West Berkshire Brewery is a beer manufacturer on a mission to deliver best-in-class beers, from heritage styles to modern craft beers, to its customers. Its products are on the shelves of UK supermarkets including Waitrose, Tesco and the Co-Op. The company can scale up to 26 million pints per annum thanks to its modern brewery units that are equipped with bottling and canning lines technologies along with the option of cold storage. Its brewery consists of a 200-capacity 'Taproom & Kitchen', a destination venue that generates a revenue of £1.4 million per annum. It will utilise the investment to support the installation and commissioning of its 'Fridge Pack Machine', support marketing initiatives with its pub partners across the South of England, and provide capital to enable any pub acquisition opportunities as they arise over the coming year.
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Expired
investment:
£1,390,948
Common Objective is a global B2B sourcing and information platform that rewards sustainable business through higher search rankings. The company aims at disrupting the $2trillion fashion industry as it has already used by 23k+ fashion professionals who work at leading brands and 1000’s of SME’s, from over 150 countries. The company’s online platform uses personalisation and matching technology to connect buyers with suppliers and provides them with targeted content and tools supporting best practice. The site is used by individuals and teams who work at world-leading brands backed by industry leaders including Roland Mouret, PDS Multinational, and Plexus Cotton.
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Expired
investment:
£462,260
Fitu App allows one to discover and instantly book great deals on amazing fitness activities happening near them without the need of a membership. At the same time, it helps fitness gyms, studios, and trainers to generate more revenue by filling up unsold and empty spots. By being in stealth mode, Fitu App has perfected its products on the bases of its user's feedback and has received on an average over 500 monthly downloads. Within a few months, it has managed to partner up with over 170 London gyms, studios and trainers, featuring a total of 460 unique weekly workouts. In future, around 40% of its proceeds will be used for growth marketing and 30% on technological development.
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Expired
investment:
£373,240
Hiro is an insurance technology company aiming to be a contender in the $6.9 trillion insurance industry. The company claims that conventional home insurance does nothing until the damage is already done. Hiro aims to change this scenario. It gives users access to smart technology to protect their property and rewards them accordingly by giving discounts on their insurance quote. The company has signed partnerships with 30+ leading device manufacturers towards this objective for example, Honeywell Home, Philips, and Lightwave, to name few. Hiro asserts that its platform, mobile apps, feature sets, and designs have been validated through an intensive insider's programme. Hiro is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The company has featured in publications like Forbes, the Guardian and the Evening Standard. Hiro will use the investment to develop Research and Development (R&D), furnish legal and compliance documents, and boost marketing and operations.
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Expired
investment:
£2,069,251
UnderTheDoormat is a luxury home accommodation business that provides the quality of a hotel in the comfort of a home. Since 2017, this award-winning business has had more than 40,000 guest nights. Till date, it had more than 300 homes and £3 million gross booking revenues. It is the first company in the UK to be approved by the government-backed Quality in Tourism scheme. Its last 12-month gross booking revenue is £1.3m and up to 72% on the previous FY. EBITDA -£581k. UnderTheDoormat seeks to expand its international growth and tech-led distribution arm.
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Expired
investment:
£535,080
Koor is an application that enables choral singers to improve their vocal technique by interacting with personalised online guidance driven by machine learning-based algorithms. The company asserts that over three-quarters of people who sing in choirs struggle to learn their parts due to their inability to read music fluently. Koor aims to change this with its app. It is also developing AI functions that will help singers improve pitch, sound quality, breathing and pronunciation, which will form the backbone of its premium subscription. Koor was ranked 28th in noted organisation Tech South West's Top 50 Most Innovative Startups in June 2020. Koor won the £175,000 Sustainable Innovation Award from Innovate UK in August 2020. The company will use the investment to hire more software engineers to speed up its premium app functionality, record the most commonly sung choral works, and acquire more users through presenting online activities till COVID-19 persists.
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Expired
investment:
£88,110
With new MiFID II regulations introduced in January, Hiddensee provides independent investment research mainly on forensic accounting and corporate governance. Analysts will search for inconsistencies and anomalies in the valuation of UK listed mid-cap and smaller companies and publish their reports to assist investors in deciding whether to buy or sell shares.
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Expired
investment:
£143,097
Torsion Information Security is an artificial intelligence cyber security solution. It protects company data against theft and misuse by internal staff. Once connected with systems Torsion automatically and precisely controls access to information in order to control security risk.
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Expired
investment:
£260,970
Lifetise generates proprietary consumer data via its portal to boost the Artificial Intelligence (AI) based decision-making process within banks and insurers and increase their product sales. Lifetise asserts that its portal helps financial institutions acquire and fulfil the needs of high-value customers at a lower cost to the organisation. It is in negotiations with three retail banks and is an Accenture Fintech Lab alumni. The company was named as one of the most influential financial technology entities of 2020 by The Financial Technologist magazine and selected for the Mayor of London's 'Business Growth Programme' under the 'Most high potential startups' category in 2021. Lifetise will use 58% of the investment in product development and engineering to scale its technology platform, 31% on sales and marketing, and 11% on operations.
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Expired
investment:
£369,407
Gridizen desires to change the way agencies and landlords manage their properties whilst enhancing the tenant experience. It eliminates manual methods and gives landlords and tenants a way to manage and communicate their rental property. Further, its central management team has a number of relationships within the market to build up the customer base and create a buzz about the product which other companies lack. Gridizen aspires to be the property management solution of choice for tenants and landlords. With the proceeds, it will fully develop the Property Management module, recruit an in-house technical team to oversee the development and recruit sales and marketing support.
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Expired
investment:
£150,004
