Butterwire is a professional research and portfolio analyst platform designed for high conviction low turnover active equity managers. Butterwire's AI web application was launched in June 2018 and is used by all active equity investors aiming to generate higher returns, with faster stock selection, longer investment horizons, lower portfolio risk, and less trading. The application assists active investors with their top 3 challenges: find opportunities, minimise risk, and keep aware. It is built by and for professionals but is accessible to individual investors, too. The company will utilize 10% of the proceeds to operations, 25% to development, 15% to research, 40% to business development, and 10% to administration.
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Evolution Biotechnologies (EB) is a company that aims to bring technologies of biological control from their proven uses in agriculture into high-need and high-value biomedical markets. The company aims to curtail the spread of the house dust mite, a key cause of asthma, through its patented device. Its room treatment kit for domestic or commercial use contains natural agents that target the house dust mite in a highly specific way. The company anticipates that this method will be able to exert widespread, stable control across a whole room from limited initial applications, following a standard agricultural practice. EB expects a potential market size of $2 billion per annum in China, the UK, Europe, and the United States for its product. It is seeking an investment of £2 million to bring the aforementioned product to field trials.
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Oxwash is an on-demand eco-laundry start-up based in Oxford. It is striving for a zero net carbon emission solution to its entire laundry process. Using special technology including water reclamation and microfibre filtration system, washing is done at close to room temperature using energy from overhead solar panels. Oxwash is also pioneering the use of e-cargo bikes to pick up and deliver laundry. It is currently working on a B-Corp accreditation that will ensure its compliance with the highest standards of verifiable social and environmental performance, public transparency and legal accountability. Recently, Oxwash's CEO and founder Kyle C Grant was included in Forbes’ 2020 30 under 30 Social Entrepreneurs for his passion for sustainability. The company will utilise the investment to launch its business in other UK cities as well as build and develop its bespoke software package- OX 360.
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Wren & Fraser contribute towards third party costs of all funeral plans sold in the UK and guarantees to cover funeral services. The companies aim is to secure their customers desired funeral with their funeral plan provider and let the representative make their arrangements at a later date. Wren & Fraser have developed OnePlanwhich is a simple funeral plan that provides clarity in a confusing market. OnePlan is a comprehensive plan with no hidden costs. The company is planning to raise £2.0m for 20% of the company’s share capital, which intends to use to market its unique funeral plan – OnePlan - nationwide.
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£205,000
Uproot is an e-commerce platform that offers a diverse selection of organic and sustainable products. Born from reflections during the pandemic, it challenges the superficial pursuits driven by societal pressures. Uproot questions the effects of consumerism on our lives and the environment, aiming to establish a space where mindful choices and natural goodness thrive. By uniting a community of individuals dedicated to positive transformation, Uproot seeks to align human existence with the planet, promoting renewal and revitalization for both people and the Earth.
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Caldera is a heat battery company that seeks to institutionalise zero-carbon energy solutions for the masses. It asserts that its 'Zero Carbon Boiler' is a direct replacement to an oil or gas boiler by providing low-cost renewable electricity as heat for later use on demand by the homeowner. The company asserts that the boiler consists of two elements. The first is Caldera's proprietary 'Warmstone Heat Battery' that can be charged by low-cost electricity from the grid, store that electricity for 24 hours and provide it on demand. The second is a 'Heat Interface Unit' (HIU) that replaces the existing boiler. Caldera believes that low electricity prices always tend to occur when the source of electricity is also low carbon. It will use the investment to grow its business across different verticals.
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£615,000
Aeristech are a hi-tech engineering company with patented electric motor technology. They use forced induction to compress air before entering the engine which allows more fuel to be burnt in the same amount of space and therefore lowers fuel consumption and lowers emissions.
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