Five companies I would watch carefully in 2021 and why.

?Railsbank

For those in the Fintech business Railsbank is now a common and well respected name. Their rise over the last 5 years has been tumultuous and with the recent acquisition of Wirecard’s best assets and teams (a true David and Goliath moment), their rise in the banking community is set to continue.

What I particularly admire is their single mindedness and ability to stay on their mission to set out to make financial services accessible to everyone by giving "access to global banking with 5 lines of code".

I wouldn’t be surprised if they are worth over ￡billion in the next 18 months. Not bad for two friends from school who decided to set up a business whilst on holiday on the south coast.

Equilibrium Labs

Equilibrium Labs is everything a Health Care company should be. They are a biotech business that has combined Eastern and Western medicine to produce a health supplement that will, in my opinion, change the face of liver care. The liver is responsible for over 500 critical functions of the body and yet so few people are aware of this and the fact that despite alcohol consumption reducing, liver disease will have tripled in less than 40 years.

Equilibrium Labs has developed a 100% natural elixir (de-liver-ance) that improves the liver health, reducing liver fat and hardness as well as cholesterol, sugar regulation, mental clarity, anxiety, sleep, neuron degeneration and stabilizes hormones vital for younger and older people. The list of positive impact from this new product is huge and there is no other company that comes close to it.

As their results become more widely published and clinical trials more extensive I can see this company becoming a household name.

The FD Centre

The FD Centre is one of those unsung heroes in the small and mid-tier business space. From personal experience no business owner can underestimate the importance of incredible talent in their business and financial talent is often overlooked as an operational and legal requirement rather than a strategic and dynamic force in your business. Covid has highlighted this more than ever and this is a business to watch out for.

Over the last 12 months they have helped entrepreneurs raise millions in grants, private investment, government loans. They have also brought fiscal rigour and stability through better fiscal operations, but most importantly their ability to find and place incredible strategic and CFO’s to help entrepreneurs scale has been exceptional.

Their innovative model allows small and mid-tier businesses gain access to world class talent on a fractional basis. This means you can afford talent and a time when most businesses can only dream of it. 

Save Minds

We all know mental health is a growing challenge across the world. In the UK alone there are between 3-4 million depressives who are deemed TRD’s (Treatment Resistant Depressives). Until now these exceptionally vulnerable people would have reached the end of the line for western medical care in the UK.

Save Minds has just become the first private clinic in the UK to be granted a licence to use Ketamine infusion therapy and has combined this with a holistic health approach. Success rates of their patients is over 75% and improving all the time.

Their genuine commitment to help save peoples minds and for them to find joy again and live a fulfilled life is humbling. Their approach, care, solution and market demand will see them thrive in the UK and across Europe.

Bright Shift

Marketing and advertising agencies appear to be enjoying a new generation of thought leadership. It is a simple approach, they are choosing to only work with companies who have products that are going to be of benefit to the planet, make a positive and much needed change.

What I particularly like about Bright Shift is that they are a full-service social marketing agency, they understand the transformative impact that social media has on society and are driven to leverage this for good.

Using the funds generated as a marketing agency they reinvest pack into promoting causes that have great Purpose and Passion.

They, along with their clients, have been growing rapidly and accelerating the much-needed progress of businesses with an authentic core purpose.