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Nick Bate

Chairman at Secure Digital Exchange

📍 Bolton, England, United Kingdom🔄 Updated November 2026💼 5 investments📅 10 years investing🗓 Last invested Jul 2024
VC🌍 United Kingdom
5
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Jul 2024
Every employer needs a compliance team. Deploi gives you one. Meet Cora — your digital compliance employee. Cora handles background checks, right-to-work, licence verification, audits and ongoing workforce compliance autonomously, end to end. No chasing. No bottlenecks. No 12-week waits. Built for industries where compliance is non-negotiable: security, facilities management, social care, and healthcare. Sectors where every hire carries regulatory, financial, and reputational weight. The result: candidates cleared in 4.5 days. The industry standard is 12 weeks. Hire faster. Stay compliant. Let Cora handle the rest.
Shareholder & Advisor
Dec 2019
We offer a range of services for businesses that need to check identity and age, including Test Purchasing, Age Check Assurance, ID Check Assurance, Age Appropriate Design Certification and GDPR Certification. All our schemes are UKAS-accredited, so you can be sure our audit and certification processes are thorough and effective. Theyre the ideal way to safeguard young people and ensure your business complies with laws and regulations. Our Age Appropriate Design Certification Scheme is the first UK GDPR-approved scheme of its kind. Our specialist data consultants have created a robust certification scheme to audit your systems, ensuring they collect, process, and protect children’s data in compliance with the AADC. Our certification will prove to your clients that you take Age Appropriate Design seriously; that your system is compliant, accurate, and suitable for children. We’ve worked with customers all over the world in a wealth of sectors, bringing our expertise to retailers, age check providers, gambling companies, entertainment providers and more. Find out how we can help your company safeguard young people and stay compliant.
late stage
Investor
Jul 2016
We are GradTouch. The innovative job advertising platform for graduate employers of all sizes. Our employer profiles showcase your company ethos and culture, giving your employer brand the platform it needs to attract the best and brightest in graduate talent. We reach 75% of the graduate market every week across our combined digital platforms. Each month, we reach 3 million 18-24 year-olds across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, making us the UK’s largest graduate social network. If you're an employer and want to learn more, head to: https://employers.gradtouch.com/ If you're a graduate job hunter then head here: www.gradtouch.com
Experience · 9 entries
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Investments (5)
2024
Investor
Jul 2024
Every employer needs a compliance team. Deploi gives you one. Meet Cora — your digital compliance employee. Cora handles background checks, right-to-work, licence verification, audits and ongoing workforce compliance autonomously, end to end. No chasing. No bottlenecks. No 12-week waits. Built for industries where compliance is non-negotiable: security, facilities management, social care, and healthcare. Sectors where every hire carries regulatory, financial, and reputational weight. The result: candidates cleared in 4.5 days. The industry standard is 12 weeks. Hire faster. Stay compliant. Let Cora handle the rest.
2020
Europa Communications
Shareholder and Advisor
Sep 2020
2019
Shareholder & Advisor
Dec 2019
We offer a range of services for businesses that need to check identity and age, including Test Purchasing, Age Check Assurance, ID Check Assurance, Age Appropriate Design Certification and GDPR Certification. All our schemes are UKAS-accredited, so you can be sure our audit and certification processes are thorough and effective. Theyre the ideal way to safeguard young people and ensure your business complies with laws and regulations. Our Age Appropriate Design Certification Scheme is the first UK GDPR-approved scheme of its kind. Our specialist data consultants have created a robust certification scheme to audit your systems, ensuring they collect, process, and protect children’s data in compliance with the AADC. Our certification will prove to your clients that you take Age Appropriate Design seriously; that your system is compliant, accurate, and suitable for children. We’ve worked with customers all over the world in a wealth of sectors, bringing our expertise to retailers, age check providers, gambling companies, entertainment providers and more. Find out how we can help your company safeguard young people and stay compliant.
late stage
2017
Founding Investment Committee Member
Jun 2017
DSW Ventures is a national firm of seed and early-stage venture capital investment specialists focusing on regional UK growth businesses. We invest in technology and tech-led businesses with talented founders and a highly-scalable market position. Our typical investment is for £300,000 to over £1 million. Our team of highly-experienced investors are passionate about empowering UK regional entrepreneurial talent. We go beyond being just ‘the money’ and add genuine value to our investments.
2016
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