Fundraising
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NewsAll Things secures £3.6m as cottage cheese demand soars
Specialist wellness and lifestyle investment firm The Equity Studio led the £3.6m round, with support from Access Industries and Active Partners, as well as other existing backers
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News£80m raise makes Eka UK’s largest early-stage VC for health
The firm’s oversubscribed second fund will invest in up to 30 UK startups in the seed and pre-seed stages
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NewsOxbury secures £10m loan from British Business Bank
Specialist agricultural lender Oxbury has secured a further £10m tier-two loan from the British Business Bank, building on a £25m facility agreed in 2022
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NewsFiid relaunch positions ready meal brand for growth
The Irish business will roll out its ‘vibrant, bold, new visual identity’ across Ireland and the UK, alongside improved recipes across its full range of microwavable pouches
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NewsClean Food Group secures £4.5m to scale sustainable oils factory
It follows the purchase of the factory and 12-acre site in Knowsley in September, which gave the company a fermentation capacity of one million litres
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NewsFroot Pops ready for growth with backing from Justin King and Giles Brook
Founded in 2024, Froot Pops is already stocked nationwide in Morrisons and available on Ocado, alongside Selfridges, GoPuff, Zapp and 200-plus independents
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NewsFermtech raises £2.5m for ‘pioneering’ sustainable cocoa alternative
Using centuries-old solid-state fermentation, Fermtech has developed a process to break down normally indigestible parts of the cocoa plant into ‘soft, nutritious ingredients’ that preserve the cocoa flavour
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NewsCornish distiller Tarquin’s seeks £1m to fuel US growth
The brand has turned to the crowd for the first time
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NewsFunctional fungi innovator Dirtea tops Fast 50 list of food & drink brands
Functional fungi supplement brand Dirtea has topped a list of the UK’s fastest-growing food and drink brands, pipping 2024’s winner Trip to the top spot
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NewsFaux fromage leader Jay&Joy wins £1.7m investment for growth
Targeting international growth under the Jay&Joy brand, the group will also push for a ‘significant acceleration’ of its French brand Les Nouveaux Affineurs’ supermarket distribution
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NewsThe Truffle Guys breezes past £150k crowdfunder goal
The company offers products including truffle oils, mayonnaise, pasta sauce, mustard, and truffle slices and dust
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NewsTonic Health early investors get return
Supplements challenger Tonic Health has completed a £250k secondary share sale to give early backers a return on their investment
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NewsMission closes six-figure raise to back rapid growth
The business plans to put the latest funding into scaling customer acquisition and expanding product development, including growing its range of functional powdered superblend drinks, including recently launched Matcha Superblend and Sleep Superblend
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NewsLiving Things lands investment from European spring water supplier Spadel Group
Neither party disclosed the amount invested by Spadel Group, or the size of its ticket
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NewsSpoon rolls out Wildfarmed co-branded regenerative granola and secures seven-figure funding
The innovation follows a shift to a vertically integrated model as the brand opened its first factory after securing a seven-figure investment of more than £1.5m
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NewsInternational Taste Solutions expands capacity with banking support
The expansion is set to increase capacity of liquid and powdered flavours by more than 20 times at the new site
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NewsCapital Croissant secures £1.5m funding package as it scales up
The company makes ready-to-bake French breakfast pastries, such as croissants and pain au chocolat, without the use of additives
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NewsShellworks raises £11m to scale eco plastic packaging alternative
Founded in 2019, London-based Shellworks develops and manufactures Vivomer, a bio-based material made using microbes to ferment second generation feedstocks, such as used cooking oil
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NewsDot Dot Bubble Tea ready to take east Asian drink mainstream with JamJar backing
Founder Yan Ying, who appeared on the BBC’s Dragons’ Den last year, created the UK’s first ready-to-drink bubble tea when she launched the business in 2023
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NewsAI pioneer Zest seeks £1m for mission against food waste
AI-powered food waste pioneer Zest has opened a £1m fundraiser to develop its boutique model into a software-as-a-service (SaaS) business