JOHNNY'S is an ethical, vegan, and sex-positive subscription condom brand. The company aims to deliver its products on a subscription basis, following in the footsteps of Direct-To-Consumer (DTC) health disruptors like Harry's and Dollar Shave Club. It aims to become a contender in the global condom market that is set to be worth $15 Billion by 2026 and enter the lubricant and sex toy market later in 2021. The company has also pledged to give a condom to HIV/STI/NHS clinics for each condom sold. It will use the investment for a PR launch, social media advertising, stock purchase, and attract talent to help the business hit its growth targets.
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£182,281
Personalised Protein Co (PPCo) is a direct-to-consumer supplement brand that bridges the gap between technology and fitness. Leveraging on the growing UK vitamin and supplement industry, which is worth over £800m, PPCo offers expert guidance, bespoke product, clear pricing, and consumer-friendly subscription service. More than 9,000 people have signed up for the company's pre-registered launch campaign providing it 1,200 customers and 5000+ Instagram followers. With the proceeds, the company will improve its technology, automation, and aim at acquiring new customers. PPCo is raising money to invest in its product and scale its marketing efforts.
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£192,770
Love Ocean (LO) is an ocean-inspired bathroom product brand on a mission to make natural marine ingredient products. It intends to eliminate single-use plastic in the bathroom and drive a 'Reuse & Refill' (R&R) culture. LO aims to become a contender in the adult and kids toiletries market that is worth £750 million in the UK alone. LO is launching a children's product range that consists of a whale tail-shaped bottle made from 100% post-consumer recycled plastic, designed to be reused and refilled via a quarterly subscription. LO asserts that it contributes to the Plastic Bank, by selling its products to consumers, to further the removal of 1 kilogram of ocean-bound plastic in Haiti, the Philippines and Indonesia. The company is planning to launch a baby range in 2022, an adult range in 2023, and a youth range in 2024. LO will use the investment to create educational editorial content to eliminate ocean-bound plastic by building an engaged community.
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£193,991
We created FlyFit with the aim to change the way people travel. Air travel can be stressful, lonely, and unhealthy. On top of this, with average layovers of 2+ hours, flight delays, and hours waiting in security, there is too much unproductive time in airports with limited healthy options to choose from.
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£500,060
NGX is a nutrition company that claims to have made the world’s first genetically personalised nutrition-shake, backed by nutritionists and scientists. The company is in the process of filing a patent for its product. It asserts that recommended food guidelines are based on population averages that are generic and not suitable for achieving optimum physical, mental fitness and health. NGX claims that its customer-specific products are trustworthy as they are made based on a DNA Nutrition Test (DNT) that is unique to a person. The company is operating in the $87 billion fitness market and aims to be a major contender. NGX has sold 30,000 NGX meals since its launch in 2020, collected data on over 5,000 genetic variations, and created proprietary gene-nutrition matching algorithms. It was a finalist in the 2019 British Business Awards (Health & Wellness) and has featured in publications like Glamour, Men's/Women's Health amongst others. The company will use the investment to support customer acquisition activities, team expansion, product supply, and brand partnerships deals.
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£294,934
Plant-based diets, health and fitness programmes for those interested in veganism to improve their health and wellbeing. Skinny Bitch's book has sold more than 1.1m copies and is available in 6 languages. Readers of the book include celebrities such as Eva Longoria and Jessica Alba. Ellen DeGeneres has stated that the Skinny Bitch book is the reason she became vegan.
The company is now expanding their brand further by offering their content through online guides and blogs. Skinny Bitch is also intending to generate revenue via vegan supplements produced in the US to be sold through their website and third party e-commerce channels.
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£75,810
Spotlight Consultations aims to diagnose diseases based on evidence-based questionnaires. The company's Algorithmic Questionnaire (AQ) strives to be a simple 3-5 minute questionnaire, dynamically responsive with each question linked to an actionable care pathway. The company estimates that 10% of global health expenditure per annum is spent on diabetes, which is predicted to rise to $825 billion by 2030. Indirect costs from premature death, disability, and diabetes-related health complications add an additional 35% more to this number. Spotlight intends for its AQ to help reduce expenditure and healthcare burden while improving the quality of care and health outcomes. The company will use the investment to support early revenue generation, team expansion and stimulate Research and Development (R&D) tools to cover more diseases like CVD, IBD, chronic pain, and cancers.
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£69,682
Creating grand design homes in a factory that are high-tech, spacious and environmentally friendly. nHouse's modernised construction process means that less time can be spent building a home which has resulted in an increased production output and therefore greater efficiency. A nHouse modular home can be constructed within 12 to 16 weeks and they have already received more than 500 sales enquiries. The company has also attained BOPAS accreditation from the Council of Mortgage Lenders to reassure home insurers and mortgage providers.
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£307,170
Planks is a British clothing brand that creates eco-conscious outerwear for skiers. The company is an omni-channel brand that sells Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) via planksclothing.com, through its Val d’Isère store and other retailers. Planks uses 'Bluesign' approved fabrics and incorporates 'REPREVE' recycled yarns into 68% of its products having recycled 1.5 million waste plastic bottles, in the process, so far. The company had a turnover of £1.85 million between May - June 2020. Planks has a growing community of 27,000+ customers that are a part of its Grassroots Tour initiative. Planks's loyalty platform, 'The FUSS', allows the brand's best customers to complete missions, create content and become brand advocates. The company will use the investment to continue international D2C expansion by improving customer experience in target markets via website localisation and digital marketing and sustain Business-to-Business (B2B) growth via digital wholesale accounts and integrated marketplaces.
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£847,154
Postio is a secure, dynamic, community driven delivery system. Postio offer the option of same-day and within-the-hour delivery to all. Sending and receiving parties are able to track their driver and therefore their package in realtime.
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£35,220
