Bambooloo is a sustainable consumer products company that creates, manufactures, and sells earth-friendly, modern brands. It has set up its base of operations in Singapore and is endeavouring to enter the UK market soon. Bambooloo launched to high acclaim both online and offline in Singapore with its 100% plastic free packaging product line. It is now on the verge of launching its other product lines; The Nurturing Co-brand focused on care and cleaning products with zero one time use plastics; and Wipeless, an environmentally focused bidet brand. Bambooloo argues that the global hygiene paper sector alone is valued at over $84 billion per year. It aims to be a segment leader in this sector. Bambooloo was the inaugural winner of the Sustainable Business Award Winner 2019. The company will use the investment to establish a beachhead business in the UK, hire internal and external teams for marketing, and set up its website for procuring more orders.
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£187,013
Zumo is a wallet and payments platform that aims to make traditional money and cryptocurrency work together. The company asserts that its blockchain-powered smart wallet is a safe and simple way to trade, store, transfer and spend cryptocurrencies. Its ecosystem comprises of three core products, namely Zumo App, ZumoKit and Zumo Pay. The company has raised £3 million in equity funding across three investment rounds. It has also soft-launched on the App and Google Play stores in November 2019 and grown to nearly 1000 users in that time. Zumo will spend 39% of the investment on human resources and hiring, 39% on product development, 17% on marketing, 5% on administrative costs, 3% on legal costs, 1% on rent, and the remaining on employee expenses and loan repayment.
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£1,580,010
The Cheeky Panda is a manufacturer of sustainable bamboo tissue and hygiene products which are available across Europe, the Middle East and on the aisles of some of the world's top retailers including Boots, EkoPlaza, Monoprix and Carrefour. Its innovation and stress on sustainable hygiene has led to the mass-adoption of its products. The company has been rewarded with hundreds of 5-star reviews across multiple platforms including Amazon, Morrisons, and Ocado. Its proprietary Baby wipes was ranked the highest-selling new product launch of 2019 by the Grocer and Nielsen Data, and its monthly sales exceeded £500,000 for the first time in 2020 in just four years of the company's inception. Keeping in mind its drive to deliver sustainable products, the company supports the Charity patroned by Sir David Attenborough: World Land Trust. With the funds received, the company aims to channelise that into working capital to support the purchasing of ever-larger quantities of products to get sales to £20m a year and enhancing its brand identity.
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£2,434,752
Ziglu is a financial technology entity that allows a user to access both Forex and digital currencies seamlessly. The company permits a user to use any currency via its Mastercard debit card and protects the user's digital currency up to £50,000 against cyber-attacks. Ziglu is authorised by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) as an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) and is one of the first companies involved with digital currencies to be registered under the UK’s Anti-Money Laundering Regulations (AMLR). The company has achieved a 94% rating on TrustPilot, offers customers the option to send money via cryptocurrency, and previously raised £5.25 million in seed funding. Ziglu has featured in media entities like Coindesk and Yahoo Finance. It will use 30% of the investment in product development, 60% on user acquisition, and 10% on international expansion initiatives.
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£3,041,878
Get Set Pet (GSP) is a pet supply challenger brand on a mission to build a community of like-minded dog and cat owners that take pride in their relationships with their pets. The company aims to arm pet parents with the information they need to make better nutrition decisions regardless of whether or not they shop with GSP. GSP has acquired over 15,000 customers, generated over 20,000 orders, and delivered £800,000 in total sales. The company has 4.97 out of 5 'Excellent' ratings from over 1,100 verified customer reviews. GSP will use 25% of the investment towards Research and Development (R&D) of its products, 25% on salaries, technology investments and working capital, and 50% on marketing and promotional activities.
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£386,375
Loowatt is delivering safe sanitation and generating energy from waste for sustainable business growth. Loowatt argues that poor sanitation leads to more than £150 billion being lost every year due to health care costs, decreased income and productivity. It aims to change this with its patented toilet. The toilet's waterless flush seals waste hygienically away and is the starting point for Loowatt's unique closed-loop processing system. Loowatt works closely with the local utility partners and ensures that waste is safely collected, treated, and transformed into biogas to generate electricity and heat with nutrients captured for organic fertiliser production. Loowatt has processed 555 tonnes of waste and served more than 250,000 people. The company will use the investment to scale-up manufacturing, complete development of the Loowatt Pro data transmission system, and develop an aftersales monetisation strategy for large international contracts, starting with the City of Manila.
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£1,101,180
Pharmafair is an online marketplace for the pharmaceutical supply chain, from the wholesaler to the end consumer. The company estimates that the pharmaceutical market in the UK is worth £43 billion, and it aims to be a major contender in this segment. It plans to use stock exchange trading models to enhance the feel, liquidity and functionality of its application. Its app will also have the ability to list the sale or request purchase of a product and show live news feeds, watchlists, and price alerts in the pharma industry. The company is looking to raise between £75,000 and £100,000 for pre/post-launch marketing and working capital to improve its application further.
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£273
Solivus is a solar technology company that aims to enable mega-buildings, homes and communities to lower their carbon footprint and generate local green energy through the company's proprietary solar solutions. Its patent-pending innovation, Solivus Arc, utilises thin-film solar technology to power homes and electric vehicles. The company asserts that Solivus Arc provides an alternative to rooftop solar and has incredible low-carbon credentials. Solivus aims to also enter the commercial and agricultural markets with its products. It will use 50% of the investment in product development and R&D, 40% in growing its team, and 10% towards legal and marketing costs.
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investment:
£1,619,048
Vertically Urban (VU) is a horticultural lighting specialist that produces high-tech LED lighting solutions for indoor industrial farms, glasshouses, medicinal growers and onsite Pod farms, who in turn, supply to supermarkets, restaurants and the medical market. The company aims to be a segment leader in the global vertical farming market that is projected to reach $12.7 billion by 2026. VU asserts that vertical farming has been tipped as the future of food production and supported by early investors such as Amazon’s Jeff Bezos. The company has witnessed £30 million+ worth of sales to date. It will use the investment to increase brand awareness via horticultural trade shows, market its products on online and offline portals, develop new technologies, and recruit senior personnel to oversee growth in key markets.
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investment:
£335,040
Whitehall Finance (WF) is a Business-to-Business (B2B) financial technology platform that provides working capital to UK-based Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The company offers revolving credit facility that is withdrawable in currencies like GBP, USD or EURO or a combination of the above under a single facility agreement. It also permits buying companies to offer their suppliers an early payment for a discount, as well as, enables users to access Forex services and creditworthiness data of companies. WF has extended around £16 million in finance through 1,600+ transactions over its platform in the past one year. The company will use 30% of the investment to expand its sales, 20% to increase its marketing budget, 30% to increase operational capacity to service volume business, and 20% to develop key partner relationships.
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investment:
£160,027
