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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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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Extended
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Agile Store Builder allows you create your very own worldwide network of multiple stores by country, language, domain and product. These are all collectively managed in one system. You can also create stores for partners and affiliates to sell your products on a commission basis.
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Expired
investment:
£261
Jewellery Discovery is a new online marketplace designed for luxury watches and jewellery. The company specialises in vintage and antique jewellery. It designs a wide range of unique and exceptional pieces available online. Each piece is authentic and checked by in-house specialists. Jewellery Discovery has more than 55,000 followers on Instagram. The company has been serving high-net-worth clients including Member of Parliament. Jewellery Discovery is seeking to drive a marketing campaign and expand its team.
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Expired
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£30,990
An artificially intelligent web-based app for stock market investors to potentially increase their returns. Butterwire's platform aims to solve three common challenges more than 1 million UK investors face: finding high-return opportunities, minimising risk and being aware of sudden market fluctuations.
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Monva is a financial technology platform that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to revolutionise the price comparison experience and personalise customer offers. It argues that only 38% of people in the UK trust Price Comparison Websites (PCWs) with the majority being wary of such entities. Monva aims to change that. Its AI Chatbot ‘Mo’ helps customers save time by suggesting search queries, highlighting key information to assist in making switching decisions, and providing alerts to new automated offers. The company has raised £625,000 in 2020 from DBW, Angels and crowdfunding sites. It was also overfunded by >200%. It aims to become a contender in the price comparison market valued at £2.8 billion. It will use the investment to continue building its smart comparison technology, secure commercial partnerships, and grow its marketing activity.
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Expired
investment:
£451,905
EMSOL is a collaborated, passionate, expert, professional business and local authority. It intelligently focuses on air pollution that needs to be urgently reduced. The company provides an IoT platform and sensor-based service to unlock environmental insights that enable permanent, feasible, and rapid change. EMSOL measures air and noise pollution by using the latest calibrated sensors with its clever mathematics it targets interventions to reduce pollution. The company's team is a range of committed, top-quality domain experts. The company is already working with fleet operators, local councils, and developers by generating data-led insights to act on the causes of transport pollution.
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Burleighs Gin is a company that aims to establish itself as the leader in the gin market. It is the official gin partner for entities such as Leicester City Football Club, Leicester Tigers RFC, and the King Richard III foundation. Burleighs plans to introduce a 'non-alcoholic gin' apart from its gin products. The company feels that this will allow Burleighs to enter into the rapidly rising 'low & no' growth sector, now valued at £60 million a year in the UK. It also intends to commission the production of a 'Ready to Drink Gin & Tonic' in a can, another growth market driven by the popularity of gin that is now worth £472 million a year. Burleighs has on-trade listings secured with Cosy Club, Loungers, All Bar One, and Miller & Carter. It has hosted consumer events during 2019 including; Picnic in the Gardens, World Gin Day festival and The Great Burleighs Express. Burleighs Gin has been featured in BBC Good Food Guide's 'Best Gins to try in 2019'. They will use 50% of the investment for new product development, 15% for distillery expansion, 15% for recruitment drives, 10% for export growth, and 10% as marketing expenses.
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Expired
investment:
£130,490
Avida Global (AG) is a Business-to-Business (B2B) producer of high-quality medicinal cannabis oils and derivatives for the global medical, well-being and cosmeceutical markets. The company has a cultivation and processing facility in North-East Colombia. It asserts that the therapeutic properties of the cannabis plant has driven 53 countries to legalise its use, with more to follow. AG seeks to capture this demand and become a contender in the medicinal cannabis market that is expected to soar from $33.1 billion to $84.0 billion by 2028. The company has received regulatory approvals for initial non-psychoactive cannabis cultivation, manufacturing, and export licences in 2019. It is working on a partnership with a medicinal cannabis prescriber through doctors and clinics for the supply of medicinal cannabis strains in the UK. The company will use 40% of the investment to drive revenue growth, 25% as capital expenses, and 35% as additional operating expenses.
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Expired
investment:
£1,646,249
Better Universal Grub (BUG) aspires to make edible insects mainstream and asserts that it is a sustainable and delicious superfood. BUG's argues that its recipe kits make it easy to cook tasty insect meals at home. It will initially sell its kits Direct-To-Consumer (DTC) and expand into retail and food services by 2022. The company averaged a 30%+ Month-on-Month (MoM) growth rate of meals that it sold during its beta testing. It aims to become a contender in the estimated £1.1 billion insect protein market across the UK. The company's recipes have been showcased by celebrity Chef Prue Leith. BUG has been featured in media entities like The Guardian, The Grocer and Business Insider. It will use the investment to scale the business and begin getting its tasty grub on dinner tables across the country
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Expired
investment:
£372,855
