An addiction recovery firm backed by ex-footballer Paul Merson is eyeing a six-figure funding boost.
Manchester-based Recoverlution is attempting to raise £280,000 through an investment campaign on Crowdcube.
To date, the company has secured of £132,700 after winning the backing of almost 40 investors.
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According to its Crowdcube page, the business is valued at £5m after launching in July last year.
Recoverlution was founded by Daniel Fincham, who also serves as its chief executive.
Mr Fincham said: "Recoverlution started as I entered my own personal recovery, a truly enlightening and life-changing experience.
"I realised that life doesn't end when you finally admit you're suffering from addiction, it starts.
"I found unquantifiable value in the connection and support from the recovery community.
"I noticed that recovery is pieced together with fragmented technologies and had no place to start or connect with what I needed to find.
"Having been passed around disconnected services, struggled to find meaningful content via Google, downloaded a bucket load of wellness apps and experienced disjointed online recovery I started Recoverlution. The home of online recovery."
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