Current Portfolio

AirEx is a rapidly growing climate tech company, designing and manufacturing the world’s first smart air brick technology which optimises ventilation, helping householders reduce their energy bills. This novel IoT-enabled technology transforms the building retrofit market by offering an easy to install “fit and forget” approach that has the potential to lift millions of households out of fuel poverty.

Sweet Analytics is a marketing and customer data analytics platform which helps D2C retail businesses improve their ROI through AI-based marketing recommendations. The platform provides a single view of customer activity combining customer, product, marketing and browsing data all in one place. It monitors both on-line and off-line marketing channels using multi-touch attribution i.e. understanding every interaction that leads to the sale. The platform integrates with all the leading marketing platforms and helps clients make sense of their data chaos.

Torsion Information Security is a SaaS cybersecurity solution that solves the problem of sprawling access to a company’s files and folders. Its initial focus is on Microsoft products and it integrates with enterprise collaboration systems such as SharePoint, Teams and Office 365 to monitor and control access. Constant sharing with little visibility or control of who has access to what, leads to significant security and compliance challenges. Torsion gives control back to the business user of who has access to what, why and when. The solution is cloud-first, straightforward to deploy and affordable for businesses of all sizes.

Bamboo Auctions provides online auction technology to estate agents and auctioneers, which enables them to operate, control and offer online auctions as a service to their buyers and sellers. Agents sell properties faster with the fully integrated platform by controlling their own online auctions. The business was founded and is led by Robin Rathore, CEO.

Springpod is a careers network for young people aged 13 – 24 years old, founded by Sam Hyams – MD, and Oliver Fisher- CMO. The company’s mission is to democratise access to opportunity and change young people's futures by providing students with career experiences, opportunities, and connections through a web and mobile app. The company provides value for employer and education providers through the creation of engagement and data-led talent pipelines.

BetterPoints is a B2B positive incentivised behavioural change and behavioural data company with an award-winning platform that motivates, tracks and rewards positive behaviour for health, mobility and the climate. BetterPoints uses a combination of psychology and technology to deliver change with key elements including gamification, feedback and consistent messaging.

Evolve Dynamics is an engineering company specialising in UAV / RPAS hardware and software solutions for police, fire brigades and the military. Evolve Dynamics have produced the Sky Mantis drone, a UAV with bespoke features designed to meet the needs of this core market. Evolve Dynamics also offer two complementary products: Field to Cloud software that enables live secure real time video transmission anywhere in the world from the drone and a Tether ground cable power unit that prolongs the drone’s flight-time to 24 hours.

iDefigo deploy IOT & AI-based visual intelligence technologies to drive efficiencies. Their smart cameras enables surveillance of assets, sites and environments in locations where CCTV is not practical, where power or infrastructure is not available, or where clients need a flexible solution which is easy to install and move. The iDefigo solution combines sensory hardware, a software platform, connectivity, cloud storage, and data analytics.

FibreCRM provide cloud-based Client Relationship Management software (CRM) & services to accountancy practices in the UK. Designed specifically for accountancy practices, the solution helps them identify, upsell and cross-sell opportunities, maximising the potential of the dispersed data locked away on various systems used by the Practice. FibreCRM will help a Practice better manage its relationships by allowing it to automate both operational and marketing communications and streamline the entire customer journey.

Sentiment is a multi-channel social customer service platform. The business delivers sophisticated technology-enabled solutions to allow companies to connect and respond to their customers in a timely, engaging and effective way. Founder-CEO Leon Chaddock is a technologist by background, with significant experience in the social, customer service and contact centre space.

Actus™ performance appraisal software provides leading-edge technology solutions to embed year round performance management in organisations.  Founder-CEO Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with over eighteen years’ experience in HR and Learning and Development. Passionate about making technology work for people, Lucinda strives to deliver first class training and software solutions.

Humble Grape is a high-growth wine business, with a multi-service model encompassing live events, wine merchant and online 'wine club' elements to deliver high-quality educational wine experiences and boutique wines to a range of 'blue-chip', corporate and private clients. The business was founded in 2009 by Bayes alumnus James Dawson. The Bayes Entrepreneurship Fund invested in the business in 2014 to support the firm's growth plans, and to help establish the company's first 2 retail and wine bar sites, in Clapham and Fleet Street.

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Frontier MEA is a business intelligence and consulting company focused on frontier markets. The firm was co-founded by Alex Warren and Beth Hepworth, a Bayes alumna and winner of the 2013 'MBA Star' award at the Women of the Future Awards. The company provides information and insight to support organisations exploring and developing business in some of the world's most high-potential economies.

StaySafe is a mobile application and cloud-based monitoring service to track and manage safety provisions for lone and high-risk workers. The application offers a wide range of commercial and health and safety applications, and currently serves tens of thousands of employees across a range of sectors and global territories. Bayes invested in 2017 to support further technology development and continued international expansion. In 2022, Bayes generated a 5.2x return on investment, worth over £3m, following a £24.2m deal that saw EcoOnline acquire StaySafe.

Accutrainee was the first non-law firm to receive training partner status from the Solicitor's Regulatory Authority. The company provides an innovative, cost-effective and flexible way for companies and law firms to manage their trainee requirements, as well as offering aspiring lawyers a richer and more diverse training experience. The business was founded by Bayes EMBA alumna Susan Cooper, and won 'Best Collaboration with In-House Teams' at the prestigious 2015 'The Lawyer' awards.

Bayes's holding in Accutrainee was fully realised in January 2022. The realisation represented a successful return for the Fund.

Alva is a technology company that analyses publicly-available content to create decision-ready intelligence for the largest companies in the world. The firm provides practical insight and actionable intelligence for senior company management, derived from real-time analysis of print, online, broadcast and social media, as well as financial analyst reports, parliamentary briefings and publicly-available polls and surveys. The business is led by Bayes MBA alumnus Alberto Lopez-Valenzuela, and counts fellow Bayes MBA alumnus Richard Fleming and UCL alumnus Alastair Pickering among its founding management team. Following investment from the Fund in 2010, alva has grown from a 3-person start-up to a multi-million pound organisation employing over 35 people at its Southwark headquarters, and a growing team in its New York office.

Bayes's holding in Alva was fully realised in July 2021. The realisation represented a successful return for the Fund.

Cloud Business is a high-growth cloud consultancy, services and 'SaaS' business led by James Butler. The company provides consulting, migration and support services for high-profile clients including: Vodafone, ASOS, and Clifford Chance. The business has won a variety of accolades since launch, including being named global Microsoft Office 365 Partner of the Year 2012. The company has shown impressive growth since taking investment from the Bayes Entrepreneurship Fund.

Bayes's holding was realised in a trade sale in May 2017. The sale represented a full exit and successful return for the Fund and other shareholders.

NorthRow was launched in 2011. NorthRow is the only comprehensive risk scoring platform that can handle complex multi-source fraud detection and compliance checks on people, companies and ID documents at high speed, delivered in a single view, through one easily-integrated API.

NorthRow combines data from a broad range of commercial, open source and law enforcement sources with a proprietary risk scoring system to reduce the risk of fraud and make compliance checks and processes, such as AML (Anti Money Laundering) and KYC (Know Your Customer), as frictionless as possible. 

Bayes's holding in Northrow was fully realised in early 2019. The realisation represented a successful return for the Fund.