The Active Kollection (TAK) is an online store that sources running and cycling brands from around the world. The company is aiming to build a community of enthusiasts by making gear that will give them the performance, aesthetic and durability they desire. The sports and outdoor fashion market is expected to rise to £10.6 billion in 2022. TAK endeavours to become a major contender in this category. TAK's platform is live with 16 independent brands. The company has 54,000 followers across Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. It requires investment to accelerate its growth and continue its search to become the world’s most stylish running and cycling gear brand.
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£69,432
L.A Brewery (LAB) produces non-alcoholic kombucha made from health-boosting teas, fruits, and botanicals. LAB argues that 25% of drinkers consider themselves semi-regular consumers of low and no alcohol in the UK and aims to cater to the demands of this category. LAB asserts that it has already produced and sold one million drinks and achieved listings with entities like Amazon, Selfridges, Leon, Farmdrop, Wholefoods, Planet Organic, Ocado (March 2021), and 300+ independent stockists across the UK. It has also featured in Vogue, GQ, Tatler, Hello!, Elle, and Glamour, to name a few. LAB points out that its feature on ITV's 'Love Your Weekend' with Alan Titchmarsh resulted in £1,000+ worth of online sales in 10 minutes. It will use the investment to expand its microbrewery, increase production 4 times to meet future demand, and increase brand awareness.
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£1,349,997
Twin Science is an educational platform that aims to upskill children with a hybrid solution of physical and digital products. Its digital offering, Twing, is a skill-based personal development and educational application for children currently targeting 7-11 years old. Twing delivers interdisciplinary learning concepts (adventures) for children with mini-games, developing nearly 300 skills. Its physical offering, Twin Kits, consists of electronic modules that can be attached with magnets. Using Twin kits, children can learn the basics of robotics, computer programming, and even artificial intelligence. The company has onboarded 35 sales channels, approached 1,800 schools, and impacted over 400,000 children. It also won the Bett Awards 2020 in the 'Special Educational Needs Solution' category and was selected by university College London (UCL) to develop an AI curriculum for children. Twin Science will use 66% of the investment in sales and marketing and 33% for team expansion.
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£1,300,670
Njori is a company that has created an accurate, multi-functional cooker that can be stored on a bookshelf alongside cookbooks. The cooker uses integrated sensors and accessories to monitor and regulate the cooking process. It's built-in scales helps a user measure ingredients before and during the cooking process. The scale function also enables the user to reduce food by a set weight or percentage. The company aims to be a disruptor in the global portable induction cooker market that is set to be worth £4.5 billion by 2022. Njori has filed UK patents & is building its supply chain in China. It will use the investment to finish development and bring the final product to market.
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£236,797
Cool Cold Brew offers a variety of high-quality and healthier cold brew coffees. Currently, its range consists of 4 flavours: Latte, Mocha, Black and Coconut. Since its last Crowdcube campaign, Cool Cold Brew secured listings in over 150 locations with retailers including The Vegan Kind, Amazon, Whole Foods Market, Muscle Food, and the range is soon to launch with Ocado. Its cold brews are also distributed by Suma, The Health Store, Tree of Life, and more. Its plan is to use the proceeds to unlock new listings, develop its current market listings, bring new industry-first products to market and expand its team.
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£120,580
Fancy Dress Worldwide is a fancy dress online retailer founded in March 2016 and has already achieved more than 380,000 orders in 80 countries, with revenues over £1.6m in Year 2 and growing rapidly. The company carries out software processes in-house and has grown from 1 staff member to 25. They have also increased their product range from 1 item to 20,000 products, which has resulted in moving to larger premises twice in two years.
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£313,557
Oxford Nanoimaging (ONI) is an offshoot company, born from the biological physics lab at Oxford University, that specialises in super-resolution microscopy. Its innovation, Nanoimager, is a super-resolution fluorescence and portable microscope that is capable of real-time 3D localization analysis and rendering. It has multiple applications in a variety of fields such as viral particle imaging, quantitative cellular imaging, epigenetic mapping, and many more. ONI states that the Nanoimager can align and analyse samples, and then upload the results onto a computer for deeper graphical and data examination. ONI is also supporting the global effort into research and diagnostics to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic and finds the Nanoimager uniquely suited to this task. The company plans to use the investment to grow its business and ensure more institutions and researchers adopt its technology.
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Flat Cap Hotels (FCH) own and operate hotels, restaurants, bars and pubs. They specialise in locally sourced British menus and homely accomodation. FCH currently own two establishments; The Vicarage and The Courthouse.
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£170,030
The Funky Appliance Company is the manufacturer of electronic appliances like irons, toasters and kettles. They give popular small domestic appliances a funky twist by designing them in a new stylish and smarter way. The company is working on a new product which will launch in the UK in 2020, and will be sold on its website and dedicated Amazon and eBay stores. They have also finalised arrangements with at least two large UK retailers which will see the new product range go into over 100 stores and online. Funky Iron has got the Good Housekeeping Institute Approval in 2019. The company will use the funds for the tooling and moulds of new products including their certification. The balance of capital will be used as working capital.
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investment:
£171,359
Hemspan states that it designs bio-based building systems and products for construction by combining modern methods, technology and hemp to produce net-zero carbon solutions. The company argues that every time an average house is built, the CO2 emitted by the manufacture, transport and assembly of the materials used is around 50 to 60 tonnes. Hemspan says that one hectare of UK-grown industrial hemp can absorb 11 tonnes of CO2 each year with regeneratively farmed hemp capable of sequestering a further 6 tonnes per hectare of CO2 into the soil each year. Hemspan intends to activate significant demand for hemp farming in the UK and develop processing technologies to reduce reliance on imports and enable large scale manufacturing of bio-based cladding and insulation products that spin out of R&D programmes. It asserts that the global industrial hemp market is expected to grow at 25% CAGR reaching US$ 27 billion by 2028. It aims to be a contender in this segment.
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investment:
£200,000
