Launched in 2015, Gone West plans to disrupt the commercial forestry sector by adopting regenrative forestry systems in place of traditional ones, thereby creating environmental and social benefits. The company has planted millions of trees and has become pretty good at it. The company's product development team is engineering solutions for environmental problems, such as its Green Light app. The company's business model is structured to provide diverse yet interconnected revenue streams. Gone West has been self-funded to this date with increasing year-on-year revenue growth since launch. With the proceeds, the company will invest 30% for operations, 20% for Marketing, 5% for Business Innovation, 20% for Forestry Services, 15% for Product development, 10% for Plant and Protect.
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investment:
£159,300
E-Sign is an electronic signature service providing secure, encrypted document storage facilities with full audit trail and digital signatory ID validation. The company has achieved 300% annual turnover increase for the last 3 years and is a UK government registered digital strategies specialist.
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investment:
£79,320
Ems allows users to search out the right place to live through data and suggestions. Ems uses live data available on mobile, helping those looking to move to find out everything they need to know about any area in London whilst discovering new areas that perfectly match up with their own requirements.
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investment:
£115,600
Zapaygo is a lifestyle application that simply makes life easy when ordering and paying for any type of product or service. Users can order/pay for anything to be collected or delivered and also make instant payments. The team have secured contracts to increase the potential reach into the millions.
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£450,000
ALVÁTECH is a sustainable water technology company on a mission to revolutionise the $1.3 trillion per annum agriculture industry that consists of 537 million farmers. It claims that the agriculture industry uses 70% of global water consumption. ALVÁTECH aspires to change this. It argues that its technology disrupts water molecules in an ecological way, helping farmers grow more with less water. The plug and play solution runs entirely off solar energy and is chemical-free. ALVÁTECH claims that it has installed its water treatment devices in 17 countries across six continents and established an international distribution network since its product launch in August 2020. The company has also signed agreements with entities in Latin America, Africa, Asia, the US, Europe and the Middle East. ALVÁTECH will use the investment to expand its distribution network, sales teams and subscription plans to reach more farmers and develop Hydro devices for vertical farming, boost hydroponics, and create ALVÁ personal home devices.
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investment:
£504,932
Snoop is an application that aims to save a user's money by using data analytics. Snoop falls under the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) regulated Open Banking technology. The company asserts that Snoop can help every household in the UK save at least £1,500 each year. The app lets a user connect his/her bank accounts and credit cards to Snoop to observe all the balances and transactions together from a single portal. Snoop also watches a user's bills and lets the user know if he/she is paying too much or if there’s a price hike. The app also creates a 100% personalised feed of money-saving ideas based on the user's spending patterns. Snoop has grown to over 100,000 downloads and 75,000 customers since early 2020, delivered over 1 million money management tips to customers, and featured in publications like The Guardian, Financial Times, and The Telegraph. It will use 57% of the investment to grow its business, 21% to develop app functionality, and 22% for business operations.
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£8,445,740
Baanx is a Business to Business to Consumer (B2B2C) banking platform that is Application Programming Interface (API) driven and digitaly-friendly. It aims to become a contender in the digital asset financial services market that is estimated to rise to $40 trillion by 2030. Baanx argues that it is disrupting the slow and expensive banking sector by leveraging blockchain to launch secure and low-cost banking products and services, with a few lines of code. The company has witnessed £1.4 million in revenue in 2020. It will start shipping its cards to 30+ EU countries in 2021 and roll-out its ‘plug-and-play’ wallet/card/exchange/mobile app on leading open-source blockchain network, Tezos, targeting the latter's 3 million+ global user base. Baanx will use the investment to increase its staff to 40-50 personnel by the end of 2021, expand into Asian, Middle Eastern, and North American markets with regulatory approvals, and invest in digital asset-backed lending and investing.
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investment:
£9,990,280
Hosting a diverse range of venues and events in Cornwall across 150 acres of land. The Wyldes has successfully held scalable events for over 50,000 visitors in the last 10 years. Their venues consist of 3 fixed stages, with 8 bars and catering options.
The company is now raising funds to expand the services they offer by developing their infrastructure to increase capacity and attract a wider target audience with plans to build luxury accommodations. The Wyldes has predicted a rise on profitability whilst reducing costs and increasing the number of revenue channels by hosting smaller events such as weddings, celebrations and business events.
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investment:
£236,860
Carbon Gold (CG) is an organic biochar producer and retailer. It claims that its products can replace harmful pesticides, last longer, and lock away CO2. The company's sales increased by 253% from £77,000 to £272,000 in 2020 with sales in 17 countries worldwide. CG's organic products employ biochar, a type of charcoal made from sustainably sourced materials. CG further enriches it with multiple strains of fungi, bacteria and minerals, that support healthy soil biology. The company is partnering with the Woodland Trust, is certified by the Soil Association, and is also a certified B Corp. The company will use the investment to boost its marketing, international development, and manufacturing.
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investment:
£722,468
An innovative solution to the ocean's plastic issues with the use of plasma treatment facilities. Ocean Polymers are utilising technology similar to that of the US Navy, by using a combination of ship and land-based recycling and manufacturing processes. Partnering with QA-UK, the company have developed sea drones to identify plastic waste to aid in cleaning the ocean. This method results in operational savings and a smaller carbon footprint.
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investment:
£403,470
