Brother Cycles' bikes are designed in the UK and handcrafted from steel to be ridden all around the world. Their products are sold at independent retailers throughout the UK and Europe, in addition to their own website. Since 2015, Brother Cycles has seen an increase of 119% in turnover and is trading at a net profit with 2018 currently being their strongest sales period.
In the summer of 2018, the company launched their B2B website and within the first week, more than 40 stockists had signed up to trade with the business. Brother in the Wild is Brother Cycle's annual cycling festival, which saw 180 cyclists joining in 2018 and predicted to grow exponentially in the coming years.
Current revenue stream include their wide product range with continually improving profit margins, B2B sales and B2C sales through customers purchasing goods directly from Brother Cycle's website. Funds are being raised to launch two new products in 2019, which consist of a technical adventure bike and a high-end road bike.
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investment:
£105,497
The Market Mogul are a Millennial media company, publishing unique perspective of the main global events in our time. They are already backed by a VC fund and have built an engaged readership and over 3000 authors. They will be using this round of funding to expand the editorial and sales teams and launch new verticals.
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£729,950
Precursive's web and mobile application helps customers to manage their resources more efficiently. Precursive does this by helping employers to schedule and plan all of their employees who are working on client chargable work.
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£250,000
Cyclr is a cloud-based software that allows the user to connect the apps that they already run their business on. This makes it simple to synchronise data with another system.
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£100,490
Vitae London is a fashion brand producing water-resistant, stainless steel casing, and high-quality watches. For every watch sold, the company supports a South African child by providing all the resources they need for education. Vitae London has sold its products in over 30 countries and has distributed over 2,000 items of school uniform to children in need. It has been featured in CNN and BBC, and has been endorsed by Pharrell Williams, Richard Branson and many more high-profile names. The company is raising funds to make key hiring, launch US fulfilment site, and drive marketing channels.
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£109,536
Netflix, Inc. is an American media service provider and production company founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California. It has 100 million members in over 190 countries enjoying more than 125 million hours of TV programmes and films per day. In 2017, the company's project 'The White Helmets' won the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject). For the fiscal year 2019, the company's annual net income was $1.9 billion, up 54.1% Year-over-Year (YOY). The company has won a list of accolades such as the Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, BAFTA Film Awards, Grammy Awards, and Daytime Emmy Awards, to name a few. It will use the investment to grow its business across different verticals.
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£844,200
UnderPinned is an end-to-end application designed for building the future of freelancing with technology at its core. It offers an innovative one-stop solution for freelancers to find work, manage work and get paid; and for clients to manage their project-based workforce. The initial target of the company will be an audience of 13 million in the UK. They have already launched their Virtual Office in January 2020 with over 2200 users. The portal has more than 110,000 users engaged with its educational media content and has an existing partnership with IPSE, Starling Bank, Digital Risk, and Banked. They have highly curated content leading to £0.05 cost per click and 5.92% clickthrough rate and an acquisition model with a 7 times lower cost per acquisition (CPA) than the industry average. The funds will be used to scale UnderPinned, helping the company to reduce its customer acquisition cost.
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£514,380
This fine jewellery business uses traceable conflict-free diamonds that are certified Fairtrade and made in the UK, which are sold directly to the customer from their premises in central London. Ingle & Rhode had revenues of £1.1m last year and are a profitable company seeking funds in this round to increase its marketing and enhance its website to improve conversion rates on its purchases.
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£406,630
Opened in 2014, The Lakes Distillery has sold over 160,000 bottles of their premium gin, vodka, and blended whisky; voted one of the top 5 best new distilleries in the world.
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£1,620,110
Ruby Violet (RV) creates ice cream flavours, vegan sorbets and iced delights. It asserts that it has grown from a market stall in 2011, to two parlours and an accompanying vintage van, tricycle and trolley, almost doubling its revenue from 2016 to 2019. RV aims to become a contender in the ice cream industry that is worth £1.4 billion in the UK and £44 billion worldwide. It asserts that 90% of the packaging used by the company is either recyclable or compostable. It has featured in press entities like The Times, The Guardian, Vogue and the BBC, to name a few. RV has also collaborated with noted gin company, Gin Mare, creating gin ice cream and sorbet specific to their infused botanicals. RV's clients include Costa Coffee, Nike, McVitie's, and Moet & Chandon. It will use 75% of the investment for capital expenditure, 15% for marketing activities, and 10% for hiring key personnel.
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£357,173
