Beer fans can enjoy tours of top-tier breweries, bars and pubs around the world by simply booking through an app. Beer Adventures offers 112 tours across 85 cities globally since launching in 2017, which has already resulted in more than 10,000 customers signed-up to the platform and over 1,050 tours being fulfilled. They have partnered with well-established beer producers such as Mikkeller and BrewDog and have also been featured in publications such as the i newspaper, EasyJet Traveller magazine and others in the UK and USA.
The company began as a B2C firm and is now taking steps to incorporate B2B services into their business model. Beer Adventures intends to use its platform as a means of advertising, primarily for leisure and hospitality businesses. Revenue will be generated from businesses that attract customers to their services via advertisements on the Beer Adventures app.
This investment strategy will allow Beer Adventures to expand their sales and marketing teams, which in turn can increase the number of tours available, as well as raise brand exposure and the size of the community. Future plans include expanding the variety of tours from beers to food, wine and city trails.
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investment:
£60,550
BeneTalk is an innovative digital therapeutic solution, providing on-demand support to individuals who stutter and their families, aiming to enhance their quality of life and confidence. Stuttering affects millions globally, and with limited specialized therapy options, BeneTalk addresses accessibility challenges by offering timely assistance, aiming to mitigate the higher risk of low self-esteem and mental health issues faced by individuals who stutter and their families.
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investment:
£173,123
Best in England provide hand-picked attractions in a number of England's idyllic areas. They already have 100 subscribers and are covering two UK counties. Using the funds invested, the business will be looking to expand the current model into other areas around England.
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investment:
£48,540
Bikecation was formed in 2011 and specialise in package and bespoke cycling holidays in the UK and Europe. They aim to provide holidays that capture the freedom and fun of cycling with a holiday that give you a thirst of adventure and an appetite for great food.
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investment:
£70,000
Offering coached performance training through an immersive class experience in a premium boutique gym environment. Binary Fitness are in the process of building a multi-purpose training hall and two spaces for classes that will deliver CrossFit courses, as well as yoga and strength sessions.
Binary Fitness currently has 200 members that pay a monthly membership averaging £160 and has YoY net membership growth of 34% up to September 2018. In the past 3 months, the company has achieved sales averaging £30k per month. Revenue is generated via tiered membership subscriptions, personal training, a café and brand merchandise.
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investment:
£707,630
Bioepic is an app which enables users to easily and non-invasively measure their health status in just 30 seconds using just a smartphone. The app calculates pulse wave velocity, body temperature, blood pressure, heart rate variability chaos, vascular stiffness and the effectiveness of inhalers.
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investment:
£12,500
BioSure HIV Self Test allows for private testing in a time and place convenient to the user. The test is discreetly delivered in the post and once everything is finished all the testing equipment can be thrown away in the bag provided with the usual rubbish.
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Expired
investment:
£495,459
Riders can enjoy indoor cycling within a boutique fitness studio. In the past 6 years, Boom Cycle have opened five sites are now seeking funds to expand their portfolio. To date, Boom Cycle has acquired over £4.1m from private investors and in 2017 spent £2.1m on developing two flagship studios. The company has experienced attendance growth of 47% YoY, as well as a 77% increase in revenue YoY.
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investment:
£805,260
An oral hygiene service giving people stunning smiles and a healthy mouth with eco-friendly products. Brushbox uses a subscription model to deliver oral care goods directly to a customer's home on a regular basis. Since launching in January 2018, Brushbox has sold more than 3,000 boxes and will be offering their services via Ocado in January 2019.
The company is partnered with Denplan, Dentaid and Ronald McDonald House Trust. Through these collaborations, Brushbox has donated over 5,000 toothbrushes via their 'Buy 1, Give 1' initiative. Funds raised will be allocated towards expanding the range of products and working directly with dentists through a partnership programme.
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Expired
investment:
£738,670
Byrd is a coaching platform that works around everyday life to keep people running. It asserts that its unique EQAI-coach uses 1 billion variables to coach people to their goal, whether that’s simply to remain healthy or to hit a specific event. The company estimates that 200 million people were running globally in 2018. It seeks to target this group and become a contender in a fitness market that is estimated to be worth $2.4 billion. The company has created and tested two beta versions of its Android and iOS apps. It points out that it has conducted surveys involving hundreds of runners clocking in 20,000 km of running and incorporated that data into its portal. Byrd argues that its app has been built on Google Cloud infrastructure and is ready to horizontally scale. It will use 40% of the investment in product evolution, 20% in acquisition, 23% towards marketing, and 17% towards enriching customer experience.
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investment:
£266,836
