Walsh Aviation Limited has plans to create a low altitude airborne data acquisition method using the latest in Gyroplane technology. They have a 20-20-20 target to be able to fly at an altitude of 20 meters above the vegetation canopy, with a speed of 20 knots and to provide the service profitably at £20 per line kilometre.
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£61,000
Lifetise is a financial planning platform that enables prospective clients to plan significant expenditures such as buying a home, marital expenses, child-rearing and retirement. Presently, they have come up with two major offerings: Homefinder and Childminder. The first one acts as a tool that shows money required to afford a home in the UK and the amount of time taken to save the money while the latter helps parents to calculate the costs of childcare along with their work. Lifetise is targeting the 25-40 age group in the UK whose population numbers are approximately 14 million. To date, they have been featured in prominent publications like Evening Standard and Stylist with an active following on Reddit. The company has secured 12,000 customers after their partnering with Accenture's Fintech Accelerator Programme. With the investment, Lifetise will spend more on developing its applications with a focus on all major life expenditures, marketing on social media channels, build partnerships and human resources.
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investment:
£254,240
Brickowner is a property investment platform. Its network is fast, simple, and available 24/7. It helps property asset managers and developers manage their investor onboarding, KYC, investor categorisation, escrow requirements. Since 2017, investment through the company has grown from £347k to £1m (2018), and over £10m by April 2019. Brickowner has more than 2000 investors registered on its platform. It has also gained extensive media coverage including Daily Mail, London Evening Standard, Property Week, and many more. With the proceeds, Brickowner will make significant improvements to its existing tech, develop some new technology for increasing the product range and expand its team.
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investment:
£282,015
Small Robot Company (SRC) aims to integrate its patented 'PerPlant' farming with agricultural practices worldwide and disrupt the $240 billion per year agriculture industry. SRC claims that PerPlant farming uses lightweight and smart robots that make food production more accurate, sustainable and profitable. SRC's three small robots, 'Tom', 'Dick' and 'Harry' coupled with AI brain 'Wilma' can plant, monitor and treat arable crops autonomously. SRC argues that it has successfully commercialised its PerPlant monitoring service for farmers in Wiltshire using its 'Tom V3' robots, built by leading robotics manufacturer, Tharsus. SRC stresses that it will equip its robots to kill weeds autonomously using electricity and perform trials with customers next season to demonstrate product readiness. SRC points out that it has raised more than £400,000 from willing farmers who want to embrace change. SRC has featured in WIRED, Economist and CNN. It has onboarded customers, including Waitrose and National Trust. SRC state they will use the investment to commercialise its patented R&D.
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investment:
£3,996,978
Smartlands is a blockchain-based digital finance and investment ecosystem. It allows asset owners to turn an ownership right to a share of any asset, into a tradable digital token attributing it almost unlimited liquidity. In the UK, Smartlands is the first platform for crowdfunding investments that allows investors to use digital currencies alongside fiat currencies to raise capital. The platform boasts of a 16,000 strong community following with over 11,000 wallets opened since its inception. It has a reputed list of partners including Colliers International, CMS, Archax, UK Sotheby’s, and many more. They have been awarded the 'Best Crowdfunding Platform' at the 2020 FinTech Breakthrough Awards and have been featured in Yahoo Finance, Forbes, Coindesk, Benzinga, and Investors Chronicle to name a few. With the investment, the company will grow its internal engineering team and obtain the necessary licenses to move its business forward across Europe.
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investment:
£379,183
Salcombe Distilling Co. is a highly acclaimed Gin School and Distillery Bar that creates exceptional, internationally award-winning gins. It is one of the rare distilleries across the world which is accessibe by boat. The brand has seen a 400% revenue increase to £2M in the past two years. Additionally, at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Salcombe Distilling Co. won two Double Gold Medals. 10% of the proceeds, will be used in product development, 20% will be used for marketing, 40% for the sales team growth, 30% for the production & operations department. The company aspires to become the World’s No. 1 Luxury Gin Brand.
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investment:
£1,252,648
Lucy's dressings aim to become the UK's leading dressings and sauces brand. They offer a wide range of award winning product ranges including gluten-free, low fat, vegetarian and low sugar options at affordable prices. As well as their retails range they also offer dressings for 3 restaurant groups, including Bill's and Gourmet Burger Kitchen.
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investment:
£218,340
Connecting wine merchants and producers with consumer and trade buyers. Glass of Bubbly is an online industry news business that hosts London's largest wine awards and dedicated tasting shows for traders and the press annually. The company is now raising funds to expand their business globally by creating an international sales channel. Hundreds of their existing clients have already expressed support for this new venture.
Glass of Bubbly will develop a multilingual platform for international wine traders to communicate with each other, as well as offer in-house marketing and PR tools. The business will also provide a complete management solution for clients and advertise their products through global award ceremonies and trade shows.
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investment:
£151,970
East London Liquor Company (ELLC) has been distilling, importing and serving gins, whiskies, vodkas, rums, and canned cocktails since 2014. ELLC asserts that off-trade gin sales hit US$8.4 billion in 2020 with UK seltzer sales expected to reach £75 million by 2023. It intends to become a contender in the aforementioned categories. ELLC has had a 600% Year-on-Year (YoY) increase to £206,000 in off-trade sales from 2019-2020 to 2020-2021. The company has partnered with the UNESCO world heritage site, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, to release its product, Kew Gin. It has also entered into the Ready-To-Drink and seltzer categories with its range of canned drinks, and onboarded retailers like Waitrose, Tesco, and Co-Op. The company will use the investment to grow its off-trade channels both in the UK and abroad, expand its Direct To Consumer (DTC) output, update its 'Brand Home' to attract more customers, and increase its whisky production to meet demand.
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investment:
£921,686
The Juggling King (TJK) is one of the UK's first Seed-to-Bottle rum production companies from Guernsey. TJK argues that its product is the first rum ever to be distilled with cultivated sugarcane grown under glass in Guernsey and to be produced on the island. The company has appointed English former footballer Michael Owens as its global brand ambassador and featured on James Martin's Saturday Morning show. TJK has also onboarded 18 trade customers including hotels, restaurants and bars since its launch in August 2020. It will use the investment for working capital, customs & excise duty expenses, input costs, and other verticals.
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investment:
£402,059
