All Fundraising articles – Page 17
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NewsOlly’s brings in more than £1m from the crowd to support supermarket listings
Founded by Olly Hiscocks in 2016, the business recently launched into Asda, Tesco and Holland & Barrett, adding to listings with Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Waitrose, Co-op, Whole Foods and Boots.
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NewsHackney Gelato to increase marketing investment after hitting £600k crowd target
It has so far raised £667k from more than 312 backers on the Crowdcube platform, with the campaign valuing the challenger at £10m.
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NewsVegan ready meal brand The Brook closes after ‘challenging’ six months
In a recent LinkedIn post, CEO Thea Brook wrote that the business had ‘battled hard through one economic crisis after another’ since its launch in 2019
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NewsBestway raises $2.3m for Pakistan flooding victims
Money will build homes or shelters for 5,000 families, provide water for more than 100,000 individuals, and deliver food and medical supplies to over 20,000 people
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NewsSpreads and cereals brand Rogue enters insolvency after losing Asda listings
Rogue’s founder Asher Flowers said the fmcg industry needed to ‘really level the playing field of what access there is to investment in black-owned business’
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy vegan chocolate is attracting the big bucks
For evidence of the popularity of vegan chocolate, just look at its fundraising efforts
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NewsPlant-based meal kit brand Grubby seeking £3m from the crowd
The startup said it had achieved 19% month-on-month revenue growth this year
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NewsTribe smashes new crowdfunding goal to supercharge growth
Plant-based energy bar challenger Tribe has returned to the crowd for a third time to help supercharge growth as demand for healthier snacking continues to rise.
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NewsSnacks brand Made for Drink launches ‘beer-friendly’ biltong
The brand said its ‘ongoing ambition’ was to ‘provide our retailers with common sense trade up opportunities within the snacks category’
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NewsBoundless Activated Snacking bags six-figure investment to grow gut health brand
Boundless Activated Snacking has secured a six-figure investment to maintain rapid growth at the gut health snacking brand.
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NewsCheeky Panda puts flotation plan on hold as IPO activity slows
Sustainable tissue challenger Cheeky Panda has put its ambitions for a blockbuster £300m flotation on hold amid economic turmoil and a dramatic global slowdown in IPO activity.
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NewsPlanted secures £61m to scale clean label meat-free brand
Swiss foodtech startup Planted has closed one of the biggest-ever funding rounds in the meat alternatives category to boost production capacity and expand its range.
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NewsPuresport to tackle retail market after beating £1.3m crowdfunding goal
Professional rugby union player Grayson Hart founded Puresport in 2018 to offer drug-tested athletes a natural alternative to opioid-based painkillers.
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NewsScottish wholesalers invited to bid for hydrogen fuel cell truck funding
The SWA said that any project funding must be between £20m and £90m for electric, or between £30m and £140m for a hydrogen project
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NewsClean Kitchen Club raises £2m-plus for expansion and retail push
Plant-based fast food chain Clean Kitchen Club has raised more than £2m in a joint seed and crowdfunding round to expand the roll-out of its estate outside of London and push the brand into supermarkets.
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NewsTrip secures £10m for mainstream CBD push
CBD start-up Trip has secured a £10m investment to fuel its rapid growth and bring the brand to a mainstream customer base.
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NewsIceland’s debt rating downgraded as it slips to annual loss
Iceland’s debt rating has been downgraded by Moody’s as newly filed accounts show the supermarket fell to a pre-tax loss last year
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NewsEIT Food launches funding call to support innovation projects in agrifood
EIT Food will support food projects bringing innovative technology solutions to the market in response to specific challenges in the agrifood sector.
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NewsCity snapshot: Wynnstay taps investors for £10.6m to fund growth and M&A
Agricultural supplies group Wynnstay has raised £10.6m via the placing of new shares to fund future growth and acquisitions
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NewsCCEP launches sustainability-linked supply chain financing programme
GB Coke bottler Coca-Cola Europacific Partners has launched a new finance programme to encourage suppliers to make their businesses more sustainable