Happy 1st Birthday Ship Shape

2021 has been an extremely positive year for Ship Shape.

Incorporating in July 2020 amidst a pandemic, founders Daniel Sawko and Alistair Baille and Miguel Neumann had an idea to democratise funding in the U.K. Along with pulling together a great team working remotely from day 1, Ship Shape has grown and naturally evolved as challenges and opportunities presented themselves.

In November 2020, Ship Shape was given grant funding by Innovate UK’s Sustainable Innovation Fund. This enabled us to develop and scale technology that is now the backbone of Ship Shape.

Within a year we have achieved what might easily take several!

• Grown a no-code solution to a fully stood up AI and NLP platform
• Went live!
• Our first trial customer: October 2020
• Our first paid customer: December 2020
• Shortlisted as a Fintech and Start-up of the Year 2021 (link)
• Finally began to meet in person for the first time
• Joined the amazing Fintech Wales Foundry Accelerator (link)
• Launched a new website
• And soon to be opening our new office in Wales at the Cardiff Business Technology Centre!

As a company born in the midst of the pandemic, Ship Shape has been an odd-one out from day 1. We have been fortunate enough to work with some amazing people who have helped at every step of the journey so far. From those with us from the start, to those who regularly give up their time to advise us, we are extremely thankful for your contribution and continued support in growing Ship Shape.

Read more on our website here: https://www.shipshape.vc/companynews/1st-birthday