Stroli – the shopping trolley reimagined for modern needs. The shopping trolley, often associated with a particular image, is an untapped category ready for innovation. The market is flooded with generic, budget-friendly options that lack charm, with the exception of Rolser, which is pricier and claims the green niche. Stroli steps in as the go-to brand, offering a unique approach, positioning, voice, and eco-friendly credentials. Say goodbye to sore hands and plastic bags – Stroli makes shopping a pleasure with its high-quality, stylish trolley bags designed to enhance your convenience and style
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The Cannabis Oil Company is an ethically led UK-based company. It manufactures an extensive range of CBD products with its 30,000 square foot distribution of research facility. The Cannabis Oil Company determines the benefits of CBD and how its usage can help people. It strives to offer high-quality products to its consumers with unparalleled manufacturing standards and end-to-end traceability. It has already secured 100 Acres of arable land, and within the next two-years, TCOC will plant its first crop. The company is planning to invest in research and development with the support of medical professionals, and it will carry its own in-depth research into the benefits of CBD with problems such as anxiety, insomnia, IBS and more.
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£361,490
Ubiqutek is pioneering the use of electricity in the weed control market.
http://ubiqutek.com/
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£133,065
Jack’s Shack is an automotive conversion company that creates and sells bespoke campervans and custom trucks to match the dreams and specifications of its customers. The company earns its revenue by customising a customer's campervan or buying, converting, and selling a van to the next potential customers through retail partners. It is aiming to capitalise on the ‘staycation’ trend, with an estimated 83% of British holidaymakers stating they would prefer to holiday in the UK in 2021. Jack's Shack states it has grown annual revenues to £1.5 million+ in 2020. The company is also planning to introduce new custom designs to boost margins from 2021. It will use the investment to move to a bigger site, grow its team, create space to hold more vans at a given time, and generate faster revenues.
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£155,848
Nanusens is the manufacturer of small sensor chips that are mainly used in smartphones and earbuds. Its integrated circuits with built-in nano-sensors are reliable, better performing and have a lower cost. Nanusens' patent-pending technology uses an already existing standard manufacturing process known as CMOS, and do not have any mechanical moving parts inside, thereby creating more valuable space within the devices that can be used for other components. This company's first target is the mobile phone industry, which approximately sees 1.5 billion smartphones sold per year, then it has added another growing target market, earbuds. The earbuds are sold mainly by the same companies but require even smaller chips than currently available which Nanusens believe that it can do much better than its competitors along with providing for other future requirements.
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£557,290
Stasher is a company that operates an online platform facilitating luggage storage by connecting travelers with local hotels and shops. Available via their website and app, Stasher offers secure and affordable luggage storage options, benefiting both travelers and local businesses, with a mission to enhance travel experiences across a global network of over 600 cities and 75 countries.
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£568,864
Aardvark is a company that manufactures dry kibbles for dogs and cats using insects as the source of protein. It has partnered with VC backed insect farm NextProtein. The company claims that its products meet the nutritional needs of pets while creating a smaller environmental footprint than pet food that uses animal meat. It also asserts that insect protein is endorsed by the British Veterinary Association. The company has developed its kibbles to be grain-free, consist of seaweed and other natural ingredients with no fillers. The UK pet food market is poised to grow to £2.9 billion in 2020, and the company aims to be a sustainable manufacturer in this segment. The company requires investment to assist in manufacturing its first batch of pet food, help market its products to pet owners across the UK, and expand into Europe by 2021 and the U.S by 2024.
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£300,290
The British Snack Co makes quirky and original British snacks. The company's award-winning flavours and unique ranges of craft popcorn, crisps, and pork snacks have sold over 8 million bags to date. It aims to be a contender in the £3.2 billion UK snacks market. The company's products are stocked across major retailers like Waitrose, Ocado's, Morrisons, Borough Box, and Amazon, to name a few. Its craft pork scratching product, Awfully Posh, was the first pork snack ever to win a Great Taste Award. The company has been working with buyers in the hospitality industry to create joint marketing plans for after lockdown to rapidly grow its Out Of Home (OOH) sales. It will use 50% of the investment to grow its staff, 37.5% towards trade marketing, and 12.5% for New Product Development (NPD).
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£382,495
East London Liquor Company (ELLC) has been distilling, importing and serving gins, whiskies, vodkas, rums, and canned cocktails since 2014. ELLC asserts that off-trade gin sales hit US$8.4 billion in 2020 with UK seltzer sales expected to reach £75 million by 2023. It intends to become a contender in the aforementioned categories. ELLC has had a 600% Year-on-Year (YoY) increase to £206,000 in off-trade sales from 2019-2020 to 2020-2021. The company has partnered with the UNESCO world heritage site, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, to release its product, Kew Gin. It has also entered into the Ready-To-Drink and seltzer categories with its range of canned drinks, and onboarded retailers like Waitrose, Tesco, and Co-Op. The company will use the investment to grow its off-trade channels both in the UK and abroad, expand its Direct To Consumer (DTC) output, update its 'Brand Home' to attract more customers, and increase its whisky production to meet demand.
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£921,686
EcoPrams is aiming to change the childcare experiences by raising capital to launch and produce plans. It is multi-functional and forward-thinking stroller technology that combines safe swing-seat, toy, and shopping basket that are engineered to address the baby's and parent's needs. The company's unique baby products are raising funds to introduce their first EcoSwingi, pram-system, to address the problems that parents face every day. EcoPrams focus is to launch an internationally recognized brand for parents. It also has a Green Channel Patent which is granted for a storage solution. The company plans to produce its product in China by using position-marketing-plans and e-commerce through internet retail-outlets and independent stores.
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£36,890
