Plantbased burger chain The Vurger Co. currently operates two restaurants in Shoreditch and Canary Wharf in London and a third site soon to open in Brighton. At the beginning of February 2020, the brand announced it had received £1.4 million in investment amid a period of growth, and has huge expansion plans in the UK and beyond.
The Vurger Co Receives Investment From Chris Smalling’s VC Fund ForGood
Following a successful year which saw the opening of its largest ever restaurant location and expansion into new retailers, The Vurger Co has received funding from footballer Chris Smalling and his climate-focused VC consultancy, ForGood. The plant-based burger brand said it was “thrilled” to partner with Smalling and ForGood, which was founded last year in collaboration with Sebastiano Cossia Castiglioni, an early backer of The Vurger, and Rebecca Wheeler. “We all want to subvert the way things work, change habits, and evolve how we as a species think and perceive what we eat, use and do every day. Aiming at removing animals from the supply chain is our main and most powerful shared goal,” ForGood’s founders recently told vegconomist. “We can’t wait to see our …
