The pre-seed round features backing from business leaders including Louis and Reg Rix, Anthony Morrow, and Gary Corbett.
"I believe Boodil have identified a gap in the market with their proposition, which is being highlighted by the early adoption of their one click cardless payment solution. Myself and Reg have experience in Open Banking, utilising it for 247Money and believe Boodil has the potential to really disrupt the open banking payments market"
— Louis Rix, Co-founder of CarFinance 247 & 247Money
The London-based startup raised £1.9m from a syndicate including ACF Investors and Supernode Global to fuel international expansion and product development.
"Let’s face it – making plans with friends can be draining. The faff of finding a time that works for everyone and then agreeing what you’re doing and where you’re doing it usually stops the majority of plans from happening."
The funding will be used to grow the company partner network and increase click and collect locations.
"Many companies disregard the cost of printing because their contracts are too complex and difficult to understand, and they don’t realise how much money they’re leaving on the table. We want the printing process to be transparent and predictable, which is why we founded Printt, and which is what this fundraise will help us achieve on an even greater scale."
The pre seed round was led by Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures to fund the rollout of sight monitoring technology in Germany.
"This funding will support an important foothold in the German healthcare market, a key step in our global growth. It brings us closer to our vision to get predictive eye health care into the hands of people worldwide, and protect our most valuable sense."
The smart money app secured the initial funding target within eight hours from over 3700 participants.
"I want to thank our 3700 investors for joining Plum in its journey with this new round of crowdfunding. I am thrilled to see that our campaign has secured such good traction in a short amount of time and I am excited for what is yet to come."