The UK's first authentic iced milk tea / brewed chai, combining the speciality of flavoured teas with the status of milk tea. Tuk Tuk Chai launched in 2017 with products available at 110 Sainsbury’s stores and Harvey Nichols. The firm has won multiple awards including 'Most Innovative Product' at the Lunch! 2017 trade show and were finalists for 2017 Virgin Foodpreneur. In 2018, Peter Jones of Dragon's Den made an investment offer towards the company.
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£275,920
The Landsite is the UK's first online property portal that connects various entities within the property industry such as developers, legal services, insurance advisors and architects, to one another, simplifying the process of finding and buying a property. By registering with The Landsite, a business/professional can list their business as operating in a specific region of the country and appear against all property searches that take place in that same region. The user then needs to put in their postcode or address and can then access properties within that region, as well as, seek available professional guidance to zero in upon a potential purchase. The platform also has an insights page that aims to become a recruitment, training and educational hub for the property industry. The company will use the investment to grow its business across different verticals.
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CityMunch allows restaurants to catch potential customers through real time offer platforms. Allowing restaurants to attract customers specifically in the least busiest times of the day. CityMunch will use the funding to expand throughout the city.
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£174,582
Award-winning non-dairy luxury ice cream, which is also organic and vegan. Coconuts Naturally will be launching their range of 5 flavours in over 600 supermarkets across the UK from March 2019. after successfully achieving listings with Ocado, Morrison’s and Asda. The company differentiates itself from competitors by primarily using coconut cream and unrefined coconut sugar in their products. Coconuts Naturally have won seven Great Taste Awards and Peter Jones of Dragon's Den has claimed it the best free-from ice cream he has tasted.
The business is raising funds to increase brand awareness by entering international markets. Coconuts Naturally is stocked at 2 supermarkets in Dubai, as well as launching in Hong Kong soon and currently seeking product registration in Saudi Arabia. The company will be focusing on marketing campaigns via digital and in-store promotions. In addition, due to the upcoming supermarket launch, the business will also be increasing stock levels to meet consumer demand.
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£422,580
Rightangled is a healthcare technology company backed by NHS England & regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). It began its journey as a platform that would enable the use of genetic information within the medical practice, in an accurate, streamlined, and affordable way. It gradually established itself as a healthcare provider for screening and diagnostic services. Its Heart DNA Test project, launched in 2017, is helping patients minimize their cardiac risks and enabling doctors to have a complete risk profile for their patients. The project was appreciated and received funding from NHS England. Its next project, Fitness DNA Test, tapped into the fitness and wellbeing markets. Recently, in the wake of the COVID-19 threat, the company has developed a home-based throat swab test to detect the viral infection, by testing viral load presented in its nucleic acid material within (RNA). For its efforts, Rightangled has been featured on CNN, Sky News, LBC radio, Sky News radio, and Newsweek. With the investment, the company aims to release a mobile application by the end of 2020, and develop an AI system to give instant tailored health, diet, and fitness advice to its users based on the data gathered from patient-doctor interactions and patient responses.
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£522,689
Brands reunited are looking to disrupt the modern craft beer market. Their sales are over £400k and are growing 100% year on year. They have two brands that are already in Watneys and Home Ales. The funding will be spent on building their brand and the team.
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£255,000
Urban is a wellness app that allows customers to book massages, beauty treatments, personal training and more at the customer's doorstep in 60 minutes. The company's practitioners are already operating in London, Paris, Manchester and Birmingham covering all aspects of wellness, from massage to mindfulness and beyond. Urban has delivered over 650,000 appointments till date, witnessed £43 million in cumulative sales value since August 2018, onboarded 3,800 partner practitioners, and saw 7,300+ reviews on Apple app store with an average rating of 4.8/5 stars. It will use the investment to drive towards Operating Expense (OpEx) profitability by the end of Q1 2021, reach EBITDA positive by the end of 2021, and scale into new markets through remote expansion.
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£5,877,517
An automated platform allowing landlords to manage their properties and save time and money on fees. With brightLET's solution, there is no need for an intermediary person to be involved in the property management process. Landlords can perform administration tasks on their own tenancies, be kept up-to-date on ever-changing regulations and manage tradespeople.
Specific services available to landlords include options to book viewings, upload photos, videos and floorplans, provide reports on inspections, gas safety, EPC, Right 2 Rent and PAT checks. The brightLET platform is available on almost any device, including desktops, tablets and mobile devices.
brightLET has partnered with the YMCA, this has allowed the company access to a provider market and housing association worth more than £10bn. There are various user types utilising the platform, since launch 650+ landlords, 1000+ tenants and 300+ tradespeople are using brightLET to manage their properties.
Their revenue model has resulted in landlords achieving savings on property fees of £450 outside London and £1,368 within London. Funds will primarily be used for growth and expansion within London, as this is where the majority of brightLET landlords are situated. The company aims to increase their brand awareness through marketing campaigns and hire talent to assist with technology developments, sales and customer support.
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£66,932
Verto Homes have created the Zero Carbon Smart Home. These homes create and store their own clean energy from the sun, they automatically know when and where light heat and shade are needed and they manage the energy they use so efficiently that their energy bills are almost 0.
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£1,389,280
Winebuyers connect vineyards and wine merchants directly to the end consumer revolutionising a traditional industry. They make their revenue by charging the suppliers a monthly fee and have had 2,700 companies registering their interest to be involved in the platform. The funding will go towards strengthening their infrastructure, extending their marketing activities and to growing the business quickly and efficiently.
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£568,870
