Bread & Butter
Portfolio highlights ๐
La Fourche launches its first poster campaign in the subway ๐
THIS was featured in Startups.co.uk's top 100 startups ๐
Butternut Box is now delivering to Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช
The Nu Company launched a huge out of home and online campaign to invite all big chocolate players to set higher standards for the industry in terms of plastic-free packaging, lower sugar content, organic/vegan ingredients and more ๐
Vly has won the alternative proteins challenger award at Food Tech Congress๐ฅ๐ฟ
Just Spices, The Nu Company and Just Legends have launched their advent calendars. Whether youโre a spices, chocolate or gaming fan, there is something for every taste!
We are also proud to announce our partnership with Dealroom to build the best food tech European database and newsletter. You can find the latest release here and subscribe here. Happy reading ๐ค
Judith and Elรฉonore attended the first edition of the Plant Based World Europe Conference in London mid-October. Here are the main takeaways of this free-from but nonetheless tasty event ๐
Elรฉonore deep dived into European e-grocery and tells you all about it in this insightful article co-written with Alexandre Dewez, investor at Eurazeo and author of the newsletter Overlooked.
Be prepared to see a lot Ivan Farneti on your screens this month:
Ivan will be a speaker at the Lo & No & Functional Beverage Summit on the 17th on the topic โFrom innovation to growth: the need for investment and scalingโ at 2:30pm GMT
He will also attend Food Tech Matters on the 29th of November, more specifically on โNext-Gen Food & Drinkโ at 10:30am GMT and on โConsumer Appโ at 3pm GMT
Saskia Hoebรฉe will be speaking on November 25 at FI Europe on the topic โTransitioning to sustainable food systemsโ. Stay tuned for more info ๐
Marco Iotti will be speaking today, the 4th of November, at Food Tech Congress at 4pm GMT on the topic: โWill the latest hype around personnalisation bring it to scale?โ
Here is a selection of the most interesting articles weโve read in the past month:
Food Dive on the lukewarm IPO of Vita Coco
Retail Dive on DTC exits and IPO and McKinsey on factors of success for DNVB
"The Case for Seaweed Investment in Europe" by the Seaweed for Europe coalition
Thingtesting on non-alcoholic spirits and vegan chocolate
Modern retail on restaurants launching DTC brands and Restaurant Dive on the future of restaurant tech
Finally, a very insightful piece on the hottest and least understood e-commerce model: Community Group Buying