Little Earth Baby is an eco brand offering a range of baby products that are synthetic-free and natural. It aims to become a global market leader in the eco baby space by redesigning synthetic products to develop high-quality alternatives made from plants, not plastic. With the patent-pending designs and a growing loyal customer base, the company is well-placed to serve rising eco-conscious consumer trends. Additionally, Little Earth Baby appeared in the Telegraph's recommendations for Meghan & Harry's royal baby. The company also became a finalist in the Sleeping Bag category at the Australian non-toxic awards.
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£147,010
Actve is on a mission to build a platform that caters to the new wave of instructors, social media influencers and athletes becoming online content creators. The company aspires to help creators earn an income and build a subscription business. Actve asserts that it caters to a variety of creator needs allowing them to live-stream their workouts, offer guided programs to customers, or use Actve's software to manage their clients. The company aims to become a contender in the digital fitness market that is projected to be worth £21 billion by 2022. It aims to launch its platform in September 2021. Actve will use the investment to develop its platform, hire key staff, build its user base, and work towards becoming an industry champion for fitness creators.
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£166,670
HUN Wines sources premium quality wine from Stellenbosch, South Africa, to create the UK's first Fairtrade, wine in a can. It aims to become the largest canned wine brand in the world. The company asserts that its products are fully recyclable and vegan friendly. HUN Wines claims that it is backed by industry titans including James Bailey, current Waitrose CEO, Andy Shaw, previously Brewdog Beer CEO and RedBull MD, Formula racing legend David Coulthard and RedBull executives. The company has successfully canned 300,000 units of its products consisting of flavours like Rosé, Sauvignon Blanc, and Rosé Bubbles (one of the lowest-calorie wines in the UK). It accepted its first order via a Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) site in May 2020, launched nationwide in Tesco Supermarkets in June and expanded onto the e-commerce platform, Amazon, in July. HUN Wines will use 15% of the investment towards staff expenses, 40% towards marketing, 25% towards festival activations and listings, and 20% towards New Product Development (NPD).
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£600,761
Launched in 2016, London-based Rejuvenation Water is the world’s first Amino Acid enriched spring water manufacturer. The brand provides functionality without compromising on taste and macro health. Founder Kris Ingham came up with 'Rejuvenation Water' as a 'health' drink that offers benefits without artificial sweeteners or excess sugar. Since inception, Rejuvenation Water has supplied both Grocery and Food Service channels. The second range of drinks, the hydration+ canned range, was launched in Spring 2019, and within 6 months became a best seller in Tesco, Sainsbury's, Costco and Ocado. The brand has been featured several times on BBC News, The Sun and Daily Mail. With the investment, the brand will divert resources to launch new products and hire more staff and enhance lthe brand identity.
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£98,940
Future You Cambridge is a company that sells clinically proven health supplements directly to consumers. Since its launch in 2016, it has sold products to over 100,000 customers. The company's Lactolycopene product received a patent in December 2017 and its Fertility+ product was also covered by the European Journal of Nutrition in a clinical paper and was shown to have resulted in a 40% increase in male fertility. The company's offerings now stand at 24 products, including the popular CBD product and its first product for pets, Curcupet-K9. Additionally, the company won the 2018 Cambridge Service Excellence and Independent High Growth Business of the Year Awards and has 5-star ratings on Trustpilot. They will use the investment to scale up direct advertising campaigns, expand its product range by more than 10 new products, and invest in their website to make it more intuitive.
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£655,011
Sweat IT is a fitness studio in London, which provides supreme high-intensity training experience with the hardest workouts. The UK fitness industry continues to grow high at a value of over £5 billion because of increasing demand for a healthy lifestyle. Sweat IT redefines this with healthy eating and exercise. The company has the vision to take its business growth to the next level and become the leader of boutique fitness. They have partnered with Gympass, the world’s leading corporate fitness platform to deliver high-intensity fitness classes to London based corporate clients. Till date, they have had over 50,000 class bookings with more than 13,000 Instagram followers and a database of 10,000 customers. The company intends on using the investment for marketing and product branding and next-level growth. They are also looking to fund their second studio in London and have ear-marked a potential site in the City.
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£211,220
Rescape is a company pioneering the use of Virtual Reality (VR) in healthcare and frontline services. Its DR.VR platform, launched in 2019, helped reduce pain and anxiety amongst patients in hospitals and care homes. The company delivers VR content to patients through the Samsung Gear VR headset, a hard-plastic headset, that can be wiped down and disinfected along with VR sanitary eye masks that reduce chances of infection and irritation to patients. Through the company's technology, patients can experience ocean life, amusements parks and relax in some of the most beautiful settings in the world, all from the safety of the healthcare institution. The AR/VR in Healthcare Market is predicted to reach USD 30-40 billion by 2026, and Rescape aims to be a disruptor in this segment. The company will use the investment to grow its business across different verticals.
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£488,450
Strong and lightweight wheelchairs made using carbon fibre that attract attention to the person and not the disability. Carbon Black has developed elegant and beautiful wheelchairs, which compete with premium manual wheelchairs at similar prices. Further investment will help Carbon Black access key markets and establish a distribution service.
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£358,580
3RD ROCK is a sustainable Activewear sports brand founded for people who have a passion for nature. Created by a team of passionate climbers, 3RD ROCK creates extremely comfortable, Made-To-Move garments. It is a wholesale e-commerce business that has sold more than 55,000 units in 20+ countries. Catering to climbers and yoga enthusiasts, it has received more than 1000 5-star reviews out of which 96% are positive ones. Being environmentally conscious, 3RD ROCK has utilised 12,000 bottles in its manufacturing process with over 1 tonne of sea waste being used in the production of leggings and bra-tops. With the proceeds, the brand will kick-start the next stage of growth by with range expansion & innovation, retaining and developing key wholesale accounts, making strategic hires and penetrating new markets.
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investment:
£361,700
Craved is an ecommerce business selling British craft food and drink from independent producers all over the country. They believe in craft, flavour and supporting the people behind the product. The investment will be used to grow their gifting business, launch and grow the Crave Collective and develop their corporate offer and acquire new clients.
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£180,590
