Portfolio
3
companies
tripAbrood
An artificial intelligence platform that simplifies holiday planning and booking for families.
Flown
Digital workspace platform providing remote properties and tools for knowledge workers.
Thirdfort
Thirdfort provides risk management and compliance technology for property and legal professionals.
James Meekings
Co-founder of Funding Circle
The seed round was led by Ben Davey and will support the rollout of the company booking platform in the UK.
"Skye looks to guide users seamlessly through the discovery and booking process, narrowing options to those that are tailor made to their needs, and aiming to cut average search to booking times from 30 hours to just 10 minutes "
The pre-seed round features backing from high-profile angel investors including Taavet Hinrikus and Greg Marsh.
"COVID19 has only made the need for Flown even greater. People working from home sometimes need to escape to find inspiration and fewer distractions. Companies shifting to remote work still need places for their team to regularly collaborate or bond. And never before has our economy been more open-minded and experimental with new ways of working and supporting the needs of their employees."
The funding round was led by James Meekings, Andrew Mullinger, and David Rutter, with participation from Mishcon de Reya.
"The need for the legal market to rapidly adapt in light of the Covid-19 pandemic has been a major catalyst for change, and we believe there is an enormous opportunity to help lawyers cut out fraud risk while improving the client experience during life’s big moments, through a slick and simple mobile app. We’ve seen a huge increase in demand from our law firm clients and, despite a challenging market backdrop, we’ve secured a further £1m investment which will allow us to press the pedal harder on our growth plans. Our technology transforms the highly inefficient, manual methods used by many firms, improving identity verification and money laundering compliance, and reducing the risk of cybercrime– three areas in which lawyers face increasing anxiety and uncertainty from heavy regulatory burdens, technology overload and rampant fraud."