CoinBurp is a uniquely user-friendly crypto trading platform. It has a long-term vision to become an international brand and an integral part of the banking ecosystem. The company has acquired more than 1,000 users and facilitated 1000+ transactions, accumulating a trading volume of more than £1m. As CoinBurp enters its second phase of product development, it aims at providing banking facilities such as provide customers with prepaid cards, offer secured crypto loans and have initiated the process to become FCA regulated.
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£274,630
Aqua British (AB) manufactures and sells premium English spring water in its patented 100% biodegradable water bottles. It asserts that millions of plastic bottles are ending up in landfills. AB aims to be at the forefront of the fight against plastic pollution, offering an alternative to PET, RPet, cartons and cans. It argues that its water bottles, caps and labels are made up of 100% sugarcane residues, are 100% recyclable and 100% compostable. AB also points out that its spring is fully equipped with solar panels to keep carbon emissions neutral. The company supplies water to renowned entities such as Hotel De Paris Monaco, Hotel InterContinental and South Kensington Club, West Ham United Women Football Club, Thermes Marins Monte Carlo, GreenBay Supermarket, and Compass Group Airbus France, amongst others. It will use 80% of the investment towards expanding its brand and distribution inside and outside of the UK, and 20% towards marketing and distribution channels.
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investment:
£216,195
Chip is a savings and investment portal. The company has over 250,000 registered users, processed over £165 million in savings, achieved Financial Conduct Authority (FSA) authorisation and launched Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) eligible interest accounts with market-leading rates. It aims to be the go to investment platform for the mobile generation that consists of 100 million customers and 30 trillion assets across Europe. Chip started with autosaving and seamless access to market-leading saving accounts. With its premium account ChipX, the company is venturing into investment funds, savings accounts, and pensions. It will use the investment to open up its investor community to new and existing investors to participate in this convertible round. It will also initiate discussions with venture capitalists to secure a follow up investment.
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investment:
£11,403,860
Squirrel is a Barclays-held account that splits your salary up into your bills, savings, and a weekly allowance to spend on whatever you like.
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investment:
£503,100
East London Liquor Company (ELLC) has been distilling, importing and serving gins, whiskies, vodkas, rums, and canned cocktails since 2014. ELLC asserts that off-trade gin sales hit US$8.4 billion in 2020 with UK seltzer sales expected to reach £75 million by 2023. It intends to become a contender in the aforementioned categories. ELLC has had a 600% Year-on-Year (YoY) increase to £206,000 in off-trade sales from 2019-2020 to 2020-2021. The company has partnered with the UNESCO world heritage site, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, to release its product, Kew Gin. It has also entered into the Ready-To-Drink and seltzer categories with its range of canned drinks, and onboarded retailers like Waitrose, Tesco, and Co-Op. The company will use the investment to grow its off-trade channels both in the UK and abroad, expand its Direct To Consumer (DTC) output, update its 'Brand Home' to attract more customers, and increase its whisky production to meet demand.
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investment:
£921,686
Njori is a company that has created an accurate, multi-functional cooker that can be stored on a bookshelf alongside cookbooks. The cooker uses integrated sensors and accessories to monitor and regulate the cooking process. It's built-in scales helps a user measure ingredients before and during the cooking process. The scale function also enables the user to reduce food by a set weight or percentage. The company aims to be a disruptor in the global portable induction cooker market that is set to be worth £4.5 billion by 2022. Njori has filed UK patents & is building its supply chain in China. It will use the investment to finish development and bring the final product to market.
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investment:
£236,797
Big Sister Swap is a personalized clothing swapping service aiming to make circular fashion more accessible. They seek to address common challenges in accessing sustainable alternatives to fast fashion, leveraging a one-stop-swap process. Customers select a swap option by weight, print a postage label to send unwanted clothes, and fill out a style form to communicate their sizes and preferences. The company's stylists, assisted by bespoke technology, then select clothes to send back, ensuring individualized matches and keeping clothes in circulation. The service is monetized by charging customers for the swap process based on weight, with an emphasis on affordability and accessibility. Big Sister Swap's approach includes automated quality matching to maintain fairness, and they plan to expand through word-of-mouth and social media marketing.
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investment:
£174,471
Decimal Factor arranges payments and lends to small and medium-sized businesses with stable funding. The company is working on open-banking-enabled data capture to build a digital campaign with portals, applications and merchant management tools. The company aims to use cloud-based technology to make payments. The funds will be used for marketing, technology, operations and management.
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investment:
£860,387
Food Disco (FD) brings inspired restaurants and street food traders to the heart of communities residing in buildings and complexes. The company's purpose-built technology platform coupled with its rotating network of food partners allows it to prepare fresh meals onsite at the development, exclusively for residents. FD stresses that its model is simple. Customers order online, FD's food partner cooks and residents collect. FD points out that at certain larger developments, it delivers in a period of a few minutes. FD intends to become dominant in a bespoke onsite food delivery market that is estimated to be over £1 billion in the UK alone. FD has trialed its service at two premier developments in London and five in Manchester receiving positive feedback. The company's clients include 'Build to Rent' players including Allsop, Folio London, Grainger, Greystar, Invesco, JLL, Legal & General, Moda Living, Salboy and urbanbubble. FD states it will use the investment towards consumer refunds, kiosk maintenance, technology development, event promotions, administrative expenses, sales and marketing, and capital expenses.
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investment:
£207,053
A FCA-authorised and regulated digital credit card on smartphones, for those with modern and busy lifestyles. Jaja aims to offer a fair and transparent banking service that gives consumers greater confidence, control and freedom over their finances. The company has tested their app and card with Visa and has partnered with Asda to offer online credit instantly.
Jaja's business model allows revenue to be generated via interest payments from revolving lines of credit. Two products will be offered to consumers; the Jaja Credit Card and Jaja Pay. Both will be suitable for B2B and B2C operations.
Investments will be used to launch a beta round for 5,000 users to build a community before the products are publicly released. In addition, Jaja intends to expand its customer service team and produce marketing campaigns for their business.
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investment:
£4,957,534
