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NOT A LIVE OFFER — DO NOT CIRCULATE — [CORRECTED 7 Aug 2026 — vault Active Status canon]
The Founding Circle is linked from the Tier 1 (no-NDA) Data Room and offers early-investor benefits against a £400K seed round at £1.60/share with a £25K minimum. That round is RETIRED. There is no Founding Circle to join, no floor price and no allocation. Soft commits £0 — David King confirmed NO, 29 Jun 2026.
Live position 7 Aug 2026: route = EU grants; EIC Accelerator ask LOCKED €1.5M grant-only (in writing 29 Jul 2026; ~€2.14M eligible cost, 70% rate, ~€0.64M own resources); Step 1 = September batch (4 Aug missed), cut-off TBC — do not state one. Entity LOCKED: Winemakers Rock Ltd (UK co. 15533364), PIC 863200479. Crowdcube ⏸️ ON HOLD, not dead (declined 3 Jun 2026, closed 9 Jun; resume bar ≈10k list + early revenue). EIS £250k assured; £400k uplift BLOCKED (HMRC rejected the email route 26 May 2026). Bottled Rebellion NOT released — pre-launch, gated on funding, so no investor experiences or allocations can be promised.
Never quote as live: £400k round · 20% equity · £1.6M pre / £2.0M post · £1.60/share · minimum investment £25,000 · £75,000 target · £250k secured · 12.5% Founding Circle discount · 5.6–11.3× · 14,501% ROI · £36.5M valuation · 42% carbon (WITHDRAWN) · ≤300g bottle (canon <450g) · 100% recycled glass (canon ≥70%) · £15.50 RRP (canon £16.00) · "Launch Q1 2026" / "March 2026" / "30 April 2026".
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10–12 people. £25K minimum. EIS-approved. Round open until the £400K target is reached. This is the only round at this price. The next one won't look like this.
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The Founding Circle is a deliberately small group of people backing Bottled Rebellion before the first bottle ships, before the press writes about it, before anyone else gets the chance.
You're not buying shares in a wine company. You're joining the people who built the rebellion from nothing — and you'll have the stories, the bottles, and the equity to prove it.
These aren't perks. They're things that can never be bought — only earned by being one of the first.
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The Founders' Cellar Your name. Your wine. A personalised annual allocation of Founding Circle Exclusive releases — not available to trade, not available to the public. Delivered to your door, every year, for life.
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Make Your Own Wine A real blend-and-label session with the winemaker and Downtown Creative. Not a corporate away day. You create something that gets bottled under your name and added to the catalogue.
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The Annual Rebellion Summit Once a year. One hidden location. No phones. No spectators. Day 1: barefoot blending. Night 1: the long table. Day 2: design the future. You don't attend — you participate.
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The Mark A signed barrel stave fragment, engraved with your Founding Circle number and year. Something that cannot be bought. Only earned. A permanent record of being one of the people who were here first.
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Plus: First Pour Rights on every release • Direct line to James • Board seat for Lead Investor • Investor Edition drops (10 people only)
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1. The price will never be this low again. £1.60/share at seed. Series A (projected ~18 months) at £5.6M–£8.4M pre-money. The same money buys 2.8–4.2× more equity today.
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2. EIS relief is immediate. 30% of your investment returned as income tax relief in Year 1 — before a single bottle reaches a shelf. On £25K, your effective cash at risk is £17,500. Maximum downside (total loss): ~£9,625 after all reliefs.
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3. There are only 10–12 seats. This is relationship-led. Once the round fills, it's closed. Places are strictly limited — once all 10–12 investors are in and the £400K target is reached, the round is closed. There is no second tranche at this valuation.
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You care about transparency, sustainability, and being part of something genuinely trying to change a £17.7 billion category.
You understand that the best returns come from being early — and that being early means the product is the plan, not the proof.