All By Mama is a place for 'mumpreneurs' to sell their homemade products, network together and receive support to help grow their business. All By Mama currently work with over 200 sellers and feature over 2,000 products on their website.
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investment:
£75,770
Swishing is a online platform where members can sell unwanted clothes for virtual money credits. Users can then use these virtual money credits to purchase other items. If you have nothing to swap then you can just simply purchase any product you see.
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investment:
£31,580
HÜGGE aim to become a major nighttime brand, specialising in Scandinavian influenced mattresses. They launched at the end of 2016 selling direct through their website and this year have been distributing via Harrods. HÜGGE offer a '100 night sleep-well trial' with a full refund if the buyer isn't satisfied.
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investment:
£164,014
Buildy is an online platform that aims at making construction hiring easy by eliminating the expensive middlemen, thereby, saving time and money for both employers and employees. The platform was shortlisted as the Best Recruitment Innovation at Building Innovation Awards. Buildy has already signed up around 100 tradespeople and 46 employers. The company will streamline the hiring process through automation of job by bidding for jobs, matching algorithms, ratings, online chat, reviews, and providing the skilled workers and tradespeople more control via a better user interface. With the proceeds, the company will seek to fast track the Buildy app and help the company become the top recognised brand in construction staff hiring.
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Expired
investment:
£17,380
Backed by James Watt (co-founder of BrewDog) , Serious Pigs aims to become the largest premium savoury snack brand in the UK. Serious Pigs has supplied various award-winning products to pubs such as Heston’s Hinds Head in Bray, departmental stores such as Fortnum & Mason and many other farm shops, delis and hotels. Additionally, Serious Pigs has also supplied its premium quality products to BrewDog and retail companies such as Whole Foods and 800 Tesco stores.
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Expired
investment:
£652,030
Polysolar aims to transform buildings and transport infrastructure into self-generating power stations by substituting conventional construction materials with solar glazing panels. Its customers include Sainsbury’s and Canary Wharf. The company estimates the crossover Building-integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) glass market worth $4 billion and aims to be a strong contender in this segment. Polysolar successfully raised £1.3 million on Crowdcube in 2018. It is in the final stages to secure a supply & install agreement with E.ON SE. It also won tenders for installing Electric Vehicle (EV) charging hubs from South Gloucester CC and Lake District National Park Authority. The company will use the investment to commercialise the immediate and significant opportunity in EV charging solar canopies and carports.
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Expired
investment:
£1,268,410
Polysolar specialises in manufacturing photovoltaic windows capable of generating electricity, which can be used in buildings to generate clean renewable energy whilst also meeting planning regulations. Its technology is already in-use by major organisations such as Network Rail and Sainsbury's.
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investment:
£1,311,180
FloatWind manufactures mass-produced floating offshore wind turbines. It seeks to disrupt the £20 billion offshore wind energy market. The company argues that conventional offshore wind farms, installed at sea, use expensive and slow installation methods that are also dangerous to the marine environment. It further stresses that the high cost of installation is often borne by the consumer. FloatWind asserts that its business model is different. The company claims to build its products on land and then floats its ready-to-float turbines out to sea. The company points out that this reduces environmental damage, substantially reduces costs, and makes offshore wind energy cheaper. FloatWind was selected for a 6-month UK Innovate Edge business mentoring programme and appeared for SetSquared Business Mentoring Seminar in May 2021. The company has 3,000+ followers on LinkedIn. FloatWind states it will use the investment for product development, expanding its team, IP protection, promoting marketing and PR, and boosting its manufacturing capabilities.
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Expired
investment:
£311,497
North South is a lifestyle brand designed for men and women. They use high quality sustainable materials such as bamboo and recycled plastics to create their clothing products.
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Expired
investment:
£24,550
Buying, selling and restoring designer handbags across the UK, Middle East and Monaco. Since launching in 2013, Handbag Clinic has cleaned and restored £30m worth of bags, including major labels such as Hermes and Chanel. The bags are purchased from their customers and are then sold at 50% of the RRP, making luxury fashion affordable. The company has their own independent stores and their services are also used by Harvey Nichols and Harrods. Clients of the business include Gucci, Dior, D&G, Jimmy Choo and many others.
Handbag Clinic achieved sales of £1m in 2018. In December 2018 alone, the sales of handbags exceeded £100,000. Handbag Clinic currently lists more than 500 bags on their e-commerce platform and are now raising funds to acquire more bags, redevelop their website and increase their brand awareness through marketing campaigns.
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Expired
investment:
£241,200
