4iP

4iP can deliver both specific projects and invest in companies that fulfil the Fund's objectives. We have invested in several ideas from Scotland, Northern Ireland and elsewhere in the UK. Keep up-to-date with what we've supported by coming back here regularly. Those projects without further information at the moment will be updated soon:

In Scotland, Northern Ireland and The North East:
Project: You Booze You Lose
Company: Digital Goldfish Ltd, Dundee
Funding Partner: tbc
Launch date: end-July/August 2009

Project: Phabling
Company: Sauce and Vinegar Ltd, Glasgow
Funding Partner: Nesta
Launch date: Closed Beta, July 2009

Project: AllWrite
Company: Six To Start Ltd, London
Funding Partner: Learning and Teaching Scotland
Launch date: August 2009, with follow-up product in September 2009

Project: FestBuzz
Company: Affect Labs Ltd, Edinburgh
Launch date: August 2009

Project: Central Station
Company: ISO Organisation, Glasgow
Funding Partners: Scottish Screen, Scottish Arts Council Inspire Fund
Launch date: September 2009

Project: to be revealed October 2009
Company: Ideonic Limited
Funding partners: Northern Film and Media
Launch date: October 2009

Project: SICamp Scotland
Company: SICamp
Funding Partners: Nesta, FirstPort, Skills Development Scotland, The Big Lottery Fund
Launch date: May 2009

Project: Wisdom in a Tin
Company: Mint Digital, London
Project complete: looking at how 4iP projects might engage with the over 60s, of whom only 15% are online.

Amongst those coming soon, contracts pending:
Northern Ireland:
An overhaul of how we think of public service political coverage and commentary

Other investments:
West Midlands:
Talk About Local, a network of tools to enable communities to create powerful voices online through local websites.
Help Me Investigate, collect, mobilise and uncover
Yoosk,

Yorkshire:
Patient Opinion, TripAdviser for the NHS
Hashdash, socialising TV through Twitter

London:
School of Everything, people with something to learn find people with something to teach
AudioBoo, Capture and share audio on the move
Mapumental, making house-buying fun
Newspaper Club: rethinking newspapers