Ben Prouty

Happy New Year to all of our wonderful clients and partners! What a year 2024 was for PonchoPay, onboarding millions of pounds of transaction volume and saving our clients thousands in lower card fees, saved admin costs, increased conversion and reduced bad debt.

We are proud to announce that PonchoPay is part of Accenture's Fintech Innovation Lab 2023 cohort! This is a highly competitive programme that helps fintech startups with the support of the world's leading financial service firms. We are very excited! #fintechinnovationlab

@proutyben says: "It takes a particular type of person" to join a #startup. If you're one, you need to read this. buff.ly/3hEf3xT #work

Is venture building the saner way to create a startup? Rather than endless pivots, there is more time spent qualifying the idea before the management team even comes in. @kametventures rejected 50 ideas before they got to @ponchocare: @Siftedeu sifted.eu/articles/ventu…

“There are obstacles every day. Every day there’s something that you come up against. It’s all about looking at the big picture and maybe just doing a quick sense check. ” - @proutyben @ponchocare welcometothejungle.com/en/articles/th…

#Upscale is an elite programme for mid-stage UK tech companies. Join a prestigious network, with alumni that includes @seedrs @monese @garrison_tech @Tessian & @AskShepper Apply now: technation.io/programmes/ups…

Today we’re launching a whole new look for Shepper! 😮 Meet Sheppy, our brand mascot, who represents all the types of assets we take care of. Visit our new website at shepper.com #Shepper #Rebrand #BigNews #proptech #Journorequest

@tictoc Nice one, Steve! @folwell

Britain's storage and warehouse business is seeing a windfall as people rush to stockpile before Brexit

#London-based @AskShepper have created the human equivalent of Google. Businesses can use Shepper’s B2B inspection service to send a real person to a physical location to inspect the area and perform checks, whilst lowering costs and delivery time.

@ImpBizAlumni Thank you @ImpBizAlumni !

This a a great achievement for this alumni start-up, congratulations @proutyben!

@jeffreynsk Sounds great! Will let you know the next time I’m due to come by!

@proutyben Let’s toast with some Kombucha at the Wholefoods downstairs next time you’re over @FoundersFactory HQ!

Great to see another one of our portfolio companies do a $5.4M funding round.

@jeffreynsk Thanks Jeffrey!

PS: the picture is not of @proutyben, the founder of Shepper, but of the journalist who wrote the article on startupworld!

@TechMarketView @AskShepper Hi Anthony, thanks for the article! No snooping here though. We’re actually checking the condition of assets owned and/or operated by our clients. A small part of what we do are in-store checks, but even then the retailer is aware in advance.

@george_goodall @dstahl @UKTNofficial @AskShepper Hi George, believe it was a typo and they meant “big brands”

@dstahl @UKTNofficial Interesting. But what does this mean -- "The startup allows consumers to do spot-checks on bring brands, take photos as proof, file them and get paid in return"? "bring brands"? A British term like "brill", "loo", or "tickety-boo"? @AskShepper

London’s Shepper gets $5.4m in round co-led by Aviva Ventures uktech.news/news/investmen… via @uktnofficial

We're delighted to finally announce our Series A investment from Aviva Ventures and Idekapital Fund 1. We're incredibly excited to work with these two amazing investors to take our business to the next level!

@brenthoberman @foundersfactory @AvivaUK Thanks Brent! We really appreciate the support from you and the team, to help get us here.

Congrats to Shepper from ⁦@foundersfactory⁩ cohort on raise from ⁦@AvivaUK⁩

Thank you @EntrepreneursGB for being nominated 'Entrepreneurs' Team of the Year' at the 2018 NatWest Great British Entrepreneur Award!

Coffee with #Entrepreneurs | Ben Prouty, Co-Founder and CEO of #Shepper @RossBarry92 @proutyben snip.ly/307f2

We're incredibly excited to have made the 2017 Startups 100, featuring the UK's top 100 new businesses! #Startups100 bit.ly/2rH6kzC

Excited to see our CEO and Co-Founder Ben featured on @startupstowers! startups.co.uk/shepper-ben-pr…