Selling fashion brands' overstock directly to customers at a lower price as a form of ethical recycling. BlackBetty purchases excess inventory from big brands and pay less than the manufacturing cost of the product. The company does not state the brand name on their website, to prevent damage to the brand. In November 2018, more than 17,000 orders were placed, which was worth over £284k. BlackBetty has seen customers return to the website on average 7 times within the first year to make purchases.
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£289,420
RosemaryWater produces botanical drinks with fresh and pure botanical extracts, mixed with spring water. Its production process makes it unique in both the wider global market (est. $215bn by 2025) and the $2.4bn UK bottled water industry. Further, No1 Botanicals is found in Harvey Nichols, Waitrose, Whole Foods, M&S, and many other stores. Each botanical was chosen for its unique medicinal properties and flavour. Additionally, its range is authenticated by the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens. Moreover, a clinical trial has confirmed that Rosemary Water™ can enhance memory by up to 15%. With the fund raised, it will launch a soda mixer range, boost exports to new EU & US regions, and target high-end restaurants and bars.
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£1,223,320
INTELLITHING offers an accessible solution for businesses seeking to harness the power of Generative AI without the complexity and cost. Their no-code platform allows for easy assembly of optimized open-source language models and components, akin to LEGO bricks, enabling the swift and cost-effective development of unique AI
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£286,275
Quintus Systems make cashless solutions and are currently rolling out their two newest products. The first product is the Max-eBar refreshment centre. It is ideal for use in hotels as it allows them to replace a whole floor of minibars with one smart fridge for all the guests to use. The guests room key that is used to make a purchase is directly linked to the hotels billing system.
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£68,750
Secret Saviours have created the anti-stretch mark pregnancy band. Used in combination with the day gel and night cream, there is now a way to prevent stretch marks from forming. The band has special pads that are placed to diffuse and spread the tension of the stretching skin.
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£185,863
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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£921,686
Drone Ag makes farming more productive with limited environmental impact through a new and practical approach to AI technology and drone automation. In the past three years, it has provided hardware and market-leading training to its clients such as Syngenta, Yara, agronomy firms and farmers. Additionally, Drone Ag has also worked closely with institutions such as Harper Adams University. Its training courses are LANTRA certified and BASIS registered. This company has already launched a trial application with which over 200 farmers are working, and agronomists have signed up to test it. Once launched, the commercial version will operate as SaaS and run two subscription tiers, for farmers and crop consultants. With the proceeds, it is aiming to develop full AI integration and live mapping that exports to farm machinery, permitting targeted applications only where needed.
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£298,770
GoodBox is a tech-for-good company transforming the charity sector with established fundraising technologies which effortlessly combine donors and causes. It has worked with more than 600 charities and dealt with over £2,000,000 in donations. GoodBox has a team of 25, received an array of awards, and been part of reputable accelerator programmes. The company gives its 700+ clients access to a real-time analytics portal which monitors the efficiency of their fundraising. The proceeds will service four main areas: Hardware/stock, Research and Development, Team expansion, and Marketing & PR.
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£1,445,758
Oyako is a distance-control application that aims to reduce the stresses and strains on children's eyes. The company asserts that an increase in mobile technology usage has led to an increase in myopia (nearsightedness) in children. It also leads to parents incurring a cost by way of purchasing spectacles along with a cost to the National Health Service (NHS) and medical insurance companies. By 2050, half of the global population will be short-sighted if current trends continue. Oyako aims to solve this issue through its application. Oyako's prototype app uses a simple traffic light design to signify safe or damaging scenarios, intelligently controls the phone camera without compromising battery usage, and is available on the App Store and Google Playstore. Oyako will use the investment to finalise its application and take it to market at £6.99 per download.
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£131,641
Faizpay is a financial technology entity that provides a cost-effective alternative to card payments in-store and online. The company facilitates account-to-account payments from a consumer to a merchant via 'Open Banking' as per the European Revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) and bespoke direct Application Programming Interface (APIs) with financial institutions, when available. It asserts that their online tool provides seamless integration with a retailer’s e-commerce system including plug-ins and Software Development Kit (SDKs) for WordPress, Android and iOS. FaizPay states it also allows merchants to offer first-time and regular discounts that automatically apply to transactions. The company has 71 fully registered merchants with 95 registered terminals. FaizPay has onboarded the nine biggest UK banks and signed notable entities like Monzo, Revolut and Starling. The company will use the investment to grow its team, hire additional tech development and sales personnel, apply for an e-money license in the UK, and seek relevant financial authorisation to provide its services in the European Union (EU).
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£536,714
