Yolk, also known as In One Basket Limited, is a pioneering company revolutionizing the food and coffee experience for people on the move. They provide high-quality sandwiches, salads, and improved breakfast options without the premium cost, boasting five successful locations in London and three upcoming openings in the second half of 2023
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TBC
investment:
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ePOS Hybrid has developed a fully connected ePOS platform dedicated to the hospitality food industry. The company is on a mission to empower hospitality businesses to harness technology to improve the business operations, customer experience and profitability. Till now, they have secured an enterprise customer with locations throughout the UK and, in just 8 months, scaled from 0 to 200 customers, processing more than 400k orders. With the proceeds, the company plans to accelerate growth by increasing its market awareness and boosting sales.
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Expired
investment:
£363,830
Vivobarefoot is a shoe company that has been profitable for the last 2 years and is growing rapidly at 30% year on year. They offer a variety of different styled shoes from Off Road, Exercise, Everyday & Kids. Vivobarefoot have developed an ultra-thin puncture resistant sole that they have protected with a patent.
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Expired
investment:
£1,308,850
A sourdough pizzeria, with currently two locations and plans to open three more in 2019. Three Joes is situated in Hampshire and Winchester, their gross sales have exceeded £35k per week in December 2018 and the company has achieved a 95% rating on TripAdvisor.
In the same way barista coffee has overtaken instant coffee, Three Joes intends to replicate this success with their freshly baked wood-fired sourdough replacing conventional pizza chain pizzas. Three Joes is already in advanced discussions with landlords regarding locations for more restaurants in footfall areas.
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Expired
investment:
£510,250
Delivering flower bouquets directly to a person's home via an app. flower Chef has recently test-launched their service in central London and attracted 4.5k users to the platform whilst already selling 750 bouquets within one month. Flower Chef aims to deliver a fresh bouquet of flowers in just a few hours after an order is placed. Their analytics showed that 64% of their users were female and 74% were under the age of 35.
The company expects to fully launch their business within one week after the funding round is completed. In addition, they are currently planning to expand the business to the rest of the UK and Europe.
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Expired
investment:
£49,440
Kipferl started life more than 10 years ago as a delicatessen shop with the ambition to bring Viennese food culture to London, offering traditional and high quality cakes, sausages, Viennese coffee varieties and Austrian staples. As Kipferl quickly gained its reputation, it decided to close its small cafe and open a proper Viennese coffeehouse and kitchen instead to meet the higher demand for its products.
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Expired
investment:
£125,386
Spacecot have used smart engineering from the space industry with patented satellite folding technology to create the easiest and lightest full sized travel cot. It has already been stocked by major UK retailers and is made by 'a little bit brilliant', which is backed by the founder of New Look and the Ex-CEO of Mothercare.
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Expired
investment:
£331,235
EeBriaTrade is a craft beer, cider and other drinks distributor, representing over 500 top breweries from across the UK and abroad. EeBria adopts a unique B2B marketplace model where, unlike other conventional distributors, the operation is entirely online. Since its launch in 2015, EeBria has witnessed strong growth in the UK with over 100% YoY growth in 2018, c.200% in 2017 and c.600% in 2016, and total sales of over £6.2m. It is raising funds to make its business global and planning to launch in at least eight new countries in 2019. EeBriaTrade is expected to see even faster growth in 2019 due to progress with Pub Chains, and because of new deals signed at the end of 2018 with Costcutter (1,700 stores) and NISA (2,000 stores).
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Expired
investment:
£235,780
Peckwater Brands (PB) is a company engaged in the growing cloud kitchen/delivery business that runs virtual restaurant brands from the kitchens of existing restaurants. It argues that restaurants need to pay high street rents and staff wages no matter how many diners visit. Nearly 5,000 restaurants have closed in the UK since 2015 due to not being able to fulfil these tasks. PB aims to change this scenario. It helps restaurant partners use their existing staff and kitchen capacity better, and help keep struggling businesses running. The company received more than 10,000 customer orders through Deliveroo and Uber Eats. It witnessed more than £250,000 in customer sales since June 2020 and is spread across London, Manchester, Leeds, and Coventry. PB has launched four brands with four more in the pipeline. It will use the investment to get more partners, launch more brands, and acquire more customers.
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Expired
investment:
£232,208
NoshyCircle intends to disrupt the £8.5 billion UK takeaway market by offering healthy home-cooked meals with ingredients and their nutritional value clearly displayed on deliveries. Consumers can use the app to order their meals prepared by cooks in their neighbourhood. NoshyCircle ensures that the cooks are registered with their local council having a food hygiene rating of three or above. The company also strives to make sure that all its deliveries arrive in an eco-friendly packaging and delivery solution. NoshyCircle enables anyone passionate about cooking to register themselves as cooks and start their virtual kitchen. It currently has 20 such people on its platform. NoshyCircle will use the funds to scale its presence to the rest of London by the end of 2021 and expand its social media presence to attract more consumers to grow its business.
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Expired
investment:
£91,424
