The Wild Curl (TWC) makes custom-formulated and plant-based curly hair products. The company chooses its ingredients based on research that centers around the composition of curly hair across different demographics. TWC argues that it supports and fights for inclusive beauty standards by empowering women to adopt their naturally curly hair since 65% of women in the world have textured hair. The company claims to have changed the hair journey of 5000 customers globally. TWC has 5,000 customers, 5,600 email contacts and 6,000 followers on social media. The company has earned £100,000 in revenue since its launch and shipped over 5,000 orders to customer’s doorsteps worldwide. TWC will use the investment to expand its product range focused on conditioners.
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£95,689
EMSOL is a collaborated, passionate, expert, professional business and local authority. It intelligently focuses on air pollution that needs to be urgently reduced. The company provides an IoT platform and sensor-based service to unlock environmental insights that enable permanent, feasible, and rapid change. EMSOL measures air and noise pollution by using the latest calibrated sensors with its clever mathematics it targets interventions to reduce pollution. The company's team is a range of committed, top-quality domain experts. The company is already working with fleet operators, local councils, and developers by generating data-led insights to act on the causes of transport pollution.
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BEEN London is a next-generation sustainable accessory brand which converts waste into beautiful products, for customers all around the world. They aim to change the way people make, perceive and buy beautiful things and want to make everyone part of the solution, involving local artisans and people with learning disabilities in the growing economy of sustainable fashion. Till now, they have successfully shipped orders to 18 countries worldwide, achieved profitability from Year 1 and launched 17 different products including backpacks, laptop cases and tote bags. BEEN is a UK FUTURE 20 startup, a finalist at the Sustainable Lifestyle Awards, and a profitable company looking to scale up into a global, game-changing sustainable brand. BEEN have been approved for investment by London Fashion Fund. With the funds, they want to accelerate sales, increase margins and turn other streams of waste into new incredible products.
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£325,589
Loupe London is a jewellery company that aims to join London’s £42 billion-a-year creative industries market and set a new benchmark into the art of jewellery making. It plans to create an experiential destination in the heart of London’s heritage-rich 'Jewellery Quarter', and connect UK artisans and discerning consumers who share an appreciation for craft, creativity, and unique design. Loupe's team strives to celebrate UK's famous 'Hatton Garden' heritage, protect artisan skills by offering business support, and establish a workspace for artisans and future talent to build their careers. The company estimates that 80% of consumers prefer independent brands, are mindful of sustainable purchases and attracted to 'Made in UK' products. Loupe aims to target this cater to this segment. The company will use the investment to build creative utilitarian immersive space and a website with integrated social channels.
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£77,738
Oneskee is the one-piece snow brand that aims to re-ignite a forgotten product category. Oneskee asserts that it successfully navigated its way through the COVID-19 pandemic recording £500,000 in online revenue with 25% online growth in the 2020-2021 financial year. It has sold 10,000 suits across 79 countries since its launch and aims to become a contender in the snow brand industry that is growing more than £1 billion each year. The company has partnered with Olympic athletes, GB Snowsport, Folie Douce, and Snowboxx and received media recognition from the likes of BBC, Vogue, InTheSnow, The Telegraph, The Independent, and Eurosport. Oneskee is also continuing its work on its patent-protected Acclimate technology and kids collection which it intends to launch in 2021. Oneskee will use the investment to accelerate the roll-out of its successful online blueprint to all ski countries and create a dedicated resource for B2B sales.
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£215,618
The Park Brewery (TPB) is a beer manufacturer. The company raised over £300,000 in its crowdfunding campaign in 2018. It has also managed to increase its sales from 100 pubs to 200. The company's beer is distributed around the UK via eight wholesalers. It also has onboarded notable clients like The Hilton, Honest Burgers, Fullers, and many more. TPB argues that it performed well despite Covid-19. It set up an e-commerce site and sold its products Direct-to-Customers (DTC), having completed around 2,000 home deliveries and gained over 1,700 new customers in 2020 throughout the lockdown. It will use the investment to develop its marketing strategy, increase direct sales, enhance its range, create more employment, and purchase additional tank space to meet demand.
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£229,999
envoPAP is a company that specialises in manufacturing printing and packaging materials from agricultural waste. Started in 2015, the company has achieved £7.3 million in revenues across 45 countries. The European packaging market is valued at over £100 billion and the European Union (EU)are looking to ban some single-use plastic products with effect from 2021, envoPAP aims to capitalise on these developments. The year 2019 saw envoPAP introducing its product 'envoBarrier’- a material resistant to oil, water, and grease which won the 'Packaging Innovation of the Year' at the Business Green Technology Awards. In 2020, envoPAP became a certified B Corporation rendering it a business that balances purpose and profit. The investment will be used to protect its Intellectual Property (IP) and expand its team.
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£381,128
Fully Charged is a broadcasting, digital and events business with the aim to become the world’s no.1 consumer channel for everything related to clean energy technologies & electric vehicles. The company's work has been met with more than 3 million monthly episode views globally on its YouTube channel with a record 4.6 million views in August 2019. Fully Charged is receiving ~£8,000 per month from YouTube advertising. It has successfully crowdfunded its first book, 'The Fully Charged guide to Electric Vehicles & Clean Energy'. Fully Charged LIVE has also won the ‘Pioneer Award’ at the British Renewable Energy Awards. With the investment, the company will hire additional staff/freelancers to drive audience, invest in audience growth through merchandising, hold more events, and establish a larger production office at Bristol & Bath Science Park to manage its increasing workflow.
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£558,734
Feastr is a UK-based multi-brand cloud kitchen business that delivers restaurant-quality food to a customer's doorstep in 30 minutes or less. The company asserts that operating from cloud kitchens within densely populated areas allows it to exploit the booming food delivery market without the huge overheads associated with bricks and mortar restaurants. Feastr operates its restaurants on aggregators such as Deliveroo, Uber Eats, and Just Eat, capitalising on their huge ready customer base. The company has had sales of over £550,000 since its launch in November 2019. It will use the investment to open three new locations, push its digital marketing campaign with new ideas in 2021, and prepare for its next round of fundraising.
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£346,487
Emission Solutions (EMSOL) empowers organisations to take everyday steps to reduce emissions through their real-time emission monitoring and analytics system. EMSOL's open framework platform is built with networks of sensors like air and noise pollution, vehicle tracking, and working with any asset tags and emission sensors which enables EMSOL to perform real-time measurements with location tags and calibrated sensors. Data from these platforms are easily shared on dashboards, through notifications and gives detailed real-time data on urban noise, air quality, and vehicle pollution. To date, EMSOL won Rushlight Environmental Analysis Award, achieve yearly income targets, rated 5th place in the national PowerUp Index and 4th in the London and South East region. Moreover, EMSOL also won a fully funded project sponsored by DFT to deploy EMSOL technology into the rail sector. The company will use the funds to expand its customer base and increase the number of deployment sites.
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£316,884
