Bread & Butter
Congratulations to Alex Wright and Jack Scott from DASH Water for winning the Young Entrepreneurs of the Year 2023 award from Allstars ! 🍋
In other news…
THIS, plant-based meat company, launched their first TV ad campaign in the UK. 📺
Tropic brings novel gene editing approach to corn and soybeans via Corteva partnership.🌾
KoRo, is looking to hire a new Head of International Sales, click here to learn more about the opportunity. 🌎
FSV team gave its first Impact workshop at SINGA, an NGO working with social entrepreneurs and newcomers (people with refugee status or asylum seekers) on entrepreneurial projects.
Vegan chocolate brand Nucao Companisto campaign is still on - Want to join the green revolution? Register here to find out exactly how the investment is structured and how you can participate 🍫
Our approach to tackling climate change as VC, by Gaetan Kerloc’h, Head of Impact at FSV.
In July 2023, the world experienced its hottest month on record since we began recording such data in 1880. As a venture capitalist (VC), we believe that we have a unique and pivotal role to play in combating this global crisis.
👉🏼 More here to explore how Five Seasons Ventures, as a VC, can take proactive steps to address climate change through our investments and practices. We will center our discussion around three key pillars: Measuring, Improving, and Leading by Example.
Ivan Farneti will be speaking the Sustainable Foods London on November 6th - 7th, also meet Gatean Kerloc’h who will be attending.
Andre Purits will attend the Left Lane Fast Growth Summit in London on November 8th
Lucie Paté will attend the EIT Food Venture Summit in Lisbon on November 9th.
Gatean Kerloc’h will also be attending the Impact week EVPA in Torino on November 23rd - 24th.
Deep-dive into Post Holding’ transformation from cereal slinger to a diversified CPG giant.
View from Synthesis Capital on whether S-curve adoption happens in food and consumer goods with a historical overview.
VC returns: European VCs get better returns than US counterparts.
Is plant-based dead ? Read the study by Frederic Fernandez & Associates on the sector, its successes and failures as well as a framework for plant-based brands.
Read the Global Venture report from CBInsights for Q3 2023.
Giant Ventures’ piece on Food as medicine: in a world obsessed with pharma and weight loss.
Looking for opportunities in our stellar portfolio? ⬇️
La Fourche - her1 - air up - the nu company - mammaly - Just Legends -vly - THIS™ - Tropic Biosciences - Cortilia - Barkyn - yamo - Koro - Untamed