Rebel Book Club is a developing subscription business of six hundred members who have read fifty-two books in four years. It delivers one non-fiction book every month and hosts a secret meetup featuring a book-inspired cocktail. The company has 600+ paying members in London, Bristol and Oxford, etc. and it receives 130+ average number of new applications monthly. The company hosts meetups at Entrepreneur First, Airbnb HQ, and WeWork. Rebel Book Club has collaborated with authors Matthew Syed (Rebel ideas), Kate Raworth (Doughnut Economics), Seth Godin (This is Marketing) and many more. The company aims to make the world's best non-fiction book club by growing a membership experience, build a reach code and support literacy projects.
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£148,070
Achieving over £7m GMV within 12 months, Carcela aims to bring car buying and selling into the 21st century through their peer to peer marketplace and get rid of the dealership model. Cars are picked up, inspected, then dropped off at the customer's door. 8m used cars were sold in the UK in 2016.
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£117,690
An instant messaging app feature for friends and families to communicate with each through song lyrics. PlayHit users can type a message and the service will scan through a library of audio clips that matches the user's message. PlayHit works with almost any existing instant messaging platform.
The app launched on Apple and Android devices in December 2017 and within the first week saw 10,000 downloads in the Google Play Store, with an average of 1,600 audio clips being shared daily.
The brand aims to generate revenue by forming licensing deals with mobile companies to integrate the PlayHit service into keyboards, similarly to the Emoji keyboard. Proceeds from this funding round will be used to improve the PlayHit technology and produce a marketing campaign for a worldwide audience.
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£38,690
NGX is the world’s first genetically personalised nutrition shake designed to bring nutrition to everyday athletes. The company has ongoing discussions to form partners with U.A.E and U.S to expand. NGX's nutritionist approved formula is a less than average vegan-friendly, environmentally responsible, allergen-free, naturally sourced, and macro trends within the millennial and Z generations. With the proceeds, the company aims to create a range of products from personalised meal plans, and protein bars to enhance its position as the go-to personalised nutrition brand.
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£207,860
Reveal is a dating application that enables women to browse anonymously, only being noticeable to men they like. Reveal aims to provide a substitute concept with solutions to the most common user pain points which includes female privacy concerns and 'stale' matches. Since its first seeding in June 2018, Reveal's user base has increased tenfold, proving that the idea is well acknowledged, especially by women. The first monetisation stream was founded in February 2019 and it is now making profits from In-App Purchases (IAPs). After achieving the low UAC, Reveal is planning to grow internationally and introduce the 2nd and 3rd revenue streams.
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investment:
£59,940
Bua Fit is easy to use, a simple way to book web application for outdoor fitness classes. It eliminates all the trouble by connecting the trainers to clients for group fitness classes and gives the customers a diversity of trainers. The company has been a finalist in The Great British Entrepreneurial Challenge, has a network of 100 trainers and 42% active user rate since launch. With the proceeds, the company will earn more users, more trainers, more revenue, invest in product development and expand the team.
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£205,378
A dating app using location-based technology to help everyone meet new people instantly. Honeypot is launching their service across 50 location in London and in 40 universities in the UK. They differentiate themselves by allowing people to meet each other and have conversations face-to-face, rather than primarily through their mobile screen. This is achieved by connecting with other Honeypot users within a pre-defined radius and planning meet-ups through the app.
Revenue will be generated though in-app purchases to access certain functionalities, in addition to a premium membership which will give users unlimited access to features. The company also aim to advertise their product through other businesses and venues. Honeypot intends to provide their services in Paris, Barcelona and the USA in 2019.
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£117,290
Untied is a groundbreaking app that gathers information, claims costs and allowances, and prepares tax filings on the go. All of these can be sent to the tax authority from the application. The app connects across existing accounts, making tax sense of transactions and gives the assurance someone needs. Backed by Accenture's Fintech Innovation Lab and Barclays Techstars, the company became the first overseas winner of Israel's biggest fintech prize at Fintech Junction. The business will earn a turn over of £100m in ten years making it ready for an IPO. With the proceeds, it will create new software platforms, publishers, banks, and accounting firms.
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£350,000
Peckwater Brands (PB) is a company engaged in the growing cloud kitchen/delivery business that runs virtual restaurant brands from the kitchens of existing restaurants. It argues that restaurants need to pay high street rents and staff wages no matter how many diners visit. Nearly 5,000 restaurants have closed in the UK since 2015 due to not being able to fulfil these tasks. PB aims to change this scenario. It helps restaurant partners use their existing staff and kitchen capacity better, and help keep struggling businesses running. The company received more than 10,000 customer orders through Deliveroo and Uber Eats. It witnessed more than £250,000 in customer sales since June 2020 and is spread across London, Manchester, Leeds, and Coventry. PB has launched four brands with four more in the pipeline. It will use the investment to get more partners, launch more brands, and acquire more customers.
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£232,208
The Vampire's Wife is a new womens fashion brand that pride themselves on creating high quality clothing in vibrant colours. The investment received will be used to purchase fabrics, develop the website shop and app, fund social media and marketing campaigns and a major global publicity campaign.
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investment:
£168,540
