Ship Shape Search secures a £100,000 grant to democratise access to funding.

Ship Shape Search secures a £100,000 grant to democratise access to funding.

The innovative technology firm secured funding from the Sustainable Innovation Fund with Innovate UK to build a scalable platform that allows start-up founders to identify the best individuals in the VC industry to fund their businesses. Ship Shape’s platform democratises access to funding by identifying investors most likely to be interested in a start-up, enabling start-ups to save many weeks of senior management research time. “We started Ship Shape to give good ideas the best chance of success. Our platform means you don’t need to be an expert in fundraising to identify the right potential investors for your business.” Miguel Neumann, one of the founders said. Innovate UK, as part of UK Research and Innovation, is investing up to £191 million to fund single and collaborative research and development projects as part of the Sustainable Innovation Fund over the next two years. The aim of these competitions is to help all sectors of the UK rebuild after the effects of COVID-19. The Sustainable Innovation Fund is funding 1,103 projects, 1189 UK businesses and totalling over £130 million in support across the UK.