Empowering landlords with the tools they need to efficiently manage the letting process of their properties. Honest Homes aims to cut out intermediaries and instead offers transparent systematic guides via their online platform to save UK landlords and tenants time and money. Their service provides users with abilities to create contracts, ensure compliance and perform monetary transactions for the collection and payment of deposits and rent.
Honest Homes' all-in-one solution aims to reduce average landlord admin costs from 12%, to 3%. Their service is designed to be fully automated and includes features such as reviews and ratings for both landlords and tenants. The company is aiming to host 1.8% of UK addresses by their fifth year, which represents around 60k listings and they are also planning to expand their services into Europe.
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£166,670
Born out of love and passion for fishing, Hoox Club is inspired by the competitive spirit that anglers share. The company embraces all aspects of fishing and aims to mount a global community that provides technical apparel, experiences, products and innovative fishing events. Hoox operates in a huge market that is worth over £3bn in the UK and $46bn in the US. Addressing the customer need for a high-quality fishing brand with amazing customer service, Hoox is on track in developing a collection of performance fishing clothing and accessories. The company's mission is to project the Hoox club into a 3,000 secure membership. The fund raised will be used for branding, marketing, product diversification and expanding the business across Europe.
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£21,020
Hoptroff offers a global Traceable Time as a Service (TTaaS). It verifies and corrects incorrect server clocks to microsecond accuracy thus making timestamp records of computer transactions trustworthy. This technology's precise time feed is set by Hoptroff's atomic clocks in its time hubs which are situated in London, Tokyo, and New York. Furthermore, with its partners BSO and BT networks, it delivers the feed anywhere in the world over low latency fibre connections. It already has 9 financial services customers and is also working with its partners to pursue a pipeline of potential new customers. It is raising funds to increase sales and marketing efforts, particularly, in Africa and the Asia-Pacific regions. It will further move on quickly to exploit the global Financial Services market which is worth £0.7bn and enter new markets such as TV broadcasting.
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£983,610
A hybrid estate agent offering customers to book appointments online, or meet in person to discuss housing and property. Howard Cundey Live launched 50 years ago and allows customers to manage, sell, or let their properties online, anytime. The company has become a market leader in core locations within the UK; holding a 23% share of lettings, as well as 7% of property sales in certain areas.
Howard Cundey Live currently manages around 400 properties for landlords, this has resulted in gross monthly income of £120k between July and September 2018. They have also valued more than 100 properties for sales or lettings and 45% of customers agreed to follow the company's instructions. Revenue is generated via a seller's fee starting from £599, as well as a success fee averaging £2,500 per property that has been sold or let.
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£50,230
HOWND is an award-winning brand of healthy and natural pet care products. It is one of very few pet product manufacturers in the world to be accredited by the Ethical Company Organisation and certified by Cruelty-Free International. The range includes various products such as vegan dog grooming products and vegetarian Hemp Wellness Treats which are sold in many stores including Pets at Home and Musti Group. The company has signed new distribution agreements in China, America and South Africa. HOWND has won Double Gold for Product Innovation and Marketing Awards in 2017 & 2018 and, it has been featured in the Sunday Express, Daily Mirror and many more. The funds will be used to scale up and expand the team.
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investment:
£192,390
ioLight makes microscopes that fit in a user's pocket or inside laboratory incubators and display high-resolution images of cells on any mobile phone. The company claims that climate change is driving scientists to the most remote places on earth to look at its impact on the smallest, most fragile organisms. It also stresses that pandemics are driving bioresearch, which relies on monitoring cell growth in incubators. ioLight argues that its products address the aforementioned objectives. The company has sold 400 units to date and aspires to dominate the global microscope market that is worth $9.5 billion and growing at 7.9%. The company has raised £815,000 in equity funding since its launch in 2014 and has featured in two National Geographic videos on Mount Everest and in the BBC Royal Institution Christmas Lectures. It states it will use the investment to accelerate its company revenue and win new opportunities to expand its business.
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investment:
£259,586
Jewellery Discovery is a new online marketplace designed for luxury watches and jewellery. The company specialises in vintage and antique jewellery. It designs a wide range of unique and exceptional pieces available online. Each piece is authentic and checked by in-house specialists. Jewellery Discovery has more than 55,000 followers on Instagram. The company has been serving high-net-worth clients including Member of Parliament. Jewellery Discovery is seeking to drive a marketing campaign and expand its team.
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£30,990
JOHNNY'S is an ethical, vegan, and sex-positive subscription condom brand. The company aims to deliver its products on a subscription basis, following in the footsteps of Direct-To-Consumer (DTC) health disruptors like Harry's and Dollar Shave Club. It aims to become a contender in the global condom market that is set to be worth $15 Billion by 2026 and enter the lubricant and sex toy market later in 2021. The company has also pledged to give a condom to HIV/STI/NHS clinics for each condom sold. It will use the investment for a PR launch, social media advertising, stock purchase, and attract talent to help the business hit its growth targets.
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investment:
£182,281
JOHNNY'S is a sex-positive condom brand. It asserts that conventional condoms are overpriced, often unethically made harming both humans and animals, with the buying process being an awkward experience. It aims to change this via its condoms that are vegan, compostable, of high quality and packaged as sustainably as possible. The company intends to deliver its products on a subscription basis, similar to Direct-To-Consumer (DTC) health disruptors like Harry's and Dollar Shave Club. It aspires to become a contender in the global condom market that is set to be worth $15 billion by 2026 and enter the lubricant and sex toy market later in 2021. The company has also pledged to give a condom to HIV/STI/NHS clinics for each condom sold. It will use the investment for a PR launch, social media advertising, stock purchase, and attract talent to help the business hit its growth targets.
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investment:
£219,819
A premium clothing brand that specialises on creating tailored merino and denim garments. King & Tuckfield manufacture their clothes in the UK and aim to produce long-lasting and sustainable products. The company is the award winner of "Best New Brand of the Year 2018" and fans of the business include Linda Tol, Jim Chapman, Laura Jackson, Emma Willis and Richard Biedul.
King & Tuckfield launched in 2016 and their turnover has grown 5.5 times from 2017 to 2018. In Year 1, turnover reached £40k and in Year 2, turnover exceeded £260k. Funds are being raised to expand their e-commerce offering and acquire more sustainable materials for their clothes. In addition, the company is seeking to grow their collaborations and partnerships within the fashion industry.
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investment:
£86,510
