The Brook is a plant-based food business that has been making plant-based eating accessible and enjoyable for a flexitarian, environmentally-conscious generation. The company has raised over £400,000 to date and, has launched an eCommerce platform that allows customers to avail ‘build-a-box’ subscriptions as well as single purchases. The company saw its online orders increasing by nine times during the COVID-19 lockdown. It was shortlisted at the Future Food Awards 2019, Great British Food Awards 2019, and World Food Innovation Awards 2019, to name a few. It has also secured listings with retail partners such as Co-op, Dobbie’s, and Fenwick. The company has appeared in publications like the Independent, Metro and The Times. The Brook will use 40% of the investment to hire staff, 40% to promote marketing, and 20% to accelerate web development.
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£359,830
Honcho is a new mobile app that’s going to revolutionise the way people buy products and services…saving them time and money. They have developed the first online reverse auction marketplace for financial services.
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£829,370
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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£200,000
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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£1,258,970
HOMETHINGS, a UK B Corp that has received awards, is revolutionizing the home care sector by introducing refillable products using tap water. Their mission arose from the realization that most cleaning sprays contain over 90% water, leading to unnecessary transportation of heavy water in disposable plastic bottles worldwide. They initially launched effervescent tablets for surface care sprays, which are manufactured in the UK and certified as Vegan and Cruelty-Free. By refilling with these tablets, customers can potentially reduce carbon emissions by up to 94% compared to conventional spray products.
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£529,818
Athletes of all levels, from grassroots through to elite professional, dream of being the best they can be. Or "The Best" full stop. With the VegaV sports training system, this can become a reality. The first of its kind, VegaV uses special and specific light levels to manipulate the pathways between the eyes and brain, which speeds up the reaction times of the user. After training in the VegaV system, participants' levels of concentration and awareness are greatly increased, meaning that they are able to react to moving objects much faster than they could before, hitting and catching balls at much higher speeds.
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£15,450
Yumbles is a leading UK online marketplace for artisan food. It currently connects over 600 independent food makers directly with consumers. The company is targeting the UK’s estimated £10bn+ UK Speciality Food & Drink market, having seen £1m+ sales in the last 12 months resulting in £400k+ revenue.
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£262,080
Hommage is a luxury mens grooming brand that offers the highest quality grooming products for an affordable price. Hommage have partnered with a leading razer company based in Japan and also hired a world renowned european designer to design the packaging and the products.
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£523,990
Glassette envisions a future where home styling is effortless for individuals and lucrative for brands by offering a unique platform to a targeted global audience. With over 200,000 engaged followers, Glassette's mission is to revolutionize the online browsing and buying experience for home products through compelling content and a seamless shopping journey. As a direct-to-consumer online marketplace featuring independent homeware brands and proprietary product lines, Glassette caters not only to individual consumers but also supplies B2B customers like Big Mamma Group and Hoxton Hotels, tapping into the thriving global home decor market projected to exceed $900 billion by 2028.
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£651,841
Enabling mobile network operators to improve their energy efficiencies whilst reducing their costs and environmental pollution. PowerX has created an AI platform with the aim of helping mobile networks reduce the level of emissions produced from their operations. The platform, dubbed Thalesto™, has been developed on IBM Cloud™ and utilises their IBM Watson™ technology. As a result, IBM® is now the sales channel for the platform and PowerX is currently in discussion with Ericsson as a potential future partner. The company has predicted their solution will cost operators £23 per mobile tower, but will result in £115 saved per tower.
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£755,001
