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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Wren & Fraser contribute towards third party costs of all funeral plans sold in the UK and guarantees to cover funeral services. The companies aim is to secure their customers desired funeral with their funeral plan provider and let the representative make their arrangements at a later date. Wren & Fraser have developed OnePlanwhich is a simple funeral plan that provides clarity in a confusing market. OnePlan is a comprehensive plan with no hidden costs. The company is planning to raise £2.0m for 20% of the company’s share capital, which intends to use to market its unique funeral plan – OnePlan - nationwide.
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ePOS Hybrid has developed a fully connected ePOS platform dedicated to the hospitality food industry. The company is on a mission to empower hospitality businesses to harness technology to improve the business operations, customer experience and profitability. Till now, they have secured an enterprise customer with locations throughout the UK and, in just 8 months, scaled from 0 to 200 customers, processing more than 400k orders. With the proceeds, the company plans to accelerate growth by increasing its market awareness and boosting sales.
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SKOOT is a platform that connects friends who need lifts or errands, with friends who can help. The app auto-calculates fares for lifts taken and splits the costs. It also permits users to organise, request and arrange errands or simple favours from friends for free or a £5 tip. SKOOT claims to be the only carbon negative green navigation app for drivers. The company argues that it has also taken up the '1 Million Tree Challenge' and plants a tree for every journey on the platform. SKOOT is live on the Apple App Store and Google Playstore, with more than 18,000 users. It aims to become a contender in the ride-hailing industry that is worth $85.8 billion. SKOOT states it has raised £3.1 million from investors, won £75,000 from Innovate UK, and completed over 1,200 tasks to date using its 'Errands' feature launched during the COVID-19 pandemic. SKOOT states they will use the investment to extend its product, create more revenue streams and increase user activation across the EU, USA, Australia and Canada by early 2022.
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8dates is a dating recommendation engine and marketplace for new couples. The company's app uses machine learning to know what couples want when they first meet and shows them upcoming events by partner affiliates that they can engage in as per their interest. 8dates affiliate partners include OpenTable and Eventbrite. The company has also been granted the Facebook Dating License for advertising. It will use the investment to localise its offerings across key markets in the UK and Europe and grow its affiliate partnership program by adding more events. They will also develop the Android version of its application, acquire patents, copyrights, and IP expansion for its trademarks, app development, and UI/UX updates, and boost marketing and customer acquisition via Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, Spotify, and Pandora.
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Active Needle Technology offers an award-winning "needle actuating device" which has high value medical and consumer applications. The company's patent-pending proprietary ultrasonic technology enhances visibility for medical needles in applications such as biopsy, in regional and joint anaesthesia and others. The company aims to commercialise its technology into a $4+ billion special purpose needle market. After identifying obvious commercial advantages in the tattoo market, Active Needle plans to use its ultrasonic needle technology to develop a low-pain tattooing system. Moreover, the company has won an Innovate UK grant to develop and test the tattoo device. With the proceeds, the company will complete CE marking for its initial biopsy device, for development of anaesthesia and tattooing products.
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Emission Solutions (EMSOL) empowers organisations to take everyday steps to reduce emissions through their real-time emission monitoring and analytics system. EMSOL's open framework platform is built with networks of sensors like air and noise pollution, vehicle tracking, and working with any asset tags and emission sensors which enables EMSOL to perform real-time measurements with location tags and calibrated sensors. Data from these platforms are easily shared on dashboards, through notifications and gives detailed real-time data on urban noise, air quality, and vehicle pollution. To date, EMSOL won Rushlight Environmental Analysis Award, achieve yearly income targets, rated 5th place in the national PowerUp Index and 4th in the London and South East region. Moreover, EMSOL also won a fully funded project sponsored by DFT to deploy EMSOL technology into the rail sector. The company will use the funds to expand its customer base and increase the number of deployment sites.
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£316,884
The Fertility Circle (TFC) aspires to become the go-to channel for one in six couples that are struggling to conceive. It aims to help them via its app that consists of four core features namely, community guidance, expert help, knowledge sources, and holistic support channels. The company aims to become a contender in the fertility market that is projected to hit $41 billion by 2026. TFC asserts that it is supported by notable entities like Virgin Startup, FemTech Lab, and 'M' accelerators. TFC has featured in media entities like Grazia, Thomson Reuters, and Thrive Global and was included in Apple's ‘Hot Right Now' list being ranked second for 'Fertility Support' in the App Store. The company has witnessed a 40% Month-on-Month (MoM) user growth, over 6,000+ app downloads in 6 months, and a social community presence of 5,000 followers to date. TFC will use the investment to pilot with six leading fertility clinics to offer the application to their patients.
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£391,372
Over the past 8 years, Advatech Healthcare has created Hippo, a proven disabled and non-emergency patients transportation services (NEPTS) in the Essex area. Due to its dependability and efficiency, Hippo is now poised to become the UK's best national wheelchair accessible healthcare services on a wearable technology platform. According to the Office for Technology Statistics data, there are 13.37 million people disabled in the UK who lack dedicated non-emergency transportation. Hippo could save the National Health Service (NHS) up to 60% on transportation costs increasing faster hospital bed rotation and providing dedicated transportation for disabled and non-emergency patients with a medically trained staff. It also offers medical and technological necessities not offered by many leading operators. Currently, the company operates within the Essex area. By the end of 2020, the company aims to commence seven new contracts it has signed with the NHS. It also signed a deal with Cambridge Adult Social Care that is expected to close, within a 5-year term and generate over £200,000 per year.
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Innovate Recycle (IR) is a company that aims to reduce carbon emissions from burning discarded carpets. It asserts that only 2% of the 400,000 tonnes of discarded carpets in the UK is recycled, with the rest going into a landfill or being incinerated. IR further points out that burning waste carpet leads to an estimated CO2 impact of £16 million per annum in the UK. It wants to solve this crisis. IR is building a new carpet recycling plant in Northamptonshire that would be able to recycle carpets into reusable materials. They have already received grant funding of up to £2.35 million. IR claims that a single production line in the plant, at full capacity, can recycle up to 20,000 tonnes each year and generate 12,600 tonnes of polypropylene pellets. It will use the investment to expand to a second production line by Year 4 at the same facility.
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