GUNNA Drinks is an award-winning craft soft drinks brand designed with a delicious character for safe less sugar 100% natural flavours and no nasty preservatives or colour. The company has sold over 750, 000 fans and made partners with Barilla, Hershey’s, Illy, and Reeses. The company has achieved a 44% revenue increase between Dec 2017-Jul 2018, and Dec 2018-Jul 2019. The investment proceeds will be used for consumer marketing, the company's growth with Euro Food Brands, and product development.
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£668,716
Patria Watch Co is a 127-year old luxury Swiss watch brand originally founded in Bienne, Switzerland in 1982. The brand has been revived by Patria Ltd as a UK company and is ready to take on the emerging market for wristwatches. Patria has already produced its first line of watches with its first edition coming out in April, 2020. The brand has been featured in Forbes and has a partnership with luxury lifestyle publication 'WatchAnish.' The funds raised will be used in marketing and development of online magazines to showcase their range of luxury watches.
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£7,207
Pale Green Dot (PGD) is a company that provides a ‘closed-loop food system’ in the UK, targeting the £60 billion+ hospitality market. It says it collects food waste from commercial kitchens, turns it into bio-fertiliser and energy, and uses this energy to grow next seasons produce to deliver fresh produce to commercial kitchens and homes. The company claims that 5% of consumers want carbon labelling on menus. PGD aims to capture this sentiment and become a contender in the £60 billion sustainable food spend category. It claims that its commercial sales grew 740% since January 2021. The company has secured one of the UK’s largest 'Contract Caterers', with the potential to be worth £5 million a year. PGD points out that it has onboarded two multi-site independent chains, namely Granger & Co and Caravan to deliver sustainable produce. PGD will use the investment to grow its production on company-owned farms, grow purchasing opportunities with partner farms, and invest in people, training, and systems to improve sales, marketing, and operations.
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£502,167
Kaelo is a design company whose patented, 'Dry-cold chamber', is an open bottle host that can be integrated into premium interiors to serve drinks at the ideal temperature. The company states that its product requires no ice, water or maintenance, and uses as little power as a lightbulb. Kaelo points out that it has achieved rapid market acceptance with over 2300 unit sales to date, with almost no marketing spend. The company is now focused on high-end kitchens in the +£30,000 category. It estimates that out of the 4.5 million of these bought every year, 70% of customers would upgrade their kitchens with Kaelo's products. Kaelo currently has 125 kitchen showrooms that are selling its products in the UK with more distributors selling across Europe and the US. It will use the investment to launch the Kaelo brand for the first time, establish Kaelo in the kitchen market, and achieve the brand's goal of reaching 37,000 units by 2025.
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£845,260
Alphagreen is Europe's largest online marketplace for Cannabidiol (CBD) healthcare products listing over 150 brands and more than 2,500 products on its portal. It claims that it is backed by high-profile cannabis investors like Enexis, West Creek Investments, and others. It aspires to become the leader in the CBD market that is expected to be worth over £900 million in 2025 in the UK alone. Alphagreen aspires to build a trusted ecosystem for customers with Sleep, Pain and Anxiety problems, enable them to access alternative healthcare, and distribute medical cannabis from Q3 of 2021. The company has featured in Forbes, Business Insider, Prohibition Partners, The Financial Times, and The Grocer. It will use 31% of the investment for sales and marketing, 25% for team expansion, 16% for general corporate affairs, 15% for international expansion, and 13% for technology up-gradation.
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£2,039,375
Tamoco Limited are a provider of online data, creating actionable data and aggregating precise consumer location data. Tamoco provides brands with a method of understanding how audiences behave with speed and accuracy, and delivers an innovative content delivery platform for advertisers. The platform utilises precise location to present content relevant to its audience.
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£1,050,000
HUUB is a premium endurance sports apparel brand. Its products are used by Olympic gold medallists, 'IRONMAN' champions and amateur athletes. HUUB witnessed profits worth £4.8 million and an EBITDA of £420,000 in 2019. The company is a leading brand in the £60 million UK triathlon apparel & accessories market. HUBB is now targeting the US$5 billion global bike apparel market. It has built working relationships with noteworthy individuals such as former Olympian Greg Whyte and chef Gordon Ramsay. The company will use the investment to target all endurance sports through a combination of retail and distributor partnerships. It will also expand its Direct-To-Consumer (DTC) online business.
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£1,352,941
A secure digital platform that lets extended family members follow a pupil’s journey through their school yearsSocial networks are big business in the networked world that we live in today. Acknowledge Xc’s new online digital platform harnesses the power of existing school websites, enabling a pupil’s family members to follow their years at school.Having collaborated with top schools including Eton, Berkhamstead, Wellington College, Stowe School and Steiner Schools, Acknowledge is looking for investment to complete the build of its internet-based platform.As the platform is in the later stages of development, the company has already had a significant amount of collaborative input from schools and parents.Pupils jointly create profiles with their school, publishing videos, pictures and events relating to academic achievements and extra curriculum interests that could otherwise go unnoticed. Access is granted to extended family using secure methods, allowing these members to log in, view and even comment on a pupil’s activity. An additional feature of this platform is that each profile can be used to supplement a pupil’s academic CV and enhance applications for different schools. It acts as proof of past commitments and extra curricular activities and can support personal statements.The key market for Acknowledge is the independent schools sector in the UK which has around 500,000 pupils in 1200 schools. The company also has plans for expansion into overseas markets, and has estimated this market to contain around 3 million pupils – a figure which looks set to double by 2022. A revenue share scheme is in place to reward schools with a charitable donation and a referral fee is in place to reward those who help the model grow quickly. The first 10 founder schools will also receive more rewards.
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£29,800
Common Objective is a global B2B sourcing and information platform that rewards sustainable business through higher search rankings. The company aims at disrupting the $2trillion fashion industry as it has already used by 23k+ fashion professionals who work at leading brands and 1000’s of SME’s, from over 150 countries. The company’s online platform uses personalisation and matching technology to connect buyers with suppliers and provides them with targeted content and tools supporting best practice. The site is used by individuals and teams who work at world-leading brands backed by industry leaders including Roland Mouret, PDS Multinational, and Plexus Cotton.
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£462,260
Ember Snacks (ES) is a sustainable meat snack brand that aims to end factory farming in the meat industry. It works directly with farmers committed to using high welfare and regenerative practices to improve soil health and encourage wildlife on their farms. Since its launch in 2017, ES's products have been stocked in over 2,000 distribution points across the UK, including Sainsbury’s and Waitrose. It also argues that it is the most reviewed meat snack brand on Amazon across the UK and Europe, with nearly 4,000 reviews. The company asserts that its products are stocked in 200 Stonegate pubs, supported by field activation. It earned over £1.75 million in sales in 2020, won a medal at the Charcuterie Live Awards 2021, and received over 35 pieces of press coverage in 2021. ES states it will use the investment to discourage factory farming, build its team, grow distribution channels in major UK supermarkets, launch a campaign to highlight factory farming practices, reach out to new customers, and launch new products.
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£1,420,578
