VWS Audience

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Society

Vegan Women Summit 2022 Returns to Inspire Rising Women Leaders

The Vegan Women Summit (VWS) is returning to Los Angeles on April 8 for a full-day conference with top women business leaders, scientists and activists working to build a more compassionate and sustainable world. The sold-out event’s hosts will include vegan artist and entrepreneur Dominique Side, founder and CEO of multiple innovative ventures such as Vgn Bae Music Studios and The Luxury Vegan.   Empowering rising leaders Founded by Jennifer Stojkovic, VWS is an organization that seeks to educate, inspire and empower women to bring greater compassion to their industry and careers. Through media and popular events, VWS says it is building a strong and inclusive community of ambitious female leaders. The organization’s work is supported by a diverse array of founders, investors, CEO’s, athletes, and …

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KLIMON Cherry Bomb Ice Cream

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Food & Beverage

KLIMON Debuts Decadent Line of Almond-Based Ice Cream at Walmart

KLIMON, a maker of frozen dairy-free dessert pints, is launching its debut line of almond-based ice creams at select US Walmart stores, with a national release in the works.  Available in five decadent flavors, KLIMON says its products use a proprietary almond-based blend to deliver the same richness and texture of dairy ice cream.  The five flavors include:  Morning Brew – Coffee flavored ice cream with real almonds and fudge swirl. Caramel Brûlée: Salted caramel flavored dessert with chocolate cookie crumbs and a caramelized sugar swirl. Mint Condition: Mint ice cream with mini chocolate chips and a fudge swirl. Cherry Bomb: Cherry flavored ice cream with real bordeaux cherry chunks and cherry swirl. Sunrise Bang: Creamy orange flavor with cream flavored swirl. Dairy-free ice creams …

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Modern Kitchen cream cheese

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Investments & Finance

Perfect Day Secures $350M Bringing Total Raise to $750M, Enters Vegan Cheese Category

Perfect Day, Inc., the California producer of animal-free dairy protein and the most-funded company in fermentation, this week secured $350 million in a Series D round led by Temasek and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), bringing its total funding to $750 million. Perfect Day’s founders entered into consumer products through The Urgent Company (TUC).  TUC’s first brand, Brave Robot, recently announced it is now the leading growth driver for plant-based ice cream, available in over 5,000 grocery stores, including Kroger, Sprouts, and Stop & Shop. The company now reveals it is further investing in TUC with the launch of plant-based dairy brand, Modern Kitchen, which will soon debut animal-free cream cheese. Perfect Day also onboarded food industry executives over the past quarter including …

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