Planty
Unit 20, The Circle, Queen Elizabeth Street, London, Greater London, SE1 2JE, United Kingdom
Overview
Planty is a London-based social venture that delivers vegan frozen meals direct to customers. Founded in 2019 by Alexander Sheehan-Dare, Joseph Lovell and Andrea Cavallo, the company aims to make plant-based eating easy, tasty and accessible. Its core product line focuses on ready-to-eat frozen meals with plans to expand into desserts and breakfasts. The startup says it will use fresh capital to move to a larger facility and to support geographic expansion into Scandinavia. Planty recently raised additional funding and previously secured a €180K seed round in September 2020. No revenue or user metrics were disclosed in the article. Planty is a DTC frozen vegan meal service founded in 2019 by Andrea, Ali and Joe. The company produces chef-prepared frozen plant-based ready meals and initially launched in London before rolling out across the rest of the UK. Its menu includes dishes such as Mac ‘no’ Cheese, Yaki-Miso Udon Noodles, BBQ Banana Blossom Burrito, Shepherd-less Pie and Garden Pea & Mint Risotto. Head Development Chef Joe previously worked at top London restaurants including the Michelin-starred Petrus and is part of the founding team. Planty recently closed seed funding to support execution of its production roadmap and to accelerate its social and environmental mission. The team says it will expand its product portfolio, pursue partnerships and continue UK growth with an eye to entering Europe, naming Germany as an initial target.
- Total raised
- $1M
- Funding rounds
- 2
- Latest round
- Equity
- Latest activity
- Oct 2021
Industries
- Plant-Based Foods
Recent funding
Equity
Oct 2021
$1M
Seed
Sep 2020
$0M