Lucy Choi has created an affordable luxury footwear brand that comes with a unique heritage, having learnt her craft from her uncle, the great shoe designer, Jimmy Choo. Lucy Choi London has been featured consistently at London Fashion Week and in the elite fashion press. The brand has been featured in platforms such as The Times, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Grazia, and The Telegraph. It has been worn by A-list celebrities including Hailey Beiber and Sharon Stone. From 2018 to 2019, there has been a 40% increase in the number of shoes sold. Lucy Choi London has also been sold to various UK stockists and wholesaled internationally. Around 5,800 subscribers have subscribed to its website since 2016 (41% CAGR). With the proceeds, the company will refocus on wholesale globally, design a new website, hire new employees, and increase marketing spends.
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£182,770
Ticketpass is a ticketing platform that is set to disrupt the traditional ticketing industry with an ethical approach by donating to charity every time a ticket is sold. This 'Tech for Good' company aims to create a fair platform that uses ticketing to create a positive impact, allowing anyone to enhance their events for better social impact at no extra cost. Ticketpass won the Warwick Startup Venture Cup in 2016. It also launched its iOS and Android check-in apps in 2018. In 2019, the official launch of Ticketpass was featured by National Industry Media and Forbes. The company will allocate 56% of the funds to team/tech development, 17% to new hires, 10% to marketing and the remaining 17% to Office & Operations.
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£282,667
CatchApp is a scheduling software that aims to fulfil the scheduling needs of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), professionals, and enterprise users. CatchApp has 15,000 users using its application. It has featured in the US 'Appstore's' home screen and selected by Apple as 'App of the Day'. CatchApp is used by organisations like Microsoft, CERN, PwC, Harvard, and NHS. Calendars from Google, Apple, and Microsoft Outlook are compatible with the software. The business productivity software market will grow from $98 billion in 2018 to $106 billion in 2021, and CatchApp aims to be a major contender in this segment. The company will use the investment to build up marketing, business development and technical teams, accelerate revenue from SMEs via the company’s newly-launched Software as a Service (SaaS) product, launch CatchApp Enterprise solutions, and global partnerships.
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£832,102
AirSensa is a proprietary globally-scalable cloud platform developed with the aim to avert air pollution globally. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that 7 million die prematurely every year because of air pollution. Lack of poor data coupled with unreliable systems makes tracking air pollution a major task. Better data can help city authorities to make effective interventions, help businesses to improve operations, and help citizens avoid the worst of pollution. The company's unique big data platform (STORRM) can scale to run hundreds of thousands of sensors and serve any number of users simultaneously while providing reliable air pollution data. AirSensa's technology can also be used to understand the impact of Covid-19, to tackle the post-Covid complications due to air pollution by providing hyperlocal, real-time information to those people as well as the existing vulnerable groups like asthmatics and heart disease patients. The company will utilise the investment to drive business development, build a post-COVID product that will lead to potentially lesser fatalities due to risk from polluted air, and ensure more people join its ecosystem.
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£763,890
Nourish by Jane Clarke (NBJC) is an aspirational wellness brand that makes nutritious drinks made with all-natural organic ingredients, using low carbon footprint packaging, delivered to a customer's doorstep. Its target audience is people afflicted with malnutrition particularly when undergoing cancer treatment or living with dementia or mental illness. The company expanded its customer base by 789% between January 2020 and March 2021. It also points out that it has onboarded noted Chef Prue Leith. The company has featured in numerous publications like Daily Mail, Net Doctor, The Sun Online, and Daily Express, to name a few. NBJC has raised more than £650,000 from private investors in its previous round and secured an 'Excellent' rating of 4.7 on Trustpilot from 100+ verified reviews. It also seeks to become a contender in the Oral Nutritional Supplement (ONS) market in the UK that is valued at £237 million. The company will use the investment to launch and scale its B2B model and invest in Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) marketing.
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£257,579
Glug provides a platform for businesses to let customers order from a digital menu and have them served to the table or pick up from the bar. It points out that its system is designed to be user friendly and easy to set up wherein restaurants or bars can upload and digitalise their menu and can be discoverable within 24 hours. Consumers can discover the restaurant, book a table, place an order, and browse for offers and discounts, amongst other features using the company's community app. Glug asserts that more than 16,000 users have ordered food and drinks through its app in less than four months since the company's launch. It intends to become a contender in the UK dining and pub market that is a £40 billion+ industry. Glug argues that more than 20,000 users have downloaded its app from the App Store and Google Playstore. It will use the investment for marketing, hiring, technology development, attract 1.5 million users and onboard 1,000+ venues over the next 12 months.
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£73,114
PALLITE manufactures environmentally-friendly products made from 100% recyclable paper honeycomb board which contains over 75% recycled content. It asserts that these products can be used to move, protect, & store goods. The company has partnered with companies like DS Smith, The Hut Group, and Rockwell Automation to further its mission of making sustainable packaging and products. It witnessed sales of £229,000 at a gross margin of 45% and a record gross profit of £103,000 in September 2020. PALLITE will soon launch its 'EcoLITE' range of recycled and insulative packaging to replace polystyrene and foam amidst other upcoming innovations. The company will use the investment to grow its business across different verticals and become a sustainable brand.
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£1,311,835
HairFare is an end-to-end hair and beauty chair rental platform that connects beauty professionals to salons, studios and barbershops across the UK. It asserts that the hair and beauty industry was worth £10 billion in 2018 and is set to increase. HairFare aims to be a contender in this segment. HairFare asserts that it has expanded to five cities within the UK with no marketing budget. The platform has featured in media platforms including The Barber Magazine, Islington Gazette, Startups of London, Business Daily, ITProPortal, ExBulletin, Compsmag, and LinkedIn News, to name a few. It will use 40% of the investment for creating its proprietary app, 40% towards marketing to increase the number of business owners and beauty professionals on the platform, 10% towards setting up its merchandise line, and 10% towards establishing the HairFare Academy.
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£57,736
Donr is an online fundraising platform intending to revolutionise access to donation solutions for welfares and charities of all sizes. The company has served over 1,450 charities to raise £500,000 in the first year from launch. The Northstar Ventures has invested £300k, who are following on. Donr was on #33 in BusinessCloud's 100 FinTech Disrupters of 2019. The funds will be used for powerful fundraising tools, team expansion and team growth.
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£249,740
PRYNTD is an immersive on-demand and live-streaming platform. The company enables content creators to create, convert and share 2D content and live streams as immersive experiences that audiences can access on their smartphones, tablets, computers, TVs, augmented and virtual reality devices. PRYNTD claims that its website witnessed 200,000 views to date, supporting 100+ artists, and onboarding 50+ affiliate partnerships. The company aspires to dominate the immersive content market that is set to grow to $900 billion by 2026, with entities like Apple, Facebook, Microsoft as key players. PRYNTD has been applauded by UK innovation agency, 'Digital Catapult' and accepted to the Mayor of London's 'Growth With AI' programme. The company states it will use the investment to improve its technology, reach a wider audience, and maximise exposure for its creators.
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£84,473
