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Dutch food brand Schouten is releasing new vegan fish sticks in response to the growing demand for animal-free seafood products brought on in part by the popularity of Netflix documentary
Seaspiracy. The brand’s new wheat- and rice-based vegan fish sticks are meant to be used in the same applications as traditional fish sticks. “We have noticed that the Netflix documentary
Seaspiracy has made a big impression on people and has contributed to a growing awareness of the importance of plant-based alternatives to fish,” Schouten Product Manager Annemiek Vervoort said. “This will further increase the demand for fish substitutes.”
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Gathered Foods the parent company of vegan seafood brand Good Catch Foods recently closed a $26.35 million funding round. The funds will be used to ramp up innovation, increase its product range, and help its Good Catch brand expand internationally. The expansion is expected to begin in Europe and further rollouts are planned for later this year.
Last year, Gathered Foods raised $36.5 million from celebrity investors, including Paris Hilton, Lance Bass, and Woody Harrelson. The company also entered into a joint venture with Bumble Bee Foods, which will leverage the tuna giant’s sales, distribution, and logistics expertise to make Gathered Foods’ vegan products accessible to a wide range of customers at affordable prices. This most recent funding round included investors such as global agricultural commodities superpower Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) and Unovis Asset Management and Big Idea Ventures.
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Gathered Foods secures $26.35m funding to dramatically expand reach of Good Catch plant-based seafood Gathered Foods, parent company of plant-based seafood brand Good Catch, has secured $26.35m in a B-2 Bridge Funding Round to ramp up product innovation and dramatically increase its retail footprint.
Investors from the round include Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), Unovis Asset Management, Big Idea Ventures, and others. The recent investment follows a $36.8m Series B funding round last year, which allowed the brand to expand production and open its own plant-based production facility in Heath, Ohio.
The company also entered a
In addition to expanded distribution and building out its product innovation pipeline, the newest round of funding will go towards growing the brand’s international footprint beginning in Europe (where it s already available in retailers in the Netherlands and Spain) with retail expansion planned for later this year. The compan