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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£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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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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£276,580
Kindred is a social enterprise platform working with 25,000 brands and helping over 25,000 charities online through conscious consumption. It has built a browser extension and mobile app that allows consumers to shop online, get discounts, earn cash back and donate a percentage of that cash back to a chosen charity all on one single portal. The company asserts that charities are experiencing a 48% drop in donations in the wake of COVID-19. Since Kindred's launch in March 2020, customers have bought products worth over £3.3 million. The company aims to be a major contender in the social enterprise category. Kindred has raised over £470,000 for charity in 6 months. It has also raised a seed funding of £2.1 million in 2019. The company will use the investment to scale its operations.
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£406,816
Earth Broadband stands out as one of the UK's pioneering green broadband providers, revolutionizing the way people use broadband services for environmental good. Founded by Luke Chapman in 2022 after witnessing climate change effects in Indonesia, the company aims to reshape broadband services, offering wildlife-themed packages and facilitating monthly contributions to planet-saving initiatives. Using innovative AI technology, Earth Broadband enhances customer service while empowering users to contribute to environmental causes by planting trees and removing ocean plastic through their app. The company's strategy focuses on achieving large-scale impact with a small, efficient team, aiming to revolutionize broadband provision.
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£308,580
RheEnergise is an energy company that plans to transform pumped hydro technology and boost its capacity with its patented High-Density Hydro (HDH) technology. The company asserts that, by installing HDH on smaller hills and combining it with its HD Fluid R-19, businesses could produce 2.5 times the energy compared to low-density pumped-hydro. RheEnergise aims to install multiple HDH projects to meet the UK's growing energy needs. The company has agreements with entities like SSE, WelshPower, GreenCat Renewables and REG-Power. It is currently using its funding grants of ~£270,000 over the next nine months to build a defendable "Moat" of IP (Patents, Design and copyrights, know-how, and trade secrets) across six critical integrated sub-systems. The company will use the investment received to hire key personnel, progress patents, and accelerate its activities.
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£850,000
aterhaul converts harmful ocean plastic, specifically ghost gear, into high-quality eyewear and adventure-oriented products. With £2 million in revenue, notable collaborations, and praise from Sir David Attenborough, we're seeking funding to propel our next phase of growth, expand our reach, and increase our positive influence. Through recovering, recycling, and redesigning ghost gear into premium eyewear, we're turning waste into value while engaging a community through our recycled litter picking equipment to join us in our mission.
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£596,567
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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£722,468
Pawprint is a behavioural change platform that is on a mission to fight climate change. The platform allows people to measure, understand and reduce their carbon footprint, and fight ‘climate change’ by giving people bite-sized chunks to focus on. It aims to be the middleman, helping brands reach and understand their audience by offering these brands personalised challenges to help their reduce carbon footprint. The market for behavioural change platforms is slowly gaining solid traction with established brands such as Fitbit, Strava, and Calm. Pawprint aims to capitalise on this collective concern and deliver services that help mitigate those concerns.
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£352,440
Sonichem responds to climate and environmental demands by developing sustainable chemicals, excluding those derived from fossils or crops used for food. They utilize sawmill waste, transforming the typically discarded woodchips and sawdust into sugars, cellulose, and lignin, essential bio-based chemicals, through their patented and scalable eco-friendly process. Achieving an impressive ratio, they turn £1 of sawdust into nearly £8 worth of these sustainable chemicals. Positioned within the rapidly growing $17 billion bio-based chemicals market, their innovation addresses the rising need for sustainable alternatives in plastics, cosmetics, and various industries, positioning Sonichem at the forefront of the eco-friendly revolution.
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investment:
£1,232,585
