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Investments & Finance

Plant-Based Industry to Flourish in Benelux With Support From Veg Capital & Kale United

UK’s Veg Capital and Sweden’s Kale United, two game-changers in the world of vegan and ethical investment, have invested in Brandplant, a Netherlands distributor of plant-based products, signalling the acceleration of vegan product availability in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. The partnership between these three ethically aligned companies with an impressive combined international vegan network has huge potential for the growth of plant-based business in the three markets. The funds will be utilised to accelerate the growth of current Brandplant brands, in addition to portfolio brands of Veg Capital and Kale United, who in return will support Brandplant’s own brands in the UK and Scandinavia. “It really is a win-win situation,” states Veg Capital’s Managing Director Matthew Glover, who also co-founded Veganuary and VFC, “as …

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Company News

Kale United Launches 4th Funding Round, Announces New Board of Directors

Kale United yesterday announced the launch of its fourth funding round on FundedByMe, aiming to raise €2.15 million in total by christmas to drive further expansion. The funding round has already attracted over €1 million from private investors including Dismatrix and Veg Capital prior to the public opening.

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Fairs & Events

Måns Ullerstam Joins Vevolution’s Vegan ‘Dragon’s Den’ Style Event Pitch & Plant

Last week Vevolution announced the new Pitch & Plant, a global investment competition open to the world’s most exciting startups in plant-based and cell-based. This week, the London-based positive plant-powered organisation announces that Kale United‘s Måns Ullerstam will join as a founding member on the new investment platform.

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Interview with VBites CEO Heather Mills and Kale United CEO Måns Ullerstam
Interviews

Heather Mills & Måns Ullerstam – Giants of Vegan Investment Speak of Collaboration

VBites CEO Heather Mills and Kale United CEO Måns Ullerstam
VBites CEO Heather Mills and Kale United CEO Måns Ullerstam

Heather Mills and Måns Ullerstam are two prolific investors in the world of vegan business. Ms Mills operates meat and dairy alternative producer VBites, and her lengthy list of achievements in the field includes constant and steady expansion in the UK, the acquisition of a Procter and Gamble factory to create a “plant-based silicone valley”, and collaborations with One Planet Pizza and Goodfellas Pizza in advancing the development of vegan cheeses.

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Company News

Kale United launches EUR 1 Million Funding Round

Plant-based company Kale United AB (Kale United) today announces the launch of its second funding round; raising EUR 1 million in capital to invest in or acquire new brands that are supporting global change. Kale United is harnessing its international reach to help global companies to enter Scandinavia and to support Scandinavian companies as they grow globally.

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Måns Ullerstam – Gründer und Investor von Kale Invest

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Interviews

Kale United: “We Represent the Next Wave of Plant-based Businesses”

Kale United is a Swedish ethical holding company with a vision to create a plant-based world. Driven by the ambition to evolve into a trusted stamp of approval for plant-based businesses and consumers, they are on a mission to help the best plant-based brands succeed in the mainstream while also driving  value for the stakeholders.

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Måns Ullerstam – Gründer und Investor von Kale Invest

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Interviews

Kale Invest: “A Little Effort Can Have a Big Impact on the World”

The Swedish entrepreneur and investor Måns Ullerstam is a real doer. After realising that there were no investment opportunities that met his ethical and sustainable standards, he quickly created one himself. That is how “Kale Invest” – an investment platform that invests only in plant-based companies – was born. But that’s not all. Ullerstam was recently trained by Al Gore as a Climate Reality Leader in order to further advance his commitment to tackling climate change. That was reason enough for us to interview the young visionary about his investment project and the worldwide development of veganism.

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