Udrafter, an online platform, has been designed to provide a bridge for businesses of all sizes to directly and rapidly onboard emerging talent into their organisations.

Launched in January 2019 by co-founders Luke and Daryll Morrow, Udrafter was initially tested in Aberdeen to allow businesses to access student talent on-demand and students get paid for completing degree relevant projects.

Positive feedback validated the technology’s success and, following the first round of seed investment led by successful Aberdonian entrepreneur Mike Wilson of Ecosse IP and former partner of EY and chartered accountant Alec Carstairs in February 2019, Udrafter launched its second round.

Udrafter said: “We are delighted that Alec and Mike have now become follow on investors in this round – their expertise and guidance has been invaluable. We look forward to a continued working relationship.”

Daryll Morrow said: “We set out with an initial target to raise £235,000 and within 7 days we hit 100% which was absolutely incredible. Within 14 days, we rocketed up to £300,000 and had to close the campaign early with 26 days’ left to go, I was speechless.

“We now have 181 incredible investors across the UK who believe in us to deliver our vision of being the biggest student workforce platform in the world. The funding has allowed us to make 3 new hires in areas of the business where we can grow rapidly across Scotland and the rest of the UK.”