Raj Ramanandi

Sofar is a global community reimagining the art of live experiences—turning unconventional spaces into intimate showcases for local grassroots art and culture. Born in a London flat in 2009, Sofar began as an answer to a growing problem: live music had lost its magic. It blossomed into a global movement that kept music at its heart while expanding to comedy, dating, food & drink, dance, and more—all connected by Sofar’s renowned track record for discovering rising talent. Countless mainstage performers like Billie Eilish, Jack Harlow, Chappell Roan, Leon Bridges, YEBBA, Teddy Swims, Remi Wolf, Hozier, and Lola Young have played Sofar shows early in their careers. In the past four years alone, Sofar alumni have earned 129 Grammy nominations and 21 wins. Each Sofar show is one-of-a-kind due to the surprising pairing of live experiences with unconventional spaces. Sofar has hosted shows in caves; churches; hidden museum rooms; private living rooms, gardens, and rooftops; a ski jump tower; countless boats, ships, and catamarans; a toy shop; a wax museum; and many other delightful places. With a network of over 10,000 venues and tens of thousands of extraordinary emerging artists, Sofar creates live performances in spaces that reflect the soul of neighborhoods and cities. Past partners include 20th Century Fox, Anheuser-Busch, Arcteryx, Delta, Focus Features, Ford, Lexus, Lyft, Pernod Ricard, Sierra Nevada, Showtime, Sony, Visa, and many others.

Republic Europe is Europe’s leading private investing platform that enables individuals to invest in startups, growth companies, and, if eligible, leading funds, as well as supports ambitious entrepreneurs in all sectors to raise capital from their communities, angels and institutional investors. Republic Europe is the European operation of Republic - an ecosystem of Web3-optimised financial services built upon compliant investment infrastructure to support micro-transactions on a global scale. To learn more please visit: https://europe.republic.com/ Seedrs Ltd (t/a Republic Europe) is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Seedrs Europe Limited (t/a Republic Europe) is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI). Investing involves significant risks and you should not invest unless you are prepared to lose all the money you invest.

Lyte, the technology platform reimagining e-commerce for live events, has acquired the Festicket and Event Genius assets in a move that represents an exciting coming together of services and team worldwide, bringing much-needed solutions to the global promoter community. The Festicket and Event Genius asset acquisition enables Lyte to offer comprehensive, fan-friendly ecommerce solutions for live events anywhere on earth alongside a broad expansion of technology and services. Who are Lyte? In 2012, Lyte founder Ant Taylor attended a sold-out Olympic Games event with half-empty stands while hundreds of desperate fans stood outside seeking tickets. Inspired by this experience, Ant created Lyte to allow fans to easily return tickets they couldnt use and help other fans get verified tickets to events of their dreams. Lyte enables event organisers, venues and artists to enhance their ticketing, ensure shows are full and keep fans happy by providing a safe, official reservation system whilst allowing fans to return tickets to the official point of purchase for a fair price. ___________________ About Festicket Founded in 2012, Festicket is the worlds largest platform for discovering and booking festival trips. In 2019 Festicket completed the acquisition of multi-award winning ticketing and cashless POS platform Event Genius, and the related Ticket Arena consumer website and brand. The new joint venture created a platform for organisers and fans alike, combining ticketing, marketing, travel, access control and cashless payment solutions in one end-to-end solution. Festicket Awards 2019 - FT (Financial Times) 1000 2019 - Deloitte Technology Fast 50 2019 - Partnership of the Year - Forum de la Billetterie 2017 – Sunday Times Tech Track 100: Britain’s fastest-growing private technology companies 2017 – Future Fifty company in 2017: hottest UK start-ups /Tech City UKs Future Fifty 2017 – Ticketing Technology Awards 2017: Smart & Connected Award

Sendbird is on a mission to build deeper connections in a digital world. The company’s communications API platform powers over 7 Billion messages worldwide every month. Leading apps like Hinge, Paytm, and Rakuten, among 4,000 others, improve customer retention and satisfaction by building in-app chat, notifications, voice, video, and livestreams with Sendbird. Headquartered in California, Sendbird is venture-backed by ICONIQ Growth, STEADFAST Capital Ventures, Tiger Global Management, Meritech Capital, Emergence Capital, Shasta Ventures, August Capital, Funders Club, World Innovation Lab, and Y Combinator.

Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses. Founded in 2006, Techstars is on a mission to invest in startups to enable more capital to flow to more entrepreneurs around the world in order to deliver exceptional returns to our investors. We do this by operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, as well as by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. Our results show why Techstars is Better for Founders than any other global accelerator: On average, 74.5% of Techstars companies will raise money within 3 years of their program; 18.5% of Techstars portfolio companies have exited 5 years after their program and 31.1% after eight years. (PitchBook June 2023)

We’re the charity that helps young people and their families find the strength to face everything cancer throws at them. Weve been there before. Well face it all, together. #TeamYoungLives

Corporate-startup collaboration is on the rise. More and more corporates are working with startups and viewing it as ‘a critical part of their innovation strategy’. We coordinate effective collaboration between corporates and startups, with a specific focus on emerging social impact challenges in business, like Diversity & Inclusion​​. Our services include: > Industry leader workshops > Bespoke D&I Startup and Technology Reports > Demo Days and Events > Startup Sourcing, Evaluations and In-house Demos > Managed Startup Pilots > Hackathons and Open Innovation > New Product Co-development We bring 20 years experience in corporate innovation and startup ecosystems, with a B2B focus, primarily in FinTech, HRTech and AdTech. Current and former clients include Unilever, Amex, Sky, Pepsico, Telefonica, M&S and Oracle. We know what works (and what doesn’t).

Soho Labs is the new, members only incubation space located in the heart of London’s West End backed by angel investors Raj Ramanandi (1seed) and Mike Fauconnier-Bank (BRM). Would you like to work from a prime location, only two minutes walk from Piccadilly Circus and under five minutes to Leicester Square? Base yourself in our beautiful, bright top floor office, with dedicated desks suitable for individuals or teams from two to twenty. Please get in contact for details as to how to apply to become one of our portfolio companies.