Vendoir is an all-in-one event planning app with a mission to create sustainable, stress-free, and inclusive events. Launched publicly in November 2022, it offers convenient access to event suppliers and management. The goal is to build a global, diverse, and sustainable community for seamless event planning, especially catering to digital natives. With the UK event industry valued at £70 billion, Endoir sees substantial growth potential.
Committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, the platform aims to reduce emissions by enabling remote supplier sourcing. It also plans to introduce a secondary marketplace to minimize waste and a tool for tracking event carbon footprints to support sustainability.
Endoir is a cutting-edge marketplace that features vetted suppliers, secure transactions, and reliable reviews. They provide a comprehensive event planning solution and have future plans for AI-driven efficiency improvements. Upcoming app features include customer pricing, an expense-sharing solution, and a fan page for suppliers.
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TransferGuru is a money transfer comparison site that aims to get the best deal possible for people transfering money abroad. The user simply inputs the amount they want to send and where they want it to go and they will then be shown all the options, displaying the best price, the best ratings and the fastest way to make the transfer.
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£82,593
Two Drifters Distillery (TDD) is one of the very few British distilleries that makes rum from raw ingredients, rather than importing and flavouring it. It has worked with Climeworks Direct Air Capture technology to remove CO2 from its products. The company's technique won admirers leading to a boost in sales. Since its launch in 2019, TDD converted existing equipment to increase capacity from 80 bottles per week to an estimated 1800 per week. It has also secured contracts from prominent entities including John Lewis (national and online), Exeter Chiefs Rum and Virgin Wines. The company has an active social media community with 10,000+ followers and also conducts weekly distillery tours that see full attendance from its customers. TDD has also received press coverage from media houses including The BBC, The Telegraph and The Independent. It will use the investment to grow its sales and showcase its product at retail outlets, and bring to the masses sustainably-made British products.
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£286,340
Almost 75% of beer sales in 2017 consisted of lager and estimated to be worth £19.5bn. Utopian has spent months researching the market and is now planning to build a 3500L brew house with vessels able to produce more than 8,000 Hectolitres per year, with further expansion already in the pipeline.
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£426,960
Phrooti is a fruit tea that is made up of 95-97% real fruit and 3-5% natural flavouring. It is designed to be a healthier and fruitier alternative to the current teas on the market. Phrooti is caffeine-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, low calorie and has no added sugar.
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£11,740
KindLink are a social network for donors and charities so donors are able to make a donation to their favourite charity and help them help other people. Donors are able to see the impact of the donations they are making by following the progress of the charity and updates for the project donated to. KindLink establishes a direct connection between donor and beneficiary to create a close and community-like feel.
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£25,045
Business Finance Market (BFM) is a financial technology platform that stimulates the market towards Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) lending via data in the UK. BFM claims that SMEs are gradually being excluded from mainstream banking. The company cites that in 1988, 40% of all bank lending went to SMEs. BFM points out that lending today is closer to 4% with an estimated £22 billion funding gap to the 5.9 million UK SMEs. BFM asserts that almost 90% of SME loan applications are stuck due to a lack of choice and transparency when it comes to securing finance. BFM aspires to solve this dilemma. It states that its technology allows SMEs to experience quicker finance decisions based on true addressable market access and allows lenders and intermediaries access to its platform to help manage the end-to-end application process, improve deal flow, and deliver faster credit decisions. BFM intends to exit via a trade sale within the financial sector.
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Roqberry is a high-quality blended speciality tea made for millennial foodies. The company has received 20 Great Taste Awards and has secured listings with high-end distributors. It is stocked in speciality restaurants and retailers. Roqberry has been named as one of The Independent's "Best Plastic-Free Teabags". Already selling its products via its online shop and Amazon, the company is in discussion with other F&B chains, retailers and a major hotel. Roqberry is looking forward to scaling its B2B sales and B2C by hiring an account manager and new ops.
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£152,290
Tribal Sports Nutrition is a real food active nutrition company. They are focused on bring the baobab fruit from Africa to everyday lives in the form of a fruit smoothie. The investment will enable Tribal to unlock their global potential.
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£149,310
Comesto is a peer to peer web and app based service that enables professional food buyers to purchase directly from suppliers. They are a membership funded trading platform. The platform gives their members access to the whole market eliminating single brochures. Comesto offers industry buyers a complete purchasing, invoicing and scheduling management service and for suppliers their aim is to provide a simple cost effective way to increase sales.
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£34,970
