Jack & Bry raises €1.4 million seed funding

London: Today UK food tech Jack & Bry, a producer of plant-based meat alternatives, has secured around €1.4 million in seed funding. The round was led by SFC Capital, with other backers including KM Capital, Rubix Ventures, and a number of high net worth private investors. The funding will support further product innovation as the jackfruit pioneer targets more big-name customer acquisitions.

Founded in 2019, Jack & Bry has already created a range of innovative jackfruit meat alternatives, including burgers, mince, sausages, and its first product, its famous pepperoni pizza ingredient. It already supplies 138 Zizzi sites, 450 Papa John’s outlets in the UK and Netherlands, and 300 Sainsbury’s stores, with products also set to launch in The Vegan Kind and Central Foods. Jack & Bry recently launched the UK’s first plant-based fast-food fish burger when its Fillet-no-Fish was added to the menu at Neat Burger, a plant-based restaurant chain backed by Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton.

It’s no secret that online retailers and suppliers are stocking a growing range of plant-based meat alternative products to keep up with consumer demand – 40% of UK consumers are either not eating meat or actively reducing their intake (Mintel, 2020). In this climate, Jack & Bry has experienced 400% growth in new customer launches in January alone, currently selling products in the UK and the Netherlands.

Reflecting on the booming market, Bryony Tinn-Disbury, founder of Jack & Bry, said: “We know consumers are seeking out meat alternatives in ever greater numbers, but they are also seeking higher quality in the plant-based foods they buy. Key to that is an authentic recreation of taste and texture, and we’re proud to have developed a full retail range of branded jackfruit products to mimic all the meats to satisfy that demand.”