Clooper is a property management platform. The company argues that 86% of private landlords in the UK manage their properties themselves, with many finding it time-consuming and stressful. Clooper seeks to solve this problem with a property management platform that connects landlords, tenants, trade services, and homeowners to facilitate easy transactions between them. It aims to be a significant contender in the £11 billion property management platform. The company points out that Paul Rothwell of Empire, a large residential landlord in England, has pledged £200,000 of investment to the company. Clooper aims to make move-ins quicker, repairs faster, and payments easier in the wake of Covid-19 which is fuelling the adoption of online services in the UK. The company will use the investment to hire key recruits, operationalise mobile apps, boost marketing, and enhance sales and operations.
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Expired
investment:
£409,847
A logistics business offering a wide range of services from parcel deliveries to European road freight. EFS Global Limited has been trading for 12 years and by July 2018, the company achieved annual sales of £29m and a net profit of £2m. More than 2,000 customers utilise the business for multiple purposes, which results in repeat sales. EFS Global Limited have their headquarters situated in Burnley and operate from 7 main depots.
The company offer a variety of services to meet their customers' requirements. This includes imports and exports, refrigerated trailers, pallet deliveries, haulage and many more. This funding round will provide the company with a means to access working capital to improve their infrastructure, whilst developing their team and increasing their marketing to attract more customers.
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Expired
investment:
£875,230
Brickowner aims to become the leading service provider for property developers and asset managers, ensuring benefits for both parties. The company undertakes background checks of investors on its portal for the benefit of asset managers. It also ensures that investors can easily navigate its portal and find deals that suit their financial appetite. Brickowner successfully exited five investment rounds despite two investments happening in the wake of COVID-19. The platform has over 3,000 investors registered with over 700 active investors. It has overseen £14 million worth of investment on its portal to date. Brickowner will use the investment towards technology up-gradation, hire strategic personnel to expand marketing, and increase its marketing spend.
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Expired
investment:
£132,528
CrowdProperty is a specialist property project lending platform that matches quality property professionals undertaking quality property projects with institutional/private investors of capital for value-creating property projects. It seeks to ensure profits for borrowers, lenders, the under-supplied UK housing environment, and the UK economy through its business model. The company claims to have recently closed a £300 million funding line from a global asset manager. It has lent upwards of £140 million with £180 million+ originated facilities, gained recognition by Deloitte Fast50 and FT1000 as a 'High Growth Business', and built a proprietary and scalable technology platform. CrowdProperty has also launched CrowdProperty Australia, leveraging its asset-class expertise, scalable proprietary technology and IP from the UK business in the Australian market. The company states it will use the investment to grow its property team, evolve its technology platform further, acquire more customers, and grow its business.
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Expired
investment:
£1,815,319
Plant-based diets, health and fitness programmes for those interested in veganism to improve their health and wellbeing. Skinny Bitch's book has sold more than 1.1m copies and is available in 6 languages. Readers of the book include celebrities such as Eva Longoria and Jessica Alba. Ellen DeGeneres has stated that the Skinny Bitch book is the reason she became vegan.
The company is now expanding their brand further by offering their content through online guides and blogs. Skinny Bitch is also intending to generate revenue via vegan supplements produced in the US to be sold through their website and third party e-commerce channels.
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Expired
investment:
£75,810
POD Point have placed electric chargepoints at more than 27,000 locations in the UK and supply to businesses, public locations and homes. They supply software to go along with the chargepoints so users can see where the nearest public points are and use a smart phone to be in control of charging their car.
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Expired
investment:
£1,528,970
Planks is a British clothing brand that creates eco-conscious outerwear for skiers. The company is an omni-channel brand that sells Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) via planksclothing.com, through its Val d’Isère store and other retailers. Planks uses 'Bluesign' approved fabrics and incorporates 'REPREVE' recycled yarns into 68% of its products having recycled 1.5 million waste plastic bottles, in the process, so far. The company had a turnover of £1.85 million between May - June 2020. Planks has a growing community of 27,000+ customers that are a part of its Grassroots Tour initiative. Planks's loyalty platform, 'The FUSS', allows the brand's best customers to complete missions, create content and become brand advocates. The company will use the investment to continue international D2C expansion by improving customer experience in target markets via website localisation and digital marketing and sustain Business-to-Business (B2B) growth via digital wholesale accounts and integrated marketplaces.
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Expired
investment:
£847,154
Marine Power Systems (MPS) states that it has developed a technology that can harness wind power, wave power or combined wind and wave energy at grid scale. It argues that governments worldwide are looking for alternative sources to meet global energy consumption needs. MPS endeavours to usher in an energy revolution and become a contender in the floating offshore energy market that is set to be worth over $100 billion by 2035. MPS claims to have successfully tested its medium-scaled prototype in the ocean, demonstrating the ease of transportation, deployment, and showcasing the devices ability to generate grid compliant electricity. The company has been awarded a £12.8 million grant by the European Union (EU) to deliver a full scale, grid-connected commercial demonstrator in 2022. It says it will use the investment to conduct its final phase of development and testing before taking its devices to market in Q1 of 2024.
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Expired
investment:
£4,151,001
Warehouse home cater to urban living by specialising in the industrial home styling niche. They publish high end print and digital magazines bi-annually which feature styling tips and also real homes, and also have an online shop with carefully sourced designs for the ever growing industrial style home.
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Expired
investment:
£42,330
OnCare is a digital care management software that is digitising elderly care, creating a global care marketplace via the OpenTable model to care. OnCare provides care agencies with the power to plan, manage and enhance care delivery and staff communication. Their mission is to make care easier for everyone. OnCare is currently live with over 110 home-care agencies around the UK, and more than 1100 care workers. The company is planning to enter markets of Hong Kong, Canada and Israel. With the proceeds, the company will use this fund for people, office space, technology, software, hosting and marketing.
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Expired
investment:
£96,040
