Notonthehighstreet

Notonthehighstreet.com is the leading curated online marketplace connecting the best small creative businesses, with the world. The brand has gained the trust and loyalty of its customers through offering an alternative to the High Street: a curated product selection with unique designs, high-quality craftsmanship and inspiring stories behind the people that make them. Customers choose to support small creative businesses and therefore contribute to building the great creative talent and community of artisans across the United Kingdom. Shopping with Notonthehighstreet.com is an opportunity for customers to be a conscious consumer, bringing human values back into retail and enabling the things they buy to say something about who they are. Founded in 2006 by Holly Tucker MBE and Sophie Cornish MBE, the brand has experienced exceptional growth with gross sales in 2014 reaching £127 million and delivering a compound growth rate of 135% since launch. Under the leadership of newly appointed CEO Simon Belsham, there is renewed energy and focus on building a brand that will captivate customers for decades to come by supporting Partners’ growth and innovation. With a team of over 200 at its headquarters in Silicon Upon Thames, South West London, Notonthehighstreet.com is backed by venture capitalists Venrex Investment Management, Index Ventures, 83North, Industry Ventures and Eight Road Ventures.

Darren Shapland

Chairman

1 past transactions

Chatterbox

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Chatterbox is a corporate language learning platform that connects professionals with native language coaches who share similar professional backgrounds and interests. The platform focuses on providing active language practice, allowing engineers to learn Arabic from fellow engineers and aid workers to study French with medical doctors. Chatterbox's coaches are often displaced professionals who are underutilized in the labor market. The platform utilizes artificial intelligence to enhance online tutoring in various languages, including Mandarin, Arabic, Spanish, and French, with the aim of improving communication and cultural intelligence among corporate clients. Chatterbox was co-founded by a former refugee and is supported by notable investors, including BGV, All Turtles, and WeWork.
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