Grabr is a social platform that connects users with their passions such as; wine, books, cars etc. Grabr's first site Games Grabr, is a social platform for gamers that allows users to showcase the games they're currently playing/ favourite games. They soon followed with another site called Book Grabr, which did very much the same think but for book lovers.
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investment:
£120,440
Hawkens Gingerbread is a bakery that makes gingerbread products that are diverse, rich in heritage, delicious, and high in quality. It has spent three years in a start-up phase and now targets a three-year phase of stage one growth. Currently, its facility can bake up to 80,000 units of gingerbread each month. Since 2017, it is consistently producing a 65% average gross profit margin across its B2C and B2B markets. This company has been growing for three years, and in the financial year 2019, its revenue grew 108% to £43k (£25k profit). Its online sales are displaying a strong flow in the upwards direction. Fund raised will enable it to get in front of a much wider audience and bring the necessary skills into the business.
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investment:
£67,110
The Brook is a plant-based food business that has been making plant-based eating accessible and enjoyable for a flexitarian, environmentally-conscious generation. The company has raised over £400,000 to date and, has launched an eCommerce platform that allows customers to avail ‘build-a-box’ subscriptions as well as single purchases. The company saw its online orders increasing by nine times during the COVID-19 lockdown. It was shortlisted at the Future Food Awards 2019, Great British Food Awards 2019, and World Food Innovation Awards 2019, to name a few. It has also secured listings with retail partners such as Co-op, Dobbie’s, and Fenwick. The company has appeared in publications like the Independent, Metro and The Times. The Brook will use 40% of the investment to hire staff, 40% to promote marketing, and 20% to accelerate web development.
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investment:
£359,830
The Wine List (WL) gives confidence to wine lovers through a home wine course. The company argues that 20% of the UK's wine drinkers fall into a cohort that is actively engaged, spend at the higher end of the market, and frequently drink from a variety of sources. But less than 20,000 people don't have the requisite knowledge about different wine styles and tastes. WL aims to change this scenario by offering a home wine course to customers where alongside their wine lessons, they also get two bottles of wine to practice their skills on. The company has shipped 20,000+ bottles of wine and witnessed revenues of £298,000 in April-October 2020. WL is also building a digital content platform that will offer best in class video lessons, with learning quizzes to reinforce knowledge. The company has featured in Metro, Evening Standard, and Courier. It will use the investment to increase content production, wine delivery and scale into 2021.
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investment:
£505,494
Market Porter is a food-tech platform connecting independant food producers, such as butchers and farm shops, with the consumers. The company are the only food-tech platform which work on a national scale instead of just locally. They source out the best small scale producers with top quality and taste, all delivered straight to your door.
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investment:
£885,000
Primordial Radio is an interactive digital service catering to the metal and the UK rock community with 24/7 podcasts, radio programming, video, and events. It is a lively community that value the intimacy of personal communication above that of any intuitive algorithm. Primordial Radio is commercial free and solely devoted to protecting, improving, and promoting the needs and wants of the people within the UK rock and the metal community. Additionally, it is generating revenue from its four main sources: Membership, Merchandise, Events, and Partnerships/Promotions. The raised proceeds will be split into three parts: 70% Marketing, 20% Technology Development, and 10% Running Costs.
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investment:
£140,527
A subscription service for coffee and coffee accessories from the UK's best roasters. The Coffee Tasting Club wants its customers to experience a different coffee day after day, to discover new tastes and experiment with unique flavours. The company already has a successful infrastructure in place and is ready to go worldwide with the brand.
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Expired
investment:
£63,815
StarStock are a drinks marketplace that enable suppliers to sell direct to wholesalers, pubs, shops, bars & restaurants nationwide. StarStock puts the suppliers in control of their products and listings, taking a small percentage of each sale. Suppliers set the prices, while we do the rest, arranging delivery of beers, ciders, wine and spirits.
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investment:
£1,343,149
Whey Forward Health make innovative health and nutrition products. Since the launch in 2013 they have sold over 350,000 products. Promixx an original vortex mixer, battery powered, self-stirring protein shake maker, being their first product which is now sold in over 50 countries. They are now looking to launch two new shakes Regenerative and Morning Glory which are repeat purchase products. The investment will create two new websites operating on a subscription model and help them unlock their growth potential.
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investment:
£292,399
A brand combing deli, dining and retail to offer produce that is healthy and sourced sustainably. Sourced Market has 4 locations within London, including a flagship site at St Pancras that attracts more than 11,000 customers per week, with a separate production kitchen. Their services consist of craft beer and wine, a fresh bakery, artisan coffee and food-to-go. The size of their sites range from 80 to 500m2, as well as pop-up stores at music festivals.
Sourced Market's has received investment funding from Pembroke VCT and has achieved a net revenue of £6.4m in the last year. They also have partnerships with Eurostar, a hotel group and are currently in discussions with re: airport. The company has built relationships with more than 100 suppliers, of which many have used Sourced Market to launch their own products. Sourced Market has also been featured in IGD; the food retail analyst, as well as The London Evening Standard.
Funds are being raised to open in a variety of locations. This includes a new site at the Eurostar Departures Lounge, another in partnership with a hotel chain in Holborn and a third site to be situated within an airport. Sourced Market also seeks to increase the capacity of their kitchen and partner with a franchisee.
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Expired
investment:
£873,380
