Dr. Will’s is an all-natural condiment company started in 2015 by real-life doctor, Dr Will. The company has grown from farm shops and Selfridges food hall to nationwide availability, with listings on Ocado, Waitrose and Tesco since its 2017 launch. It has sold 10,000 bottles in Tesco in its first two months, donated £10,000 worth of sauce to food charities up and down the UK and became a fully certified B-corp. Dr. Will's claims to have a thriving 'Strava Club' to get its sauce lovers outdoors. It has sold over 450,000 products and registered over £1 million worth of sales to date. It will use the investment to increase trade marketing spend with Tesco, Waitrose and Ocado, increase brand awareness through online marketing and sampling, grow its e-commerce (DTC) channel, build its team, and invest in packaging and innovation to make its business greener.
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£1,122,376
Metal matrix composite components and materials, primarily comprised of aluminium for use in the engineering and manufacturing industries. Alvant specialise in designing, developing and producing the composite for well-known clients such as Ford and Safran.
In the last financial year, Alvant achieved a turnover of almost £617k and has invested more than £10m towards manufacturing and testing their own product. Alvant is now raising funds to distribute their components to a wider market and expand the number of commercial applications that would benefit from their materials.
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£2,105,001
Earth Broadband stands out as one of the UK's pioneering green broadband providers, revolutionizing the way people use broadband services for environmental good. Founded by Luke Chapman in 2022 after witnessing climate change effects in Indonesia, the company aims to reshape broadband services, offering wildlife-themed packages and facilitating monthly contributions to planet-saving initiatives. Using innovative AI technology, Earth Broadband enhances customer service while empowering users to contribute to environmental causes by planting trees and removing ocean plastic through their app. The company's strategy focuses on achieving large-scale impact with a small, efficient team, aiming to revolutionize broadband provision.
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£308,580
Eat Sleep Love is a baby boutique, providing an appointment-based service for new parents to get all the information and products needed to prepare for the arrival of their baby. The expert team will help expecting parents create and purchase from a list of chosen baby items and have them all delivered on a day convenient to you.
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£81,390
EBar® transforms the bar experience at events by entirely changing the way people are served. Its patent-pending dispense technology allows EBar® to pour perfect pints in seconds significantly faster than a typical event bar. It has run small commercial trials with its first EBar® prototype unit at some of the UK national sporting events including Premier League Football and Six Nations Rugby. Furthermore, it has won £75,000 at the Scottish EDGE pitching competition in December 2017. With its proceeds, it will develop and build EBar® units and grow its team.
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£276,800
EMSOL utilizes Machine Learning (ML) in a sensor and analytics platform to identify causes of on-site pollution, empowering businesses for targeted emissions reduction; led by an accomplished CEO with past entrepreneurial success, supported by a skilled leadership team.
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£397,362
Fancy Dress Worldwide is a fancy dress online retailer founded in March 2016 and has already achieved more than 380,000 orders in 80 countries, with revenues over £1.6m in Year 2 and growing rapidly. The company carries out software processes in-house and has grown from 1 staff member to 25. They have also increased their product range from 1 item to 20,000 products, which has resulted in moving to larger premises twice in two years.
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£313,557
Fitbakes is a low sugar and high protein baked snacks brand. The company claims that its products have 90% less sugar, 80% less fat, 60% fewer calories and 200% more protein than leading cakes and chocolate brands with no artificial sweeteners, flavourings or colourings. Fitbakes claims that its products are compliant with the UK government's 'Non-HFSS' policy. The company has sold over 1 million cakes via the 'Direct 2 Consumer' channel, experienced 25% repeat purchase in-store, onboarded retailers such as Coop and Selfridges, and planned a launch in 1,000 Tesco Express stores in Q3 2021. The company is also working with over 1,000 micro-influencers and over 50,000 Instagram followers. It was also a winner at the 'Best of Health Awards' and a finalist at the 'MidCounties Good Food Awards'. The company has received press coverage in BBC1 News, The Times, Forbes, The Telegraph, Daily Mail and The Grocer. It states it will use the investment to support its digital growth and retail launch with major retailers.
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£523,184
Flatout is a platform which makes buying bicycles, gears and parts easier and hassle-free. This platform allows consumers to compare and find their next bicycle from third party dealers at the best price anywhere in the UK. To ensure smoother operations, it has partnered with stores across the UK. In 2019, the company is planning to launch and run its first Exchange store. The company will use the proceeds in commencing opening its pilot franchise store.
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£50,265
Based in Kent, Folc is an English Rosé wine producer. They distribute through their website, wholesale and trade stocklists including in the first-class cabin on Virgin Atlantic. Sourced from family-run growers, the company has won multiple awards including IEWA Gold and the prestigious Star of Kent.
With over 18,000 bottles sold, all packaging is 100% recycled or recyclable with the bottles made from 94% recycled glass.
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investment:
£260,000
