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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£159,300
Studio Pictures Limited is a UK based production company that specialises in the development of high-quality British film and TV projects. The company's interest predominantly lies within the British film and television industry that can be created within budget ranging from £1 million - £15 million. The company has established relationships with studio houses such as Warner Bros., Sony Pictures and Lionsgate and aims to build upon projects that can be made into a franchise. Their production, A Steet Cat Named Bob, went on to be distributed by Sony Pictures in the UK and had a Royal Premiere in London. Studio Pictures Limited will consider putting up to a maximum of 20% of the budget for each project as equity, on a case by case basis, subject to company reserves. With the proceeds, the company will grow and scale the business. It will become a tenant at Twickenham Studios in West London and look to profitable emerging markets, i.e. streaming, animation and interactive movies to become one of the leading UK production companies.
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Coinrule is a smart assistant designed for millennials looking to automate their investments in cryptocurrencies, financial assets and build trading strategies without having to program a single line of code. The platform empowers regular traders and investors to compete with professional algorithmic traders and hedge funds. Users can pick 'building blocks' via a simple interface to create trading strategies which also get backtested on historical data. The company aims to make trading an accessible option for all. They have received awards such as MKB Fintech Lab - Cohort 2018, Pioneer 500, and Alpha Startup at Web Summit 2018. Their exit strategy would be a sale to a larger player either in the crypto space (i.e. Binance/Coinbase) or in the traditional brokerage space (i.e. IG Index, Fidelity).
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£160,000
HairFare is an end-to-end hair and beauty chair rental platform that connects beauty professionals to salons, studios and barbershops across the UK. It asserts that the hair and beauty industry was worth £10 billion in 2018 and is set to increase. HairFare aims to be a contender in this segment. HairFare asserts that it has expanded to five cities within the UK with no marketing budget. The platform has featured in media platforms including The Barber Magazine, Islington Gazette, Startups of London, Business Daily, ITProPortal, ExBulletin, Compsmag, and LinkedIn News, to name a few. It will use 40% of the investment for creating its proprietary app, 40% towards marketing to increase the number of business owners and beauty professionals on the platform, 10% towards setting up its merchandise line, and 10% towards establishing the HairFare Academy.
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£57,736
Grocemania is an on-demand delivery platform, which allows customers to find and shop from local grocery stores and receive deliveries in minutes for only £2.50 at absolutely no cost to retailers. The company asserts that its team has been at the forefront of the pandemic delivering everyday essentials to thousands of people across London, Brighton, and Bristol in the UK. Grocemania has helped local retailers to generate £200,000 in sales through its platform since January 2020. It has allowed brands to subscribe and get detailed data analytics and sales insights about their products through its 'Data Reporting' module, and partnered with PepsiCo to maximize PepsiCo, Walkers, and Doritos sales during the UEFA Champions League Group Stage 2020. The company has featured in Timeout, The Grocer, Food Navigator, eMarketer, and UK Technews. It will use the investment to boost marketing and grow its monthly budget by 10 times, test its data module with current partnerships and create useful case-studies to secure more contracts, and invest more in local and product SEO.
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£173,781
RentiD is an end-to-end solution for landlords to manage their residential rental properties via its 'Digital Assistant' web app. It aims to become a contender in the UK market that consisted of an estimated 4.5 million rented homes in 2017 with almost 1 in 4 UK households set to be privately renting by 2021. The platform allows users to market their residential property onto property portals like Rightmove, Zoopla and PrimeLocation, streamline day-to-day property management with 'Rent Tracking' and 'Maintenance' options, understand and comply with evolving legislation and best practices and communicate with their tenant to help foster better relationships. RentID asserts that it acquired £200,000 of private angel investment, onboarded 350+ individual users on its platform, and launched Version 2 of its post-beta product. RentiD will use the investment to focus on its growth marketing strategy and hire resources to handle increased scale.
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investment:
£249,611
Balkerne is a tech start-up providing software as a service to the property and insurance sector. They have developed SmartResilience, a real-time loss prevention software platform, which helps insurers and the insured understand the value at risk. Insurers spend £1.3bn a year on commercial property claims and £2.3 on domestic property claims, work on squeezed margins and struggle to differentiate with the competition. Balkerne provides customers with pre-emptive, bespoke information and actionable advice, allowing insurers to minimise claims, uninsured losses and improve the customer experience. Moreover, they helped businesses reduce their long term property risk through proactive mitigation and make insurance affordable. Their SmartResilience platform has been developed with the technical ability to integrate with both Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure Cloud. The company is registered on the AWS Partner Network and with Microsoft for Startups. Modular functionality is core to the platform, with the ability to seamlessly scale to meet customer requirements.
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£150,000
Gameroo is a mobile application that offers an alternative for game buyers and sellers, allowing them to trade directly with each other, offering market-beating prices and passive earning potential. The app allows customers to buy or earn credits in the process. The company's app has witnessed more than 3,500 active downloads since its launch in August 2020. It has 600 registered customers with hundreds of items already listed. The company aims to become a leading contender in the video games and consoles market valued at $1.8 billion in 2020. Gameroo will use the investment to build its app and product line based on the feedback of its community of early adopters and drive customer acquisition.
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£117,755
Beacon is a company that offers software and supporting services to help a client optimise their digital marketing efforts and improve their marketing Return-on-Investment (ROI). The company offers clients services like campaign management, PPC (Pay Per Click) campaign analytics, social media analytics, and anti-fraudulent click system etc. Using the company's portal, marketers can compare costs and revenue across all digital channels, channel by channel, and with their off-line marketing efforts. Beacon aims at removing ‘non-human clicks’ and giving direct independent attribution of emails, posts, ad’s, etc. to specific website actions and business goals thereby improving engagement and reducing costs. According to Stratistics Market Research Consulting, the web analytics tools market is expected to reach $4.9 billion by 2022, growing at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 20.8%, in which, Beacon aims to be a leading contender. The company will use the investment to grow its business across different verticals.
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£240,000
Rogue produces indulgent preserves by using traditional cooking methods to make luxury preserves with a provocative twist. Their aim is to be the UK's best-selling and most popular preserve brand. Rogue started working with a SALSA accredited manufacturer, that can produce the products at scale and delivers stock to their first major UK distributor. They have featured on BBC Radio Wales following a successful Royal Welsh Agricultural Show. With the proceeds, they are going to spend on marketing, scaling up their business, and planning to build a strong management team.
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£29,224
