An innovative and flourishing brewery, with music as its main source of inspiration. Signature Brew has won multiple awards for their beers, including the SIBA for Brewery Business of the Year 2018. The company is passionate abut serving brews alongside bands; their collaborations include Foo Fighters, Frank Turner, Mastodon and alt-J.
Signature Brew's core beers are enjoyed nationwide, such as Studio Pilsner and Roadie. Their products are sold in bars, pubs and supermarkets, as well as at venues and festivals. Over the past 3 years, the company has seen YoY growth of 78%, with revenues of £1.13m in the last 12 months.
Signature Brew is currently producing over 1m pints per year and is now seeking investment to increase capacity. The company intends to move its services to a nearly site in East London and develop a new brew house. This will result in capacity increasing by three-fold. In addition, Signature Brew intends to open two more taprooms to host events and showcase their beers.
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£567,030
People Matter (PM) is a wellness platform that offers an online space where a user can measure and improve his/her mental wellness at work. The company's app, Okina, aids the user in getting mental stability and avoiding stress. PM asserts that over 264 million people suffer from depression globally. For its efforts, PM won the Tech Nation’s Rising Stars competition in 2019, Tech Nation’s Applied AI cohort in 2019/20, and Start-Up of the Year by Tech SouthWest in Dec 2019 amongst others. It will use 70% of the investment to fund the development of its app as well as the PEAK data science engine, and 30% to support its operation and launch its proposition and product to market.
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£321,700
A communication app for teachers to inform parents on their child's performance and share classroom-learning progress. ParentHub has partnered with education technology giant RM Education to provide a service and insight for parents for free. In 20 months, more than 350 schools are clients and 65% have opted for premium paid add-ons. Over 50,000 parents use ParentHub and activity has increased by 1,436% compared to last year, equating to more than 1m messages sent per month.
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£107,460
Appital is an emerging financial market platform that will use digital profiling, unique algorithms and notifications to connect institutional demand and supply. With Appital, corporate and institutional companies within the equity capital markets space will have the opportunity to exchange illiquid equity without an investment bank or broker. Appital will also remove the dependence on email and phone, thereby ensuring efficiency and accessibility. The company is raising fund to built the Appital software, achieve FCA regulation, generate marketing material and gain contracts with partner settlement and KYC providers. Furthermore, the company will enhance the functionality of the software by leveraging its network to other products such as primary debt and primary equity deal flow.
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£349,060
Arctic Shores is a pioneer in the use of game based technology and big data analytics in recruitment, an industry that is only just starting to leverage mobile and big data technology.
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£976,994
SteakOut Meat House is a brand that currently has 8 franchised restaurants, and are expanding rapidly across the country. They are also the most recognised halal steak restaurant in the UK.
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£129,410
Camptoo is a web application by which travellers can rent a motorhome straight from the owner. Its users can easily rent any of the available 3,000+ vehicles offered in fifteen countries. This company turned motorhome ownership into a revenue-making venture instead of an expensive hobby. More than 50,000 users have experienced travelling using Camptoo, and its number is growing year on year. It was part of the Google Launchpad accelerator program in 2015. Furthermore, in the Netherlands, it was awarded 'most promising startup' by Deloitte Technology Fast50 Jury in 2017, and in Europe, '16th fastest growing tech company' by TheNextWeb in 2018. With the proceeds, this company will further accelerate marketing campaigns in Australia and the UK and further optimize its current web application.
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£476,642
Erpingham House is the UK’s largest vegan restaurant whose aim is to make plant-based dining into the mainstream and provide delicious, healthy food and drinks to people. The company has earned nationwide recognition and, it has been listed in The Times top 20 vegetarian restaurants. It has also been featured in The Guardian and on channel 4’s “what Britain bought.” EH has served over 12,000 customers in its first year and, it has risen to over 20,000 followers on Instagram. The funds will be used to expand the brand & open a second site in Brighton.
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£192,280
Improving the railway construction industry by collecting data to reduce inefficiencies and overspending. Rail Diary is a B2B SaaS product that is designed to analyse information on infrastructure projects to improve particular elements that plague the industry. These include the delivery, commercialisation and the health and safety of projects.
Rail Diary allows developers to monitor ongoing costs, forecast for the future and reduce the number of claims made. Rail Diary will generate revenue via a monthly subscription model ranging from £45 to £150, plus project fees.
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£50,544
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
