Gively is an online marketplace where users can give and get secondhand items for free. The secondhand clothing market will double in value to £50 billion annually by 2023, and the company finds itself as a suitable contender in this domain. They aim to lower greenhouse gas emissions and minimise landfill sites through its portal. The company has reached over 5,000 users, 70% of which came from unpaid channels. Gively won an SME (Small and medium enterprises) grant worth £10,000 of television advertising and has received rave reviews from its users through the App Store, social media, and in person. They will use 50% of the investment for marketing purposes, 25% for technology up-gradation, and 25% for hiring human resources.
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£105,207
Dirt Factory aim to be the first indoor bike park in Britain. They will cater for Mountain Bikes and also BMX and they will use real dirt to create their indoor trails. Dirt Factory aim to expand across the UK and even into Europe.
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investment:
£431,890
Designed for the millions of referees, teachers and sports coaches plus umpires globally, RefStuff are raising to launch their 4th product; the RefScorer Digital watch. RefStuff are already in distribution discussions with sports wholesalers internationally for their first 2 products - RefScorer and RefSgloves with a 3rd; RefSwallet due in Sept/Oct.
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investment:
£4,910
My Tree has launched a Memorial Park in the UK that enables people to plant a tree with the ashes of their loved one. It is the sole exclusive UK memorial park which offers ashes burial with the planting of a tree. The company is in discussion with DoubleTree Hilton and First Funerals. My Tree has launched its first park five miles outside of Reading and 38 miles from London. The company will use the funds to promote the site, do pre-planting to maximize usage of space and support plans to open more sites by the end of 2020.
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£160,380
Carbon Gold (CG) is an organic biochar producer and retailer. It claims that its products can replace harmful pesticides, last longer, and lock away CO2. The company's sales increased by 253% from £77,000 to £272,000 in 2020 with sales in 17 countries worldwide. CG's organic products employ biochar, a type of charcoal made from sustainably sourced materials. CG further enriches it with multiple strains of fungi, bacteria and minerals, that support healthy soil biology. The company is partnering with the Woodland Trust, is certified by the Soil Association, and is also a certified B Corp. The company will use the investment to boost its marketing, international development, and manufacturing.
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£722,468
GRNDHOUSE is a fitness company specialising in the strength training vertical. The company hosts live strength training classes with metrics delivered to its community-centric app. The app allows users access to a weekly structure of low- and high-impact classes that focus on each body part to ultimately condition the entire body throughout the week. Users can even post their results on their user feed to champion and inspire each other, win badges and awards for their progress and gather their health data over time to see their improvements. GRNDHOUSE argues that it has acquired 1500 paying members to date via organic marketing on its portal. The company has also earned revenue worth £266,000 since its launch and featured in the Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Business Insider and others. It states it will use 30% of the investment to develop its film studio and equipment, 45% towards paying salaries of its technology, marketing, sales, and instructor teams, 20% towards marketing, and 5% towards hardware stock.
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investment:
£1,453,651
Clima Investments is a green technology company. It wants to shift the narrative in green investing towards the companies that can enable CO2 avoidance. The company's platform allows it to share its methodology and vision with all individuals that care about climate change. It endeavours to create an equity benchmark comprised of 152 listed companies that have taken significant steps to reduce Global carbon emissions. The company also aspires to be a contender in the $250 billion green investments market. It has signed a partnership with independent ETF specialist, HANetf, for the launch of its first Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF). It will use the investment received to pay for operating expenses of creating, marketing and managing its climate-based ETF, supervise operating expenses of the company and handle the cost to run the platform.
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£342,207
A sports platform where the user can invest, trade and support their favourites clubs and athletes. The Globatalent platform gives everyone the chance to invest in top prospect sports athletes and organisations from around the globe. Globatalent’s potential market of sports fans is vast, covering 97% of the world’s population. The Globatalent platform has already been built, tested, launched and is generating revenue since Feb 2019. Currently, the platform is managing a total of £1.2m in assets. With the proceeds, they are going to spend on marketing, technology, increase the customer base and cover the day-to-day operational costs.
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investment:
£420,931
