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How Angel Food crowdfunded $200K

Angel Food is stocked in hundreds of stores across New Zealand. They make over 130 tonnes of cheese a year and supply national brands such as Pizza Hut and Lord of the Fries. In this masterclass, Alice Shopland tells us how she raised $200K NZ in her latest equity crowdfunding round to fund their expansion into the much bigger Australian marketplace.

Behind the Scenes with Khepera CIC

Khepera created a Community Cooking and Wellbeing Kitchen in High Wycombe. We talk to their founder Charmaine Fyffe, about how they are improving their local community through teaching plant-based cooking skills.

Behind the Scenes with Muse Music & Love Cafe

Muse Music & Love Cafe seems like a typical small cafe, nestled in the Yorkshire market town of Hebden Bridge. But through the doors you will find a love of vinyl records, great coffee and a passion for the vegan cause. Lisa catches up with owners Lou and Paul Blacklock to discover the realities of running your own vegan café.

How Clive’s Pies became Clive’s Purely Plants

Esther Pearson led Clive’s Purely Plants through the transformation of becoming a vegan-only food manufacturer. This resulted in them finding investment to scale up their production and Clive’s are now listed in supermarkets and independents across the country.

091 – How Clive’s Pies became Clive’s Purely Plants

How Esther Pearson led Clive’s through the transformation of becoming a vegan-only food manufacturer.

Behind the Scenes with Left Coast Culture

Ella Clarke left Canada for Scotland to start her own vegan cheese company. Lisa finds out more about Ella’s (accidental!) business journey and if the Scottish Highlands were ready for vegan cheese.

089 – How LoveSeitan scaled-up and found investment

Steve Swindon founded vegan meat replacement company LoveSeitan in his co-founder’s kitchen, but they quickly attracted vegan entrepreneur Heather Mills as an investor and partner. David finds out how.

How LoveSeitan scaled up and found investment for a vegan food business.

LoveSeitan launched in 2017 as an idea to start a vegan food truck after a weekend at Vegan Camp Out. Several years later, LoveSeitan provides both the general public and food manufacturers across the country with meat-replacement seitan. They also picked up a high-profile investor in Heather Mills. Steve tells us how they scaled up so fast.

Why VFC are giving their products away for free

VFC made the headlines when they announced they were giving their products away for free. This campaign might seem like a fast track route to going bust but dig a little deeper and you will find a clever strategy that might not be as expensive to run as you think!