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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Polydone is a project management platform to help tech companies plan and manage tasks, projects and people. The platform is easy to use and uses automation, artificial intelligence and machine learning to help businesses plan timelines and obtain accurate estimates - helping businesses to avoid human error by 90%. Polydone currently caters for tech companies of up to 50 people but will be expanding to other sectors and larger teams in the future.
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investment:
£128,106
Good Sixty is an online platform where you can find and buy the best independent food from artisans, retailers and producers. Their vision is to enable people to buy great local food from independent retailers. Good Sixty are looking to expand into London, Bath and Cardiff in 2018.
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£188,650
Gustare Honey are aiming to change the way honey tastes by introducing their range of single sourse monofloral premium raw honey, each of which tastes different. Gustare Honey currently come in 4 different varieties; Delicate, Mild, Rich and Strong.
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investment:
£9,330
Simply rounding up the value of online purchases to the nearest pound and enabling users to save money into a digital wallet. Wishwallet aims to solve the problem of online shopping trolley abandonment, whereby consumers tend to leave products in their online baskets, but not continue to the checkout stage. The company aims to reduce this issue, whilst at the same time allowing customers to afford products and services they not have been able to before.
Wishwallet's revenue stream is comprised of service fees to retailers, advertisements, recurring subscriptions and data. The company aims to launch their service with access to more than 1,500 retailers. They have already completed Phase 1 of their app development cycle and following this investment round, they aim to complete their product to be ready to launch in early 2019. Any additional contributions will be used for marketing campaigns, key hires and future app upgrades.
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Expired
investment:
£122,140
Extra Virgin Avocado Oil for those that live busy lifestyles but enjoy healthy snacking. South Press Co's avocado oil is cold-pressed and derived from the high-grade African avocados. Their oil is available in more than 500 Tesco stores and is sold on Amazon. Since launching in 2016, more than 375,000 bottles have been sold to date.
The company is now expanding their business and using their oil in crisps products, dubbed LENTILPOPS®, the first crisps brand in the UK to be made using avocado oil. This new range will contain 60% less fat compared with competing products and will be vegan and gluten, soy and lactose-free. South Press Co will also be launching their brand in the US via an e-commerce platform in January 2019, with distribution to physical retailers by the summer.
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Expired
investment:
£158,530
Currently, the self-employed have fewer admissions to financial services than their employed counterparts do. Hatch aims to give sole traders free-to-use access to real-time credit scores that will allow lenders to make more informed decisions when invoice funding. The company also offers digitising of tax files, one of the most time-consuming admin burdens. Revenue is generated via affiliate fees to those who wish to introduce and facilitate Hatch on their platforms. A beta for 5k users will be launching soon, with half the slots already filled.
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Expired
investment:
£115,000
Currently we manufacture, market, sell and distribute consistently high quality ales in South East Dorset. Our portfolio contains a diverse range of 8 ales, one of which won a silver medal at the "2015 International Brewing Awards." The company branding is very strong and facilitates sales of the product and high value merchandise. Voted best new business 2014 in Dorset Magazine's Food, Drink and Farming Awards. Temporarily brewing in spare capacity at Lyme Regis Brewery.
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Expired
investment:
£149,634
Nimbli is a London-based Fintech company which is promoting financial inclusion in East Africa by using innovative technology. It is currently working in strategic partnership with a Major African Bank to launch its mobile application in 1Q 2019. Through its mobile application, Nimbli will provide better financial services to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and help in reducing the number of people who don’t have credit access to zero.
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Expired
investment:
£65,670
A financial management software application for consumers to view everything from credit files and bank accounts, to vouchers and cashbacks. Score Genius aims to launch an Alpha version of their product at the end of 2018, with a public release planned for March 2019. The service will offer users the ability to monitor their credit files and perform transactions on their bank accounts and credits, as Open Banking will be integrated into the platform.
Score Genius is near completion of negotiations with large technological partners. Investments will used to market the platform and further develop features and functions, ready for the public release in 2019. Revenue streams will be comprised of advertisements, redeeming vouchers and users looking to switch their energy.
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Expired
investment:
£144,920
