 to launch a second property, until five properties are open by September 2015, achieving in 2016 forecast sales of over £5 million and EBITDA of over £1.8 million. The founders have a broad array of relevant skills. After proving the business concept and brand, their aim is a trade sale in 5-6 years, probably to an industry player.

A solution to today’s, and tommorrows waste challenges. The company identifies market opportunities; sources and validates engineering solutions and; managesrnthe end to end delivery of environmentally responsible waste solutions. The waste transformation process eliminates the need for both landfill and incineration andrnprovides a transformed waste product of real and tangible value. No more expensive and environmentally damaging landfill, no more incredibly expensive andrninefficient incinerators and no more doorstep separation of the different recyclables – the consumers nightmare. The process has no harmful emissions and nornrequirement for landfill. The company’s solution is relatively low cost (approximately 20% of an incinerator of similar capacity) and can be fully operational within 14rnmonths of the necessary regulatory and business licenses being signed off. A solution for today’s domestic waste which, due to the modular design, can easily bernexpanded to cater for the next decade’s volumes, waste mix and technology and then again, and again as necessary Returns derive from margins on therntotal cost of the waste solutions and their ongoing maintenance and replacement; annuity income from asset financing arrangements, and consultancy.

Recruitment in Offshore Finance Markets is changing rapidly due to social networks, freely available information and candidates taking control of their own search. Currentlyunder-serviced by online and traditional recruitment methods there remains strong demand for quality jobs and candidates. NicheHunters is an online job and recruitmentsolution designed specifically for these markets. It’s a simple idea, create a place to enable both candidates and employers direct access to one another giving them control ofthe information flow and recruitment process. Nichehunters has developed some very effective tools to facilitate successful communications and placement, saving businessesup to 80% on recruiting costs. The solution caters for long and short term resourcing in the Channel Islands quickly expanding into other leading financial centres such as IOM,BVI and Switzerland. NicheHunters is a pre-revenue business founded by James Trenholme and Brendan Lynch who have significant experience in delivery recruiting andtechnology solutions to major offshore clients. The business has been self-funded to date, and would like to raise investment that will fund a launch in Q1 2011 andgrowth. Exit is planned via a trade sale to a global recruitment group or social network. www.nichehunters.com

UK hospitals process 13m inpatients pa. 10% (1.3m) inpatients pick up infections during their stay costing the NHS >£1bn pa. Many infections arise from microorganism attachment to implanted medical devices.CamStent has developed a proprietary polymer coating (patent pending) that resists microorganism attachment - preventing many infections. CamStent’s lead product coating prevents catheter-acquired urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) responsible for 40% of all hospital-acquired infections. 25% of all hospitalised patients have a catheter fitted and infection rates approach 100% by 4 weeks of catheterisation. CAUTIs cost the NHS >£1bn each year due to 6 days extra hospitalisation and medication.100 million catheters are purchased worldwide by hospitals each year, with a market value >£375 m pa. Commercialisation of an improved catheter will be through out-licensing of the coating as a supplement to current designs, with distribution through existing manufacturers. The coating also supports secondary opportunities in cardiac stents and orthopaedic hardware, as well as in marine and consumer products.Having secured £155k of investment to date, CamStent is now seeking £300k to progress through optimisation and testing towards full commercialisation of the coating within three years.The management team has 30 years experience commercialising medical device innovations and aims to grow the business to an early trade sale. Alternatively, CamStent projects licensing revenues rising to £7.88m pa, generating first year EBITDA of 56%.

Newspapers lose print sales to free on-line content whilst “paywalls” decimate on-line readership. Academic publishers seek sustainable distribution, replacing costly print.On-line payments are uneconomic for items priced below 50p. Virtual Access’ alternative to annual subscriptions or pay firewalls uses UK, Europe and USA patents specific tohigh volume, low unit value transactions for sales of news, video-clips, software, legal and academic documents, and removes “barriers to casual browsing”. Secure automatedregistration, authentication, purchase, forex, aggregation and collection processes create a gateway to proprietary merchant services compliant with global standards. Licensedpatent usage will earn royalties. An unsolicited offer from a US corporation is in negotiation to secure the first territorial or sector license. Peage, a plug-in application performingpublishers administration will be built, validated with a local 100 user legal administrator, and sold in app stores and via www.virtualaccesslimited.com. The team hasstart-up, software development, patents, marketing, sales and legal expertise. Investment of £330k is offered for up to 30% of the equity. License revenues in year 1,profitability in year 2 and exit by trade sale to a publisher, software company or financial services intermediary is envisaged. www.virtualaccesslimited.com

Design LED specialise in the invention and licensed manufacture of LED (Light Emitting Diode) light displays using its’ patented ‘printed light-guide’ technology. The business is evolving from commercial R&D and low volume bespoke sales, to high volume generic sales in Professional Lighting and LCD TV back-lighting. These markets are experiencing rapid growth driven by aggressive international government legislation aimed at drastically reducing energy consumption and carbon output. Design LED technology has been robustly interrogated via technical and market diligence, most recently by the Siemens Corporation, who will subsequently invest £600k in the company. Siemens principal objective is to help Design LED bring its’ patented technology to a global market to significantly enhance sales of a Siemens group company. In this case OSRAM, one of the top three lighting and LED companies in the world would seek to significantly increase sales of their LED and professional lighting products. Siemens and OSRAM will also provide world–class engineering resource geared to volume manufacturing and on to market in what will be an extremely exciting and rewarding phase in the companies’ growth and evolution. www.designledproducts.com

EyeMedia is to cooking what iTunes is to music. Just like iTunes revolutionised the market through downloading watchable music, EyeMedia will revolutionise the celebrity chef recipe download in the same way; a £628m UK food publishing market.Since 2008, application downloads have generated over £500m worldwide. A celebrity chef has proven the UK recipe download market - downloads in 2010 exceeded 0.5m in 3-months generating >£2.4m revenue. EyeMedia moves this to the next level through a unique platform that offers v-books, e-books and recipes from multiple celebrity chefs. EyeMedia provides cooks and non-cooks the opportunity to learn from a recognised expert in their kitchen and offers pause, fast-forward and rewind. Production costs are low, allowing margins to increase dramatically with each additional sale.The founder of a leading celebrity agency representing many chefs is in the process of joining the EyeMedia Non Exec. Board. EyeMedia will launch their content in 2011. The management team include a chef and media experts that aim to grow the business to trade sale exit. EBITDA is projected to be £1.4m by 2013.

10,000 phones are misplaced each month in London alone and ~15,000 laptops are lost by business travellers in US and European airports every week. TenBu Technologies prevents the loss or theft of valuable items by wirelessly chaining them to your smartphone using nioTM. nioTM (patent pending) security tags can be attached to almost any valuable item, from keys and bags to children. Both the security tag and smartphone alarm if the wireless chain is broken. Users can tag multiple devices in parallel.TenBu forecast 550k unit sales within 3 years, representing

Founded in 1999, they have been voted as the World's Leading Travel Technology Provider in 2009 at the World Travel Awards event. The company has been profitable since inception and now has a customer base spread across five continents.The company has been successful in providing comprehensive software solutions for many of the largest tour operators in the world and using existing technology they now seeking funding to develop the company’s capability to supply a solution to every entity in the travel supply and value chain including the establishment of a global travel warehouse that can be used equally by travel trade professionals and consumers. At the same time , new software systems specifically aimed at travel agents and hoteliers will be created and launched.The funds will be used to enhance and develop the global travel warehouse and launch new sales and marketing campaigns.The current annual travel and tourism business is $5.75trn and according to industry sources it is expected to grow to $11trn by 2020. Illusions are forecasting that their sales will grow to $25m by 2015 through the introduction of their new systems. Exit is likely to be a trade sale within either the travel or technology sector.

In a region where obesity and diabetes are becoming a major issue, parents are recognising the benefits of after school activities with focus on physical exercise. Couple this with the need to operate in a multicultural world with grace and good manners wherever you are and you see the essence of Yasmeen Academy. The concept is to bring all thse skills under one roof in a variety of locations throughout the region starting in Dubai with high quality staffing with multicultural backgrounds.There are approx 100,000 school children in Dubai alone of which only 25% participate in after school activities – in establishing the region’s first finishing school concept Yasmeen academy aims to take only 2.4% of the 25% market.Some 200 students are already pre-registered following a pilot project, the first location has been secured and qualified management and staffing is in place to immediately commence activities.It is expected to launch three schools in 2011 rising to 11 schools in 2015 when revenues are forecast to reach over $9.3m per annum.

The founder of this company has already developed a previous generation technology which achieved a 25% market share. Their latest software system ZagTrader , www.Zagtrader.com, which has now been launched is the only region-wide Online Trading & Financial Analysis platform that provides the users with information from local and international markets to manage risk, identify opportunities and make informed trading decisions.The market size is over a million retail investors and thousands of institutional traders who will benefit from being able to access a single screen in addition to being able to obtain high quality recommendations and analysis from reputable information sources. The system is capable for use outside the Middle East and is already available in several languages including Arabic , Farsi and Turkish. The funding is required to further enhance technology and roll out sales and marketing campaignsRevenues will come from subscriptions (at a competitive level compared to other providers) and branded client services. Following the launch of ZagTrader, several large orders are under discussion and sales revenues are forecast to be over $14m by 2015.Most likely exit will be a trade sale or acquisition by multinational organisation.

Seaquest is a specialist technology-enabled marine salvage business with active and planned operations on a number of 17th and 18th century shipwrecks located between the Wash and the NE Kent coast. The well respected and experienced management team have conducted salvage operations for many years mainly as subcontractors; they are now running their own commercial operation and seek to expand in a largely uncontested sector by exploiting their detailed research, innovative equipment and low-visibility diving skills. This capability, coupled with technological developments, such as side-scan sonar and geo-positioning systems, now make the discovery and salvage of shipwrecks easier and more economically feasible. Seaquest has currently identified 33 shipwrecks, with 4 ready for immediate recovery having a potential value of £150m. The Company are currently salvaging commodities from a British merchantman sunk in 1765, and seek investment with the benefit of EIS to purchase a larger barge platform and other capital items to increase operational capability. There is downside investor protection through the value of basic commodities being salvaged at the moment and significant upside when gold coins, for example, are recovered.

Ginx TV is to video gaming as MTV is to music. Just like MTV revolutionised the market through “watching music”, Ginx TV is revolutionising the games market, amarket twice the size of movies, half the size of music, and growing faster than either. Ginx provides engaging programming by “watching video games” in episodes with animated storylines, without needing to play the game or be a gaming expert. Ginx’s video game channel features state-of-the-art games, created by gamingexperts and showcases the best game content globally. Launched in 2007, Ginx programming is now on air in 6 countries and watched by an estimated 10m peopleworldwide. Revenue is generated through subscription deals with TV broadcasters (e.g. Sky, Virgin, etc.). Ginx has rolling contracts of up to 10 years and are in advanced discussions with a further 7 countries. Production costs are low, which allows margins to increase dramatically with each additional sales contract. The managementteam are ex-MTV and aim to grow the business to trade sale exit. EBITDA is projected to be 46% by 2012.

Two chicks liquid egg white is the only established retail liquid egg white brand in the UK, Ireland, France and the UAE. In the UK it is available in Tesco,Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, Booths, Selfridges, Whole Foods Market, online via Ocado and soon in the Monoprix supermarket chain in France. For a fat and cholesterol free, lower calorie alternative, egg white can be used in place of whole eggs in most dishes from omelettes and frittatas to desserts and protein shakes. Targetmarkets include health conscious individuals wanting to watch their fat and cholesterol intake as well as dieters, foodies, cooks, sports-people, body builders and vegetarians. In the US liquid egg white has been available to consumers for 20 years and is a staple food product. The Eggbeaters brand sells more than 36 million units a year and turns over $94 million. Egg white is now emerging in Europe, as well as in stores in Canada, Australia, Turkey and South Africa. Twochicks previously presented to our investors 12 months ago and raised a seed amount of funding. With sales increasing the company now needs funding to promote the brand.

CityBlock creates a new standard in student residential living for specific student groups who demand more.rnCityBlock designs, builds and manages dedicated student living space in high-profile city centre locations in the top 20 universityrncities and towns. The company currently owns and manages three accommodation blocks in Lancaster and Leicester. A furtherrntwo sites are currently owned and targeting development for completion September 2011. The concept and model is well proven.rnThe target market is students who want to resolve the stresses associated with traditional student accommodation. The unmetrnlifestyle aspirations of students ensure that attributes other than cost come to be highly valued.

Azurosso was founded in 2009 and is a provider of technological solutions for information based systems. Using cutting edge presentational technologies in a unique way, Azurosso can accommodate touch screen and video screening solutions to information analysis , translation and reproduction for corporate use, targeting decision makers of companies dealing with large audiences such as Governments, Retail, Transportation, Healthcare, Hospitality and Education. The Middle East market is currently $800m and is expected to grow at 12% pa and Azurosso’s target is to achieve $6-8m sales representing 1% of the total market.There is only limited competition to Azurosso at present but they are concentrating on areas where their expertise will be best received. Funding is sought to build up their regional sales and marketing resources.The management team of Radouane Monhem and Brigitte Perot offers experience both in the field of technology and as successful business owners.Exit is expected within 5 years through trade sale or acquisition from regional/multinational which operates in their target market.Website : www.azurosso.com

Simray was founded in 2008 and has been trading under the brand name “My Private Trade” and describes itself as the world’s simplest foreign exchange trading platform. Taking users 8 minutes to learn, it has become a steady growing success in Europe, concentrating on clients in the Balkans and is now seeking to expand in the Middle East region. Funding is being used to increase their marketing activities and expand the usage by offering transaltions in Arabic, Farsi and Russian.The global market opportunity is substantial with average trade of $125bn per day and Simray is now looking to accelerate its successful business model.Its current turnover is EU2.5m per annum with a net profit of almost Eu1m and their aim to grow sales to Eu34m by the end of 2012. The intention is to seek an exit within 5 years through a trade sale, multinational acquisition or public flotation.Website: www.myprivatetrade.com

Radiant Engineering was founded in 2006 as a provider of customized power solutions in the UAE and MENA region and they are now achieving sales of over $9m per annum. The provide open and silent generating sets of up to 3MW and medium and high voltage switchgear up to 36kv.The area of the power market in which Radiant operates is currently $2bn pa and has been typically growing at a rate of 15% pa as the region continues to be power deficit because of various demographic factors. Radiant enjoys a strong partnership relationship with global brands e.g Perkins Engines of the UK.The company has quickly established a good reputation for quality of service and is looking for funding to gear up it sales and marketing efforts, build up new inventory and also to establish a new regional hub to bring about operational efficiencies and higher levels of profitability.The management has a combined experience of over 40 years in the power sector.The exit within 5 years will be through a trade sale, re-financing or regional/multinational acquisition. Website : www.radianteng.net

Wavecraft is a specialist marine company that has developed and patented a range of machines that are the world’s first wave technology tools to remove fouling from boats, ships, oil platforms, buoys and harbor installations. All have low power demand and cleaning time and are certified to be submersible thus saving any boat owner, from private to commercial, significant amounts of money.Funding is being sought for the imminent launch of the Waveblade Marine Corded Tolls and to finalise development of the Pro models for larger vessels.Marketing is focussed initially on the US market where a distributor has already been engaged with strong contacts into the vast boating market. The retail price is set at US$350 and this will be competitive with the minimum cost of boat removal which is $1,000. Expected sales are $21m by 2013.The management team includes the inventor Hugh Fisher and Nick Benge who is a partner of many years standing with a leading international accountancy firm in the UAE.Exit will be by a trade sale, acquisition by a multinational or public flotation within 4 years.Website: www.waveblade.com

Good Connection is a multi-profile ethical portal targeted at age 35+ users which will provide valuable and secure content whilst also enabling users to nominate and tangibly support a charity of their choice just by using the site. Users join, create their profiles, connect with friends, family and colleagues, engage with targeted content and will be able to make e-purchases via the website. The concept is supported by successful and profitable precedent in the form of US based website Care2 and to differentiate Good Connection will provide its members with high level social contact points augmented by News and Health content to begin with then Travel and Ethical shopping services. The experienced management team have already established strong links with mainstream charities and developed the website to very near live stage. The strength of Good Connection lies in significant marketing assets already secured at zero cost, topline commercial brand contacts and associated endorsement by well known charities. Funding is now sought to launch and further develop the website and deliver the marketing plan through brand partners

THG will be the holding company of two different activities, the online training hairdressers (which is already operational and revenue generating), and secondly a Training Academy headquartered in Dubai. With a Global market size of over four million practising hairdressing professionals, and a strong demand for training and independent advice and services, a location in Dubai can supply the Global demand at low cost and is perfectly positioned in the rapidly growing MENA region. The online segment is set for accelerated growth, and the training academy will utilise highly competent staff as well as International names to practically demonstrate the process and improve the quality of service in the sector. The management is highly experienced and well respected in the industry. International governments also see this sector as an important employment group and are seeking professional online and practical training to support their initiatives. The plan is to exit to one of the larger retail groups or to another online portal at the end of a 3/5 year period. http://myhairdressers.com

Vertex Animation Studios is a portfolio company of Intel Capital, and has reached an impressive point in their development where they intend to not only compete in but also stimulate the global gaming market via the production of games with Arab characters and in 3D. With an internationally talented team, VAS has the competency to produce Sony and Microsoft accredited console games, social online games and short – feature length animations / ads. Already attracting investor interest from 2 local financing agencies, VAS is seeking funding complete the full production of their primary game that has been likened to the AA Game (with net profits of around $120 M) by ME Gamers Magazine. The global gaming market is $58 Billion pa, rising 6% annually, with this growth even higher in the Middle East. The intention is to seek an exit within 4 years via a trade sale, an acquisition from a regional/multinational organisation or a public flotation. http://www.vertexstudios.ae

Taking advantage of needs in the market, Infinitec has produced the world’s first USB memory storage device that creates the impression of infinite capacity. This allows for countless solutions to a multitude of market problems, from home media/file sharing to office presentation, sharing and security, as such it has no current direct competition. Having received rave reviews at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, before even formally unveiling its product. Infinitec was followed by 13,000 websites generated from one article in a major industry publication. With the aim to distribute in the U.S, Europe and the Middle East, Infinitec will sell through a comprehensive network of resellers and distributors that will each cover specific regions on a reward-based system as well as retailing at several key online stores e.g. Amazon and Best Buy. With the introduction of further applications the company has the possibility to build substantial sales very quickly with a relatively small market share - the intention to exit via trade sale or acquisition from a regional/multinational or IPO within 5 years. http://www.infinitec.com

Book, pay and print guaranteed admission vouchers to a range of attractions including Buckingham Palace, the London Eye and the Moulin Rouge from the comfort and convenience of your home or office! 365 Tickets enjoys strong and long standing supplier recognition and support from major companies such as Merlin Entertainments. Operating since 1999 the company has designed and developed its own fully funded robust proprietary software with current focus on third party connectivity to increase sales and brand penetration. Already a recognized market leader in the UK, 365 Tickets has the necessary technology, experience and vision to extend this success to a global market. In 2009, 365 Tickets sold over 200,000 attraction tickets with a value of £4.2m. The company which is debt free and generates positive cash flow is now ready to embark on a strategically planned period of growth.To achieve its goals the company requires expertise and funding to re-align its corporate structure and assist the existing management team to deliver a sustained and focused marketing drive to double shareholder value in preparation for a trade sale exit within 3-5 years.

The Lightning GT two-seater is the world’s first true electric super car. The car has been designed to match the Lightning brand – offering dramatic performance, looks and style. The Lightning GT was first launched at the London Motor Show in 2008 and won the online MSN poll (7,000 votes) as ‘Most Impressive Car of Show’ against such notables as Lotus and Alfa Romeo with their conventional petrol engine sports cars. There is now a significant worldwide shift towards electric vehicles, coupled with this the major power providers are moving apace to ensure power supply points and infrastructure will meet electricity demands. The GT’s funding plan envisages production commencing early in 2011. Production volume is to be limited to 250 vehicles per annum. Key automotive testing and build partners have been identified and costings agreed. The company was co-founded and led by Iain Sanderson who is a successful entrepreneur who has over 25 years’ experience in running businesses and specialist brand marketing. Funding is required to produce two cars for consumer evaluation and to further build the order book. “TLCC” has already been awarded a £485,000 grant from the Technology Strategy Board and there are many further UK and EU grants available to fund zero emission technology and transport.

Finerday is a free secure communications platform; designed to enable the whole family or a community to safely and easily keep in touch through messaging, live video, sharing photos and memories and more; across PC, touch screen and TV devices. Without marketing, Finerday has attracted 3,000 people in UK and Australia using it to communicate between family members. Finerday is in discussions with a leading care home company with 400 residential homes to provide a white-labeled service. The care home wishes to use it as a differentiator, to enable family members to communicate with grandparents. Finerday is also in discussions with two other major organisations to provide white-labeled services, which will enable Finerday to rapidly build its membership. Finerday was started by Howard Bashford (ex KPMG and Dell Computers) over two years ago seeing scalable opportunities for accessible online communications, and personalised healthcare and educational portals. Since then, the team has spent £250,000 and invested ten man years in design, piloting and development. Revenue is generated through licensing (for white-labeled products) as well as through affiliate marketing. Funding is now sought to progress with existing opportunities

Duplays has been operating since March 2008 as a sports and social networking site in the UAE. The company's main aim is to accelerate the discovery of sport in communities and facilitate organized sport through its online portal. Duplays currently has a social network of 9,000 registered members between the ages of 21 and 45 years.Unlike other social networking sites, Duplays has generated cash revenues since inception due to the on-the-ground, sport activation side of its business model. Following the approach of similar companies in the US, the intention is to upgrade its website to offer more features and functionalities and to link with commercial partners to substantially increase revenue potential and geographical reach.Revenues are projected to grow to $3.5m by 2012 from new locations and the incremental benefits of the website upgrade

Water is a product which is increasingly rare as populations grow and is expensive to produce. In the ME underwater aquifers are under pressure and desalination plants are continuing to increase but create issues with the ecosystem. The quality of water produced is sometimes of questionable quality.The solution is Air to Water machines. The company will import 2 machines, a domestic version capable of producing 10/12litres of water a day and a commercial unit capable of 1100 litres. These machines draw water from the humidity in the atmosphere and produce drinkable water. The advantage is that they can be used in locations with no water infrastructure and the cost is about 30% of bottled water. The products have passed all laboratory tests to meet legal requirements in the region. The management has gained a non exclusive, moving to, an exclusive license for the products in Dubai based on agreed volume targets. The funds raised will support the sales/marketing development and stock holding of the product.Net profits will be produced from year 1 and will be up to $2.7M by year 5.

An experienced property entrepreneur is looking for co –investors to join his £300,000 of investment in a 6.8 acre Commercial/Industrial Estate property. Whilst offering similar returns to angel deals, there is substantial asset backing and yields of up to 13.2% per annum on equity. Potential IRR is forecast to be 20% over 5 years.The site is located in the Midlands and comprises modern industrial units already let to quality tenants such as Travis Perkins and Personal Hygiene Services (PHS) on long leases. Purchase price is £2, 680,000 with initial rental of £299,000 per annum, rising in year one to £355,000 per annum. Purchase yield: 11% to 13.2%The acquisition will be financed by a 60% repayment mortgage and equity of £1,300,000. The founder will provide £300,000 himself with the acquiring company being a single asset vehicle. A potential to sell to existing tenants would create capital gains of up to 28%. The Managing Director of the company is a Chartered Surveyor of 40 years experience, a past partner of Savills, a surveyor to two City Livery Companies and property investor and developer with over 25 years experience. The Director’s current property portfolio comprises six other industrial estates.

This long established family owned business specialises in River Thames commuting and private charters for both parties and special events. TEC currently operates nine boats of which four are company owned and the others are chartered on a regular basis which produce forecast annual revenue of £1,083,752 in 2009/2010 . The company achieved 275 private charters last year and has a capacity to increase that by a further 90-100 this year. The commuting service from Putney to Blackfriars carried approximately 400 persons per day last year, with three boats used for the service, two of them run near to 100% capacity and the third at 70%. Because of capacity constraints investment of £180,000 is sought to build a new 120 capacity commuter/private charter boat. This will take approximately three months to build and yield additional gross revenue of £400,000 in its first year of operation, before increasing year on year before the 2012 Olympics. Management have operated the boats successfully for many years and now is the opportune time to make an asset backed investment in TEC which will exploit political interest in river commuting and grow the company’s profits