The Juggling King (TJK) is one of the UK's first Seed-to-Bottle rum production companies from Guernsey. TJK argues that its product is the first rum ever to be distilled with cultivated sugarcane grown under glass in Guernsey and to be produced on the island. The company has appointed English former footballer Michael Owens as its global brand ambassador and featured on James Martin's Saturday Morning show. TJK has also onboarded 18 trade customers including hotels, restaurants and bars since its launch in August 2020. It will use the investment for working capital, customs & excise duty expenses, input costs, and other verticals.
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£402,059
Candy Kitten are a confectionary company that were built to modernise the confectionary industry by introducing new flavours and a higher quality product than those currently available.
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£161,016
Cheesegeek strives to ensure that local cheeses reach a global audience. With backing from Dragon and Steven Bartlett, they are pursuing funding to advance their business model beyond merely curated cheese boxes (having dispatched over 100,000) and transition into a technology-focused specialist in cheese innovation, employing an omnichannel strategy.
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£427,570
Backed by the cutting-edge technology of Augmented Reality (AR) app, Trend Editions presents a revolutionised way of purchasing quality furniture, antiques and fabrics over the internet. It functions as a unique alternative to the traditional furniture industry. With an aim to be an AR-only UK retailer, Trend Editions has already a substantial infrastructure in place and over £150K of investment to slice their target market. Trend Editions’s high-value items are available on make-to-order basis without warehousing or showrooms.
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£50,510
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
Coconuts Organic is a company that produces plant-based ice creams. Coconuts Organic asserts that it is one of only two mainstream organic plant-based ice cream brands in the UK. The company aims to tap into the fast-growing global trend of healthier eating and sustainable food. Coconuts Organic has won seven Great Taste Awards and became the fastest-growing 'Wellness Ice Cream' brand in the UK according to a May 2020 Nielsen report. Its products are stocked in major retail chains like M&S and Ocado. The company will use the investment to grow its sales and marketing team, increase its eCommerce business, scale its operations, and invest in marketing activity that will create consumer demand.
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£327,979
The Baby Room is an independent luxury online retailer of furniture, nursery goods, designer clothing and footwear for babies and children. The company has 12,000 e-mail subscribers, 4,300 Facebook Likes, £260 Average Basket Value, and 26% repeat customers. Moreover, the company has tier 1 relationships with Versace, Fendi, Moschino, and Silver Cross. The Baby Room has achieved a new 1st-year turnover of £4.7M and £101K net profit, achieving a 15 fold increase in turnover (2018-19). With the proceeds, the company will enhance its infrastructure and team.
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£22,080
Love Ocean (LO) is an ocean-inspired bathroom product brand on a mission to make natural marine ingredient products. It intends to eliminate single-use plastic in the bathroom and drive a 'Reuse & Refill' (R&R) culture. LO aims to become a contender in the adult and kids toiletries market that is worth £750 million in the UK alone. LO is launching a children's product range that consists of a whale tail-shaped bottle made from 100% post-consumer recycled plastic, designed to be reused and refilled via a quarterly subscription. LO asserts that it contributes to the Plastic Bank, by selling its products to consumers, to further the removal of 1 kilogram of ocean-bound plastic in Haiti, the Philippines and Indonesia. The company is planning to launch a baby range in 2022, an adult range in 2023, and a youth range in 2024. LO will use the investment to create educational editorial content to eliminate ocean-bound plastic by building an engaged community.
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£193,991
Marine Power Systems (MPS) is a company that has developed a technology that can harness wind power, wave power or combined wind and wave energy at grid scale. MPS estimates global electricity consumption as a £2 trillion annual market that is growing with a need for harnessing renewable energy sources. The company's mission is to be a world leader in the manufacturing and supply of marine energy extraction hardware. MPS completed a multi-million-pound project to design, manufacture and sea test a 1:4 scale prototype at Falmouth, UK. The company will use the investment to match-fund £17 million of non-dilutive government grant funding that is already secured for a project to design, manufacture and test a full-scale device demonstrator that will prove the technology is ready for commercial scaling.
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£2,151,815
Watneys Beer is a craft beer business with a difference. It has reinvented its product for today’s consumers with a single-minded mission to make its brands great again. It has grown quicker than its peers and has built a business turning over of £400,000 a year. Since 1837, it brewed in London and still has etched into the architecture of pubs around the country. Though the brand disappeared in the 1980s, now it's back and set to become a great brand once again. It has established key distribution partnerships with great regional and national pub companies including Star Pubs and Bars, Admiral Taverns, Stonegate Pubs, Antic Pubs, and Enterprise Inns. This year it will look to continue to build distribution with existing customers and believes there is significant headroom in the market for it. Additionally, it will aim to launch its modern cask range of beers, which take inspiration from Watneys' past, all delivered with a modern twist.
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£400,287
