Grub Club is London’s No.1 “pop-up” restaurant platform; the USP is “Discover extraordinary experiences in curious corners.” The Grub Club platform brings together professionally trained chefs with unusual, interesting venues to either offer memorable private events or sell tickets for the chef’s own publicly available, themed event for one or more diners. The typical event party size is somewhere between 18-50 people. Grub Club makes its money by charging commission on the overall event cost.
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£35,037
Nourish'd aim to inspire a generation to live healthier, happier and more productive lives by offering nutritious food for breakfast, lunch, dinner and meetings. They know fuelling employees with delicious and low GI foods is key to boosting productivity and happiness in the workplace.
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£123,180
Holy Cow! are a modern, quirky brand producing an award winning range of Curry Sauces appealing to a wide British audience. They aim to mainstream the market of 'home cooking' style food and become a leading brand in the UK and around the world.
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£94,002
MACACHA has designed natural protein shakes that have the nourishing power of plants, no artificial ingredients and have a positive impact on the environment, as well as looking beautiful on the kitchen counter!
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£98,378
Naturelly is low in calories and rich in vitamin C, designed to be fun, flavorsome and healthy for children. For every pouch sold a percentage is donated to the charity ''hope for children''. They have no added sugar or sweeteners and are suitable for vegans, vegetarians and for sufferers of all top 14 allergens.
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£50,184
TheFoodMarket.com is a ‘for good’ platform connecting SMEs who produce or sell high quality food with discerning consumers. They champion ethical businesses, supply chains and natural ingredients. Launched in 2016, they’ve seen triple digit annual growth in sales and have grown their merchant community by over 100 businesses in the past 12 months. Their investors to date include the founders of hugely successful business such as MoneySupermarket.com, feelunique.com, Play.com and TalDepot.com (a major online US grocer). They are now scaling up the business with this investment round and have commitments from existing investors.
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£408,999
Growing the UK's 1st chain of New York Pizza Joints to be the 5th largest national pizza franchise
NY Slice has become a Glasgow phenomenon in only 1 year. Acclaimed by critics, bloggers and national media, it is taking the local market by storm. Our authentic New York offering of pizza by the slice & whole pizzas up to 18"s for dine in, takeout or delivery is revolutionising pizza in the City. We have invested significantly in creating and perfecting a model that is easily scalable across the UK & beyond. With the appropriate funding we can grow to from 7 stores in year 1 to 80 in year 5
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Carnot is developing hydrogen engines with key components manufactured from ceramics able to withstand fuel combustion temperatures, eliminating the need for cooling systems and doubling the efficiencies of modern engines. The company argues that modern engines waste on average one-third of fuel energy to cool systems that stop metallic components from melting. Carnot claims that its engines eliminate this waste doubling efficiency, halve fuel costs and CO2 and achieve net-zero operation by operating on biofuels and hydrogen benefiting the long haul transport, marine and primary off-grid power markets. Carnot has raised over £600,000 including a pre-seed round in 2020 for £357,000 at a pre-money valuation of £2 million, a £300,000 Innovate UK grant and another £300,000 Eureka Eurostar’s grant. Carnot has a 5-year, 3-phase exit strategy and will begin licensing its IP at the end of 2023 at which point it will begin generating revenue. It will eventually look for acquisition from one of its manufacturing partners in 2025 after demonstrating industry acceptance of its technology.
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£262,500
Perfect World Ice Cream is a healthy indulgent treat which is good for you. They have less sugar, less calories and real fruit and vegetable purees which provide health benefits. They have created a range of family friendly flavours and are available in stores such as Holland & Barratt, Tescos and Ocado.
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£147,360
Beatons Tearooms is a chain of full table service tearooms which took inspiration from the renowned photographer and fashion designer, Cecil Beaton. Beatons offers a retreat from counter service, take away and other such food outlets and provides a space to meet, socialise and enjoy, offering a unique experience that leaves the customers restored and refreshed. With the intention to serve customers who are admirers of good books and good food, Beatons also carries a curated selection of books for customers to browse and buy. After successfully establishing its first location at Tisbury, Wiltshire in 2010, Beatons continued along the franchise route and opened four franchised tearooms. Leveraging on its gaining popularity, Beatons aims to open 35 more franchised tearooms in the next five years.
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£25,003
