Revvies Energy (RE) is a nutrition company that argues that its innovative energy strips are a game-changer. The company stresses that 80% of the world's population consumes caffeine every day, which takes at least 45 minutes to an hour to reach its peak. RE states that its energy strips dissolve on the tongue in seconds, providing a faster and efficient performance boost that is less than two calories, vegan and gluten-free. RE has sold over 400,000 packs to date and stocked in more than 400 locations across five countries in entities like Chemist Warehouse Australia, Decathlon Australia, and Amazon marketplaces in the UK, US and Australia. RE was awarded 2021's 'Product Of The Year' in 'Sports Nutrition' by NutraIngredients, Europe's leading nutrition industry title. The company works with athletes across various sports, including RE's Ambassadors Charlotte Purdue (British Marathon Champion 2019 ), top US marathoner, Sara Hall, and dual Australian Olympian, Eloise Wellings. RE states it will use the investment to scale its marketing formula both in the UK and international markets.
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£189,363
Occuity seeks to develop revolutionary non-invasive screening and monitoring devices for chronic diseases like diabetes and Alzheimer's. It argues that its device safely shines a low power beam of light into the eye and then collects and analyses the return signal to accurately measure structures within the eye and detect changes associated with the onset of the aforementioned diseases. Occuity is targeting three distinct markets, namely Ophthalmology, Disease Screening and Disease Monitoring, which is worth an estimated $35 billion per year. It claims that its 'Occuity Indigo' product enables earlier detection of diabetes and provides a non-contacting, pain-free glucose monitor. Occuity was awarded over £1.5 million as part of the Innovate UK grant for the development of technology within Occuity Indigo. It has also signed a partnership with one of the UK's leading ophthalmic distributors, Birmingham Optical, to distribute its PM1 pachymeter device. It states it will use 42% of the investment towards Research and Development (R&D), 23% towards sales and marketing, 20% towards management and finance, 9% towards managing CAPEX and NRE, and 6% towards paying fees.
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£2,854,857
OXTO Energy is an energy storage technology provider that intends to transform the way energy is stored. It claims to have developed an innovative energy storage flywheel technology made using 100% recyclable steel, having a low cost of operation, and being easy to manufacture. It argues that it has secured approximately £1.7 million worth of revenues through contracts for 2021 in UK, Kenya, and France, to name a few. It also aspires to become a minority partner of large infrastructure projects by offering its units at a discounted rate, guaranteeing a consistent revenue stream while increasing profitability throughout the project. It wants to dominate the estimated £70 billion energy storage market. The company states it will use 25% of the investment to grow its team, 60% for project delivery, and 15% towards growth and commercialisation of its business.
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£635,493
An apron and oven gloves combo that is all about function, as well as form. A multipurpose product fit for baking, barbecuing and cooking which won Gift of The Year 2017. After a highly successful sales event in conjunction with Costco, the business's products are now nationally available. Lobster Homeware is an ethical company and is partnered with the UK's oldest military charity, SSAFA.
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£32,840
JOHNNY'S is an ethical, vegan, and sex-positive subscription condom brand. The company aims to deliver its products on a subscription basis, following in the footsteps of Direct-To-Consumer (DTC) health disruptors like Harry's and Dollar Shave Club. It aims to become a contender in the global condom market that is set to be worth $15 Billion by 2026 and enter the lubricant and sex toy market later in 2021. The company has also pledged to give a condom to HIV/STI/NHS clinics for each condom sold. It will use the investment for a PR launch, social media advertising, stock purchase, and attract talent to help the business hit its growth targets.
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£182,281
Nayanacare is a mobile and pc app that allows individual customers to make the right choice of care services and carers quick and easy. Care suppliers can reduce costs by using Nayanacare as a dedicated marketing platform and take advantage of the platforms business management capabilities.
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£76,030
C-Major is a medical technology company. It asserts that over 2 million people suffer a Needle Stick Injury (NSI) every year and are at risk of contracting blood-borne viruses such as Hepatitis and HIV. It aspires to resolve this crisis by bringing to market its patented medical device, Controlled Helical Retraction Device, to prevent NSIs. The company argues that the device contains a ‘Helical Track’ mechanism for controlled acceleration of the needle during retraction as well as a ‘Sealed Port’ to minimise any blood splatter. C-Major endeavours to disrupt the $5.5 billion safety syringe market with its product. It is backed by the UK 'Innovation Seed' fund. C-Major will use the investment to complete the final design of its product for manufacture and assembly ahead of a Series A funding round in 2021.
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£211,595
Founded in 2012, Holly and Beau is an award-winning kids-wear brand which offers a unique collection of colour changing rainwear. The company sells its products directly through its website and via distributors in the UK, the US, Europe and South Korea. Holly and Beau is in the process of patenting its technology, which will enable it to develop a unique product range of rainwear and skiwear. Moreover, the company has successfully maintained an average revenue growth of 80%-100% YOY.
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£218,570
Span Health is a digital care platform that aims to help people avoid lifestyle-induced diseases, symptoms, medication, and complications. The company has helped more than 10,000 people to live a better and longer life. Span Health's easy-to-use mobile application allows patients to chat with clinicians, order blood tests at home, book video consultations, and see results in the application itself. Moreover, in 2019, the company agreed on a National Health Service (NHS) pilot test for 100 patients in collaboration with the National Institute of Health Research in North West London. Span Health will use the investment to provide employees with blood tests to screen for health risk factors and recover from detected illness safely and sustainably, improve its platform data insights, prediction and machine learning to better structure the clinician's processes, and further reduce its operational costs.
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£134,892
Jupiter Diagnostics provide a patent-protected portable reader and test card to provide reliable and cost-effective blood results. Each test card has the ability to measure multiple tests from a prick of blood from the finger and can deliver laboratory-quality results in just ten minutes.
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£2,005,050
