Healthy and nutritious food is at the forefront of a consumer's mind, along with products that have a positive environmental and social impact. Aduna brings African superfoods into the mainstream market, with products sold in 2000+ stores across 18 countries and revenues exceeding £1m. After recently partnering with the UN, Aduna are ready to launch two new product ranges.
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£429,282
BANG! Curry offers a variety of easy, quick and healthy, scratch-cooking products. It joins the ‘home cooking’ community with authentic curry meals, quickly and easily. It is operating in the UK market where 89% of people eat world cuisines. The company has acquired a brand with a small team, with listings in Morrisons, Wholefoods Market and Lakeland. It has a growing online community of over 8,500 and has sold over 100,000 products. The funds will be used on forming a sales team to accelerate growth, increase the UK and global marketing. The investment will also be focused on the working capital to support growth.
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£183,610
Smoke Shack is a restaurant that is known for its big flavours and its big portions. It offers a wide range of burgers, hotdogs and sides and caters for both meat eaters as well as vegetarians. They currently have two restaurants, one located in Bedford and one located in Stony Stratford.
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£4,644
SpiceBox is an award-winning 100% vegan curry house brand. The brand blends the traditional Indian recipes with curry house favourites. It is ready to open SpiceBox #2! It has won the best takeaway at the London Curry Awards. 85% of the proceeds will be acquired in building its second curry house, 10% in retail R&D, and 5% in working capital/cash flow requirements.
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£361,564
Loah brew their own alcohol-free beers with bold flavors, low calories, sugar, and gluten, embracing a diverse beer experience beyond standard styles.
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£520,416
Drop Drinks creates vintage beverages with a distinctive taste. Theses beverages are inspired by traditional British sweets like Pear Drop and Cherry Drop. The company has sold more than 10,000 units since its launch in 2018. With more than 9,000 followers on social platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, Drop Drinks aims at increasing its product range to become a popular and leading drink brand domestically and grow globally. The company is now raising funds to increase production, execute an extensive go-to-market strategy, and hire key staff.
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£127,690
Skinny Tonic (ST) aims to change the traditional soft drink market by creating 100% natural, zero-sugar, zero-calorie soft drinks. The company raised £1.8 million in its first Seedrs raise in January 2020. It also raised £1.75 million in conjunction with the UK Future Fund and received the Food Matters Award for 'New drink product of the year'. ST also launched four flavours into 27 Booths stores in June 2020. It will use the investment to pioneer New Product Development (NPD), achieve British Retail Consortium (BRC) accreditation, continue to invest in staff training and recruitment, launch its fully automated canning and bottling facility, and grow the business across different verticals.
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£2,433,839
Craft beer brewed for family and friends with inspiration from 1980's nostalgia and arcade games. Play Brew use a combination of US hops with British Malts and is brewed in the UK. The company has produced around 5,500 cans and their products are sold in 33 outlets. They are the only brewery serving the local community within a radius of 19.5 miles and are seeking funding to open a taproom as a means to expand and grow the business.
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£157,770
An e-commerce platform that facilities merchants selling their products to consumers. TheFoodMarket.com primarily cater for high-moral businesses using only natural and organic ingredients within ethical supply chains. Customers place and pay for orders via the website and the merchants will directly deliver the order to the customer. A wide range of food is sold on the platform, such as healthy and gourmet varieties which are available from a farmer's market, a food hall, or a deli.
TheFoodMarket.com's main source of revenue is from commissions on customer orders, which is charged to the merchants utilising the platform. In the last 12 months, more than 100 businesses have signed-up on TheFoodMarket.com to become merchants. Current investors include founders of major businesses such as Play.com, MoneySupermarket.com and feelunique.com. New revenue streams are currently being developed which include advertising and introducing a partnership service in 2019.
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£353,999
Fireaway pizza orginally started out as a modest pizzeria in south London in 2016, we've expanded to 159 franchises, achieving a remarkable 106% compound annual growth rate in store expansion. With franchise sales reaching £59 million annually, we became debt-free in 2022, boasting an EBITDA of £1.31 million and HQ revenue of £14.5 million in FY23. As a profitable venture, we invite you to join us and be part of our promising growth trajectory.
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£532,336
