Established by a team from a Michelin star restaurant, The Gaff is a small plate restaurant offering food in contemporary, comfortable, and relaxed surroundings. The first restaurant was opened in May 2019 and aspires for a Michelin Accreditation. The concept of small plate menus was the fourth biggest restaurant concept trend of 2019 which Gaff wants to capture. Gaff has been reviewed in The Good Food Guide 2020 and mentions by prominent food bloggers such as Kavita Favelle. They have also received good customer ratings with over 87% 5-star rating on Res Diary and a 75% rating on TripAdvisor. The funds raised will be utilised to open a second restaurant in Bath and three more around the UK.
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investment:
£71,950
Biscuiteers sell collections of hand iced biscuits for every occasion. Their aim is to offer a more unique, stylish and personalised gifting solution. Biscuiteers currently have two retail stores, one is located in Notting Hill and the other in Northcote Road.
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investment:
£1,245,660
Appetise is an online market place that connects consumers with local takeaway restaurants. Consumers order food on their smart phones to be delivered by the restaurants to their homes. They currently have 60,000 registered customers and 370 restaurants partnered in the UK and are looking to expand town by town and become a key player in this market.
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investment:
£129,800
H2O-ganics is using brand new technology to transform UK crop-growing. They are able to use this technology to grow vegetables indoors, without the need for pesticides and protected from disease and environmental factors.
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investment:
£76,418
The Five Points Brewing Company (TFPBC) is one of London's best-known craft breweries that brews modern, flavourful, craft beer, The company asserts that its beers are stocked nationwide in pubs and across major chains like Waitrose, Tesco and Nando's. TFPBC claims that it has grown from £173,000 worth of sales in 2013 to £4.8 million in 2019. The company's first pub, The Pembury Tavern, has been graced with awards and recommendations from multiple entities. TFPBC argues that it has developed its e-commerce site in the wake of COVID-19 achieving online sales of over £300,000 from selling three million pints in draught, bottle and can form since March 2020. It also won the Champion Beer Of London 2019 Award. The company will use the investment to open its new on-site taproom with a large outdoor area for beer sales direct to the public, build a new flagship brewery site in Hackney, drive new sources of revenue whilst reducing costs, and maintain its commitment to East London
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investment:
£841,392
Cypher is an education technology company that aims to offer coding education online to children aged 6-12. It asserts that teaching children the tools to think computationally allows them to break down a real-world problem and work out how to fix it. The company teaches its students a variety of coding languages such as Scratch, Python, and JavaScript. Cypher has witnessed a total turnover of £990,000 to date, taught 2000+ online students in less than a year completing over 15,000 hours of teaching, and has created over 100 courses as part of its curriculum. The company has featured in press entities like Forbes, Wired, Harper's Bazaar, BBC News, and New York Times, to name a few. Cypher will use 43% of the investment for hiring key personnel, 42% for platform development, and 15% for customer acquisition costs.
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investment:
£290,619
Pact Coffee is an online seller of roasted coffee beans. All of Pact Coffee's beans are shipped within 7 days of roasting as this is when they taste the best. With the money invested, Pact look to develop new products and expand into 2 new european countries.
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investment:
£195,400
Launched in 2017, Algarve Rock is on a mission to put Portuguese craft beer on the map with flavoursome beers that embody local ingredients. The global craft beer market is expected to reach nearly $187 billion by 2025. It has carved a niche for itself in only 18 months of its inception. The 3,000 litre Brew House associated fermentation vessels and auto bottling line allow them to produce 36,000 litres per month, readily expandable to 80,000 litres to meet growing demand. Algarve Rock was the winner of the Best Stout - Trujillo Festival 2018, Spain and is the house brewer for prestigious institutions like Quinta do Lago group and Casa do Frango restaurants in London. With the investment, the company will use 40% to open Algarve Rock-themed Brewbars and Brew kiosks, 10% in increasing exports especially to the UK and USA, 10% in strengthening brand identity, 15% in recruitment procedures, and 25% in increasing brewing capacity to cater to new markets.
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investment:
£281,607
Midrive is an app and marketplace for first time drivers. Their mission is to make first time driving easier, more affordable and safer. They currently have 1650 instructors on the Midrive platform and the app offers a full curriculum for first time drivers to track their progress. They recently launched a new product that offers learner drivers insurance by the hour. Midrive are raising investment for growth capital and to launch their new insurance products.
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investment:
£2,483,980
The Teacher Booker is an online platform created for schools. It offers a robust tool that helps schools manage all staff administration through its wide range of recruitment provision. The app has over 5,000 teacher registrations with 100 schools who use and implement Teacher Booker. It has also secured a contract with a well-known regional education services provider. The Teacher Booker platform aims at eradicating expensive supply teacher agency fees and saving the schools millions of pounds a year.
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