OpenPlay is a marketplace for sports facilities and activities. It makes it easier for the public to find and book local venues and activities. It has a social layer on top to connect people to each other around their sporting interests and abilities. It makes money via a mixture of a subscription (SAAS) and commission based model for the use of its online bookings and customer management tools. We already have 80,000+ monthly visitors, 100,000+ bookings and over 2,000 venues listed.
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Expired
investment:
£75,000
Maecenas is a fine art investment platform, allowing collectors to raise funds and investors to own a piece of fine art they would not normally be able to afford such as a picasso or even a Rembrandt! The investment made in the Artwork can easily be re-sold using the Maecenas platform and all investments are fully protected by insurance and a strong legal framework.
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Expired
investment:
£218,249
Beart are the first reward-based crowdfunding platform that is designed specifically for art. It's aim is to bring together artists, curators, galleries, collectors, museums and foundations.
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Expired
investment:
£78,151
Brother Cycles' bikes are designed in the UK and handcrafted from steel to be ridden all around the world. Their products are sold at independent retailers throughout the UK and Europe, in addition to their own website. Since 2015, Brother Cycles has seen an increase of 119% in turnover and is trading at a net profit with 2018 currently being their strongest sales period.
In the summer of 2018, the company launched their B2B website and within the first week, more than 40 stockists had signed up to trade with the business. Brother in the Wild is Brother Cycle's annual cycling festival, which saw 180 cyclists joining in 2018 and predicted to grow exponentially in the coming years.
Current revenue stream include their wide product range with continually improving profit margins, B2B sales and B2C sales through customers purchasing goods directly from Brother Cycle's website. Funds are being raised to launch two new products in 2019, which consist of a technical adventure bike and a high-end road bike.
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Expired
investment:
£105,497
WIT Fitness are a sports retailer, founded in 2015 and already operating over multiple sites.They aim to open a unique gym facility in London over the next 6 months and expand their online operations to North America.
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Expired
investment:
£1,258,970
PopUp Painting (PUP) is an art company that aims to be the leader in organising experiential social painting events in the UK. The company endeavours to bring art out of the classroom and gallery into the places people meet on an everyday basis, thereby, unleashing creativity. PUP has hosted over 45,000 guests to date. Total revenues to date are £1.1 million. In the last financial year, the company generated revenues of £373,000. The COVID-19 pandemic in March led to PUP launching its online art sessions which was met with positive feedback. The company resumed hosting in-person COVID-secure events from July 2020 onwards. PUP is seeking £175,000 at a pre-money valuation of £1.3 million to launch its own Central London experiential events space and to expand its current services to reach a new product market.
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investment:
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Premier Sailing (PS) aims to make sailing experiences a cost-effective venture for people. It offers training, cruises and racing opportunities to its members. The company started teaching navigation as a side business since 2009 before it developed into a profitable Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) running three boats during the season and two over the winter. The company's offering, 'Round Britain' cruise, won the 'Sailing Today Cruise of the Year' award in 2016 and led to PS garnering £142,500 worth of revenue within the first three years. PS will use the investment to promote the brand and increase capacity for the race, cruises and training through the purchasing of more vessels. It also plans to introduce ‘The Capitals Race', a yacht race around the UK, in 2021.
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Expired
investment:
£111,740
Smart Cricket Global is a company aiming to transform the game of cricket by bringing data analytics to cricketer. Its first product, Batsense, is a cognitive device that is empowering players and coaches through the provision of real-time data, covering parameters like back-lift, follow-through angle, bat speed, impact time and rotation at impact etc. The device fits onto the tip of a bat and records all the movements of the bat which is then fed into a data analytics engine allowing for a deeper insight into the game. This device, the company believes, will make the game of cricket more intuitive and entertaining. They will use the investment for manufacturing, further product innovation & marketing.
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Expired
investment:
£148,195
GRNDHOUSE is a fitness company specialising in the strength training vertical. The company hosts live strength training classes with metrics delivered to its community-centric app. The app allows users access to a weekly structure of low- and high-impact classes that focus on each body part to ultimately condition the entire body throughout the week. Users can even post their results on their user feed to champion and inspire each other, win badges and awards for their progress and gather their health data over time to see their improvements. GRNDHOUSE argues that it has acquired 1500 paying members to date via organic marketing on its portal. The company has also earned revenue worth £266,000 since its launch and featured in the Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Business Insider and others. It states it will use 30% of the investment to develop its film studio and equipment, 45% towards paying salaries of its technology, marketing, sales, and instructor teams, 20% towards marketing, and 5% towards hardware stock.
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Expired
investment:
£1,453,651
