Hop is a Vietnamese fresh food concept showcasing a passion for Vietnam’s rich and vivid culture, food, and street atmosphere. It has 5 multi-format sites across London ranging from 700sqft “mini-HOPs” to a 3,000sqft “HOP Café”. HOP has completed sales of c.£3.8m in 2018 and is serving an average of 12k customers every week. The company has an agreement with Vita Mojo to launch digital screen ordering technology. HOP is raising funds to grow the brand across the UK.
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£1,457,110
Artisan gin makers putting the city of Exeter into the public eye. Exeter Gin has two brands, a self-named gin and Granny's Garbutt's, which both encompass 5 product ranges. These include Rhubarb Gin, Navy Strength and London Dry. The company originally predicted to sell 500 bottles in their first year, but within the first 10 months of establishment, Exeter Gin sold more than 4,000 bottles and 4,500 miniatures. Their products are sold to restaurants and bars, retailers, wholesalers and online.
Funds are being raised to pursue growth opportunities such as redeveloping their website, exporting internationally, showcasing their products on gin tours, increase the number of sale outlets and produce new ranges. Furthermore, Exeter Gin plan to purchase high-grade equipment to maximise their economies of scale whilst reducing overall cost.
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£116,150
TheCarCrowd is a Passion Asset Investment (PAI) platform that intends to address the lack of investment options for the 8 million UK millennials by allowing them to take a real equity stake in a classic car and benefit from the potential appreciation. The company argues that classic cars appreciated 194% over 10 years up to Q4 2019 as per expert reports. TheCarCrowd points out that its portal allows interested investors to buy shares in cars from just £20 and unlock the benefits of potential appreciation. The company asserts that its business idea has found traction amidst users with over 620 investors registering on the portal since the company's launch in November 2020. TheCarCrowd will use 12% of the investment for Public Relations (PR), 48% for marketing, and 40% for working capital.
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£379,108
Healthy and nutritious food is at the forefront of a consumer's mind, along with products that have a positive environmental and social impact. Aduna brings African superfoods into the mainstream market, with products sold in 2000+ stores across 18 countries and revenues exceeding £1m. After recently partnering with the UN, Aduna are ready to launch two new product ranges.
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£429,282
Noveltea is a premium alcoholic tea brand launched in Fenwick in April 2017. The company's products are vegan, gluten-free and low in sugar, and manufactured in minimalistic & up-cyclable lifestyle packaging. Thanks to its low-Alcohol by volume (ABV) portfolio, the brand has sold 350,000 bottles since its launch in 2017. The company experienced more than £100,000 worth of sales in April 2020 despite COVID-19 due to smart e-commerce channel utilisation. In 2020, the size of the global alcoholic drinks market is $1.587 trillion and is forecasted to grow by 3.5% (CAGR) over the next three years. The brand aims to become a major contender in this segment and grow its business. The company use the investment to focus on its core markets in the UK, Germany, and China, and enter the USA by 2020.
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£558,845
Their unique adiposet system dramatically improves the patient experience of breast reconstruction following breast cancer treatment, whilst improving clinical practice and reducing cost to NHS and private hospitals. Adiposet also has applications in many other therapeutic and cosmetic procedures.
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£446,380
Kalendit removes the middleman (agencies) and provides UK nurseries with temporary staff while helping them save up to 50% on staffing fees. Since September, over 150 users joined Kalendit, and it is continuing to add about two workers daily. This company had launched its services in November with four nurseries, and since then, have been successfully processed 49 bookings. With the funds raised, it will hire people and serve thirty nurseries in one year. By the fifth year, it wants to take 45% of the London market, which equates to 1400 nurseries.
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£82,180
Fieldwork is at the forefront of robotics innovation for efficient soft fruit harvesting, offering a pioneering solution to the pressing challenge of labor shortages and low productivity with the world's first precision robotic raspberry harvester that utilizes modular multi-crop robots, advanced AI technology, and precision soft-arm mechanisms, catering to a gap in the market with no current commercially available technology for selective raspberry harvesting.
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£1,488,890
Ready Burger (RB) states that it has created the UK's first scalable, value-driven, entirely plant-based Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) brand. RB claims that it has mastered the science behind the taste and texture of plant-based foods to make them indistinguishable from their non-veg counterparts. It further points out that its final products use up to 92% lesser greenhouse gases, and require up to 70% lesser water than competitor brands. RB argues that its meals cater for vegetarians, vegans, meat lovers, and people preferring Halal or Kosher foods. RB offers fast-food classics and has partnered with a global plant-based food manufacturer. RB asserts that its ergonomically designed kitchens enable it to produce 1000s of items a day, that are in turn, serviced from its central distribution centre. RB's integrated web-app ordering, in-store ordering kiosks and an innovative delivery solution allow customers to have their food in under 30 minutes. RB says it will use the investment to grow its business across different verticals.
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£1,998,549
The Studio enable members to achieve results through sustainable, structured training. The Studio offer a whole range of sessions such as group classes, one-to-one personal training, spinning and yoga.
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£30,564
