Supermarket supplier sourcing platform, Kwayga, has raised €1m in new funding. The investment was led by The Redesdale Food & Beverage Fund.

Short-term focus will be on breaking into UK market with range of healthy and convenient microwave meals. (Fiid) An Irish plant food company that emerged from a small business rescue scheme earlier this year has secured an investment from a food-focused venture capital fund.

On the hot topic of female representation in business, Conroy said that in the public policy making areas of business and economics, where political standing and academic excellence play a part, women are actually well represented.

Food company Thanks Plants has secured an investment of €400,000 from venture capital firm Redesdale.

Thanks Plants makes vegetarian frankfurters, sausages and roasts that sell in SuperValu, Tesco and many independent shops, and aims to cash in on growing consumer demand for “alternatives” to meat.

The Redesdale Food and Beverage Fund has made a seed investment in fast-growing meat-alternative start-up Thanks Plants. The company, founded by Aisling Cullen in 2020, has also added a number of experienced advisors.

Irish meat alternative producer Thank Plants receives €400,000 Redesdale investment.