Sessions raises $10 million Series A round WEDNESDAY 5TH JANUARY 2022 – LONDON: Sessions, a UK startup focused on championing the next generation of talent within the food industry, has raised $10 million in a Series A round led by Guinness Asset Management. Founded in 2020 by Dan Warne (former MD Deliveroo) CFO Ian Banks […]Read More
Global Asian Food Delivery Leader HungryPanda Secures $130 Million Series D Round HungryPanda is the leading Asian food delivery platform and is now operating in more than 60 cities across 10 countries. The Series D round was led by Perwyn, alongside Kinnevik, 83North, Felix Capital, Piton Capital, Vintage, Burda Principal Investments and Kreos Capital. The […]Read More
Raise represents biggest ever Series B round for a European plant-based food business, following record-breaking crowdfund and Series A Round follows three consecutive years of triple-digit revenue growth seeing allplants win increasing share of £10bn UK plant-based food category Draper Esprit led the round, which included the backers of Oatly, Deliveroo and Zoopla, and former […]Read More
OLIO RAISES $43 MILLION SERIES B TO TAKE A BITE OUT OF GLOBAL FOOD WASTE Founded in London in 2015 by co-founders Tessa Clarke and Saasha Celestial-One, OLIO has grown to five million users in over 50 countries Investment to fund global expansion, focusing on Latin American, Northern European, and Asian markets, targeting one billion […]Read More
BurdaPrincipal Investments (BPI), the growth capital arm of media and tech company Hubert Burda Media, has invested in UK-based Oddbox, a platform that is leveraging technology to fight food waste. BPI has invested a total of £16m, comprising a combination of primary and secondary investment. The new funds will be used to accelerate Oddbox’s […]Read More
KITCHE AWARDED UK GOVERNMENT FUNDING FROM DEFRA LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, 4th August 2021 – Kitche has become a recipient of £68,000 in UK government funding under the Resource Action Fund to help support its important work to ensure no good food goes to waste. The money has been awarded to Kitche by WRAP, which administers […]Read More
YHANGRY raises $1.5 million to build the future of socialising by making it possible to book a private chef in a few clicks Renowned angel investors including Carmen Rico (Blossom Capital), Eileen Burbidge (Passion Capital), and Martin Mignot (Index Ventures) participated in the round YHANGRY was founded by former Barclays sales and credit trading colleagues Heinin […]Read More
Jack & Bry raises £1.25m as demand for meat alternatives soars Funding to drive continued product innovation and follows significant leadership team appointments London, 4 February: Jack & Bry, a producer of plant-based meat alternatives, has secured £1.25 million in seed funding. The round was led by SFC Capital, with other backers including KM Capital, […]Read More
Leicestershire Food Safety Tech Firm set to Expand Following £500k MEIF Investment A Leicestershire based food safety technology business has secured a £500,000 investment to scale-up operations and boost their ambitious growth plans. Navitas Digital Safety Ltd (Navitas), which operates out of Phoenix Park in Coalville, has secured the finance from The FSE Group Debt Finance […]Read More
Karakuri unveils its first robotic canteen set to change the global food and hospitality industry The UK robotics firm secures an additional £6.5m investment to develop ways to bring the fourth industrial revolution to the food industry 3rd December 2020: Karakuri, the world-leading food robotics company, is bringing the future of food to life as […]Read More