GoPower offers comprehensive portable solar energy solutions, designed to save you money and reduce your environmental impact. Their user-friendly solar panels eliminate the need for complex installations, allowing easy setup anywhere. Their portable solar power stations, providing up to 1000w/1280WH at 240v, are perfect for various applications such as home offices, garden rooms, boats, events, and more. With multiple output sockets and versatile charging options including solar panels and mains electricity, GoPower provides a greener and cost-effective energy alternative.
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Extended
investment:
£10,000
Rype addresses the dilemma of choosing between expensive or low-quality office furniture that contributes to carbon emissions and waste. By remanufacturing high-quality used office furniture, Rype offers cost-effective solutions with 80% lower carbon emissions and waste, while creating local jobs. Their mission is to significantly reduce office carbon emissions and costs through sustainable, circular economy practices, including exclusive furniture ranges made from waste materials. Rype's comprehensive services encompass furniture sourcing, remanufacturing, and employing marginalized individuals, contributing to a more environmentally friendly and socially responsible approach to office furnishings.
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Harvest London has produced a moving hydroponic and vertical and farm in London. It has connected a wide understanding of agriculture and technology and built a creative business. The company has created relationships with London's top chefs and restaurants and are working on the expansion. The company is planning to use the funds for miscellaneous expenses, operations and technology.
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Expired
investment:
£402,060
Carbon Gold (CG) is an organic biochar producer and retailer. It claims that its products can replace harmful pesticides, last longer, and lock away CO2. The company's sales increased by 253% from £77,000 to £272,000 in 2020 with sales in 17 countries worldwide. CG's organic products employ biochar, a type of charcoal made from sustainably sourced materials. CG further enriches it with multiple strains of fungi, bacteria and minerals, that support healthy soil biology. The company is partnering with the Woodland Trust, is certified by the Soil Association, and is also a certified B Corp. The company will use the investment to boost its marketing, international development, and manufacturing.
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Expired
investment:
£722,468
Square Mile Farms (SMF) is a company that installs innovative and productive vertical farms in a workplace to engage employees and help businesses create a culture of healthy, low-impact living. Its 'Office Farming' model creates green spaces for engagement and collaboration. In 2019, it was invited to build a vertical farm in Paddington Central by British Land, one of UK’s largest landowners. The setup now acts as a hub for the company's office farm installations and a base from which it can conduct Research and Development (R&D). SMF's customers include Grosvenor Group Limited and Vodafone. Moreover, the company has been covered by media platforms such as BBC One and BBC Radio. It will use 45% of the investment for sales and business development, 15% for design and technology up-gradation, 15% for raising its profile and increasing brand awareness, and 25% for operations.
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Expired
investment:
£504,118
Ripple is a clean energy ownership platform that allows consumers to own a small part of a large scale wind farm and have the clean electricity it generates supplied to their home via the grid. The company makes clean energy ownership affordable for people who rent or live in flats or plan to move home in the future, as well as those that find the £4000-8,000 cost of installing solar panels beyond their budgets. Ripple has been selected to take part in Free Electrons 2020, the global utility start-up program which will enable it to pilot its ownership model outside the UK. The company was awarded the 2019 'Startup of the Year Award' by Seedrs and BusinessGreen technology awards. Ripple is also in talks with Centrica (owner of British Gas, UK's largest utility) about a supply partnership covering household and business customers. They are looking to use the investment on: 27% of it on legal and transaction costs for follow on projects, 25% to develop pilot projects outside the UK, 22% on business costs, 16% on building applications and website management, and 10% on marketing and new product offerings.
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Expired
investment:
£331,220
Marine Power Systems (MPS) is an innovative renewable energy company specializing in modular floating offshore wind technology, well-positioned to capitalize on the expanding worldwide potential of generating wind energy from advanced floating platforms. They have established revenue-generating agreements and secured significant grant funding, enabling them to further expand their team, enhance their customer pipeline, and undertake new commercial projects.
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Expired
investment:
£2,880,994
Riversimple’s purpose it to pursue systemically the elimination of the environmental impact of personal transport. They manufacture and develop environmentally friendly, clean, safe and fun hydrogen cars. Their business model of a "sale of service contract" will mean they never sell a car and customers will have a contract of 1-3 years to include the cover of insurance and fuel. They plan to trial 20 Rasa cars over 12 months in Monmouthshire and are crowdfunding to raise funds towards the build of 10 Beta cars.
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Expired
investment:
£1,101,348
Delivering safe and clean drinking water by using nanotechnology to produce eco-friendly and recyclable filters. Water to Go has developed a portable 750ml filter that is equivalent to using more than 400 water bottles designed for single-use and made from plastic.
Water to Go's technology has been tested in multiple laboratories across the globe and the company has planned to integrate their product into more applications. Their filter initially launched on Amazon.com and is currently available in over 50 countries worldwide. Clients include Boots, Millets, Go Outdoors and Blacks amongst others. Repeat sales of the filter is currently the main source of revenue.
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Expired
investment:
£276,580
RootWave is a company that employs electricity to eliminate weeds, providing a sustainable alternative to chemical herbicides for the sake of human health, the environment, and future food production. With global regulators curbing chemical herbicide use due to safety and resistance issues and manufacturers retreating from unprofitable markets due to legal costs, RootWave's patented technology offers improved weed control at a reduced expense compared to herbicides. This approach not only safeguards health but also aids in the ecological restoration of soil, water, and biodiversity, contributing to carbon capture through healthier soils.
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Expired
investment:
£1,295,810
