Doodle Drinks (DD) aims to make all-natural soft drinks that kids can enjoy. The company cites research data arguing that children aged 18 months to 18 years are drinking 26% fewer sugary drinks and consumption for 10-year olds has fallen 35%. It wants to capture this sentiment and deliver a soft drink that's a healthy choice for both parents and their kids. DD has secured distribution with the noted distributor, Bravura Foods. It has also signed a partnership with the largest independent bottler of beverages in Europe and North America, Refresco, who have over 60 manufacturing sites globally to fulfil its objective. DD will use the investment to grow its business, execute its marketing strategy and increase its product range.
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£877,830
NoshyCircle intends to disrupt the £8.5 billion UK takeaway market by offering healthy home-cooked meals with ingredients and their nutritional value clearly displayed on deliveries. Consumers can use the app to order their meals prepared by cooks in their neighbourhood. NoshyCircle ensures that the cooks are registered with their local council having a food hygiene rating of three or above. The company also strives to make sure that all its deliveries arrive in an eco-friendly packaging and delivery solution. NoshyCircle enables anyone passionate about cooking to register themselves as cooks and start their virtual kitchen. It currently has 20 such people on its platform. NoshyCircle will use the funds to scale its presence to the rest of London by the end of 2021 and expand its social media presence to attract more consumers to grow its business.
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£91,424
Selling over 800 beers across two award-winning brands: We Brought Beer and The Beer Boutique, as well as being one of the UK's largest independent craft beer retailers, Two Heads Beer Co. is seeking investment to further expand the business with 4 new stores already planned in addition to the existing 6 stores with almost £1 million in revenue.
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£375,040
Peckwater Brands (PB) is a company engaged in the growing cloud kitchen/delivery business that runs virtual restaurant brands from the kitchens of existing restaurants. It argues that restaurants need to pay high street rents and staff wages no matter how many diners visit. Nearly 5,000 restaurants have closed in the UK since 2015 due to not being able to fulfil these tasks. PB aims to change this scenario. It helps restaurant partners use their existing staff and kitchen capacity better, and help keep struggling businesses running. The company received more than 10,000 customer orders through Deliveroo and Uber Eats. It witnessed more than £250,000 in customer sales since June 2020 and is spread across London, Manchester, Leeds, and Coventry. PB has launched four brands with four more in the pipeline. It will use the investment to get more partners, launch more brands, and acquire more customers.
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£232,208
Notes is a well-established coffee shop and wine bar concept with nine locations in central London. They pride themselves in being able to source and roast at their own roastery in Canning Town which provides over 1.4m cups of coffee a year. By serving high volumes of their single-origin speciality coffee, Notes have doubled their revenue to almost £5m by just opening shops in four locations since 2015.
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£1,194,330
Market Halls (MH) takes unloved public spaces and transforms them into destinations for all-day drinking and dining. MH claims to offer something for everyone, taking visitors seamlessly from breakfast through to late-night snacks. It argues that it has established three venues in Fulham, Victoria and the West End that have attracted crowds in excess of 1.04 million in 2019. MH asserts that it received a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 62, generated £15 million in revenue in 2020, and has featured in publications such as The Telegraph, The Guardian and Independent. MH also stresses that it has a ‘Best in Class’ retention rate of 80% repeat business. It states it will use the investment to scale up its business with a new identity, new gold-dust venues and an improved customer offering.
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£787,240
Honestly Good Smoothie Company specialises in making 100% organic pre-portioned smoothie ingredient packets delivered directly to a customer's doorstep. Users can avail their kits via a weekly, fortnightly, or monthly subscription plans. Each recipe is developed by a chef and approved by an independent nutritionist. The ingredients are delivered in ready-to-blend kits in recyclable, compostable, and reusable packaging. The company has more than 25 recipes and has sold over 30,000 smoothie kits. The company has been featured in publications such as Forbes, and Pebble magazine. With the investment, the company aims to introduce re-usable packaging by June 2020, offer more data-driven personalised plans, introduce another 20 recipes, build its digital marketing strategy and subscriber base.
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£119,321
Two Drifters Distillery (TDD) is one of the very few British distilleries that makes rum from raw ingredients, rather than importing and flavouring it. It has worked with Climeworks Direct Air Capture technology to remove CO2 from its products. The company's technique won admirers leading to a boost in sales. Since its launch in 2019, TDD converted existing equipment to increase capacity from 80 bottles per week to an estimated 1800 per week. It has also secured contracts from prominent entities including John Lewis (national and online), Exeter Chiefs Rum and Virgin Wines. The company has an active social media community with 10,000+ followers and also conducts weekly distillery tours that see full attendance from its customers. TDD has also received press coverage from media houses including The BBC, The Telegraph and The Independent. It will use the investment to grow its sales and showcase its product at retail outlets, and bring to the masses sustainably-made British products.
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£286,340
Mr Lee’s Pure Foods is an innovative food/tech company creating award-winning premium healthy noodles-in-a-cup and will be launching its new instant Congee Asian rice porridge. All products are certified low sugar, gluten-free, low on calories, Vegan options and 100% recyclable and compostable packaging. The global instant noodle market is expected to reach $57.5 billion by 2024 which the brand aims to capitalise on and establish itself in as the market leader. Mr Lee's has won 50+ global awards and nominations including Grocer Gold Exporter of the Year, Great British Entrepreneur winner, and The Sunday Times Maserati 100 winner. Noted publisher Penguin Random House has published Mr Lee’s 100 Noodle Recipe cookbook which has been met with critical acclaim worldwide. With the investment, the company will invest 25% of it in marketing initiatives and entering into the US market, 10% in product development, 20% in working capital for food production during scale-up, 5% in upgrading its Hot Noodle Kiosk and vending machine facilities, and 40% in global group operating and personnel costs runway for commercial functions and scale-up activities within Australia, the UK, and the USA.
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£1,835,892
Hop is a Vietnamese fresh food concept showcasing a passion for Vietnam’s rich and vivid culture, food, and street atmosphere. It has 5 multi-format sites across London ranging from 700sqft “mini-HOPs” to a 3,000sqft “HOP Café”. HOP has completed sales of c.£3.8m in 2018 and is serving an average of 12k customers every week. The company has an agreement with Vita Mojo to launch digital screen ordering technology. HOP is raising funds to grow the brand across the UK.
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£1,457,110
