Formisimo – a UK-based analytics start-up – will base itself at Google’s London Campus after earning a coveted place in the Seedcamp Academy Programme.
Chosen from a pool of more than a thousand applicants, the company was picked after an intensive five-day mentoring programme where it pitched its business plan to Seedcamp investors, international technology and business leaders, product specialists and 180 London-based investors and mentors.
Co-founders Al Mackin and Tom New will spend three months receiving in-depth mentoring and support from Europe’s leading micro-seed investment and development programme. Additionally, Seedcamp founders have awarded the company with access to free business services and infrastructure assistance worth more than €150,000.
Formisimo is the developer of a cloud-based analytics tool that allows companies to evaluate and improve their online checkouts and website forms. By measuring and reporting on user interactions, organisations can increase their conversion rates and boost online revenue without increasing marketing spend.
Reshma Sohoni, founder and partner of Seedcamp, said: “Formisimo has an impressive product and team. What they’re doing has a global reach and we’re excited to be working with them. Every e-commerce and B2B business marketing head should be using Formisimo. If they’re not, the CEO should be calling them in right now.”
Al Mackin said: “To be chosen to take part in Europe’s top accelerator programme is an honour and we see this as a huge validation of what Formisimo is trying to achieve. Start-ups chosen by Seedcamp have raised more than $120 million in capital worldwide, giving the programme an enviable track record. We can’t wait to work with their world class team at the Google Campus in London.”
Launched in May 2013, Formisimo has tracked more than 80 million customer interactions and counts over 600 companies – including Travelex, Genting, the Financial Times and Borro – among its users. The company exited beta in January 2014, and has successfully moved to a paid model.
Mackin added: “We’ve signed up customers from more than 60 countries, and they’ve already seen an average increase in conversion rates of 76 per cent.”
