Five Seasons Ventures

Who grabs Gold? The race for the next EU challenger Brand in Sports Nutrition ⚽️🥇 Here at Five Seasons, Sports Mania has officially started. We having been analysing the race for the next EU challenger Brand in Sports Nutrition, and our question is, who grabs Gold? Innovation, channel focus, community building? We delved a little deeper into the segment in an attempt to spot the potential success factor 🏆 Read Anatole Robiot and Saskia Hoebée's views on the sector here 👉🏻 https://lnkd.in/eaHNmMNy

🍫 Nucao’s crowdfunding campaign is live on Econeers! 🍫 Since 2016 nucao is working hard to make the chocolate category more fair (direct sourcing from cooperatives) and sustainable (100% plant based) without ever compromising on taste and indulgence! With three successful product categories – chocolate-covered fruits, snackable chocolate bars, and sharing format chocolate blocs – the company is now represented in over 9,000 stores and is on its way to become the #1 purpose driven chocolate Brand 🔥 5 reasons for your investment 👉🏻Support the development of creamy, delicious vegan recipes. 👉🏻 Help to stand up against the exploitative chocolate industry. 👉🏻 Support pioneering sustainable packaging solutions. 👉🏻 Promote sustainable cocoa farming and agroforestry. 👉🏻 Invest in a world with a future with the chance to benefit financially yourself. Click to see how the investment is structured and how you can be a part of the Green Revolution 💚 https://lnkd.in/exPybYDr #fairtrade #sustainability #crowdfunding #fiveseasons

🚨 Our 2024 Impact & ESG report is out 🚨 As for the last seven years, we are delighted to publish the latest edition of our Impact & ESG Report! 💚 We are proud to back brands striving for a more sustainable food system. We will continue to invest in brands that improve the status quo and provide them with personalised support to achieve their goals, thanks to Gaetan Kerloc'h, Head of Impact. To access the full report click here 👉🏻 https://lnkd.in/eZ9WtnpJ

🚨We are hiring a VC Analyst intern to start in September 2024🚨 Eager to gain experience in venture capital investing? Interested in Food & FMCG? Convinced that our food system needs to change? Do you like to try out new products? 🍫🍋 Apply to join FSV’s investment team as a VC analyst intern in September. 👇🏼 Please see below for more details on how to apply (note: Please ONLY apply if you are available for a minimum 5 months from September onwards. The date and term are fixed) Application deadline: May 17th EOD.

🚨 The FSV team is growing 🚨 We are very excited to share that Valerie Evans joined Five Seasons Ventures this week to focus on food, beverage and supplement brands in Europe! 🎉 She has a background in consumer investing with a global lens, having worked in New York and London previously, and completing her MBA at INSEAD.  Her passion lies in championing and working with entrepreneurs reshaping consumers’ daily lives and positively impacting the environment, especially in nutrition and food. Welcome to the team! 💜

Tout savoir sur les levées de fonds pour les entreprises BCorp 👀 (French speaking webinar) We are delighted to announce that Gaetan Kerloc'h & Lucie Paté will present a webinar on Impact Fundraising on April 29th 🌎 In collaboration with B Lab France, we are happy to share with you our Do’s and Don’ts during a fundraising process, leveraging your B-Corp certification and Impact & ESG commitment 🥇 Register here 👉🏻 https://lnkd.in/eJXQZaBA

🚨La Fourche makes the Impact40!🚨 Congratulations to our portfolio company La Fourche for being featured in the Impact40 list released at ChangeNOW by Mouvement Impact France. This new index is ranking 40 future impact unicorns, innovative companies created less than 10 years ago and which avoids over 50M€ of costs to society per year. 🙌🏼 We are proud to support companies that are leading the way towards a more sustainable food ecosystem!💚 Check the entire list and more details on the method here 👉🏻 https://lnkd.in/enGmCBFq #vc #foodtech #fiveseasonsventures #impact #impact40

Ultra-processed food? Nutriscore? Yuka? 👀 What should I eat to keep a healthy weight, gain energy, focus, age well and prevent cardiovascular diseases? 🏋🏼 How do I make sure that I get the right intake of vitamins, minerals and other micronutrients, eat natural, eat less meat, eat more fiber, do not eat refined sugars and saturated fats? 🍕 Consumers are getting confused and it is harder and harder to make informed choices to balance their diet. Read Giancarlo Addario’s view on nutritional communication biases 👉🏻 https://lnkd.in/e7B_Qy27

💥Our State of the European Foodtech 2024 report is now out!💥 How is Foodtech VC holding up in Europe? 📊 Do we see a normalisation in the market? 💸 What are the key macro-trends shaping our space? 🥤 Find out the answers to these questions and much more in our extensive report co-written with Dealroom.co 👉🏻 https://lnkd.in/eQT5FKJJ Happy reading! 👀💜