FETCH states that is a fully developed in-venue food and drinks order and pay solution built by POS8. The app allows customers to view a menu, order food and drink and pay securely, in a matter of seconds from their smartphones. POS8 claims that Fetch's 'Intelligent Ordering System' sends orders to a venue staff’s devices according to who has the fewest orders waiting. FETCH has helped 109 venues go live and processed 26,000 transactions from 87,000 registered users earning a platform flowthrough of £265,000 in March 2021. It has partnered with multiple Point of Sale (PoS) and payment systems including, Zonal, Oracle, Stripe, Square, and Adyen, to create an end-to-end solution, easy for venues to adopt. FETCH aspires to take a healthy share of the £98 billion food and drinks market. It says it will use 60% of the investment towards sales and marketing, 20% towards operations and 20% towards product development.
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£2,011,196
Folio is an automated savings App, allowing users to create intelligent savings goals easily. They have over 4000 active users and are growing by 6% every week. Folio aim to help people build better financial habits by focusing on the future.
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£183,360
Seatfrog allows users to upgrade to 'First Class' on trains running in the UK via its app. Users need to enter their booking credentials on the app and are shown a list of available options. Upon selecting their choice of an upgrade, users can either set their bid price for each seat or skip the auction and upgrade instantly with Seatfrog's buy now option. Upon winning, the company will send the user the new barcodes on their phone. Seatfrog asserts that 42 seconds was the record time for the fastest upgrade on its portal. Its app covers over 560 destinations. The company was named in the UK’s 'Top 30 Fastest Growing Tech Scaleups' in 2020. It has onboarded 340,000+ customers to date securing a 4.8 star App Store rating, earned revenue worth £2,095,091 YE 2020, and secured ~£10 million from some of Europe's leading technology investors. The company aspires to become a contender in the £160 billion European rail market. It will use the investment to expand across Europe and build a better future for rail travel.
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£2,488,943
Bookblock is a custom gifting platform that makes buying gifts and sending cards easier and affordable for everyone. In 2014, it began as a design-led gift manufacturer taking the client's idea and turning it into a premium bespoke product. Since then, it has seen over £5.4m of sales and a profit of £348k in FY 2018. Since its last fundraise, Bookblock has grown into a £2m revenue business. Bookblock has made manufacturing accessible by introducing 3D technology that simplified intricate manufacturing processes. Since launch, it has implemented many functionalities and improvements, and are now ready for a marketing push.
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£169,670
The Cheeky Panda is a manufacturer of sustainable bamboo tissue and hygiene products which are available across Europe, the Middle East and on the aisles of some of the world's top retailers including Boots, EkoPlaza, Monoprix and Carrefour. Its innovation and stress on sustainable hygiene has led to the mass-adoption of its products. The company has been rewarded with hundreds of 5-star reviews across multiple platforms including Amazon, Morrisons, and Ocado. Its proprietary Baby wipes was ranked the highest-selling new product launch of 2019 by the Grocer and Nielsen Data, and its monthly sales exceeded £500,000 for the first time in 2020 in just four years of the company's inception. Keeping in mind its drive to deliver sustainable products, the company supports the Charity patroned by Sir David Attenborough: World Land Trust. With the funds received, the company aims to channelise that into working capital to support the purchasing of ever-larger quantities of products to get sales to £20m a year and enhancing its brand identity.
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£2,434,752
NextUp is a Subscription Video On Demand (VOD) service specialising in stand-up comedy. The service was recognised as ‘The Netflix of UK Stand-Up’ by reputed media platform: Engadget. The platform is co-founded by the former Director of Comedy of BBC Worldwide. Daniel Berg is the CEO of the platform and, he is a BAFTA-winning comedy aficionado. Bruce Tuchman (Investor & Special Advisor) is a former President of AMC Networks and MGM Worldwide. Its application has a 4.5-star rating on application store and 4.5 ratings on Trustpilot. NextUp has yielded revenue of £45 LTV and £15 CAC. NextUp seeks to carefully curate the breadth of great comedy and bring it to the audience.
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£510,440
Billmonitor is a revolutionary price comparison site/tool that provides the best money-saving deals. Founded by the quintessential Oxbridge boffin for mobile phone services, Billmonito is accredited by Ofcom, the UK telecoms regulator. Its tool analyses the user's ACTUAL usage via the last three months' billing data. The company's fully digital, consumer-based, and consultancy-led business services are managed by a highly competent staff. In 2018, Billmonitor delivered growth of more than 400% via Business Renewals. In May 2019, it increased its connections from less than 100 to more than 2500. The company's aims to further expand its client reach by targeting revenue growth of 75 percent in the coming three years. 50% of the proceeds will be used in consumer services, 30% in business services and 20% in working capital needs.
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£235,272
An award-winning British brewery that combines beer and dinosaurs. Staggeringly Good launched in 2015 and is one of the Top 20 breweries in England as listed by Untappd. The company has grown by 100% YoY, with revenues of £224k by April 2018. In the last 24 months, Staggeringly Good has produced over 250,000 pints in their 11,000L brewery and in the last 12 months, they have served more than 37,000 beers from their taproom.
The business is now raising funds to quadruple their brewing capacity to meet growing customer demand. This will be achieved by expanding into the adjacent building, which will also provide a further 10 taprooms. In addition, Staggeringly Good is planning to add their own canning production line and increase their staffing from three full-time employees, as well as further promote their dinsoaur-themed beer festival, WarriorFest.
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£302,810
SMA Building and Maintenance Solution Ltd is an environmentally conscious company. based in Gloucester and was founded in 2019 by Suzanne Ackland. They serve a diverse clientele, including renowned brands like Ted Baker, Primark, Co-Op, and Barratt Developments. By combining their expertise, innovation, and unwavering commitment to quality, they create lasting and inspiring spaces. The company is presently in search of funds to support its expansion and refinancing efforts.
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£53,000
QFinds is a purpose-built hiring tool that enables employers to easily and efficiently pre-screen candidates, conduct interviews and generate employment contracts. The company asserts that it is a UK government vetted 'Kickstart Scheme' representative and can get small businesses grants to hire interns having already processed over 100 job applications. QFinds claims that its app has been downloaded 2 million+ times garnering 24,000 reviews averaging 4.8/5 stars. QFinds also points out that bad hirings cost the UK up to £6.7 billion in turnover, productivity, and training. It seeks to change this and disrupt the £39 billion recruitment market. The company has partnered with notable entities like University College London, Kings College London and Brunel University London, intending to use them as strategic partners to increase job seekers signing up to and using its app. QFinds will use the investment to grow its business across different verticals.
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investment:
£222,866
