Erpingham House is the UK’s largest vegan restaurant whose aim is to make plant-based dining into the mainstream and provide delicious, healthy food and drinks to people. The company has earned nationwide recognition and, it has been listed in The Times top 20 vegetarian restaurants. It has also been featured in The Guardian and on channel 4’s “what Britain bought.” EH has served over 12,000 customers in its first year and, it has risen to over 20,000 followers on Instagram. The funds will be used to expand the brand & open a second site in Brighton.
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£192,280
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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Vercida aims to be Europe's largest diversity and inclusion-focused careers website. Vercida's AI integrated system offers candidates with more reliable search results and job matches based on what they truly want from a workplace. The company has drawn 2 million+ visits from 136 countries, has strong comeback rates from high profile clients like Virgin and Home Office, and has won multiple awards. Vercida is driving innovation backed by technology to set new standards to attract, progress, and retain the best candidates for the job.
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£315,220
Arcis Biotechnology provide nucleic acid sample preparation solutions. They have made the process of obtaining genetic material from biological samples less time consuming so it can be done in less than 3 minutes.
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£1,146,318
AxiaFunder is a commercial litigation funding platform that offers investors access to pre-vetted cases. The platform aims to connect eligible investors like sophisticated retail investors, high-net-worth, and typically institutions with claimants seeking funding. Launched in January 2019 with the first case fully funded within seven days and the third in 7 hours; 5 cases financed to date, attracted over 355 registered investors so far including several institutions and has featured in several prominent publications including the Financial Times, Times and City AM. Also, they have won the 'Best Commercial Litigation Crowdfunding Platform 2019' award by Wealth & Finance. AxiaFunder plans to use the proceeds to make key hires particularly to strengthen its case origination, further development of its platform and marketing to build the AxiaFunder brand and grow its investor base.
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£256,780
A premium British handcrafted candy-maker seeking funds to expand and grow their business internationally. In addition to their own candy and confectionary, they also offer customers to create their own designs using natural colourings and the finest ingredients. Spun Candy have the rights to the Candy Crush app.
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£341,990
Run An Empire is a mobile app that is encouraging people to get outside and start jogging/ running more often using gamification. The idea behind the app is that users run around a particular area and then that area is claimed as their 'territory' until another user jogs that area and then claims it.
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£60,370
Opportunity Network is a digital network that provides equal growth opportunities to Chief Executive Officers (CEO). The portal's algorithm vets prospective users, allows them to buy, sell, raise or invest in an asset, gives them the option to choose the industry they wish to do business in, and then post their requirement for the same. The user can then select the best deal for their business from a list of responses and scale profitably. The company's platform connects 32,000+ qualified CEOs in 130+ countries to $295 billion worth of commercial, financial, and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals. 86% of the deals on the portal find at least 1 counterpart in 48 hours. Opportunity Network aims to reach full scale by the end of 2020 and find 10 counterparts for 95% of the deals in 1 hour. The company has also been featured in publications such as Forbes, CNBC, Financial Times, and The Economist. It will use the investment to scale its business across various verticals.
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£962,500
Ready Burger (RB) states that it has created the UK's first scalable, value-driven, entirely plant-based Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) brand. RB claims that it has mastered the science behind the taste and texture of plant-based foods to make them indistinguishable from their non-veg counterparts. It further points out that its final products use up to 92% lesser greenhouse gases, and require up to 70% lesser water than competitor brands. RB argues that its meals cater for vegetarians, vegans, meat lovers, and people preferring Halal or Kosher foods. RB offers fast-food classics and has partnered with a global plant-based food manufacturer. RB asserts that its ergonomically designed kitchens enable it to produce 1000s of items a day, that are in turn, serviced from its central distribution centre. RB's integrated web-app ordering, in-store ordering kiosks and an innovative delivery solution allow customers to have their food in under 30 minutes. RB says it will use the investment to grow its business across different verticals.
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£1,998,549
Brew Monster is a Cwmbran-based microbrewery and also the winner of Beverage Industry Award in the Cardiff Regional Awards 2018. It serves primarily the South Wales region, including Cardiff, Newport and Swansea, and is increasingly gaining nation-wide popularity. In just 16 months since its establishment in 2017, Brew Monster has garnered a quarterly turnover of approximately £70,000 (Oct-Dec 2018). In this short period of time, the brewery has also doubled their production capacity, established a profitable micropub and set up a brewery tap.
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£99,250
