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Investments & Finance

Canada’s Vejii Signs Letter of Intent to Purchase UK Marketplace Mighty Plants for £2 million

Vejii Holdings Ltd (CSE: VEJI), a North American online marketplace for plant-based and sustainable products, announces it has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent with UK company Frozenly contemplating the acquisition of Frozenly’s issued and outstanding shares. If completed, Vejii states the proposed acquisition will expand its footprint into the UK, marking a major milestone for the company.  According to the terms of acquisition, Vejii will purchase Frozenly’s shares for an anticipated price of £2 million (about $2.4M USD). Upon closing, the UK company will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vejii, while founders Rebecca Osborne and Gabriel Osborne will continue to manage Frozenly,  and will also be subject to contractual resale restrictions agreed to by the parties. Frozenly owns and operates MightyPlants.com, an e-commerce platform that …

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Investments & Finance

Vejii to Acquire Leading B2B Plant-Based Wholesale Platform VEDGEco

Online vegan marketplace Vejii has entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire leading business-to-business wholesale platform VEDGEco. VEDGEco is one of the first online wholesale platforms dedicated to plant-based products, enabling smaller businesses to access high-quality products without the large minimum order sizes required by many distributors. Vejii will acquire 100% of the company’s shares for a total price of $6,250,000. VEDGEco’s team is expected to remain the same following the completion of the transaction. The acquisition will allow Vejii to expand its distribution network to include VEDGEco’s existing facilities in Hawaii, Northern California, and Georgia, while also granting VEDGEco access to Vejii’s distribution centres. Launch to IPO A little over a year after Vejii officially launched in the US, it has already expanded …

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Interviews

Vejii Goes Public: “We Think This is Very Exciting & Indicative Of the Larger Potential Of the Market As a Whole”

Vejii, the largest sustainability-focused online marketplace in North America, announces it has become publicly listed on the CSE under the ticker VEJI. The platform, which delivers to 48 states, today becomes one of the few plant-based companies in the world to go public. Vegconomist sits down with CEO Kory Zelickson to hear more about the company’s big news. Why did you decide to go public? First of all, thanks for interviewing me, vegconomist.  I love and appreciate your coverage in the vegan business space.  My Co-Founder Darren Gill and I decided to take Vejii public to have more efficient access to and deployment of growth capital.  In addition, we wanted to have the ability to execute M&A strategies, which also offer interested investors in the …

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Products & Launches

Online Vegan Marketplace Vejii Launches in Canada to Serve Growing Canadian Demand for Plant-Based

Vejii Holdings Ltd announces the launch of its new Canadian platform, making available the largest online vegan marketplace to the estimated 2.3 million vegetarians and 850,000 vegans in Canada. The launch follows the success of the US platform which was only launched in November of last year and which has been scaling rapidly, recently launching its Vejii Express service which offers guaranteed shipping within two business-days.

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Interviews

Vejii: “Vejii Offers the Opportunity For Plant-Based Startups to Gain National Exposure in the E-Commerce Marketplace”

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Food & Beverage

Barvecue’s Famous Vegan BBQ Pulled Pork Now Available For Home Delivery on Vejii

Vejii Holdings Ltd. announces a new partnership with Barvecue, a plant-based barbeque brand of hugely popular wood-smoked vegan pulled pork from soy and wheat. Through the new agreement, Barvecue’s full line of plant-based meats is available now on ShopVejii.com. Barvecue products will be cold packed and can be delivered within 2-3 business days across the United States. 

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Tia Blanco, courtesy of Vejii

Cosmetics & Bodycare

Vegan Pro Surfer Tia Blanco joins Vejii as Brand Ambassador, Launches Vegan Cosmetics Brand Dear Self Skincare

Vegan pro surfer Tia Blanco, an early-stage brand ambassador for Beyond Meat, has been officially onboarded as official ambassador for online vegan marketplace Vejii. Additionally, Vejii has launched Tia Blanco’s brand of vegan and cruelty-free cosmetic products, Dear Self Skincare on its platform.

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