Borrow A Boat is a mobile and web-based marketplace that allows users to book all types of boats online for charter, be it on a short-notice request for the day, a long weekend on board, or a 7-14 day boating trip for your summer holiday. The company is providing a 21st-century solution to the people of Britain and changing how people go boating. Till date they have been backed by VC Edition Capital, following on with £1m lead investment with over 22,000 boats listed in over 65 countries. They have been headlined as the sponsor of the UK's biggest boat show in Southampton in 2019.
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£1,325,390
Flat Cap Hotels (FCH) own and operate hotels, restaurants, bars and pubs. They specialise in locally sourced British menus and homely accomodation. FCH currently own two establishments; The Vicarage and The Courthouse.
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£170,030
havebike is a bicycle repair business that collects, cleans, services and returns bicycles to owners at their doorstep, all via its app. The company asserts that it has been responsible for servicing approximately 2,500 specially designed bikes for the London Police and Ambulance Services since its launch in 2010. It also claims to be an authorised service agent for leading bicycle brands including, Brompton, Canyon and Ribble. havebike also holds a 'Shimano Service Centre' accreditation. It aspires to become a contender in the cycling market that was valued at £2.31 billion in late 2020. havebike's technology platform and booking system, Atlas, in late 2019 led to the company's Quarter To Date (QTD) revenues increasing by 484% and customer base by 22% as of February 2021. The company will use the investment for opening new workshops and mobile workshops (including fit-out) and cover marketing costs as it enters new markets to scale its business.
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£580,832
Clima Investments is a green technology company. It wants to shift the narrative in green investing towards the companies that can enable CO2 avoidance. The company's platform allows it to share its methodology and vision with all individuals that care about climate change. It endeavours to create an equity benchmark comprised of 152 listed companies that have taken significant steps to reduce Global carbon emissions. The company also aspires to be a contender in the $250 billion green investments market. It has signed a partnership with independent ETF specialist, HANetf, for the launch of its first Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF). It will use the investment received to pay for operating expenses of creating, marketing and managing its climate-based ETF, supervise operating expenses of the company and handle the cost to run the platform.
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£342,207
Evaclite manufactures dynamic exit signs designed to make buildings safer and save lives. The company argues that its products are 77% more visible than conventional exit signs and reduces congestion at exits by 36%. The company received the 2018 FIREX - Fire Innovation of the Year Award. It also won the Safety and Health Excellence (SHE) Award in 2019 and 2020. Evaclite counts companies like Apple, CBRE, BBC, Melia, and MetroBank amongst its clients. The company has inquiries from over a dozen countries globally with a 12-month sales opportunity pipeline of over £1.5 million. It will use 60% of the investment to build its sales team, 28% to boost its inbound marketing campaign, 7% to develop additional intellectual property, and 5% towards overhead and general costs.
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£148,736
Castledene Sales and Lettings is a group of property companies based in the North East of England. They will be opening a new branch for investors to invest in which will be based in Spennymoor. Castledene offer both sales and lettings packages aswell as selling investment properties and providing their Rent-to-Own scheme.
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£60,000
The LetPal solution for private landlords is a full suite of competitively priced on-line services, from which landlords can select and pay for only those they require.
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£70,000
Aspira is dedicated to leveraging drones and sustainable coatings for environmental improvement. Their technology directly addresses issues like air pollution, carbon reduction, wind turbine cleaning, and extends material lifespan. Aspira develops drone technology to efficiently apply eco-friendly coatings for a better environment.
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£341,564
The developer has secured full planning consent for the demolition of an old milk processing factory and development of 49 residential units and one commercial unit, pre-let to the Co-op on a 15 year lease. The residential development will comprise 39 private units (1 bed flats, 2 bed maisonettes, 3 and 4 bed houses) and 10 affordable units where a sale has already been pre-agreed. The scheme will also include car parking, cycle storage and landscaping.
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A digital estate agency comprised of three companies (Emoov, Urban and Tepilo) now into one brand in the online and hybrid sector. Emoov is the second largest business in its market with numerous awards and more than 2,000 mentions across various media outlets. Their centralised team oversee a property's valuation and transactions, so the customer doesn’t need to.
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investment:
£1,527,130
