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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GoPower offers comprehensive portable solar energy solutions, designed to save you money and reduce your environmental impact. Their user-friendly solar panels eliminate the need for complex installations, allowing easy setup anywhere. Their portable solar power stations, providing up to 1000w/1280WH at 240v, are perfect for various applications such as home offices, garden rooms, boats, events, and more. With multiple output sockets and versatile charging options including solar panels and mains electricity, GoPower provides a greener and cost-effective energy alternative.
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Extended
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£10,000
Rype addresses the dilemma of choosing between expensive or low-quality office furniture that contributes to carbon emissions and waste. By remanufacturing high-quality used office furniture, Rype offers cost-effective solutions with 80% lower carbon emissions and waste, while creating local jobs. Their mission is to significantly reduce office carbon emissions and costs through sustainable, circular economy practices, including exclusive furniture ranges made from waste materials. Rype's comprehensive services encompass furniture sourcing, remanufacturing, and employing marginalized individuals, contributing to a more environmentally friendly and socially responsible approach to office furnishings.
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Drop Bear Beer Co. aims in disrupting and exciting the alcohol-free beer market. It is the only female-run alcohol-free craft beer company. Drop Bear Beer Co.'s May 2019 launch was a success as it experienced sales of 3000 units in one month. The company is a winner of the Wales Start-Up of the Year Awards 2019. With the proceeds, Drop Bear Beer Co. will finalise core range within 12 months, scale-up production, make range available in cans, and arrange a large brand-building campaign.
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Expired
investment:
£172,570
Yumbles is a leading UK online marketplace for artisan food. It currently connects over 600 independent food makers directly with consumers. The company is targeting the UK’s estimated £10bn+ UK Speciality Food & Drink market, having seen £1m+ sales in the last 12 months resulting in £400k+ revenue.
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Expired
investment:
£262,080
Northern Monk is a brewery. They started from their family home using other peoples breweries across Yorkshire and selling at farmers markets. In 2014 they found and restored a grade 2 listed building and turned it into a brewery, tap room and arts/events space and have added a second brewery close by. The investment will help them triple their capacity with 8 new 10,000 litre fermentation vessels and make production quicker, more efficient and reduce down time and waste with a new packaging line.
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Expired
investment:
£1,482,740
Taster is a collection of online restaurants dedicated to bringing the best street food to users. The company says that it has launched five highly successful digital restaurant brands with chefs and food personalities, is available in 11 cities across the UK, France and Spain, and has onboarded over 20 partners. Taster's revenue grew 110% to €10.5 million in 2020 alone where it delivered over 1 million meals. The company has raised $50 million to date from investors such as Battery Ventures, Octopus Ventures Rakuten, LocalGlobe (Latitude) and Heartcore Capital. It claims that Taster brands hold the third-largest market share on Deliveroo in Paris. It will use the investment to increase Taster’s presence across the UK, France and Spain, drive expansion into new cities, support the launch of two new consumer brands in 2021, and take the company globally by signing up with more through more restaurants brands.
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Expired
investment:
£592,079
Belluscura aims at attending millions of people worldwide who are suffering from chronic lung diseases by providing them with the X-PLOR, portable, a lightweight, oxygen delivery device. It has developed it mainly to improve both the mobility and the life quality of the patients suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease globally. It also has an exclusive license to a patented portable oxygen concentrator, the X-PLOR, that supplies 96% pure oxygen to patients 24/7. It's X-PLOR weights only 1.4kg and is 33% lighter, and provides 37% more oxygen per kg than its leading opponents. As smoke, pollution, and lives increase, the oxygen market will continue to grow from £1.1bn to £1.9bn by 2024. So, according to its market research, a 3% market share within 3 years could generate £46m in sales. With the funds raised, it is planning to extend its proprietary oxygen platform technology into other multi £bn markets such as wound care and sleep. Furthermore, it has filed patents on a next-generation portable artificial lung.
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Expired
investment:
£543,670
SpiceBox is an award-winning 100% vegan curry house brand. The brand blends the traditional Indian recipes with curry house favourites. It is ready to open SpiceBox #2! It has won the best takeaway at the London Curry Awards. 85% of the proceeds will be acquired in building its second curry house, 10% in retail R&D, and 5% in working capital/cash flow requirements.
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Expired
investment:
£361,564
Natural Nutrients aims to supply the market with clean natural and transparent nutritional products. They have created a brand with a single quality ethos across the entire range. The UK supplement industry is worth £400m and is growing year on year, as a result there is a demand for clean nutritional products. Natural Nutrients are looking to be a household name for cleaner sports nutrition products.
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Expired
investment:
£115,710
