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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Plerith works with high growth start-ups and scaling companies to plan for and deliver growth. The company asserts that it helps companies promote their business to potential funders, through its network of angel and venture capital investors depending on the stage and sector of the said business. Plerith is partnering with Newable and Bristol Private Equity Club to deliver the fund in the South West London (SWL) area and identify and invest in the most exciting high growth companies in the region. Plerith argues that its deep knowledge of fundraising, sales, strategy, finance and technology would help SWL businesses flourish. Plerith aims to provide investors access to the highest quality local companies in the SWL region.
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Stretch
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Studio Pictures Ltd is a UK-based film and TV production company founded by producers Adam Rolston and David Braithwaite in 2019. Specializing in creating high-quality British entertainment content, the company focuses on adapting books to screen and telling unique true-life stories that entertain and inspire both domestic and international audiences. With successful productions like "A Street Cat Named Bob," the company is building a strong brand and reputation in the industry. Studio Pictures has access to top creative talent and collaborates with major studios like Warner Bros, Sony Pictures, Lionsgate, and Studio Canal. The company is located at Twickenham Studios in Richmond, UK.
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12
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Hawkens Gingerbread is a bakery that makes gingerbread products that are diverse, rich in heritage, delicious, and high in quality. It has spent three years in a start-up phase and now targets a three-year phase of stage one growth. Currently, its facility can bake up to 80,000 units of gingerbread each month. Since 2017, it is consistently producing a 65% average gross profit margin across its B2C and B2B markets. This company has been growing for three years, and in the financial year 2019, its revenue grew 108% to £43k (£25k profit). Its online sales are displaying a strong flow in the upwards direction. Fund raised will enable it to get in front of a much wider audience and bring the necessary skills into the business.
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Expired
investment:
£67,110
The Brook is a plant-based food business that has been making plant-based eating accessible and enjoyable for a flexitarian, environmentally-conscious generation. The company has raised over £400,000 to date and, has launched an eCommerce platform that allows customers to avail ‘build-a-box’ subscriptions as well as single purchases. The company saw its online orders increasing by nine times during the COVID-19 lockdown. It was shortlisted at the Future Food Awards 2019, Great British Food Awards 2019, and World Food Innovation Awards 2019, to name a few. It has also secured listings with retail partners such as Co-op, Dobbie’s, and Fenwick. The company has appeared in publications like the Independent, Metro and The Times. The Brook will use 40% of the investment to hire staff, 40% to promote marketing, and 20% to accelerate web development.
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Expired
investment:
£359,830
With new MiFID II regulations introduced in January, Hiddensee provides independent investment research mainly on forensic accounting and corporate governance. Analysts will search for inconsistencies and anomalies in the valuation of UK listed mid-cap and smaller companies and publish their reports to assist investors in deciding whether to buy or sell shares.
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Expired
investment:
£143,097
The Wine List (WL) gives confidence to wine lovers through a home wine course. The company argues that 20% of the UK's wine drinkers fall into a cohort that is actively engaged, spend at the higher end of the market, and frequently drink from a variety of sources. But less than 20,000 people don't have the requisite knowledge about different wine styles and tastes. WL aims to change this scenario by offering a home wine course to customers where alongside their wine lessons, they also get two bottles of wine to practice their skills on. The company has shipped 20,000+ bottles of wine and witnessed revenues of £298,000 in April-October 2020. WL is also building a digital content platform that will offer best in class video lessons, with learning quizzes to reinforce knowledge. The company has featured in Metro, Evening Standard, and Courier. It will use the investment to increase content production, wine delivery and scale into 2021.
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Expired
investment:
£505,494
Market Porter is a food-tech platform connecting independant food producers, such as butchers and farm shops, with the consumers. The company are the only food-tech platform which work on a national scale instead of just locally. They source out the best small scale producers with top quality and taste, all delivered straight to your door.
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Expired
investment:
£885,000
Smartlands is a blockchain-based digital finance and investment ecosystem. It allows asset owners to turn an ownership right to a share of any asset, into a tradable digital token attributing it almost unlimited liquidity. In the UK, Smartlands is the first platform for crowdfunding investments that allows investors to use digital currencies alongside fiat currencies to raise capital. The platform boasts of a 16,000 strong community following with over 11,000 wallets opened since its inception. It has a reputed list of partners including Colliers International, CMS, Archax, UK Sotheby’s, and many more. They have been awarded the 'Best Crowdfunding Platform' at the 2020 FinTech Breakthrough Awards and have been featured in Yahoo Finance, Forbes, Coindesk, Benzinga, and Investors Chronicle to name a few. With the investment, the company will grow its internal engineering team and obtain the necessary licenses to move its business forward across Europe.
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Expired
investment:
£379,183
Primordial Radio is an interactive digital service catering to the metal and the UK rock community with 24/7 podcasts, radio programming, video, and events. It is a lively community that value the intimacy of personal communication above that of any intuitive algorithm. Primordial Radio is commercial free and solely devoted to protecting, improving, and promoting the needs and wants of the people within the UK rock and the metal community. Additionally, it is generating revenue from its four main sources: Membership, Merchandise, Events, and Partnerships/Promotions. The raised proceeds will be split into three parts: 70% Marketing, 20% Technology Development, and 10% Running Costs.
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Expired
investment:
£140,527
