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| 02.09.2026 | Future Food Quick Bites: Alpro x McDonald’s, Leon Shiitake Burger & Vegan Hospitality | 5 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Alpro and McDonald’s matcha collab, Leon’s partnership with Fable Food, and Sainsbury’s kid-friendly plant-based ... |
| 05.08.2026 | Why This UK Insurance Broker is Turning Away Businesses That Sell Animal Products | 4 Mins Read British business insurance broker Really Honest has announced it will refuse new clients that produce or sell animal products, alongside other “destructive” services. Its founder explains why.
For years, there has been a debate ... |
| 03.06.2026 | Apoha emerges from stealth with $36M to build “Liquid State Intelligence” for molecular behaviour | Apoha, a deeptech company pioneering what it calls Liquid State Intelligence emerges from stealth today with $36 million in funding. The round is led by Singular, with participation from Tim Draper’s Draper Associates and continued backing ... |
| 18.11.2025 | THIS Launches Seasonal Chestnut, Mushroom and Caramelised Onion Nut Roast | UK plant-based food brand THIS has announced the introduction of a new limited-edition option for the festive season.
The Chestnut, Mushroom and Caramelised Onion Nut Roast will launch exclusively at Tesco on December 8, and will remain ava... |
| 24.09.2025 | THIS Launches “UK’s First” Tofu Made From Chickpeas in Partnership With Omami | UK plant-based food producer THIS has partnered with German startup Omami to launch a new range of tofu made from chickpeas instead of soy beans.
Claimed to be a UK first, the tofu is available in two flavours — Lightly Seasoned and Chilli ... |
| 11.07.2025 | GRUBBY Launches Superfood Recipes to Help Customers Eat 30 Plants Per Week | UK plant-based recipe kit brand GRUBBY has launched a new range of superfood recipes that aim to help customers achieve the target of eating 30 unique plants per week.
Eating a diverse range of plants is recommended by epidemiologist Profes... |
| 23.06.2025 | Sales of THIS Plant-Based BBQ Products Surge 21% Amid UK Heatwave | As the UK experiences a heatwave, plant-based food company THIS™ has reported a 21% increase in sales of its burger and sausage ranges at Tesco and Sainsbury’s over the past two weeks. The rise in sales coincides with the increased populari... |
| 23.04.2025 | THIS Shifts from Meat Alternatives to Superfoods in New Product Line | Plant-based food company THIS™ is launching its new Super Superfood product line in UK supermarkets, marking a shift from its previous focus on meat alternatives to whole-food protein products. The range includes the Super Block and Marinat... |
| 20.03.2025 | Policy driving ‘green shoots’ in UK agrifoodtech despite 45% decline in venture funding | [Disclosure: AgFunder is AgFunderNews’ parent company.]
Let’s not sugarcoat the facts: venture capital funding in UK agrifoodtech startups dropped significantly in 2024.
Startups raised just $616 million compared to $1.1 billion in 2023—a 4... |
| 26.02.2025 | Explainer: Why Climate Change Experts Are Asking the UK Govt to Replace Meat with Plant-Based Alternatives | 8 Mins Read Brits need to drastically reduce their meat and dairy consumption to help the country meet its climate goals, and experts say plant-based and alternative proteins are the key to this shift.
Sunday roasts will need a major makeov... |
| 09.01.2025 | THIS™ Isn’t Pork Sausages Launch at IKEA Restaurants UK-Wide | Plant-based meat brand THIS™ has announced that its award-winning THIS Isn’t Pork Sausages are launching at 19 IKEA restaurants across the UK.
The sausages will be served as part of IKEA’s new Veggie Sausage & Mash meal, which features ... |
| 18.12.2024 | THIS to Launch Hyper-Realistic Plant-Based Chicken Kyiv & Wings for Veganuary | UK plant-based meat brand THIS is set to celebrate Veganuary with the launch of two new hyper-realistic meat alternatives — THIS™ Isn’t Chicken Kyiv and THIS™ Isn’t Chicken Wings.
The plant-based Kyiv is made from soy and fava protein, stuf... |
| 09.12.2024 | THIS Reveals New Brand Identity With Updated Packaging | UK plant-based meat brand THIS has unveiled a new brand identity developed in partnership with London-based design agency Kuba & Friends.
The updated branding retains the company’s signature logo with a hand holding a fork, making it mo... |
| 12.11.2024 | People Told Her, 'Why Don't You Make It a Charity? This Isn't a Real Business.' Now Her Women's Sports News Startup Has Raised $13 Million. Haley Rosen founded Just Women's Sports for fans like hersel... | When Haley Rosen was forced to retire from pro soccer due to injuries in 2017, she moved back to the Bay area and took up "a real job" in the tech industry. But when she tried to watch women's sports — and continue to follow her f... |
| 09.10.2024 | THIS Partners With Dell’Ugo to Launch Plant-Based Ravioli | UK plant-based meat brand THIS has partnered with premium fresh pasta company Dell’Ugo to launch two new plant-based ravioli products.
The first variety, Dell’Ugo THIS™ Isn’t Bacon & Cheese Ravioli, contains THIS’s plant-based bacon lar... |
| 17.07.2024 | Europe’s Premier Event for Alternative Protein Innovation Returns With Stellar Lineup | The Future of Protein Production event organised by Future-Proof Group Media is set to take place from 23-24 October at Rai Amsterdam, showcasing innovations and cutting-edge solutions for alternative protein innovations. Industry pioneers,... |
| 01.07.2024 | THIS Isn’t Nice: Crowd Investors Angry at Post-Series C Valuation of Plant-Based Meat Brand | 7 Mins Read Crowdfunding backers of UK plant-based meat maker THIS have reacted furiously to a significant drop in the business’s valuation, following its £20M Series C round last month.
In 2022, when THIS closed its Series B fundraise, it ... |
| 22.06.2024 | The AgriFoodTech Revolution: Capital Raises, Acquisitions, and Partnerships Driving Innovation in the Industry | The dynamic world of AgriFoodTech is experiencing a surge of activity this week, with a plethora of significant developments making waves across the sector. Notably, companies in the alternative meat space, such as THIS, Tender, and Ever Af... |
| 20.06.2024 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: THIS bags $25m & Tender scoops up $11m for meat alternatives, Farmbot scores $4.6m | Alt-meat got a few boosts this week, namely in form of capital raises for the UK’s THIS, US-based Tender, and Israeli cultivated meat company Ever After Foods.
In farmtech, Australia’s Farmbot raised new funds along with insect-breeding pla... |
| 17.06.2024 | THIS Secures £20M in Series C Equity Funding from Planet First Partners | Fast-growing brand THIS, known for its “hyper-realistic” plant-based meats, today announces it has closed a Series C equity funding round of £20 million through a combination of primary and secondary equity financing via Planet First Partne... |
| 17.06.2024 | London-based THIS bites €23.6 million to lead the meat alternatives revolution in the UK | UK plant-based food company THIS™ announced the closing of its Series C equity funding round of €23.6 million. The round was completed by Planet First Partners, the European growth equity sustainable investment platform, through a combinati... |
| 06.05.2024 | THIS Launches Hyper-Realistic Plant-Based Chicken Thighs With Seaweed “Skin” | UK plant-based meat brand THIS has launched what are claimed to be the first plant-based chicken thighs to be available in supermarkets across the country.
Described as “hyper-realistic”, the plant-based thighs combine three patent-pending ... |
| 30.04.2024 | Pieminister Partners With THIS to Launch Vegan Sausage & Bean Handy Pie | British pie company Pieminister has partnered with plant-based meat brand THIS to develop a new product, the sausage roll-shaped Banger & Bean Handy Pie.
Designed to be eaten on the go, the pie contains THIS™ Isn’t Pork sausages, harico... |
| 17.04.2024 | 'Reality is sinking in': Why this selloff is the start of a correction — and 3 moves to protect against losses, according to a market-calling CIO at $1.5 trillion Morgan Stanley Investment Management... | Markets 'Reality is sinking in': Why this selloff is the start of a correction — and 3 moves to protect against losses, according to a market-calling CIO at $1.5 trillion Morgan Stanley Investment Management
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| 16.04.2024 | Seedrs Raises £12.7million in March | European investment crowdfunding platform Seedrs is reporting that it raised £ 12.7 million from more than 6,000 investors via public campaigns during the month of March.
Including all avenues of investment; primary offerings, secondary off... |
| 03.04.2024 | THIS and Planted Launch Plant-Based Chicken NPDs in UK as Vegan Chicken Market Soars | This week, two behemoths in the world of plant-based meats — THIS of the UK and Planted of Switzerland — this week both launch vegan chicken formats in the form of Asian rotisserie-style meat products. According to Global Market Insights, t... |
| 13.03.2024 | Expo West 2024: The Most Exciting Alt-Protein & Future Food Launches | 4 Mins Read With tens of thousands of people flocking to the Anaheim Convention Center this week for Natural Products Expo West, we look at some of the standout plant-based and future food products being unveiled at the trade show.
Tuesday ... |
| 05.03.2024 | THIS, UK Foodtech Making Plant-based Meat Alternatives, Raises Over £1 Million via Seedrs | THIS, which claims to be the UK’s “fastest growing” food brand (Feb ’23), making ridiculously meaty plant-based alternative, has secured over £1 million on Seedrs topping its funding target of £750,000. The securities offering has almost a ... |
| 31.01.2024 | THIS Appoints Former Ella’s Kitchen CEO Mark Cuddigan to Lead Company into Next Chapter | UK alt meat producer THIS has appointed Mark Cuddigan, the former CEO of organic baby and toddler food brand Ella’s Kitchen, as its new CEO.
After joining Ella’s Kitchen in 2011, Cuddigan increased the company’s revenue from £41 million to ... |
| 04.01.2024 | THIS Celebrates Veganuary With New Plant-Based Chicken Breasts and Frozen Mince | UK alt meat brand THIS is celebrating Veganuary with the launch of two new retail products — THIS Isn’t Chicken Breast and frozen THIS Isn’t Beef Mince.
Made from soy and pea protein, the plant-based chicken breasts can be oven-cooked or pa... |
| 14.11.2023 | THIS Upgrades Plant-Based Chicken Pieces, Cutting Ingredients List by 50% | THIS, a UK company that describes itself as “a plant-based food brand for meat-lovers”, has launched a new and improved version of its plant-based chicken pieces.
Developed after 18 months of R&D, the new recipe is described as “tender,... |
| 14.09.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: J.M. Smucker buys Hostess for $5bn, NotCo’s NotSnacks, Krucial monitors salmon from space | This week, J.M. Smucker scooped up fellow CPG giant Hostess, and while foodtech funding was somewhat sparse, healthy noodle company Goodles raised new funding. In agtech, multiple companies raised rounds for carbon credits businesses and on... |
| 08.09.2023 | Apple shares lost about $200 billion in value this week. Here's why. | Apple's gold-plated stock suffered a rare setback this week, with the technology giant's market value sinking roughly $200 billion amid reports that China is banning government employees from using iPhones.
Apple shares fell 3% Thursday and... |
| 10.08.2023 | THIS Takes on Beyond Meat with Upgraded THIS Isn’t Beef Burgers | THIS, known for bringing realistic plant meats such as bacon and sausages to mainstream supermarket shelves across the UK, launches new and improved THIS™ Isn’t Beef Burgers, at the same time challenging Beyond Meat with another cheeky camp... |
| 11.07.2023 | THIS Expands On-The-Go Range With New Alt Meat Options Listing at Boots and WH Smith | UK alt meat brand THIS announces the launch and listings of new on-the-go products — two salads and one wrap — to offer more alternatives for commuters on-the-go at stores, shopping centres, train stations, and airports.
Of the three NPDs, ... |
| 12.06.2023 | Plant-Based. The Death Knells of an Industry, or the Calm After the Storm? | Today in the UK, the unfortunate news regarding Meatless Farm’s mass redundancies arrived, as sadly predicted over the past week. And right on cue, conventional media was ready and waiting, sharpening its knives, eager to assign the now tri... |
| 16.03.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Andes lands $30m to tackle carbon, THIS cooks up $18m, Leaf & AWS team up | This week, climate tech startup Andes bagged funding for its carbon removal technology, plant-based meat maker THIS announced Series B funding and Immi raised funds for plant-based ramen. In the world of ag data, two infrastructure provider... |
| 15.11.2022 | Vegan Chicken: Why It’s Better For The Environment, The Animals, And For Us Too | 13 Mins Read
Whether it’s fried, roasted, boiled, or barbecued, in many countries around the world, chicken is a big deal. It’s the most-loved meat in the US, where, on average, Americans eat more than 200 pounds of it every year. In Europe... |
| 11.07.2022 | UK: THIS Becomes “First-Ever” Plant-Based Partner for 230-year-old WH Smith | UK plant-based producer THIS is launching a range of three sandwiches and snacking pots into WH Smith travel stores. With the alt meat offering hitting shelves this week, the launch marks the first time the retailer has partnered with a pla... |
| 01.07.2022 | Meet These 7 Food Techs Making Pig-Free Bacon A Reality | 5 Mins Read
When it comes to the foods that plant-based folk miss, bacon never fails to make it on the list. Let’s face it: who doesn’t love bacon? From topping maple syrup-covered pancakes, to making the perfect breakfast fry-up and simply... |
| 30.06.2022 | THIS Launches New Range Into Fast-Growing UK Frozen Plant-Based Meat Category | THIS is launching into a new category with a range of frozen plant-based food products. With claims to be the UK’s fastest-growing alt meat company, THIS is expanding into the also fast-growing vegan frozen food segment with a range of prod... |
| 30.06.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Eclipse scoops $40m for animal-free ice cream, Current Foods nets $18m | This week, Eclipse — best known for its animal-free ice creams — closed its Series B round, while another plant-based protein startup, Current Foods, raised capital for its vegan salmon analog.
Elsewhere, e-grocer Ocado scored big from a pu... |
| 23.06.2022 | THIS Smashes £4M Crowdfunding Target In Under 2 Hours | THIS, the fastest-growing plant-based meat brand in the UK, has launched a record-breaking crowdfunding campaign. The brand hit its £4 million target within 1 hour and 40 minutes whilst under pre-registration, becoming one of the fastest ca... |
| 17.05.2022 | THIS – Fastest Growing Alt Meat Brand in UK – Launches Crowdfunding Campaign | The UK’s fastest-growing plant-based meat brand, THIS, has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help accelerate its continued growth. The award-winning alt meat brand is expected to launch one of the largest campaigns on the Seedrs crowdfund... |
| 20.04.2022 | Zomato, Swiggy Both Invest Rs 180 Crore In This Tech Startup! Find Out Why? | Zomato, Swiggy Both Invest Rs 180 Crore In This Tech Startup! Find Out Why?
In what appears to be the first time rival food aggregators Zomato and Swiggy have come together to participate in a funding round of an Indian startup, the two pla... |
| 29.03.2022 | THIS Isn’t Caramelised Onion Sausage Launching Into Tesco Next Week | UK alt meat brand THIS™ today announces the launch of This Isn’t Caramelised Onion Sausage, following the success of THIS™ Isn’t Pork Sausages which launched into Tesco, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s at the end of 2021 to become the brand’s thi... |
| 21.02.2022 | Ireland’s Ulster Farmers Union Calls For Ban On Meat-Related Terms On Plant-Based Packaging | 4 Mins Read
One of Europe’s largest farmers unions has reared up against the growing plant-based meat sector. Ireland’s Ulster Farmers Union (UFU) has called for a blanket ban on terms it considers ‘meat-related’, in relation to animal-free... |
| 03.01.2022 | Costa Coffee & Caffè Nero Reveal Veganuary Menus | UK high street coffee chain Costa has added some impressive menu items including Vegan Macaroni Cheeze and Vegan BBQ Chick’n Panini, as well as various sweet treats. Meanwhile, Caffè Nero, the Italian style coffee house chain HQ’d in London... |
| 15.11.2021 | THIS Launches Plant-Based Turkey Panini at 700 Caffé Nero Locations Across UK | Rapidly growing plant-based producer THIS has launched a vegan Christmas sandwich with UK high street coffee chain Caffé Nero. The Vegan Festive Feast Panini is available now in 700 sites across the UK.
Known for what it calls “hyper-real f... |
| 28.10.2021 | Top 10 Alt-Meat Startups Globally | The traditional meat industry faces business, ethical and environmental concerns. Covid-19 made consumers realise the issues in the meat supply chain for the first time, including the workers’ health or the ethical treatment of animals. Sev... |
| 28.09.2021 | One Planet Pizza Collaborates With THIS to Launch the First Vegan Hawaiian Pizza in UK Retail | One Planet Pizza announces the launch of a new range of Thin and Crispy pizzas, featuring the UK’s first vegan Hawaiian pizza for retail. The pizza has been created in collaboration with fast-growing alt meat brand THIS, coming topped with ... |
| 03.07.2021 | THIS To Launch ‘Huge Lineup’ Of New Vegan Meat Products After £11M Raise | 4 Mins Read
British plant-based food tech THIS is set to launch a “huge line-up” of new products after bagging £11 million. Claiming the round is the largest Series A raised by a U.K. alternative protein company, THIS has big plans ahead to... |
| 02.07.2021 | London-based alternative meat brand THIS raises £11M funding, eyes to expand R&D | THIS, a hyper-realistic plant-based meat brand headquartered in London is one of the fastest-growing foodtech businesses. Recently, the company has raised £11 million in a Series A funding round led by Business Growth Fund (BGF) and Lever V... |
| 28.06.2021 | THIS Secures £11M – “Highest Ever” Series A Round in UK Alt Meat | UK plant meat producer THIS™ today announced the closing of an £11 million Series A round led by BGF and Lever VC, which the brand says is the largest ever Series A fundraise for a UK based alt meat brand.
“We’ve got some wacky plans for ne... |
| 28.06.2021 | Starfunding: 10 European startups funded by celebrities | Bono. Ashton Kutcher. Leonardo di Caprio. Madonna. Snoop Dog. What do they have in common aside from being mega-celebrities and Hollywood A-listers? These celebrities are also investors in startups, and not only that, but they also invested... |
| 13.05.2021 | Mayo Clinic, Kaiser Permanente invest $100M in hospital-at-home care—here’s why these programs are exploding this year | Mayo Clinic and Kaiser Permanente are teaming up to invest $100 million in home care startup Medically Home—which partners with hospitals to provide hospital-level care in patients’ homes. The startup helps hospitals parse through the logis... |
| 14.04.2021 | Plant-based Meat Brand THIS Launches New Products for Summer | THIS™, one of the UK’s leading plant-based meat producers, known for what it calls “hyper-real food”, announces the launch of three new products designed to appeal to meat-lovers and vegans alike.
The popularity of flagship product THIS™ Is... |
| 08.04.2021 | The VeganKind Secures £3.5M in Largest Ever Funding Round For UK Vegan Retail | The UK’s biggest online vegan supermarket and subscription business, TheVeganKind (TVK) announces it has secured £3.5m in Series A funding from Literacy Capital Plc in the biggest funding round ever for a vegan retail company in the UK. TVK... |
| 17.03.2021 | BGF backs this Oxford-based cybersecurity startup with £10.5M funding | BGF, an influential investor in small and mid-sized businesses in the UK, has invested a £10.5 million minority investment in e2e-assure, a cybersecurity business-based in Oxfordshire.
Based out of London, BGF is a minority, non-controlling... |
| 28.02.2021 | TheVeganKind: U.K.’s Largest Online Retailer Teams Up With THIS To Launch Ready Plant-Based Meal Brand | 4 Mins Read
U.K.’s largest vegan online retailer TheVeganKind recently collaborated with plant-based meat pioneers THIS to launch its first own 100% plant-based ready-to-eat food brand Love Plants!.
TheVeganKind is a 100% plant-based delive... |
| 25.02.2021 | UK’s Biggest Plant-Based E-Retailer The VeganKind Launches Love Plants | Based in Scotland and shipping throughout the whole of the UK, The VeganKind is the largest online vegan retailer in the UK with a range of over 5,000 products, including more than 200 cheeses, and the biggest vegan fridge in the world! Thi... |
| 26.11.2020 | This UK-based photonics & quantum tech firm aims to harness the power of light to change the world; raises €36.4M | UK-based photonics and quantum technology company, M Squared, has raised £32.5M (approx €36.4M) in a fresh round of funding from Santander UK – a British bank, and newly formed Scottish National Investment Bank, to support growth and techno... |
| 19.10.2020 | THIS™ Launches at Sainsbury’s, Is Chosen for Tesco Incubator Program | ©THIS
British brand THIS™, which describes itself as producing “hyper-realistic plant-based food for meat lovers”, is to launch at 544 Sainsbury’s stores across the UK. The supermarket will stock two of the company’s products — THIS™ Isn’t ... |
| 19.10.2020 | THIS™ Launches at Sainsbury’s, Is Chosen for Tesco Incubator Program | British brand THIS™, which describes itself as producing “hyper-realistic plant-based food for meat lovers”, is to launch at 544 Sainsbury’s stores across the UK. The supermarket will stock two of the company’s products — THIS™ Isn’t Bacon ... |
| 02.10.2020 | The UK Sees its First Michelin Star Restaurant Serving Plant-Based Meat as Market Continues to Change Post-COVID | As a sign of the times, the UK now sees its first-ever Michelin starred restaurant offering plant-based meat. The Harwood Arms in Fulham London is now serving a vegetarian scotch egg using plant-based bacon produced by THIS, the fastest FMC... |
| 04.09.2020 | Plant-Based Startup THIS Breaks Crowdfunding Record, Hits US$ 5.2 Million In 2 Days | 1
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| 17.08.2020 | THIS™ closes £4m Seedrs round | 0 shares
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| 14.08.2020 | Tech startups weekly: Plant-based meat alternative, digital libraries, travel vaccinations | Several tech startups in Europe have started focusing on their growth after the relaxations of the pandemic crisis started coming into effect. And, many promising tech startups have secured funding to help focus on their growth and expansio... |
| 12.08.2020 | THIS™ Raises £3.6M, Plans to Build “Willy Wonka-esque” Plant-Based Innovation Centre | THIS™, the UK producer of “hyper-realistic plant-based food for meat lovers”, announces a raise of £3.6 million from a Seedrs campaign including investments from Veg Capital amongst others, in what is reportedly the fastest FMCG business to... |
| 12.08.2020 | THIS™ Raises £3.6M, Plans to Build “Willy Wonka-esque” Plant-Based Innovation Centre | ©THIS
THIS™, the UK producer of “hyper-realistic plant-based food for meat lovers”, announces a raise of £3.6 million from a Seedrs campaign including investments from Veg Capital amongst others, in what is reportedly the fastest FMCG busin... |
| 12.08.2020 | Foodtech: Plant based Meat Replacement Firm THIS Claims Crowdfunding Records on Seedrs | THIS, a plant-based meat replacement company, has claimed title to the fastest ever securities offering raising £1.5 million on Seedrs. As well, TRHIS is the fastest ever FMCG business to hit its target that was pegged at £2 million. THIS h... |
| 11.08.2020 | British startup THIS raises €3.8 million on Seedrs to grow its hyper-realistic plant-based food for meat lovers | Today THIS, the British startup that makes hyper-realistic plant-based food for meat lovers, has raised around €3.8 million, following the launch of its Seedrs campaign. Since going live yesterday, 10th August, the UK plant-based meat compa... |
| 06.07.2020 | Plant Based Meat Substitute Firm THIS Plans Crowdfunding Round on Seedrs After Raising £5.6 Million in VC Funding | The founders of Chosen Bun, a successful UK burger chain since sold, have launched a new brand a plant-based meat substitute called “THIS.” Founders Andy Shovel and Pete Sharman, spent a year and a half developing their product which has ge... |
| 20.05.2020 | Foodtech will be a vital part of any ‘new normal’ | Editor’s Note: Ivan Farneti is a founding partner at the European early-stage foodtech investor Five Seasons Ventures. Saskia Hoebee is a former analyst at Rabobank who joined Five Seasons this March as a VC associate.
The Covid-19 pandemic... |
| 28.03.2020 | THIS Products to be Distributed by UK’s Biggest Food Wholesaler Brakes | THIS, creators of what it claims to be the “world’s most realistic plant-based chicken and bacon”, is launching its product range into foodservice company Brakes. THIS Isn’t Bacon was awarded a Great Taste Award with one judge apparently sa... |
| 28.03.2020 | THIS Products to be Distributed by UK’s Biggest Food Wholesaler Brakes | ©THIS
THIS, creators of what it claims to be the “world’s most realistic plant-based chicken and bacon”, is launching its product range into foodservice company Brakes. THIS Isn’t Bacon was awarded a Great Taste Award with one judge apparen... |
| 23.03.2020 | THIS, a UK food tech startup that produces plant-based meat alternatives secures €5.1M funding | UK-based THIS is one of the fastest-growing food businesses with a growth rate of 53% month-on-month. Eventually, their products are placed in over 1200 outlets across the UK. The company is also forming partnerships with both restaurant gr... |
| 20.03.2020 | UK food startup THIS raises £4.7 million to ramp up development of plant-based meat alternatives | THIS, a UK company developing plant-based meat alternatives, has raised £4.7 million in a seed plus round from Backed, a London-based fund, along with Five Seasons Ventures, Idinvest Partners, Seedcamp and Manta Ray Ventures.
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| 20.03.2020 | This Raises £4.7M in Seed Funding | This, a UK-based food startup, raised £4.7m in seed funding.
Backers included Backed, with participation from Five Seasons Ventures, Idinvest Partners, Seedcamp and Manta Ray Ventures.
The company, which has raised raised £5.6m in total fun... |
| 16.01.2020 | 2019 was a breakout year for alternative protein startups. What’s in store for 2020? | This post is part of a collaboration with F&A Next, an AgFunder Network Partner, ahead of its fifth annual conference in Wageningen, Netherlands, 13-14 May 2020. F&A Next 2020 will focus on the impact of food and agriculture innovat... |
| 10.01.2020 | Plant-Based Meat Producers THIS Raises £4.7m in Funding | THIS / Thurstons Butchers
UK-based plant meat producer THIS announces it has secured £4.7 million in seed funding led by London investment fund Backed, with participation from Five Seasons Ventures, Idinvest Partners, Seedcamp and Manta Ray... |
| 10.01.2020 | Plant-Based Meat Producers THIS Raises £4.7m in Funding | UK-based plant meat producer THIS announces it has secured £4.7 million in seed funding led by London investment fund Backed, with participation from Five Seasons Ventures, Idinvest Partners, Seedcamp and Manta Ray Ventures.
THIS launched l... |
| 09.01.2020 | This plant-based meat startup called This has just raised £4.7m in seed funding | This, a UK startup making plant-based protein substitutes for chicken and pork drawn mostly from soy and pea, has raised £4.7 million ($6 million) in seed funding. The London-based investment fund Backed led the round, with further investme... |
| 10.05.2019 | UK Startup Launches Vegan Meat That “‘Will Fool Carnivores” | A new UK startup called THIS, has debuted a range of meat substitute products, including a realistic bacon product, made from soy bean protein, water and pea protein, which the creators claim will “fool carnivores”.
The Instagram post from ... |
| 25.04.2019 | Why this New Zealand startup just moved its headquarters to Portland after raising $10M | AskNicely CEO Aaron Ward. AskNicely Photo)
It can be difficult to relocate your startup to a different city, let alone a different country. But the tech talent and affordability of Portland, Ore., made it an easy decision for Aaron Ward.
Th... |
| 03.11.2016 | Why this startup is changing its name after raising nearly $3 million | Sydney startup People Post is rebranding itself to Go People as it banks another $825,000 in new investment just months after it closed $1.25 million.
The $825,000 comes from a mix of new and existing investors, says Go People founder Wayne... |
| 07.06.2016 | Why This Startup That Raised $1 Million Stopped at a High School Before Releasing Its App | June 7, 2016 3 min read
A couple of guys meet at South By Southwest. They have an idea for an app. They raise $1 million plus in seed funding and set up shop in Los Angeles.
And then? They go to Midwestern teenagers to test their app. That’... |
| 05.11.2014 | Xiaomi To Make $1B This Year; $40B Valuation? Why Not? | Is it possible Xiaomi, or millet in Chinese, is becoming the Apple (AAPL) of the eye, for the developing poor?
A confidential document viewed by The Wall Street Journal showed that Chinese smartphone manufacturer earned 3.46 billion yuan ($... |
| - | London-based alternative meat brand THIS raises £11M funding, eyes to expand R&D | THIS, a hyper-realistic plant-based meat brand headquartered in London is one of the fastest-growing foodtech businesses. Recently, the company has raised £11 million in a Series A funding round led by Business Growth Fund (BGF) and Lever V... |
| - | THIS | “Our mission is to force animals into retirement, so that’s what we’ll carry on doing – even if customer service remains unexpectedly challenging.” |
| - | This 33-year-old founder of cannabis beverage company Cann reveals why he ditched LA for NYC after raising $27 million | Cann cofounders Jake Bullock and Luke Anderson. Cann This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
Cannabis-infused beverage startup Cann just closed a $27 million Series A funding roun... |
