&SISTERS is a femcare company offering products that are hypoallergenic, pH-neutral and free from chlorine, pesticides & perfumes. It has sold 225,000+ certified organic cotton period products, directly to 300+ customers. The company has many listed retailers including Feel Unique, Farmdrop and Triyoga and exports to many countries including Asia and Europe. In January 2020, &SISTERS is planning to launch a new paper-wrapped naked tampon®. With the proceeds, the company will expand the product range, expand the team, raise awareness and accelerate sales.
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£199,630
Chip is a wealth investing & savings app that aims to foster financial prosperity for today's generation
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£5,083,686
Chip is one of the fastest-growing Fintech companies in the UK. Chip has built an app that uses the user's banking app to make personalised decisions about their money. Its user base has doubled since its previous fundraising in 2018. The company has 153,000 accounts, and it has processed more than £130m of savings. ChipX is the company's revolutionary returns platform and it has a waiting list of more than 50,000 people. The company is a winner of the British Bank Award, 2 Crowdcube awards, and 1 World Banking Award. It has welcomed many management executives from Funding Circle, Monzo, and Purple Bricks. Chip is now scaling with market-leading returns on ChipX. It aims to build the biggest savings account in the world. With the proceeds, the company will double its team and expand ChipX in the €10 trillion European savings market.
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£3,768,260
Verado is a data-driven and scalable proprietary platform that aims to eradicate counterfeits within the watch & jewelry industry. It enables private sellers to sell their luxury watches autonomously online. Verado analyzes thousands of similar items across the internet and gives the fairest price for both buyers and sellers. By adding verification, authentication and financial escrow, Verado is solving a basic problem associated with buying and selling fine jewelry. In a market with zero transparency, Verado is able to provide a community for collectors, sellers, and buyers. The platform has the security and personality of old school selling with the reach and speed of an online platform. The company has achieved €400,000+ sales and 10,000 cellular listings onto the platform. Verado has been featured in many publications like watchuseek, Forbes, and Buzzfeed. With the proceeds, the company is planning to build awareness and build upon its growing community.
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£37,270
Tred is the UK’s first green debit card that lets users track, reduce and offset their carbon footprint as they spend. The company plants trees with every sustainable purchase the user makes. It aims to become a contender in the challenger financial technology market that is projected to be worth £365 billion by 2027. Tred won the 'Pay360 Award' at the 2021 Fintech Pitch Live event and has featured in the Evening Standard. It will use the investment to launch the Tred card to the public and develop more features like a personalised carbon coach and green investment options.
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£1,000,004
An online marketplace to buy and sell residential investment properties for those looking to generate an extra income. Vesta has sold 104 properties valued at £22m since launching in 2018. Properties listed contain full documents including tenancy history, due diligence, 360-degree photos and videos, valuations and investment projections. Sellers can list various new or existing sites and buyers can range from sole investors to institutions.
Vesta generates revenue by charging fees to both sellers and buyers. Various payment options are available to sellers and optional fees are charged to those who wish to host viewings for their properties. Buyers are charged a fixed fee after an offer is accepted. Vesta is now raising funds to expand their team, website and property portfolio by increasing brand awareness from marketing campaigns.
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£622,705
Currently, the self-employed have fewer admissions to financial services than their employed counterparts do. Hatch aims to give sole traders free-to-use access to real-time credit scores that will allow lenders to make more informed decisions when invoice funding. The company also offers digitising of tax files, one of the most time-consuming admin burdens. Revenue is generated via affiliate fees to those who wish to introduce and facilitate Hatch on their platforms. A beta for 5k users will be launching soon, with half the slots already filled.
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£115,000
Similar to the functionality of workplace pensions, employees can invest part of their pay into an ISA and start to build a healthy saving habit. Smarterly's current clients include Rolls Royce, Samsung and OVO Energy and they have identified 85 other organisations with a collective 600,000 employees as potential opportunities. Due to the fundamentals of Smarterly being automated, there is no need to pay for a large staff and revenue is generated via small fees.
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£1,638,150
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.
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£2,412,150
Findr aims to automate the creation of business partnerships by providing easy access to hyper-targeted opportunities in minutes. The company asserts that its platform allows any business, regardless of its size, to sign up, post its partnership requirements, and explore opportunities for free. The company's portal allows users to request a 1-hour 'Discovery' call with a potential partner when the said user spots a relevant opportunity. Findr argues that it has made 'Discovery' for free for the first few months to build its user base. The company has onboarded 140 business users ranging from early-stage to global brands such as Mastercard, Uber and Visa since November 2020. Findr has featured in Forbes for helping businesses navigate COVID-19. The company will use the investment to develop two new price plans – Unlimited and Enterprise, introduce new platform features, hire a machine learning expert, and undertake digital activity to grow its user base.
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£396,288
