HomeCooks is a food marketplace akin to Etsy, founded by a serial entrepreneur and supported by SpeedInvest. Their mission is to overhaul the UK's struggling £12.6 billion food delivery industry by connecting independent food creators directly with consumers. Through batch cooking and a warehouse system, HomeCooks offers over 200 homemade meals at lower prices compared to mainstream food delivery services, aiming to provide affordable and healthier options. Similar successful ventures in the US, like Shef and CookUnity, have secured significant funding rounds, indicating the potential of this model.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£1,536,034
Oru Space seamlessly blends coworking, wellbeing, and food, fostering connection and regenerative culture through a network of interconnected decision-making processes. Their ecosystem encompasses inclusive communities, dynamic spaces, and sustainability-driven actions, aiming to rejuvenate high streets, launch social initiatives, and prioritize well-being while achieving both economic success and environmental health.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£455,364
Rejuvenation Water is a worlds first amino-acid enriched spring water that brings amino-acids to you in a convenient, healthy and tasty day. In 2016, Rejuvenation Water have opened up over 150 retail listings and have agreed a listing with Holland & Barrett.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£187,340
Currently supplying restaurants and caterers with meat sourced ethically and now bringing the same service to households. The Ethical Butcher's meat is certified from PFLA farms and the animals have been ethically raised and 100% grass-fed. The team consists of a Michelin Star chef and are winners of The Top 50 Foods in Britain and Ireland in The Great Taste Awards.
In its two years of business, The Ethical Butcher has generated £1.37m of revenue and in 2017, their operating profit was £98k. The business receives 200 orders per month, with each invoice averaging £350. Investments will be used to offer a B2C service. Households can have their meat cut and delivered by the next day. The Ethical Butcher will also expand its B2B offerings by supply their meat to gourmet burger bars and increasing the range and variety of meat sold.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£334,640
A subscription service for coffee and coffee accessories from the UK's best roasters. The Coffee Tasting Club wants its customers to experience a different coffee day after day, to discover new tastes and experiment with unique flavours. The company already has a successful infrastructure in place and is ready to go worldwide with the brand.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£63,815
Patch is a modern plant shop for contemporary plant people. It helps in finding the most suitable plants and delivering them to the door. The company has delivered over 2,50,000 plants to over 82,000 customers in Paris and London. Patch has witnessed solid growth at +124% vs last year, reaching £4.48m in revenue. The company has a 4.6-star rating on TrustPilot and, it has been featured in The Times, The Telegraph etc. The funds will be used to expand across Europe, eliminate the middle-man and expand into the B2B market.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£2,412,150
Cuckooz Nest is London’s pay-as-you-go nursery with an integrated workspace for the modern working parent. With the ability to support both individuals and bigger businesses, it bridges the gap between work and life by providing an accessible, flexible, affordable and scalable childcare. It has already helped over 100 families to attain a greater work-life balance. Cuckooz Nest has also been shortlisted for many awards such as Best Workspace, Nursery Innovation Award, and The People’s Choice Award. With the same purpose to provide creative childcare solutions, this company has partnered with Manny & Me, a London-based agency, to ensure the delivery of the highest quality of staff and educational programming.Cuckooz Nest, with the proceeds, is planning to set up a much larger site to help a substantial number of men and women manage their work and family.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£131,650
Simply rounding up the value of online purchases to the nearest pound and enabling users to save money into a digital wallet. Wishwallet aims to solve the problem of online shopping trolley abandonment, whereby consumers tend to leave products in their online baskets, but not continue to the checkout stage. The company aims to reduce this issue, whilst at the same time allowing customers to afford products and services they not have been able to before.
Wishwallet's revenue stream is comprised of service fees to retailers, advertisements, recurring subscriptions and data. The company aims to launch their service with access to more than 1,500 retailers. They have already completed Phase 1 of their app development cycle and following this investment round, they aim to complete their product to be ready to launch in early 2019. Any additional contributions will be used for marketing campaigns, key hires and future app upgrades.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£122,140
Specilaing in making a wide variety of award-winning pies and pastry products for the public. Eat Square's 2017 funding round has resulted in their turnover more than doubling in 2018. This growth has led to Eat Square expanding their business and begin to sell franchises to market their goods. Production and capacity have also increased and products that are vegan and gluten-free are being produced. This funding round will see the business sell up to 14 franchises by the end of 2019 to buy their pies.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£34,019
We Are Beer have opened innovative breweries by collaborating with chefs and musicians to provide incredible food and enchanting music along with brewing beers. We Are Beers has grown more than 50% YOY since 2016 and has witnessed a 4.9X growth in brand partnership revenue from 2016 to 2018. We Are Beers have been featured in The Guardian, The FT Weekend, The Telegraph, BBC News, and countless local titles. It has four festivals, 100s of breweries, and in 2018 had 16,000 visitors, over 20 sponsors and a gross turnover of £781k (EBITDA £102k). We Are Beer is now looking to accelerate the growth of the audience and the brand. It is raising funds to get the festival, Bigfoot – a national festival off the ground, book the starting music acts and secure the beautiful, escapist location for 2020.
days to go:
Expired
investment:
£163,000
