Bread & Butter
We are proud to announce that we have been granted the B-Corp Certification, another step towards a more responsible VC world! 💚
In other news…
THIS, the UK’s fastest growing food brand, raised £15M in a series B round.
Butternut Box celebrated its 7th anniversary this month, here is a quick throwback on their story.
Chanyu Xu, founder of Her One, was invited on the Women Authors of Achievement podcast this month.
Constantinos Calios, founder and CEO at Koro, was interviewed in the Berliner Morgenpost.
Ole Schaumberg on Just Legends’ ability to target gamers’ special needs and the gaming massive market.
FSV B-Corp certification is a huge milestone for us, we wanted to share a few thoughts on this journey and why we decided to apply to the B-Corp label:
The label helps us understand the sustainability best practices
The label also highlighted our impact-driven strategy
The label gives us access to a community
👉 Read Gaetan Kerloc’h article, Head of Impact at FSV, here.
What is expected for the AgriFood ecosystem this year?
AgFunder released their AgriFoodtech investment report for 2023.
DigitalFoodLab published its yearly report on Foodtech in Europe and the trends shaping the ecosystem for 2023.
The amount of costs that impact startups avoid for society can be a the new indicator to value unicorns, according to a BCG study.
The European Union released a new proposal on a Directive on Green Claims, a step forward to tackle greenwashing and European countries are implementing regulations to improve food sustainability
Food brands have a hard time to adapt to the actual state of “polycrisis”, and yet, only 26% of the biggest companies have set holistic time-bound targets for their sustainability strategy.
Is the vertical farming bubble bursting ? Fast Companies analysed the failure of many indoor farms in the US and its causes.
Looking for opportunities in our stellar portfolio? ⬇️
La Fourche - her1 - yfood Labs - air up - the nu company - mammaly - Just Legends -vly - THIS™ - Butternut Box - Tropic Biosciences - Cortilia - Barkyn - yamo - Koro