Raw Holo is an award-winning company, making organic raw chocolate bars with natural plant-based ingredients flavoured with coconut sugar. Its bars are wrapped in 100% recyclable, plastic-free packaging. The company has acquired national listings with Waitrose and Holland & Barrett in Feb 2019 and, sold 1 million bars till date. Its product is available in 1000+ stores in Ireland and Uk. The company will use the funds to launch into new major retailers, build the brand with creative marketing campaigns and grow the sales team.
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£157,590
SEVEN BRO7HERS BREWING CO. is a brewery created by seven brothers from Salford in 2014. The company has rapidly grown after seeing a 181% increase in turnover between 2017-2019. It has already launched two beerhouses, the site for the third in Liverpool has been secured while the fourth in Leeds is under negotiation. The company also plans to open a partnership bar in Manchester Airport around October 2020. The brewhouse production capacity has increased by over 800% in 5 years. The company has secured deals with Co-op, supplies to all Booths stores, and recently clinched a deal with Ocado. It will use the investment to procure six new beerhouse sites in the next two years, expand production capacity to 2 million litres per annum, and grow its business further.
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£420,837
SaigolEd is a subscription-based Education Technology (EdTech) company that aims to make quality teaching available to millions of 7-18-year-olds across the UK at an affordable price. It is developing an app to combine immersive videos with charismatic teachers from leading schools, rich visual effects, leading Artificial Intelligence (AI) and tests to inspire learning. The company points out that its teaching courses will be available to students wherever or whenever they wish to access them. SaigolEd also intends to cover the full student curriculum to enable its users to excel in their exams once the company's app development is complete. The company argues that there is no dominant UK EdTech player in a multi-billion pound market. It aspires to fulfil that gap. SaigolEd will use the investment to build a prototype that would be overseen by its team including a star teacher from a top UK school, initiate rigorous user group testing, and target General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSEs) as its core market.
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£271,975
Comino is an international start-up specialising in the design and production of liquid-cooled PCs and servers. It claims that its products consume up to 40% less electricity than equivalent air-cooling computers. The company currently operates in AI, Forensic, Gaming, and Video Rendering, with aspirations to enter other domains in the coming years. Comino has sold 2,000 work stations to professional businesses, accruing sales north of 9 million EUR since its launch in 2017. Its products have been accredited by global hardware giants like AMD and ASUS. The company will use 70% of proceeds for manufacturing its devices, 10% towards marketing and promotional materials, and 20% to compensate its teams.
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£949,608
Richard Brendon is a prominent British design brand that values master craftspeople by creating a platform for contemporary and timeless tableware collections that challenge the expected. It has received extensive media coverage since 2013 including the FT and NY Times. The company has sold to more than 120 B2B customers in 15 countries. It has seen a growth of 75% since 2015 amounting to £2.5m sales to date and more than 3,000 orders delivered. Richard now plans to take his brand global. It has enjoyed a CAGR of 75% from 2015 to 2019, with revenue of £1.12m in 2019. The company plans on opening up new markets, creating four additional collections over the coming years to develop existing channels and territories.
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£250,350
Brain Füd manufactures functional energy drinks made with natural caffeine, electrolytes, B-vitamins, and no artificial sweeteners. Since 2018, the company has been selling its drinks in universities, corporate offices, and online platforms such as Amazon and Ocado. The company's trial listing is in selected Sainsbury's stores nationwide. Brain Füd is in conversation with Amazon, Morrisons, and many more. With the proceeds, the company will directly appeal to its target audience and bag more distribution.
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£110,307
First Natural Brands is the owner of Tisserand Aromatherapy, one of the leading self-governing players in UK’s essential oil industry. It offers a variety of affordable organic and quality accredited products which consumers can relish as part of their daily lifestyle. Tisserand Aromatherapy is experiencing a growing interest among media, retail and consumers. Since 2007, the company’s sales have increased from £1.7mn to £6mn, owing to Robin Russell (CEO & Chairman) for bringing Tisserand into the mainstream market with a value for money proposition. Further investment will allow the company to expand its production capacity.
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investment:
£325,660
Get My Grades is an e-learning platform for Maths, English, and Science, providing students with effective practice and revision tools and teachers with meaningful data. Get My Grades reduces teacher's workload, helps students to learn more, allows schools and education systems to access up-to-date data on student attainment, and provides bespoke educational solution to national curriculum anywhere in the world. Get My Grades has evoked interest in major distributors in both the UK and around the world. Within 6 months of launching, the platform signed two international contracts with a minimum revenue of £5.2m pa. With the proceeds, the e-learning platform is planning to expand its core team to address growing global demand for a consistently high-quality education, content and technical development.
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investment:
£501,770
Revvies Energy (RE) is a nutrition company that argues that its innovative energy strips are a game-changer. The company stresses that 80% of the world's population consumes caffeine every day, which takes at least 45 minutes to an hour to reach its peak. RE states that its energy strips dissolve on the tongue in seconds, providing a faster and efficient performance boost that is less than two calories, vegan and gluten-free. RE has sold over 400,000 packs to date and stocked in more than 400 locations across five countries in entities like Chemist Warehouse Australia, Decathlon Australia, and Amazon marketplaces in the UK, US and Australia. RE was awarded 2021's 'Product Of The Year' in 'Sports Nutrition' by NutraIngredients, Europe's leading nutrition industry title. The company works with athletes across various sports, including RE's Ambassadors Charlotte Purdue (British Marathon Champion 2019 ), top US marathoner, Sara Hall, and dual Australian Olympian, Eloise Wellings. RE states it will use the investment to scale its marketing formula both in the UK and international markets.
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investment:
£189,363
A clothing brand that makes stylish, casual-wear garments in Great Britain targeted at men aged over 35. Blackshore consists of an experienced team that have created their first clothing collection, which is now ready for production after passing a sample test. The theme of this first range is for men who enjoy relaxing at coastal locations. One of the company's unique selling point is that repairs to garments are guaranteed for life. A website has already been built to showcase the brand's products, as well as being a sales channel.
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investment:
£13,910
