Portfolio
3
companies
Get Work
Get Work provides an automated digital lead generation platform for tradespeople.
SupplyWell
SupplyWell provides an education technology platform connecting schools with supply teachers.
vTime
vTime operates a cross-platform virtual reality network for social connection and communication.
Lauren Metcalf
Marketing Manager
Simon Thelwall-Jones
Investment Director
Simon brings investment and venture capital experience from roles at the Development Bank of Wales, Deepbridge Capital, and MSIF. He also has entrepreneurial and leadership background, including as owner of Platinum Capital Partners.
LinkedInThe Liverpool based EdTech firm secured the capital from MSIF's Merseyside Loan and Equity Fund to drive national expansion.
"Our innovations and technology are what allow us to support our teachers and schools. It facilitates and allows us to create an ethical alternative to traditional agencies. SupplyWell is creating something special, and we are serious about the problems that we are solving in education."
The Lancashire-based lead generation firm secured the debt financing to establish a new office and increase marketing spend.
"At GC Business Finance, we are passionate about helping growing businesses to really establish themselves in the market. Get Work has developed at an extraordinary pace in which we have been really impressed and its recent partnership with Google shows their credibility and growth potential. We fully believe in Get Work and their online platform and hope that with our funds they can scale up their operations and help even more tradespeople across the country."
Deepbridge Capital led the Series A round with participation from MSIF to accelerate product development and international growth.
"vTime offers users the most immersive and intuitive way to engage with others in VR from wherever they are. The advent of consumer AR at scale is allowing us to use decades of expertise to develop another unique way to connect and engage with friends and family in alternate realities. Crucially, Deepbridge share our vision for the future – both in delivering a matchless social XR experience and our expansive plans to monetise and build upon the vTime framework with future technologies."
