Vertically Urban (VU) is a horticultural lighting specialist that produces high-tech LED lighting solutions for indoor industrial farms, glasshouses, medicinal growers and onsite Pod farms, who in turn, supply to supermarkets, restaurants and the medical market. The company aims to be a segment leader in the global vertical farming market that is projected to reach $12.7 billion by 2026. VU asserts that vertical farming has been tipped as the future of food production and supported by early investors such as Amazon’s Jeff Bezos. The company has witnessed £30 million+ worth of sales to date. It will use the investment to increase brand awareness via horticultural trade shows, market its products on online and offline portals, develop new technologies, and recruit senior personnel to oversee growth in key markets.
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Expired
investment:
£335,040
Vita Mojo is an award winning food technology company, providing affordable meals tailored specifically to the customer. The food is personal and transparent as to what goes into each dish and how it was prepared. All ingredients are picked to suit your own tastes and needs, and can be personalised to increase your protein or decrease your calories as required.
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Expired
investment:
£3,200,080
Cadello is a newly produced category-defining unique spirit produced by Distilleria Pisoni, a 150-year-old distillery in Italy. It is growing its distributors over the UK as well as Italy. The company has also partnered with Honest Grapes and other independent marketers and sales teams. Cadello has hired Italian and UK Brand Ambassadors and engaged Pegasus Spirits as UK importer and brand manager. The company will support its continued fast-paced growth by investing into its marketing and sales through tradeshows & tasting events, Brand Ambassadors, PR (editorial and events), social media & advertising, and bartending competitions.
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Expired
investment:
£275,490
Mous, an award-winning brand, has sold over 4 million accessories to 1.8 million customers, generating £24 million in annual sales as of March 2023. They aspire to become a household name in the £180 billion ($228 billion) global tech accessory market. With an in-house team of product experts, they create high-performance tech accessories and use impactful content, including extreme product demos, to promote their brand and products, resulting in millions of online views and followers. This fundraising round will help expand their product lines, particularly in backpacks and phone cases, including super-thin, recycled, and artist collaboration designs. They've also secured investment from BrewDog's founder and CEO through Crowdcube's 'The Next Unicorn' initiative.
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Expired
investment:
£1,614,153
Mindful Chef cater for the health-conscious consumer wanting to eat delicious low-carb meals. They currently ship 11,000 recipes per week using exceptional quality produce from award-winning British suppliers. They are backed by sports stars such as Victoria Pendleton CBE and Will Greenwood MBE.
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Expired
investment:
£1,916,150
Nourish'd aim to inspire a generation to live healthier, happier and more productive lives by offering nutritious food for breakfast, lunch, dinner and meetings. They know fuelling employees with delicious and low GI foods is key to boosting productivity and happiness in the workplace.
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Expired
investment:
£123,180
A brand combing deli, dining and retail to offer produce that is healthy and sourced sustainably. Sourced Market has 4 locations within London, including a flagship site at St Pancras that attracts more than 11,000 customers per week, with a separate production kitchen. Their services consist of craft beer and wine, a fresh bakery, artisan coffee and food-to-go. The size of their sites range from 80 to 500m2, as well as pop-up stores at music festivals.
Sourced Market's has received investment funding from Pembroke VCT and has achieved a net revenue of £6.4m in the last year. They also have partnerships with Eurostar, a hotel group and are currently in discussions with re: airport. The company has built relationships with more than 100 suppliers, of which many have used Sourced Market to launch their own products. Sourced Market has also been featured in IGD; the food retail analyst, as well as The London Evening Standard.
Funds are being raised to open in a variety of locations. This includes a new site at the Eurostar Departures Lounge, another in partnership with a hotel chain in Holborn and a third site to be situated within an airport. Sourced Market also seeks to increase the capacity of their kitchen and partner with a franchisee.
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Expired
investment:
£873,380
The Cookaway is a Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) company that makes and sells recipe boxes to users to enable them to make delicious food from the comfort of their homes. Users receive all the ingredients, including premium oils, along with complete recipe cards made by the company's expert chefs. The Cookaway has garnered over 500 verified reviews on TrustPilot with an 'Excellent' rating and onboarded 10 chefs including 5 MasterChefs and a 2-Michelin starred chef. It has featured in publications such as The Independent, Forbes, The Week, and The Daily Mail. The company was the 'Chosen Food Partner' for The Lord Mayor's Big Curry Lunch 2021. The Cookaway will use 25% of the investment to hire talent, 20% to boost brand visibility via content generation, 15% to make its technology platform more intuitive, 15% to launch new chefs and cuisines, 5% to improve its sustainability credentials, 5% to develop its app with more features, 10% towards automation, and 5% to launch a membership program.
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Expired
investment:
£792,187
MTA Foods aim to offer great tasting food to the growing market of meat eaters wanting healthier options. Since 2014 the company has made sales of nearly £6m and has worked with many multiple retails stores. They have rebranded and are looking to expand across the UK.
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Expired
investment:
£11,500
Hytro is a pioneer in Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) wearables, founded in 2019 with a mission to democratize the power of BFR for improved health and performance. They have developed wearable applications that simplify BFR technology, offering benefits such as enhanced exercise preparation, training adaptation, pain management, and faster recovery. After a successful private fundraising round for professional coaches and athletes, they are now opening up their mission to the wider community.
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Expired
investment:
£442,423
