22 Apr 2024 --- Sweden-based food technology company Saveggy has raised €1.76 million (US$1.87 million) to launch its plant-based packaging alternative for fresh fruit and vegetables at an industrial scale. The investment round was led by impact investor Unconventional Ventures, with contributions from the Federation of Swedish Farmers (LRF) Ventures, Almi Invest GreenTech and industry angels. “We are very pleased to have gathered a team of impact investors who share our mission to ‘help the world waste less,’” says Arash Fayyazi, co-founder and CEO of Saveggy. “We believe that freshness, the health of our planet and the well-being of people should always remain uncompromised. With this financing round, we will launch our first product on an industrial scale.”