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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Celestial Labs is a drone display company that combines advanced technology with organic performance. The company's proprietary 'Skytheatre' display is a dynamic, safe and green alternative to carbon-intensive fireworks and represents a new frontier for the live event industry. Composed of a creative collective of award-winning filmmakers, musicians, developers, entrepreneurs, and storytellers, the company is constantly pushing the boundaries of drone display innovation, where technology meets imagination. The Human Support division of Celestial is a not-for-profit initiative that aims to lift the spirits of those who witness Celestial's displays whilst imparting crucial information. The company aims to enlist the support and guidance of city leadership partners, industrial conglomerates, and seek grant funding.
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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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Uni Compare is a cross-platform student to university marketplace that acts as an enabler for undergraduate, postgraduate and international students. The company is targeting a £35 billion+ course advisor market. It displays university statistics, student reviews, and personalised choices to help students decide which course to choose when applying to university. Uni Compare raised £250,000 from Seedrs in 2018 and has witnessed 189,143 student registrations till date. It is now working with more than 14 partnered universities to create a new product line suited to connect postgraduate students with universities that are offering postgraduate courses. Uni Compare will use the investment to open up new markets, invest in scaling current revenue streams, and supercharge the business to meet client demand.
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£248,476
Planks Clothing (PC) is a British clothing brand that creates eco-conscious outerwear for skiers. The company is an omnichannel brand that sells Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) via its website, through its Val d’Isère store and other retailers like ASOS, Surfdome, EVO, and Ellis Brigham. PC uses 'bluesign' approved fabrics and incorporates 'REPREVE' recycled yarns into 68% of its products having recycled 1.5 million waste plastic bottles. The company had a turnover of £1.85 million between May-June 2020. PC has a growing community of 27,000+ customers that are a part of its Grassroots Tour initiative. Its loyalty platform, 'The FUSS', allows the brand's best customers to complete missions, create content and become brand advocates. The company will use the investment to continue international DTC expansion by improving customer experience in target markets via website localisation and digital marketing and sustain Business-to-Business (B2B) growth via integrated marketplaces.
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£939,427
The Landsite is the UK's first online property portal that connects various entities within the property industry such as developers, legal services, insurance advisors and architects, to one another, simplifying the process of finding and buying a property. By registering with The Landsite, a business/professional can list their business as operating in a specific region of the country and appear against all property searches that take place in that same region. The user then needs to put in their postcode or address and can then access properties within that region, as well as, seek available professional guidance to zero in upon a potential purchase. The platform also has an insights page that aims to become a recruitment, training and educational hub for the property industry. The company will use the investment to grow its business across different verticals.
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BuyMeOnce is an online marketplace selling incredibly sustainable and long-lasting products. It is a novel mixture of review site and web-shop, using its criteria of craftsmanship, best materials, aftercare, ethics and independent reviews. BuyMeOnce's total addressable market is £404 billion across the UK and the US with a projected attainable market of £21 billion. By highlighting on durability and sustainability, BuyMeOnce is helping brands compete on quality. Till date, it has found and approved 2,000+ products that meet its standards. Its business model enables it to be unbiased where brands can't pay to be on BuyMeOnce. Furthermore, it is on a mission to reform throwaway consumerism and to reduce pollution, waste and CO2 emissions.
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£545,540
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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Expired
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£921,686
Evaclite manufactures dynamic exit signs designed to make buildings safer and save lives. The company argues that its products are 77% more visible than conventional exit signs and reduces congestion at exits by 36%. The company received the 2018 FIREX - Fire Innovation of the Year Award. It also won the Safety and Health Excellence (SHE) Award in 2019 and 2020. Evaclite counts companies like Apple, CBRE, BBC, Melia, and MetroBank amongst its clients. The company has inquiries from over a dozen countries globally with a 12-month sales opportunity pipeline of over £1.5 million. It will use 60% of the investment to build its sales team, 28% to boost its inbound marketing campaign, 7% to develop additional intellectual property, and 5% towards overhead and general costs.
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£148,736
A digital solution helping individuals get ahead by learning new life skills that hiring businesses are looking for. QDOOZ is helping those that are looking to build character qualities and skills that employers are seeking to bring into their business. The company will provide their services via an app, which will consist of videos, infographics and articles to assist members in improving themselves and succeeding in the interview process.
QDOOZ is aiming to partner with multiple Chartered Professional Membership organisations across the UK. This will potentially result in an initial audience of 1.5m users when launching the product. Furthermore, QDOOZ is also seeking to bring their services to 1.5m university students by arranging discussions with UCAS Media. Their monetisation strategy involves a monthly or annual premium membership that will offer additional content with no advertisements. A freemium membership will also be offered and QDOOZ will generate revenue via advertisements.
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Expired
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£575,225
