L Catterton and General Atlantic Lead £280M Investment in Pet Food Brand Butternut Box

L Catterton and General Atlantic led the latest funding round for Butternut Box, a London-based direct-to-consumer dog food brand. The capital is expected to help the company expand its presence in Europe and further afield.

 According to Sky News, the dog food company now has a pre-money valuation of north of £500m, thus putting them on the precipice of unicorn status, an increasingly rare event as of late.

Butternut Box announced the raise of £40m back in August of 2021, with L Catterton leading the round, and is additionally backed by White Star Capital, Five Seasons Ventures, HSBC, Literacy Capital, Blackrock’s Kreos Capital, and Passion Capital.

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Butterbox co-founder Kevin Glynn comments:

“We are delighted to now partner with General Atlantic, who is an incredible investor and shares our long-term vision of developing the category of Fresh pet food across Europe. It is also fantastic to receive further support from our long-standing partner, L Catterton who we’ve been proud to work with for several years now and who also believes in the power of Fresh and that we are only really at the starting line. Most notably we are incredibly excited by what this investment will unlock for our customers (dogs and humans) in the years to come as we are nothing without them.”

Source: Tech.eu

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