GreenJinn have created a free cashback app to create the next generation of mobile couponing to allow grocery shoppers to save money on customised product options. After launching in October 2016 they have had over 40,000 users saving over £100 monthly.
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investment:
£669,100
A brand combing deli, dining and retail to offer produce that is healthy and sourced sustainably. Sourced Market has 4 locations within London, including a flagship site at St Pancras that attracts more than 11,000 customers per week, with a separate production kitchen. Their services consist of craft beer and wine, a fresh bakery, artisan coffee and food-to-go. The size of their sites range from 80 to 500m2, as well as pop-up stores at music festivals.
Sourced Market's has received investment funding from Pembroke VCT and has achieved a net revenue of £6.4m in the last year. They also have partnerships with Eurostar, a hotel group and are currently in discussions with re: airport. The company has built relationships with more than 100 suppliers, of which many have used Sourced Market to launch their own products. Sourced Market has also been featured in IGD; the food retail analyst, as well as The London Evening Standard.
Funds are being raised to open in a variety of locations. This includes a new site at the Eurostar Departures Lounge, another in partnership with a hotel chain in Holborn and a third site to be situated within an airport. Sourced Market also seeks to increase the capacity of their kitchen and partner with a franchisee.
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investment:
£873,380
Swoopos is a mobile point of sale system, which brings together innovative software and hardware, cloud reporting and data analytics, mobile and ecommerce ordering and beacon marketing technology for retail, hospitality and stadiums. Swoops have already built long term relationships with leading brands and are now looking to expand throughout the UK and beyond.
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investment:
£64,480
Tribe are a modern, natural nutrition brand, based online and tailored to the customer. The UK sport nutrition market is growing at 23% a year and Tribe have already gained 25,000 members purchasing products from them. All products are formulated for performance and made from the highest natural ingredients.
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investment:
£1,747,470
@pizza is a pizza maker that aims to disrupt the £5.2 billion UK pizza and Italian restaurant market. The company asserts that its modern and fast counter operation can create hand-crafted pizzas in 90 seconds. @pizza is currently ranked the #1 restaurant in Birmingham and #1 pizza restaurant in Edinburgh for over two years with its existing fast-casual restaurants. The company plans to use ‘semi-permanent’ restaurant units situated in high traffic density suburban car parks to drive growth. @pizza believes that these restaurants can cook ten high-quality pizzas a minute, offer contactless takeaway and home delivery in the wake of COVID-19, and incorporate the UK’s first pizza drive-thru business model. The company will use the investment to broaden its customer base, giving consumers the bespoke pizza they want, as well as, how, where and when they want it without significant fixed property costs. It also aims to create franchise opportunities across UK cities.
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Expired
investment:
£1,257,210
Tart London is a bakery and coffee shop with one location overlooking Clapham Common. They also have their heart set on a second location which they will aim to move into by summer. The use of the proceeds will go towards the rent for the new location as well as getting the premises ready for opening.
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investment:
£229,294
By combining fitness with fashion, art and design, BLOK has become a major competitor of boutique class-based gyms within London. BLOK has appeared on Britain's Next Top Model, as well as working with global stars including Anthony Joshua and Jordan Dunn.
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investment:
£891,790
The Chilli Pickle are an indian restaurant providing authentic indian cuisine in the heart of Brighton from a diverse collection of Chefs. They currently have a restaurant, a takeaway and delivery service and also a street food cart providing a broad range of indian food. They will be looking to open a further 4 restaurants in the south east and and are planning to open the first in the summer of 2017.
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investment:
£684,000
Vercida aims to be Europe's largest diversity and inclusion-focused careers website. Vercida's AI integrated system offers candidates with more reliable search results and job matches based on what they truly want from a workplace. The company has drawn 2 million+ visits from 136 countries, has strong comeback rates from high profile clients like Virgin and Home Office, and has won multiple awards. Vercida is driving innovation backed by technology to set new standards to attract, progress, and retain the best candidates for the job.
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investment:
£315,220
Two Drifters Distillery (TDD) is one of the very few British distilleries that makes rum from raw ingredients, rather than importing and flavouring it. It has worked with Climeworks Direct Air Capture technology to remove CO2 from its products. The company's technique won admirers leading to a boost in sales. Since its launch in 2019, TDD converted existing equipment to increase capacity from 80 bottles per week to an estimated 1800 per week. It has also secured contracts from prominent entities including John Lewis (national and online), Exeter Chiefs Rum and Virgin Wines. The company has an active social media community with 10,000+ followers and also conducts weekly distillery tours that see full attendance from its customers. TDD has also received press coverage from media houses including The BBC, The Telegraph and The Independent. It will use the investment to grow its sales and showcase its product at retail outlets, and bring to the masses sustainably-made British products.
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Expired
investment:
£286,340
