A purpose-focused digital nutrition brand with a goal to enhance amino acids' impact worldwide, aiming to transform human health and performance; Having sold over 10,000 units to customers across 30+ countries, generating a monthly revenue of £27,000; Successfully raised £270,000 in funding, achieving overfunding with EIS approval and activating a £300,000 growth loan through FSE Group, further supported by the founder's personal guarantee of £150,000 due to strong confidence in success.
Experience the next level of amino acid products with a delightful twist - No more struggling with water binding and bitterness. Through innovative methods, we've introduced the market's first enjoyable amino acid drink.
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investment:
£275,000
Analog Motion (AM) manufactures and sells electric bicycles. The company argues that its bikes are lightweight, have a removable battery, and are IPX6 rated. AM affirms that its business model has significant prospects given that €1 billion has been spent on cycling-related infrastructure in Europe. AM has sold 2000+ bikes across 400+ cities in 30+ countries. The company points out that it has successfully manufactured and shipped 100% of all pre-ordered bikes in 2020. It has featured in The Times, Grazia, Gizmodo, Stuff, and Electrek, to name a few. The company will use the investment to accelerate the development of new products and technologies, scale-up its support and after-sales team, build its marketing and advertising campaigns, and enhance its operational and retail capabilities.
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Expired
investment:
£369,003
Arca have introduced new tools for property risk management and created a marketplace to trade portfolio risks to match buyers and sellers of financial products connected to the performance of real estate. They are opening up the concept of short term property market risk management for property portfolio managers.
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Expired
investment:
£575,000
Big Sister Swap is a personalized clothing swapping service aiming to make circular fashion more accessible. They seek to address common challenges in accessing sustainable alternatives to fast fashion, leveraging a one-stop-swap process. Customers select a swap option by weight, print a postage label to send unwanted clothes, and fill out a style form to communicate their sizes and preferences. The company's stylists, assisted by bespoke technology, then select clothes to send back, ensuring individualized matches and keeping clothes in circulation. The service is monetized by charging customers for the swap process based on weight, with an emphasis on affordability and accessibility. Big Sister Swap's approach includes automated quality matching to maintain fairness, and they plan to expand through word-of-mouth and social media marketing.
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Expired
investment:
£174,471
Brain Füd manufactures functional energy drinks made with natural caffeine, electrolytes, B-vitamins, and no artificial sweeteners. Since 2018, the company has been selling its drinks in universities, corporate offices, and online platforms such as Amazon and Ocado. The company's trial listing is in selected Sainsbury's stores nationwide. Brain Füd is in conversation with Amazon, Morrisons, and many more. With the proceeds, the company will directly appeal to its target audience and bag more distribution.
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Expired
investment:
£110,307
Brickowner is a service provider for property developers and asset managers wanting to improve the cost and efficiency of onboarding and managing investors. The company undertakes crucial tasks related to property transactions such as Anti Money Laundering (AML), Know Your Client (KYC), investor categorisation, and escrow requirements for its clients. These tasks take a lot of time and money through regular offline channels, but the company speeds up this process by taking it online. In 2017, a sum of £348,000 was invested through the company's platform which by January 2020 had reached over £12 million. The company has over 2400 investors registered on its platform wherein 630+ investors have invested in substantial investments. It has been featured in prominent publications such as Daily Mail, Property Week, London Evening Standard, and The Week. The company will use the investment aims to cover capital costs to support growth such as hiring, develop new technology to increase product availability, marketing strategy, and increase the technical capacity of the platform.
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Expired
investment:
£397,840
An automated platform allowing landlords to manage their properties and save time and money on fees. With brightLET's solution, there is no need for an intermediary person to be involved in the property management process. Landlords can perform administration tasks on their own tenancies, be kept up-to-date on ever-changing regulations and manage tradespeople.
Specific services available to landlords include options to book viewings, upload photos, videos and floorplans, provide reports on inspections, gas safety, EPC, Right 2 Rent and PAT checks. The brightLET platform is available on almost any device, including desktops, tablets and mobile devices.
brightLET has partnered with the YMCA, this has allowed the company access to a provider market and housing association worth more than £10bn. There are various user types utilising the platform, since launch 650+ landlords, 1000+ tenants and 300+ tradespeople are using brightLET to manage their properties.
Their revenue model has resulted in landlords achieving savings on property fees of £450 outside London and £1,368 within London. Funds will primarily be used for growth and expansion within London, as this is where the majority of brightLET landlords are situated. The company aims to increase their brand awareness through marketing campaigns and hire talent to assist with technology developments, sales and customer support.
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Expired
investment:
£66,932
An easy and simple app for university students to find properties and pay rent all from the comfort of their own sofa. Bubble Student already has information for over 200,000 rooms, which users can book viewing schedules for, as well as a group chat feature to easily discuss the property with their friends.
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Expired
investment:
£430,320
Cannabrew is one of the UK's first Cannabidiol (CBD) infused craft beers. It aspires to become a contender in the CBD market that is expected to reach £1 billion by 2025 in the UK. The company has sold thousands of cans across the UK despite COVID-19 and aims to become carbon-neutral soon. It assets that it plants two trees for every case of beer sold and has planted over 14,000 trees through a sustainability initiative in Madagascar by partnering with 'Ecologi', removing an estimated 350 tonnes of CO2 in just six months since the company's launch. Cannabrew was nominated for three awards at the World CBD Awards. Its product, Soul Lager, has become the highest-rated lager on Untappd in the UK achieving a score of >3.96. The company will use 25% of the investment in marketing, 50% towards team expansion, and 25% to scale production and boost New Product Development (NPD).
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Expired
investment:
£216,695
CapitalRise is an online property lending platform offering market-leading returns of 7-12% per annum from secured lending to prime real estate. Till date, the company has lent £71.9 million against assets worth over £410 million, repaid £28 million of capital and return to customers, and saw a 354% increase in revenues in 2019. CapitalRise is ranked #1 in both 1-year and 3-year net returns as verified by leading loan analytics firm, Brismo. The company has won awards including, the British Bank Awards 2020 - Best Alternative Finance Provider. It has also received press coverage from publications such as The Times, Forbes and Daily Express. It will use the investment to take advantage of the UK government's Future Fund given the positive feedback from its investors, improve its technology platforms, further its marketing and lending initiatives, and satisfy customer expectations.
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Expired
investment:
£2,214,280
