Asap water crafts have developed an electric power-assisted watercraft for beach lifeguards that blasts the user through the water, for the ultimate adventurer, or for rescue to reach people faster. Their aim is to help lifeguards save more lives. In production and selling worldwide, they have been granted EU Design Registration and have EU & US patents pending. Asap has grown the production setup by making significant improvements - lowering assembly skill level with a modular/practical design. Its goal is to reduce product costs by at least 30%. With the proceeds, Asap will scale with a big marketing push by lowering the manufacture costs and providing the required capital to fulfil orders quicker.
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£154,380
Driving instructors struggle to acquire new pupils regularly themselves so they pay substantial amounts to franchises such as RED and AA for regular pupils.
These franchises are expensive and inefficient but instructors have little choice. Our disruptive proposition offers all the benefits of a franchise in addition to new core features exclusive to Lessons Per Hour such as having a choice of pupils, exact travel distance and guaranteed payment from pupils before initial driving lessons.
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£7,448
SHERPR is the ultimate door to door solution for transporting sports equipment, namely bikes, skis, snowboards and golf clubs. The company delivers premium packaging specifically designed to protect sports equipments in transit. The SHERPR business model taps into the growing leisure market with three core offerings: door to door transportation, bespoke logistic solutions for mass participation events, and a range of bike boxes. SHERPR has achieved impressive growth quarter on quarter and is currently looking to capitalize on the demands that it has created since its launch in 2017.
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£143,494
Borrow A Boat is a mobile and web-based marketplace that allows users to book all types of boats online for charter, be it on a short-notice request for the day, a long weekend on board, or a 7-14 day boating trip for your summer holiday. The company is providing a 21st-century solution to the people of Britain and changing how people go boating. Till date they have been backed by VC Edition Capital, following on with £1m lead investment with over 22,000 boats listed in over 65 countries. They have been headlined as the sponsor of the UK's biggest boat show in Southampton in 2019.
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£1,325,390
The Discovery Yachts Group was formed in 2017 in Southampton. It owns Discovery, Southerly, Bluewater and Britannia brands. Its mission is to create the finest luxury yacht destination. The brand has grown its order book 300% to £11m and is raising to expand its capacity, range and global reach.
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£2,213,380
Europe's largest marketplace for classic cars. In 2018, Car & Classic achieved revenues of £1.3m, with the value of vehicles sold exceeding £480m and their website is visited by 2.2m users every month. 60% of revenue is derived from data contracts, whilst the other 40% is generated via advertisements.
Data contracts are held by Cazana, the owner of Car & Classic, which is a B2B platform that values every vehicle by performing machine learning algorithms. The company claims that hundreds of businesses utilise this data. The Financial Ombudsman has declared that this data is recommended to be used for vehicle valuations during insurance claim cases.
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£1,541,590
Auto Lease Compare is a company that uses a web-based platform to provide business services of leasing cars in the UK market. The company is on a mission to transform the growing UK car leasing industry. They are currently operating in a leasing & rental market worth £49 billion in the UK alone. Auto Lease Compare have increased their users to 40,000 on the platform and have also partnered with some of the UK’s leading leasing companies. With the investment, the company will grow its business by revamping and upgrading the website, executing a strong marketing strategy and increasing brand awareness.
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£111,860
Try EV is a platform that allows customers to discover, analyze, customize and explore with EVs before making a final buying decision. It encourages “electrify to buy” and intends to change the car purchasing process. The company has also collaborated with big brands such as BMW, Tesla, etc. Try Ev was an Exhibitor at London Motor Show 2019, it was shortlisted for “Greener Greenwich” at Greenwich Business Awards and it was an Elevator Pitch Business Awards finalists at London Motor Show 2018. The funds will be used to balance the growth, to bring key talent, to promote partnerships with major leasing companies and charging networks and to improve marketing and promotion efforts.
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£88,430
havebike is a bicycle repair business that collects, cleans, services and returns bicycles to owners at their doorstep, all via its app. The company asserts that it has been responsible for servicing approximately 2,500 specially designed bikes for the London Police and Ambulance Services since its launch in 2010. It also claims to be an authorised service agent for leading bicycle brands including, Brompton, Canyon and Ribble. havebike also holds a 'Shimano Service Centre' accreditation. It aspires to become a contender in the cycling market that was valued at £2.31 billion in late 2020. havebike's technology platform and booking system, Atlas, in late 2019 led to the company's Quarter To Date (QTD) revenues increasing by 484% and customer base by 22% as of February 2021. The company will use the investment for opening new workshops and mobile workshops (including fit-out) and cover marketing costs as it enters new markets to scale its business.
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£580,832
The Nice One App is an on-demand mobile app for van and recovery drivers. A user simply goes on the app, chooses where they want to be picked up from, what size van/recovery truck they need and then their request is sent out to the nearest available driver.
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£65,090
