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Dash Water appoints David Milner as chairman to support its rapid growth in 2022
Seltzer brand Dash Water has closed a multimillion-pound investment round to maintain its rapid growth, with backing from industry veteran David Milner, who also joins the business as chairman.
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Food delivery tech player Deliverect valued at $1.4bn after $150m funding round
Food delivery software firm Deliverect has raised $150m to value it at $1.4bn as it seeks to scale up its business across the globe.
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Omni raises £1.1m to accelerate growth of vegan dog food brand
Vet Guy Sandelowsky and former investment banker Shiv Sivakumar founded the business in 2020 in an attempt to make pet food more sustainable.
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Mamamade raises £1.5m in oversubscribed funding round
The pre-seed round was made up of an oversubscribed crowdfunding campaign on the Seedrs platform, with almost £830k raised from more than 300 investors, more than doubling its £400k target.
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Asda, Ocado driverless partner Wayve secures $200m funding
The round is a significant cash injection for the London-based startup, which had previously raised $58m since it was founded in 2017
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Cook My Grub kicks off £1.5m funding drive to fuel ten-fold growth in customers
The food delivery marketplace is seeking to raise the cash through a combination of VC, high net-worth individuals and private and angel investors.
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Fruit lager Jubel seals £2.7m funding to back growth
Magners producer C&C Group, which already owns a minority stake in the brand, provided follow-on funding.
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Tonic Health smashes £200k crowd goal as it eyes growth in US
Tonic has so far raised £316k from almost 200 investors on the Seedrs platform and continues to overfund from its £200k target.
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Tiba Tempeh scores £500k seed funding to accelerate plant-based growth
Plant-based start-up Tiba Tempeh has closed a £500k seed funding round as it prepares to expand its distribution into the major supermarkets and overseas
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Insect petfood maker Aardvark smashes £150k funding goal
The business, started in 2020, has so far raised £230k from more than 340 investors on the Crowdcube platform.
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Gousto secures $100m from SoftBank to boost capacity amid soaring demand
Gousto has raised a further $100m in its latest fundraising round, valuing the recipe kit firm at $1.7bn.
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10 challenger brands that smashed their crowdfunding targets in 2021
From plant-based to meat snacks and CBD to canned wine, here are the start-ups that exceeded expectations during crowdfunding rounds in 2021
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Lilk secures six-figure backing from Giles Brook-led round
Award-winning alternative dairy drinks start-up Lilk has scored a six-figure investment to help launch its range in the supermarkets in 2022.
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Black Bee Honey generates buzz as crowdfunding campaign more than doubles target
Black Bee Honey has more than doubled a crowdfunding target as it seeks to expand and support newly won retail listings.
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Alcohol-free beer startup Days secures £1m investment to fund expansion
An ‘increased focus on health and wellness’ among consumers was set to transform the alcohol-free beer space, said Days
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Straight & Narrow raises £180k to launch 0% range ahead of Dry January
The business, which attracted 120 investors on the Seedrs platform, will first bring six 70cl drinks to market, priced at £15 a bottle, with a further seven to follow.
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Karmacist secures £700k to bring world’s first nutrigenomics wellness supplement to market
Supplements producer Karmacist has raised £700,000 in a pre-seed round backed by former John Lewis Partnership chairman Charlie Mayfield.
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Nuud wins £750k investment in funding round led by Candy Kittens founders
Jamie Laing and Ed Williams said they had been “immediately impressed with the strength of the Nuud brand”
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When In Rome hits £400k fund target to boost eco-wine packaging
The When In Rome and Philip Schofield brands are currently stocked by Waitrose and Ocado Eco-friendly craft wine supplier When In Rome has hit a £400k crowdfunding target to expand its range of sustainable packaging into paper bottles. Rob Malin, Andrea Marchesi and Lorenzo Canali founded the ...
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City snapshot: Agronomics sets sights on £25m funding round
The Isle of Man-headquartered company, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange, plans to raise the money via a proposed placing of shares.