This month, our Pitch Event on Thursday 19th September, focusses on Female Founders Changing The Game For Consumers.

Our Focus this month is the increasing trend of investing in vegan products, highlighting two of our founder clients excelling in this category.

And we welcome our new PACP Partner Martyn Dawes; experienced entrepreneur, Founder and ex-CEO of Coffee Nation.

PACP Online Pitch Event

Female Founders Changing The Game For Consumers 

Thursday 19th September 2024, 2pm-3pm (UK Time)

We’re delighted that Lilac Watt, a consumer investor at Venrex, will be joining us to discuss her experiences of investing at an early-stage VC firm that backs creative founders to launch and build creative businesses where consumer

Company 1:

Changing the face of aging in the Beauty sector, with a “grown up” makeup line of innovative products that meet the unique requirements of mature skin, empowering women to look and feel their most beautiful and confident.

• ARR: £2.0m with +90% current growth
• Raise: £500k

Company 2:

A purpose-led lifestyle brand that is setting a new precedent for fashion and wellness with a collection designed for positive impact, comfort, confidence and sensuality.

• ARR: £750k multi-channel, including Next, Nordstrom and Bloomingdales
• Raise: £1m

Click here to register to attend.

September Focus

Going Vegan – The Global Appeal of Vegan Investing

The rapid rise in veganism in recent years has seen consumers increasingly seeking products that align with a desire to consume ethically, reduce meat consumption and seek plant-based alternatives.

The sector is expanding quickly and attracting the attention of both vegan and non-vegan investors. The global market size for vegan food alone is forecast to be worth $155 billion by 2027. And it’s not just food; the vegan trend goes much further, including fashion and cosmetics.

We have a number of fouder clients within the vegan category who are quickly gaining traction and attention from investors – we highest 2 of these business below, including details about their current investment opportunities and PACP parter contacts for more information.

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Plant Based Food With A Conscience – A versatile product range reducing food waste at source and creating healthier every-day food.

• Sector: Vegan F&B
• Stage: Early-Growth
• Raise: £500k EIS eligible
• Founder: Hannah McCollum

Professional chef, Hannah McCollum, has created a range of versatile hummus dips and snack pots from fresh vegetables and pulses that are usually rejected by farmers due to their shape.

Since launch, the snacks have gained an incredibly strong reputation for quality and taste, and sales to date have reached over £1.6 million. The business has a significant commercial pipeline and existing partners include Whole Foods, Selfridges, Planet Organic and Wimbledon, as well as stocked in Ocado and Co-Op.

Hannah is looking to close her current round of £500k imminently, having secured 2 strategic investors as part of the current raise.

For more details and to request an investor deck, please contact PACP Partner Sharon O’Connor.

Immaculate Vegan

The World’s Leading Marketplace for Premium Vegan, Ethical Fashion and Lifestyle Brands

• Sector: Vegan Fashion Marketplace
• Stage: Early-Growth
• Raise: £450k EIS eligible
• Founders: Annick Ireland and Simon Bell

The future of fashion is ethical and the Immaculate Vegan marketplace empowers conscious consumers around the world to look good, feel good and do good by bringing them the best vegan fashion in the world in one place.

Immaculate Vegan is already the market authority with a strong suite of performance metrics, high levels of customer engagement and revenues of nearly £1.5m ARR.

Raising £450k EIS eligible, Immaculate Vegan is set to benefit from four unique tailwinds in Veganism, Sustainability, Ethical Consumption and Marketplace led digital commerce.

For more details and to request an invest deck, please contact PACP Partner Greg Tufnell.

Introducing New PACP Partner – Martyn Dawes

Experienced, Award-Winning Entrepreneur, Founder and ex CEO of Coffee Nation

Martyn is one of the UK’s most  successful consumer products entrepreneurs of the last two decades.

Through his clear strategic  vision in founding Coffee Nation, he created a new market category and business model, secured multi-year exclusive contracts with major retailers, raised expansion capital from UK private equity, and scale rapidly and globally to a successful exit to Whitbread plc.

Martyn’s received recognition for his impressive track record; an EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award Winner and Winner of The Sunday Times/Virgin Fast Track Innovation Award.

Martyn is excited to be working with innovative founders in the consumer sector, utilising his extensive knowledge and experience of navigating the many business and personal challenges of scaling and all the way through to exit- click here to read Martyn’s full bio.