A Cornwall-based craft brewer voted the best new brewery by RateBeer in 2017. Verdant Brewing Co is known for brewing 7 of the Top 50 beers in England over the last four years. The company focuses on delivering hop-forward and hazy beer as fresh as possible to its drinkers. Verdant's sales have seen an increase of 912.4% from September 2016 to September 2017. This has resulted in turnover doubling to £1.1m this year, in addition to producing 3,000 hectolitres of beer.
Verdant Brewing Co is raising funds to secure a new brewing site located 3 miles from their original location. This new site will increasing their production capacity to 15,000 hectolitres to meet growing customer demand. Furthermore, the new location will also house the business's laboratory and on-site taproom for fans to tour.
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£1,353,320
Agua de Madre is craft-brewed water kefir aimed at the evergrowing no- and low- alcohol UK market. It aims to be an ethical brand that makes a delicious drink with live bacteria up to 250 billion live cultures per 100ml. The naturally low-alcohol fizzy water kefir is sold in deli's, restaurants, bars, and other food stores in London. Agua de Madre has also attracted media interest from major publications including Metro, Vogue, and Wallpaper. Furthermore, the company is planning to maximise its production potential, hire a specialist sales agency Windfall, expand to sell further in southwest London, and ramp up marketing with its PR Agency, Visible.
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£250,990
Brands reunited are looking to disrupt the modern craft beer market. Their sales are over £400k and are growing 100% year on year. They have two brands that are already in Watneys and Home Ales. The funding will be spent on building their brand and the team.
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£255,000
The Five Points Brewing Company (TFPBC) is one of London's best-known craft breweries that brews modern, flavourful, craft beer, The company asserts that its beers are stocked nationwide in pubs and across major chains like Waitrose, Tesco and Nando's. TFPBC claims that it has grown from £173,000 worth of sales in 2013 to £4.8 million in 2019. The company's first pub, The Pembury Tavern, has been graced with awards and recommendations from multiple entities. TFPBC argues that it has developed its e-commerce site in the wake of COVID-19 achieving online sales of over £300,000 from selling three million pints in draught, bottle and can form since March 2020. It also won the Champion Beer Of London 2019 Award. The company will use the investment to open its new on-site taproom with a large outdoor area for beer sales direct to the public, build a new flagship brewery site in Hackney, drive new sources of revenue whilst reducing costs, and maintain its commitment to East London
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£841,392
Multi-award winning La Favorita Delivered is Scotland’s largest and fastest growing independent Italian pizza delivery company. It was born out of a long established Edinburgh Italian restaurant group in 2011 and has grown exponentially since then. Having firmly cemented ourselves within the Edinburgh food scene with 4 busy stores and a loyal customer base, we’re now extending our reach westward where we were recently awarded Best Pizza at the Scottish Italian Awards. We are currently focused on opening 2 stores in Glasgow in early 2015, with plans to eventually open 50 stores throughout the UK. Our pizzas use only the finest ingredients available, such as Scottish corn-fed free range chicken, high grade Italian salami and San Marzano DOP tomatoes. At La Favorita Delivered, we’re very proud to offer our customers a premium product and exceptional service. We’ve taken great care to put our customer experience at the forefront of all we do and deliver only the very best product. That’s why we’ve gone to the trouble of commissioning bespoke pizza ovens, sourcing flour that is now milled exclusively to our specification, developing a special (secret) dough recipe and branding a large fleet of Fiat 500 delivery vehicles. As part of our expansion strategy, the company is seeking to raise between £200k (for 5% of the business) and £400k (for 10% of the business). The price per share will be fixed whatever the final total reached. In addition to receiving shares in the company, investors in La Favorita Delivered will receive vouchers to the value of 10% of their investment which can be used when ordering from any of the company's pizzerias.
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£281,270
Advanced Blast & Ballistic Systems (ABBS) is a company that has developed globally patented systems to counteract the forces an armoured vehicle sustains when a mine or Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explodes under it. As per reports, mines and IEDs accounted for over 80% of UK and US army casualties in Iraq & Afghanistan. ABBS believes that its products can keep occupants inside a vehicle completely safe from the aforementioned explosive devices. The armoured vehicle protection market has a value of about $20 billion wherein ABBS aims to be a major contender. The company has received £2 million-plus revenues till date from Research and Development (R&D) grants in the UK, as well as, sold its products to the US Army and Israel with profits worth £145,000 in 2018 and £560,000 in 2019 respectively. It will use the investment to bring its products to more markets globally.
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investment:
£445,814
Real Handful is a UK-based company which produces award-winning, healthy, and flavorful Trail Mix snacks. The company has sold in 2,000+ UK stores including Sainsbury's, Tesco, and ASDA. Having sold 967k snacks in 2019, Real Handful is aiming to sell 1 million snacks in 2020. The company's revenue has risen over 100% during 2018 and 2019. It has also won two Great Taste Awards and four International Brand Design Awards. The company will use the funds to drive sales, launch new products and boost its International and Direct 2 Consumer business.
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investment:
£412,580
The Cotswold Distilling Company Limited (trading as The Cotswolds Distillery) was founded in 2013 and is, in its director’s opinion, well on the way to becoming a leading producer of world class ultra-premium whisky, gin and other branded spirits, as well as a premier tourist/visitor experience in the Cotswolds. www.cotswoldsdistillery.com
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investment:
£1,001,000
A free-from bakery that specialises in providing organic, gluten-free and vegan products whilst avoiding synthetic ingredients. Good Grain Bakery produces high-quality and artisan food for those with intolerances and allergies. Their clients include Ocado, Selfridges, Planet Organic and Daylesford amongst many others. Sales have increased by 165% YoY and the brand is now seeking investment to launch their products at national grocers. This new venture will see the business upgrading their equipment to meet demand and any remaining funds will be allocated towards hiring key staff and marketing campaigns.
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investment:
£80,060
Supper aims to be a unique delivery service focusing on quality and service for high-end restaurants. It argues that its commercial metrics and lack of reliance on 'Gig-Economy' workers sets it apart from competitors. The company intends to become a contender in the food delivery market that grew by 35% in 2020 and by almost 150% over the last 5 years. It has partnered with 130 notable establishments such as Zuma, Park Chinois, Milos, and Cova, to name a few. Supper has 61,000 customers on its portal that is further growing by 1,500 new customers every month. The company delivers 1,000 orders each week and has fulfilled 100,000 orders to date with the average order costing £100. It delivers orders via its purpose-built, gyroscopically-stable, and temperature-controlled vehicles. Supper will use the investment to focus on its growth in London and expand globally.
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