Sponsored by Signature Brew
Signature Brew, winner of Brewery of the Year in 2018 & 2021, was founded by a brewer and a musician with one simple philosophy – brew beer that makes music better.
This USP has established Signature Brew as the UKs most exciting brewery with music centric venues and high st pubs alike listing their accessible award-winning beers. With national distribution at 400+ permanent stockists, the brewery is backed by a community of partner artists and venues, and has a £5.3M run rate for 2023.
Having pivoted effectively – pioneering the now legendary Pub In A Box – during COVID in order to continue growth in 2020 and 2021 Signature Brew is now raising funds to fuel their national and international expansion through a seminal period as they bid to increase revenue from £5m to £10m as quickly as possible ahead of a targeted exit in 2-3 years time.
With the support of eminent M&A expert consultants Arlington Capital Advisors Signature Brew are acutely aware that reaching £10m revenue is the milestone at which global brewers look to acquire fast growing breweries. Doing so at the fastest growth rate possible is critical to achieving the exit valuation target of ~£75m.
Signature Brews development since inception has been supported by genuine association and collaboration with some of the biggest and best musicians in the world. They’ve collaborated with more bands than any one other brewery and their strategy going forward is underpinned by their Community of artists and utilising over a decade of being the go to brewery for bands and musicians.
Signature Brew has a state-of-the-art brewery in East London – complete with an iconic live music venue – where they’re brewing fresh, award-winning beer week-in and week-out and passionately supporting grassroots music at the same time. The brewery has been designed for quality and growth. High tech equipment such as Reverse Osmosis, Centrifuge and a fully automated brewhouse ensure perfect consistency in the product and the size of the vessels has ensured there’s ample headroom in the brewery’s production capacity.
Some of Signature Brews most significant accomplishments to date include:
- Creating more than 60 collaboration brews with international bands and musicians. Including; alt-J, Idles, The Skints, Big Joanie, Hot Chip, Darkness, Sports Team, Mastodon, Hospital Records, Mogwai, Frank Turner and Heriot.
- Created venues that are the place to be. Recent highlights include Skrillex, Tony Hawk, Tinchy Stryder, Steve Harris (Iron Maiden), Kate Nash and Aisling Bea all turn up for a pint or jump on stage!
- Artists don’t just support via collaborations and performances many have invested in Signature Brew and are passionate about the growth of the brewery.
- The legendary Pub In A Box was launched in the first lockdown in 2020. Signature Brew hired out of work musicians to help deliver the packages and the altruistic pivot during COVID gained press coverage from the likes of BBC News, Sky News, LadBible, GQ, Esquire, The Guardian and Rolling Stone.
- When lockdown was lifted in 2021 they helped independent venues all over the UK get trading again via their Beer Grants campaign that saw Signature Brew give away £250k of beer.
- They work with some of the best music venues in the country such as Rough Trade, Strongroom, Bush Hall and The British Music Experience.
- All core beers have won Great Taste Awards as well as many regional and national brewing industry awards.
- They support great music charities such as Music Venues Trust and Backup Tech.
- And finally the brewery has a proud commitment to sustainability and leaving footprints on the festival field, not on the planet via a suite of green initiatives and efficient production methods
So this is your chance to join the likes of Robbie Williams, The Prodigy, Enter Shikari and Alt-J in investing in Signature Brew, a brewery with generational growth potential and a clear exit strategy.
