We’re excited to announce that GPCDS Labs has officially launched today after incorporating at Companies House. Visible Data is our trading name and how we want to be known, this name is representative of our mission:
Dataviz for all points with humans at the heart.
The Journey So Far
It’s extremely early days for us. We pitched our startup to SETsquared in February and were accepted into the incubator. We’ve now officially incorporated and starting to bring our vision into focus.
What’s Next: Our Immediate Roadmap
Now we’re Companies House official, we are focusing on four clear goals for the near future:
Define our values, mission, and purpose to ensure we build ethically from day one. Our goal is to acquire B Corp Pending status before August 2026.
Mature our product plan to turn our vision into scalable software.
Build a concrete business model with aligned top-down and bottom-up metrics.
Submit our application for SEIS Advanced Assurance before the end of Q2 2026.
Why SEIS Advanced Assurance is our critical next step
We’re a software company. Specifically, we are Pier: a human-first data communication workspace.
It’s an R&D intensive and ambitious endeavour. The Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) is an incredible catalyst for growing these kind of ventures as it offers early-stage investors a de-risked strategy through income tax relief on their investment. We do not have SEIS advanced assurance. Our goal is to submit the application before the end of Q2 2026, noting that the application does not guarantee approval. Should our application be approved we will provide updates on the company blog.
Our brand so far
We are a proud Bristol-based startup within the DeskLodge (in fact Charlotte was awarded Desklodger of the month in 2025) and have worked with Brand51 on the design for Pier’s logo
The rest of our branding including our colour palette was designed by our founder Charlotte Hadley.