Syndicate Room – Leading the way for investors

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As Principal Consultant at Tellus Solutions, Andrew O’Dua spends most of his time supporting businesses in achieving growth. But for the rest of the time, Andrew O’Dua acts as a Business Angel – investing in a wide range of up and coming businesses. Here is a brief showcase of one of them and why we have chosen to invest in them:

As entrepreneurs we are always looking for a range of resources to help us manage our businesses more effectively and efficiently; whether that’s online, or joining networks of likeminded individuals. As a Business Angel, Andrew is keen to learn about new and existing companies wanting to expand their businesses through active investors.

Syndicate Room is a high profile network platform which allows investors to find businesses looking for investment. From start-up companies, businesses looking to be listed on the Stock Exchange, to organisations simply looking to grow, Syndicate Room is open to all businesses looking for investment.

Being an investor led platform, Syndicate Room allows investors to make an informed decision based on criteria that must be met by the businesses. For example, each company must have a lead investor already in place to be able to post their investment opportunity. That way investors have peace of mind that an experienced investor is on board, as well as the added advantage that you are offered the same investment terms, e.g. class and price of shares, as the lead investor.

As an award winning platform, Syndicate Room also organise regular events, inviting high profile guest speakers to come and speak to their members. Their next event is being held in London on 2nd February with one of the world’s most influential and best-networked people in technology and investing, Sherry Coutu.

Andrew O’Dua is not only an investor in Syndicate Room, but is also an active member. “As a business angel I find the platform, extremely useful. With a huge variety of resources, including, blogs, articles from guest writers and podcasts, there is a wealth of information available to you. I invested in Syndicate Room because I really liked their business model and it offers the support needed for both businesses and investors alike.”

For more information on Syndicate Room, please visit their website: https://www.syndicateroom.com/

Fully charged and ready to Zap&Go

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As Principal Consultant at Tellus Solutions, Andrew O’Dua spends most of his time supporting businesses in achieving growth. But for the rest of the time, Andrew O’Dua acts as a Business Angel – investing in a wide range of up and coming businesses. Here’s the latest news from one of them:

We live in a world where technology has become part of our daily lives, however more often than not, we find ourselves frustrated when our trusty devices lose charge – and then take too long to recharge! Zap&Go have developed a solution to the problems encountered by all the current generation of appliances, devices and vehicles powered by lithium: slow charging. Called Carbon-IonTM, in contrast to Lithium-ion, this technology is based on carbon nano-materials including the ‘wonder-material’ graphene. Amazing!

The technology and a growing patent portfolio is in part derived from Oxford University, and in part developed independently by Zap&Go’s own scientists. The company is at the proof of concept stage with a number of prototype demonstrators with their module due to enter the production phase later this year.  To support this new phase, Zap&Go have strengthened their team and appointed four new members of staff, bringing their total team number to 20.

Zap&Go are starting the year with a bang and are exhibiting a number of prototypes ‘powered by Zap&Go’ at one of the biggest tech shows of the year- Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, from 5th-8th January.

In addition, Zap&Go was recently voted one of the 100 most promising European and Global technology companies of 2016 by online publishers Red Herring. They were the only European energy storage company to make the Red Herring list too!

As an avid technology fan, Andrew O’Dua is always excited to hear about the developments Zap&Go are making, “This is a really exciting business to be involved with. Zap&Go have not only tapped into a huge market, but are also developing a fantastic product which could revolutionise the way we use our tech. I can’t wait to see the production stages later this year!”

For more information on Zap&Go please visit their website https://www.zapgo.com/

A New Year’s Revolution

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As Principal Consultant at Tellus Solutions, Andrew O’Dua spends most of his time supporting businesses in achieving growth. But for the rest of the time, Andrew O’Dua acts as a Business Angel – investing in a wide range of up and coming businesses. Here’s the latest news from one of them:

It’s that time of year where endless New Year’s resolutions are made, most commonly the one where you vow to lose weight, get fit and generally be healthier. But then, you find that forgotten box of biscuits at the back of the cupboard, and your favourite pizza place has an offer you just can’t refuse, and it all goes out the window. But what if there was something that you would actually want to eat AND it’s healthy?!

Designed to combine healthy food and convenience together, Cauli Rice was created to encourage people to eat healthier as an alternative to rice, pasta and potatoes, whilst still maintaining the convenience the other carbohydrate options provide. In 2012, founders and clean eaters, Gem Misa and Jamie Harris, went in search of developing their own convenient Cauli Rice after discovering it didn’t exist.

After three years of development, Cauli Rice was launched in the UK, in September 2015. Just as wholesome as homemade cauliflower rice (preservative-free, gluten-free and vegan) it is the first long-life cauliflower rice available on the global market.

Keen to promote a healthy lifestyle, Andrew O’Dua is a massive fan, “Not only do I love Cauli Rice as a business, but also as a lifestyle choice. My family regularly opt for Cauli Rice as part of our diet. Gem and Jamie have created a brilliant product and their success over the past 16 months has been amazing. I am looking forward to seeing what they have planned for the coming year!”

For more information on Cauli Rice and some of their delicious recipes, visit their website https://www.caulirice.com/uk