Worth Retail consultancy has announced that it is on the hunt for new retail businesses & entrepreneurs in the UK and have teamed up with Seedrs, the UK’s leading crowd funding experts, to invest £200k in the top 3 businesses they find.

Worth is offering the winner up to £100,000 of investment plus £9,000 worth of mentoring and a pop-up shop at Shoreditch’s Boxpark for one month. Runners-up will receive up to £50,000 and £4,500 worth of mentoring from Worth.

Entrants must pitch to a judging panel including Worth’s own retail experts along with Roger Wade of Boxpark, Jeff Lynn of Seedrs and Michael Acton Smith of gaming company Mind Candy.
Paul Soanes said: “People complain the retail landscape is changing too fast, but with the right knowledge this presents a real opportunity. We want to find talented people with fire in their belly for retailing.”

To be eligible, retailers need to have been trading for no more than two years, have a turnover of less than £250,000.