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Fundraising

Spain’s Pink Albatross Opens Funding Round, Aiming to Raise Over €1M

Pink Albatross, a 100% plant-based ice cream company based in Madrid, has opened a financing round with the aim of raising between 1 and 1.5 million euros. The company’s objective is to consolidate its growth after reaching more than 2,000 points of sale in Spain, Portuga,l and Germany. The four pillars on which it will focus are: Innovation and new products: Pink Albatross currently has a wide variety of flavours and formats and with this financing, the company intends to expand its product portfolio. New marketing and sales activities with the aim of increasing both brand awareness and distribution. Recruitment of personnel: due to its strong growth in recent months, the company plans to expand its team. Maintenance of working capital or working capital Robust …

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Sweets & Snacks

Spain’s Pink Albatross Exceeds 2,000 Points of Sale, Expects to Turnover €1.1 million This Year

Pink Albatross, the Spanish 100% plant-based ice cream company, announces that its distribution has multiplied this season and it has managed to expand into more than 10 new retail outlets. In addition, the company has stated that it expects to reach a turnover of 1.1 million euros by end of 2023. The points of sale where these ice creams can be purchased are in all Carrefour locations entailing more than 200 hypermarkets; in around 60 Eroski, Caprabo and Familia shops; and in more than 105 Bon Preu and Esclat supermarkets. Pink Albatross products have also entered more than 160 points of sale of Supermercados MAS and Cash Fresh, of the Sevillian group Hermanos Martín; in 44 Hiper Usera shops, in an in&out in around 60 …

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La Vie accepts Carrefour award

La Vie accepts award, ©Carrefour

Fairs & Events

The Ten Winners of the Carrefour Plant-Based Contest!

Carrefour announced the final of its Plant-Based Contest last night, deciding between the 15 finalists. The aim of this contest was to find the most successful plant-based innovations that the retail giant will then offer to its customers. More than 250 start-ups from all over the world took part, of which 15 were selected for the final and 10 winners were chosen by the jury. Carrefour CEO Alexandre Bompard was present at the results announcement ceremony to hand out the jury’s “Coup de Coeur” award to La Vie for its ham — a new product due to be launched in September. Here are the 10 winning startups (in alphabetical order, there was no ranking): La Vie Lapp Libre Foods Novish Pink Albatross Rebl Eats Oy …

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Kati Ohens, co-founder of Plantcraft

Kati Ohens, co-founder of Plantcraft, image courtesy ProVeg

Fairs & Events

Startup Stories: Glean Invaluable Insight From ProVeg Alumni at the Virtual Incubator Roundtable

On June 30, ProVeg will host a virtual roundtable with four alumni startups – Greenwise, Plantcraft, Asante, and Pink Albatross – sharing their entrepreneurial stories and experiences in the ProVeg Incubator programme. “Startup founders are one of the best sources of tips and insights for fellow entrepreneurs because they have been there and done that themselves” Participants of the live event who might be considering applying for the programme will get the chance to ask the speakers questions in a Q&A segment. Speakers: Julia Marsel, Co-Founder and CMO at Greenwise Kati Ohens, Co-Founder and CEO at Plantcraft Luke Saldanha, Co-Founder at Pink Albatross Iván Jiménez de Sandi, Co-Founder and CEO at Asanté Agenda: (all times are CEST) 7:00 pm – Start 8:00 pm – Audience …

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