The London-based, speciality coffee house chain, Taylor St Baristas, is the latest company to raise money from the crowd using a Crowdcube Mini-Bond.
The Coffee Bond beat its £1.5m target, topping out at £1,864,000 and attracting 504 investors from Taylor St’s own customers as well as Crowdcube’s registered members.
Bondholders will receive 8% fixed rate interest per annum for the four year term of the bond, or can elect to have their dividend paid in coffee, in the form of store credit at the equivalent rate of 12% per annum.
Taylor St plans to double the size of its business in the next two years. A proportion of the money will be used to expand its barista training programme which is key to differentiating its cafes from the scores of neighbouring competitors.
And finally, there are plans to extend the brand through sales of Taylor St-branded coffee and merchandise in-store and online.
