Because air up is a future category leader that proves Food can grow like Tech Just over nine months ago, we wrote an article about why we invested in air up’s 18m round. Our investment thesis was based on backing the innovative new player that could become the...
Pascal a travaillé pendant plus de 20 ans dans le secteur de la grande distribution, en tant que PDG de Carrefour France et Espagne et membre du Comex. Il a mené avec succès la transformation numérique du groupe, en développant le e-commerce et le numérique...
Snacking 2.0: Saving the planet, one Snack at a time. The Nu Co: the next generation snacking company tackling the confectionary industry’s 3 key challenges: sugar, plastic, and CO2 emissions One need only look at today’s snacking incumbents fighting over the likes of Eat Natural, Grenade, Perfect...
Five Seasons Ventures is proud to announce having signed the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). The PRI is recognized as the leading global network for investors committed to integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations into their investment practices. Micol Chiesa, Head of Impact Investing...
Latest funding round led by L Catterton included strong participation from White Star Capital, Five Seasons Ventures and Passion Capital. LONDON, UK, 10 August 2021 – Butternut Box, the leading UK and European directto-consumer fresh dog food brand, today announced that it has raised £40m of...
Gut health – more than a trend Hippocrates once said: “all disease begins in the gut”. And he was right. Tens of trillions of microorganisms reside in the human gut, contributing up to 2kg to our body weight. The number of different species of bacteria is estimated at...
Venture capitalists have fed millions of pounds into a British maker of meat-free alternatives to bacon and sausages amid a surge in sales. Funds including BGF, one of the most active investors in the UK, and Lever VC, which specialises in backing meat substitutes, have invested...
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...
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...
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...