A Lancashire-headquartered liquid supplements specialist, which has secured almost £3m in funding over the last 14 months and seen sales treble, has launched a tech hub in London.

YourZooki has established a new team within WeWork’s 2 Eastbourne Terrace, Paddington, and is looking to create 20 new roles as it strengthens its inhouse tech capabilities and direct-to-consumer ecommerce platform.

It comes after online sales rocketed by over 430% since April 2020, with over 315% growth in YourZooki’s monthly subscription model, helping to treble revenues in 2020.

Major new contracts also supported this growth, with agreements with the likes of Boots and General Nutrition Centre (GNC) signed.

The new team will include data analysts, digital marketing specialists, web developers and customer success officers. Sophie Williams-Mollinga will be joining the Preston-headquartered family business as chief creative officer, from her role as customer experience lead at software services provider CSG.

To support YourZooki’s rapid growth, co-founders Marcus Mollinga and Jack Morrison have secured investment totalling £2.85m over the last 14 months, from the likes of Metro Bank (£1.6m), Investec (£950,000) and Lancashire County Council’s Rosebud Fund, managed by GC Business Finance (£300,000).

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This funding was used in part to open a new Blackpool facility in March 2020, after sales soared.

The brand currently has a presence in 49 countries, including Spain, the US and Canada.

Its ranges are stocked by the likes of Holland & Barrett, Harrods, and Selfridges, as well as John Bell & Croydon, the pharmacist to The Queen.

Mr Morrison said: "We’ve undergone exceptional growth over the last eighteen months, which has been driven in large part by online sales.

"Customers are increasingly coming to us directly through our ecommerce model, or via our stockist’s online retail channels, so it’s been important to build our digital and tech capabilities inhouse to support this.

"The new Paddington spot is the first office Marcus and I have set up outside of Lancashire since we founded the business, and our London hub which will be working closely alongside our Preston and Blackpool teams, as we grow the YourZooki family.

"Alongside our international growth, into North America and across Europe, this is a really exciting time for YourZooki, with new products, listings and contracts on the horizon.”