Imagine to be an athlete training for the next Olympic Games planned to happen in 3 years, and imagine that, unexpectedly and unreasonably, you receive the short notice call that the Games are actually taking place TOMORROW. This is more or less what happened to all...
Shaping the beverage industry transition to no single-use plastic and no sugar At Five Seasons Ventures we have been looking for a solution to solve two major problems in the beverage industry: · Sustainability: moving millions of litres of water in plastic bottles from A to B...
Milan, 11/01/2021 - Cortilia, the Italian leader in online quality fresh food, announced the closing of a €34 million Series C round of financing, led by Red Circle together with existing investors. Cortilia committed to further push sustainability through its local supply chain and transformed...
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 company has surpassed its €2.2 million target, which was secured...
https://medium.com/@ivanfarneti/why-we-invested-in-la-fourche-something-about-price-availability-taste-and-tribe-26b22dc653d9 We are very proud to announce our investment in La Fourche, Five Seasons Ventures first investment in France. Even more so as we completed our due diligence and closed the legal documentation during the Covid lock-down period (the due diligence visit to the warehouse done over...
NORWICH, UK 27 May 2020: Tropic Biosciences (“Tropic”), the pioneering agricultural-biotechnology company dedicated to the development of high-performance varieties of tropical crops, has successfully completed a $28.5 million Series B round of equity funding, led by Temasek, a global investment company headquartered in Singapore. Tropic’s crop...
Disclaimer : the information regarding the flat valuation round as presented by this article is incorrect https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/21/yfood-gulps-down-16m-to-build-out-its-meal-in-a-bottle-and-snack-bar-business/ As people move into months of sheltering in place, many are doubling down on cooking at home. But not everyone is always happy about it. Today, a company that makes...
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/butternut-box-receives-significant-strategic-investment-from-l-catterton-europe-301004316.html LONDON and GREENWICH, Conn., Feb. 13, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Butternut Box, the leading fresh food delivery brand for dogs in Europe, today announced that it has received a significant strategic investment from the European fund of LCatterton, the largest and most global consumer-focused private equity firm....
At Five Seasons Ventures, we are proud to welcome Just Spices into our portfolio. Just Spices is a Digital Native Vertical Brand (DNVB) providing consumers with global flavours, convenience and a digitally-enabled experience. It may not come as a surprise that the share of meals consumed at home...
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