The Honestly Good Smoothie Co. is a subscription box service that delivers 100% organic and pure pre-portioned smoothie components directly at your door-step. The company is known for its ready-to-blend frozen smoothie kits and has sold more than 8,000 smoothie kits so far. Since September 2018, the company has seen 60% customer retention with 25% of the customers spending above £500. Honestly Good has also been featured by BBC Radio, Bestfit Magazine, Forbes, and Nutribullet. With the proceeds, Honestly Good is planning to upscale its premises by introducing a developed, compostable and re-usable packaging system.
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investment:
£264,990
West Berkshire Brewery (WBB) have been brewing cask ales and bottled beers since 1995 and have won more than 40 awards. WBB use locally sourced ingredients and are trying to make their business as sustainable as possible.
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investment:
£1,765,482
QFinds is a purpose-built hiring tool that enables employers to easily and efficiently pre-screen candidates, conduct interviews and generate employment contracts. The company asserts that it is a UK government vetted 'Kickstart Scheme' representative and can get small businesses grants to hire interns having already processed over 100 job applications. QFinds claims that its app has been downloaded 2 million+ times garnering 24,000 reviews averaging 4.8/5 stars. QFinds also points out that bad hirings cost the UK up to £6.7 billion in turnover, productivity, and training. It seeks to change this and disrupt the £39 billion recruitment market. The company has partnered with notable entities like University College London, Kings College London and Brunel University London, intending to use them as strategic partners to increase job seekers signing up to and using its app. QFinds will use the investment to grow its business across different verticals.
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investment:
£222,866
A sustainable food company intorducing insects as a regular Western food. Eat Grub now has listings at UK and European retailers. Their wide product range includes roasted cricket snacks and protein bars. The company also sells B2B to major pubs and restaurants such as Wahaca and Fat Duck, as well as directly to customers via Amazon. After creating a new website, funds are sought to increase national sales and digital marketing.
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investment:
£150,028
Tutts Clump Cider (TCC) create cider from 100% juice in its purest form. In 2012, TCC produced 25 litres of homemade cider and since then production has increased year-on-year. Tutts Clump Cider is available in a number of pubs, shops, farm shops, national trust shops, 11 Waitrose stores and many more.
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£41,330
British Pearl is a property investment platform facilitating share & loan investment in property. It is an FCA authorised investment manager which allows fractional international investment in the property without any hassle. British Pearl has won ten award nominations, three speaker engagements and has been featured in over 20 media including the Times, the Daily Mail and the BBC. With the proceeds, the company will grow the sales, increase property sourcing and develop the platform's features.
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investment:
£910,132
Easily understand and manage all your insurance in one simple app, ready for the digital age. Wrisk is all about transparency and allows customers to see how much they’re currently paying for their insurance, what actions they can take to reduce their risk and purchase the insurance seamlessly from within the app. Wrisk is seeking investment to expand and cater for as many insurance needs as possible.
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investment:
£1,044,630
Curious Brew is a well established brewing company that for the past 4 years have been creating beers and ciders. They are looking to expand by building another brewery location in the Kent area.
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£1,749,100
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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investment:
£250,000
Launched in 2017, Algarve Rock is on a mission to put Portuguese craft beer on the map with flavoursome beers that embody local ingredients. The global craft beer market is expected to reach nearly $187 billion by 2025. It has carved a niche for itself in only 18 months of its inception. The 3,000 litre Brew House associated fermentation vessels and auto bottling line allow them to produce 36,000 litres per month, readily expandable to 80,000 litres to meet growing demand. Algarve Rock was the winner of the Best Stout - Trujillo Festival 2018, Spain and is the house brewer for prestigious institutions like Quinta do Lago group and Casa do Frango restaurants in London. With the investment, the company will use 40% to open Algarve Rock-themed Brewbars and Brew kiosks, 10% in increasing exports especially to the UK and USA, 10% in strengthening brand identity, 15% in recruitment procedures, and 25% in increasing brewing capacity to cater to new markets.
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investment:
£281,607
