GoPower offers comprehensive portable solar energy solutions, designed to save you money and reduce your environmental impact. Their user-friendly solar panels eliminate the need for complex installations, allowing easy setup anywhere. Their portable solar power stations, providing up to 1000w/1280WH at 240v, are perfect for various applications such as home offices, garden rooms, boats, events, and more. With multiple output sockets and versatile charging options including solar panels and mains electricity, GoPower provides a greener and cost-effective energy alternative.
days to go:
Extended
investment:
£10,000
Rype addresses the dilemma of choosing between expensive or low-quality office furniture that contributes to carbon emissions and waste. By remanufacturing high-quality used office furniture, Rype offers cost-effective solutions with 80% lower carbon emissions and waste, while creating local jobs. Their mission is to significantly reduce office carbon emissions and costs through sustainable, circular economy practices, including exclusive furniture ranges made from waste materials. Rype's comprehensive services encompass furniture sourcing, remanufacturing, and employing marginalized individuals, contributing to a more environmentally friendly and socially responsible approach to office furnishings.
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Extended
investment:
Withheld
Gively is an online marketplace where users can give and get secondhand items for free. The secondhand clothing market will double in value to £50 billion annually by 2023, and the company finds itself as a suitable contender in this domain. They aim to lower greenhouse gas emissions and minimise landfill sites through its portal. The company has reached over 5,000 users, 70% of which came from unpaid channels. Gively won an SME (Small and medium enterprises) grant worth £10,000 of television advertising and has received rave reviews from its users through the App Store, social media, and in person. They will use 50% of the investment for marketing purposes, 25% for technology up-gradation, and 25% for hiring human resources.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£105,207
Almond provides businesses and consumers with a method to understand their carbon footprint and use the company's proprietary offset tools to become carbon neutral. Consumers can earn Almond Tokens when purchasing products from Almond's partnering sustainable brands. The Almond Tokens can be spent on their website The Almond certification label on products enables them to demonstrate their commitment to protecting the environment, consumer health and building a better society for all. The core idea is to build a market that's geared towards sourcing and selling sustainable products. The green economy market is worth $4 trillion. The offset market was $300 million in 2018, having grown over 140-fold in 10 years. Almond seeks to be a market leader in this domain. It has also partnered with reputed institutions such as the World Wildlife Fund, and the Stockholm Environment Institute (carbon analytics). With the investment, the company aims to further the popularity of its existing Almond App and have more people join its ecosystem.
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Expired
investment:
£522,540
ClearWaste is a price comparison website for waste removal and a provider of enforcement services to councils across the UK. The company argues that the cost to local authorities and taxpayers for cleaning up fly-tipping in England in 2016/17 was £57.7 million and is now thought to exceed £100 million. ClearWaste is on a mission to combat it through its app and web platform utilising reporting and prevention methodologies. The company links consumers with govt-registered waste removers backed by a £1k no-fly-tipping guarantee. ClearWaste argues that the UK waste industry is worth over £6.8 billion and supports more than 103,000 jobs. It aims to be a contender in this segment. ClearWaste has featured in press entities such as BBC, ITV, Channel 5, Sky, Times, and The Guardian. It was also a finalist at the National Recycling Awards 2020. ClearWaste will use the investment to develop its sales and marketing functions and further raise brand awareness.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£199,599
Teach Tennis International is a unique digital coaching syllabus that aims to educate and inspire parents, children and coaches through tennis. Teach Tennis have been using their coaching syllabus for the last 7 years and currently have over 1,400 children training with them every week.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£35,775
TeamO design marine safety products for sailors. They started with a simple product, a patented Backtow Lifejacket, which is now available in 20 retailers throughout the UK and distributed in five countries. Since then they have developed 2 more marine safety products. They continue to grow their sales through international distribution agreements and online sales. Their goal is to build TeamO into a brand renowned for their high quality and innovative products.
(EIS and SEIS pending)
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£241,210
GolfTrader is like the 'eBay' of the golfing world. It allows users to buy and sell golfing products through GolfTrader's easy to use mobile app. With Golf Trader you're able to showcase your range of products 24/7 unlike the typical 9-5 trading hours.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£13,330
Homefans is a travel start up, providing experiences beyond the 90 minutes for international football fans. Since inception 10 months ago the team have achieved a revenue of £40k and have built a community of more than 240 travelers.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£109,550
A football agency focusing on the fan involvement in team decisions. Fans will be able to hold a portion of the shares in the business and will have a say on up-and-coming players and their careers. The Fans Agency co-founder, Jon Smith, is an ex-agent to football legend, Diego Maradona, as well as to the English National Football Team.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£554,580
