E-Sign is an electronic signature service providing secure, encrypted document storage facilities with full audit trail and digital signatory ID validation. The company has achieved 300% annual turnover increase for the last 3 years and is a UK government registered digital strategies specialist.
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£79,320
Cleaning Club delivers a wide range of laundry and cleaning products through its online platform directly to businesses and households across the UK. It owns and sells tried and tested high performance, and award-winning brands like Senses, Muvo and Moss & Rowe, all rendering significant value than the current market leaders. It has sold more than 40,000 units of its product in the first month. Moreover, it has 70K+ fans on social media and thousands of Cleaning Club members. With its proceeds, it is going to enhance the platform and increase the flexibility of the subscription model.
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£81,920
Nourish is a company that makes snacks free from refined sugar, gluten, and dairy. The company's mission is to become one of the UK's most popular free-from brands. It aims to provide a range of delicious treats and snacks to consumers, athletes and those with specific dietary needs, ensuring that they possess sustained energy. The company's products are stocked by retailers including, Ocado, Wholefoods, Planet Organic, and Daylesford. Its online sales grew by 740% in April 2020. The company has featured in publications like Ooh Magazine, VeganLife, and Natural Health. It became 'Organically Certified' in 2017 and 'Safe and Local Supplier Approval (SALSA) Certified' in 2018. Nourish will soon launch its new product line in the next 12 months. The company will use the investment received to build the team, continue to raise brand awareness by investing in more price promotions in stores, and undertake geo-marketing campaigns.
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£133,207
ALVÁTECH is a sustainable water technology company on a mission to revolutionise the $1.3 trillion per annum agriculture industry that consists of 537 million farmers. It claims that the agriculture industry uses 70% of global water consumption. ALVÁTECH aspires to change this. It argues that its technology disrupts water molecules in an ecological way, helping farmers grow more with less water. The plug and play solution runs entirely off solar energy and is chemical-free. ALVÁTECH claims that it has installed its water treatment devices in 17 countries across six continents and established an international distribution network since its product launch in August 2020. The company has also signed agreements with entities in Latin America, Africa, Asia, the US, Europe and the Middle East. ALVÁTECH will use the investment to expand its distribution network, sales teams and subscription plans to reach more farmers and develop Hydro devices for vertical farming, boost hydroponics, and create ALVÁ personal home devices.
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£504,932
White Peak Distillery (WPD) is a whisky distillery that aims to change the way whisky is made and create authentic flavours. It has so far invested £1.4 million in tried and tested plant equipment producing 400,000 bottles of maturing whisky. The company aims to become a contender in the $60 billion global premium whisky market. WPD has received 'Gold Awards' from The Wizards of Whisky World Whisky Awards. It has come out with programs to monetise its maturing whisky including its Cask Sales program, Temperance Club membership and its Prologue 2.1 release 2-year aged single malt spirit, that has been received with positive feedback. WPD has also been awarded visitor business in The Peak District, which receives 13 million+ visitors per annum, boosting its Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) model. It will use the investment to grow its business across different verticals.
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investment:
£1,301,320
Launched in 2015, hubbado is an online marketplace that connects clients with pre-vetted consultants. Having achieved 300% yoy revenue growth, hitting £3.47m at the end of the last financial year, the company is now raising to further develop the software and expand internationally.
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£152,680
UnderPinned gives freelancers a single, dedicated platform to learn how to build a successful business, find clients, manage their work, and help them get paid on time. The company aspires to build a connection with users that ensures everyone thrives through its accelerator programme, community, and content. UnderPinned asserts that its accelerator programme allows it to achieve day one unit profitability before converting users to subscribers. It claims to have made £12,772 in revenue with £8,000 spent on marketing in its first month of programme sales in January 2021. The company argues that COVID-19 has accelerated freelancing, moving away from traditional employment. UnderPinned has a community of over 20,000 subscribers and growing. It says itvwill use the investment to scale its team, marketing and product development as it focuses on expanding in the US and EU markets.
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£629,086
Snaffling Pig is an award-winning pork brand which makes snacks with high-quality ingredients. In 2016, Snaffling Pig appeared on Dragons' Den by gaining investment from the Moonpig founder Nick Jenkins. Last year, Snaffling Pig had sold more than 3m packets in 2018 to Tesco, Sainsbury's & Co-op. The company has been given 9 Great Taste Awards and the only Pork Scratching Advent Calendar. The company had a sales turnover of £3.2m in 2018/19 and, it achieved a Net Profit of £350k. The company is aiming to raise £750k to further expand its porky brand to new categories and gain new customers.
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investment:
£1,089,540
PixelPipe Signage have created the worlds first Raspberry Pi digital signage engine which is cheap to run but still has high performance. Normal digital signage is run by a PC behind every screen which is costly and not energy efficient. Aperture runs on mobile phone chips instead of PCs which uses less power than an electric toothbrush but still provides the same high quality visual.
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£136,530
Emphasising the importance of human collaboration within communities by asking the question "What can you do?". Canyudo takes its inspiration from the gaming world. Their app contains a list of tasks for users to complete within a predefined location and then displays a score based on their performance.
Canyudo will be a freemium service. The app is free for non-commercial consumers; however, members can opt to pay an annual fee. In return, they will receive commercial tasks and opportunities that will result in Canyudo charging a commission micropayment.
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Expired
investment:
£174,880
