Now to Vow

Organising South Asian weddings

B2B Marketplace B2B2C

A social marketplace for organising South Asian weddings (diaspora)

Raising target

£200,000

Raised amount

£0

Stage

Achieving Sales

S/EIS

SEIS /EIS

Location

London

Team

Niraj Dattani

CEO & Co-Founder

First employee at the world’s first civic crowdfunding platform, Spacehive. Took the business from idea to profitability in 7 years, leading the commercial side of the business and later joining the board. Formerly an elected councillor in London Borough of Harrow, serving for two terms, leading on innovation and working with national government to pioneer innovation amongst local authorities across the country. Co-creator of The Business of Weddings podcast.

Shebin Rawther

CTO & Co-Founder

Technical team lead at Dogfish, a software agency that built the first mobile apps for some of the UK’s leading consumer-facing companies; including Lego, Virgin Trains, TUI Travel, Network Rail, and St. James Place. Took team to exit. Successfully set up a Mobile Centre of Excellence within Public Health England which delivered re-engineered versions of applications like Be Food Smart, Couch to 5k, Quit Coach and more, leading to 1 in 10 people in the UK using a product that he built. Taken multiple startups from idea to seed round raise.

Meera Majithia

Industry Consultant

Seven years as founder of award-winning Carriages Weddings & Events, one of the UK’s leading Indian wedding planning companies. Former journalist, radio presenter, and co-creator of The Business of Weddings podcast.

Pitch Deck

Traction

Active users

250

Per week

Net revenue

£50,000

All time

Frequently Asked Questions

What are your metrics?

Here are some early traction numbers:

  • Beta Product Launch (Invite Only): 15th September 2023 – 30th October 2023.
  • Beta Product Public Launch: 1st November 2023.
  • Average Site Traffic: Average 2,700 visits per week.
  • Average New Users: Average 210 per week.
  • Average User Growth: Consistently at 12% per week.
  • Number of New Projects: 380 per week.
  • Total Signups: 9.5K to date.
  • Total Active Users: 12.4k to date.

Who are your main competitors?

How do you make money?

What gap in the market is PetProov aiming to fill?

Fundraising

Current Raise

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0

750,000

Notes

Over the next 18 months, we want to do the following:

  • Build and launch new social commerce platform
  • Expand number of supplier categories on platform
  • Invest in marketing and get to £1m p/a in GMV
  • Launch in the US

Investors & Advisors

Enterprise Ireland

Investor

€25,000 from Enterprise Ireland

Ready Set Startup

Investor

€98,000 from Ready Set Startup