Brickowner aims to become the leading service provider for property developers and asset managers, ensuring benefits for both parties. The company asserts that it undertakes background checks of investors on its portal for the benefit of asset managers. It also ensures that investors can easily navigate its portal and find deals that suit their financial appetite. Brickowner successfully exited five investment rounds despite two investments happening in the wake of COVID-19. The platform has over 3,000 investors registered with over 700 active investors. It has overseen over £15 million worth of investments on its portal till date. Brickowner will use the investment towards technology up-gradation, develop its B2B capacity, and increase marketing initiatives to support company growth
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investment:
£290,362
Mr Lee’s Pure Foods is an innovative food/tech company creating award-winning premium healthy noodles-in-a-cup and will be launching its new instant Congee Asian rice porridge. All products are certified low sugar, gluten-free, low on calories, Vegan options and 100% recyclable and compostable packaging. The global instant noodle market is expected to reach $57.5 billion by 2024 which the brand aims to capitalise on and establish itself in as the market leader. Mr Lee's has won 50+ global awards and nominations including Grocer Gold Exporter of the Year, Great British Entrepreneur winner, and The Sunday Times Maserati 100 winner. Noted publisher Penguin Random House has published Mr Lee’s 100 Noodle Recipe cookbook which has been met with critical acclaim worldwide. With the investment, the company will invest 25% of it in marketing initiatives and entering into the US market, 10% in product development, 20% in working capital for food production during scale-up, 5% in upgrading its Hot Noodle Kiosk and vending machine facilities, and 40% in global group operating and personnel costs runway for commercial functions and scale-up activities within Australia, the UK, and the USA.
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investment:
£1,835,892
Coconuts Organic is a company that produces plant-based ice creams. Coconuts Organic asserts that it is one of only two mainstream organic plant-based ice cream brands in the UK. The company aims to tap into the fast-growing global trend of healthier eating and sustainable food. Coconuts Organic has won seven Great Taste Awards and became the fastest-growing 'Wellness Ice Cream' brand in the UK according to a May 2020 Nielsen report. Its products are stocked in major retail chains like M&S and Ocado. The company will use the investment to grow its sales and marketing team, increase its eCommerce business, scale its operations, and invest in marketing activity that will create consumer demand.
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investment:
£327,979
Carverter is a technology platform that enables customers to find and lease a hybrid or Electric Vehicle (EV). The company cites data pointing out the UK government's ban on the sale of petrol and diesel only cars after 2030. It also argues about changing car preferences, with 78% of consumers considering leasing to access an EV. Carverter aims to capture this audience and grow its business. The company uses its algorithm to bring together over 32 million data points across its three tools, namely Carvert, Carwizard, and Browse, to help users find their choice of hybrid/EV. Carverter has partnered with renowned entities like WPP, Arval, Microsoft & ITV to boost its business. It will use 10% of the investment on hiring staff, 20% towards rolling out its services across 22 European countries via Arval, and 70% on an advertising multiplier deal with the UK's largest commercial broadcaster, ITV, and WPP.
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investment:
£2,324,693
ByRuby is a food delivery company. It sources produce from local ethical suppliers, prepares meals in small batches using the raw produce, freezes the meal to preserve the taste, and delivers it nationwide. ByRuby argues that the UK ready meal sales market is worth £12 billion in 2020. The company witnessed sales up to 200% online in March 2020. ByRuby asserts that it uses only British free-range or organic meat & sustainably sourced fish from British waters. The company won the 2018 Women's Health Food Award. Its products are stocked in 26 retail stores. ByRuby has been mentioned by publications such as Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph, and Metro. It will use 50% of the investment for marketing, 26% to grow its kitchen team, 17% to upgrade its kitchen and 7% for new product development.
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investment:
£288,243
WhyBuy is a rental platform that allows a user to rent out items or entities he/she may want to another person. WhyBuy asserts that consumers want to be able to access items for brief periods, and the company aims to be the go-to provider in this segment. It endeavours to save time, space, money and the environment through its business model that is backed by a 100% electric delivery fleet. The company has tested its supply chain to ensure orders are placed despite COVID-19 restrictions. Its app has seen 8000+ downloads from mid-June to end-July 2020 at just over £3 per acquired download across the App Store and Google Playstore. It will use 75% of the investment for marketing, 5% to expand its electric fleet, and 15% as stock and overhead expenses.
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investment:
£309,260
gowithYamo aims to make art more accessible to everyone, from art newbies to experienced gallery-goers through its application. Users can collect Yamo points by checking-in to galleries and exchanging them for rewards such as art prints and exhibition tickets from the company's in-app store. gowithYamo provides support to galleries, museums and artists by exposing them to an active community of art lovers. The company also offers custom-built virtual exhibition spaces where artists can show and sell their work to a sizeable digital audience. gowithYamo has collaborated with art entities like Roy's Art Fair, The Other Art Fair, Harlesden High Street, and many others. It has a social media presence of 50,000+ followers. The company will use 30% of the investment to expand across different demographics, 25% to further finetune its virtual exhibition platform, 20% for marketing, and 25% to implement Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the gowithYamo app to help recommend exhibitions to its users.
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investment:
£161,105
Grocemania is an on-demand delivery platform, which allows customers to find and shop from local grocery stores and receive deliveries in minutes for only £2.50 at absolutely no cost to retailers. The company asserts that its team has been at the forefront of the pandemic delivering everyday essentials to thousands of people across London, Brighton, and Bristol in the UK. Grocemania has helped local retailers to generate £200,000 in sales through its platform since January 2020. It has allowed brands to subscribe and get detailed data analytics and sales insights about their products through its 'Data Reporting' module, and partnered with PepsiCo to maximize PepsiCo, Walkers, and Doritos sales during the UEFA Champions League Group Stage 2020. The company has featured in Timeout, The Grocer, Food Navigator, eMarketer, and UK Technews. It will use the investment to boost marketing and grow its monthly budget by 10 times, test its data module with current partnerships and create useful case-studies to secure more contracts, and invest more in local and product SEO.
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investment:
£173,781
Innis & Gunn is a leading craft brewer who is building Edinburgh's biggest brewery. The company has sold 21 million pints of beer in more than thirty countries, and its lager is a leading craft beer in Scotland. It has witnessed a turnover of 21 million in 2018. It is operating in over 30 countries. Innis & Gunn had secured £15m private equity backing in 2017. The proceeds will be used for the construction of large scale brewery which will secure the company's growth capacity and its future in Edinburg.
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investment:
£3,300,404
blend my day creates, produces and delivers delicious and nutritionist-approved wholefood breakfasts which can be freshly prepared in under a minute. Its product range consists of an assortment of entities from its ready-to-blend smoothies to ready-to-soak oats bowls. The company's products are 100% plant-based, gluten-free and dairy-free. blend my day argues that the breakfast market is worth £20 billion in the UK and France alone. It wants to become the leading healthy breakfast subscription service in the UK and Europe. The company has sold 20,000 products to date, has an Instagram following of 10,000, and is a part of '1% For the Planet' enterprise pledging to give 1% of all its sales to environmental organisations. blend my day will use the investment to launch a subscription plan to drive repeat purchase and lifetime value, invest in marketing campaigns, build its growth and operations team in the UK, and launch its foodservice range.
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Expired
investment:
£189,692
