# Matthew Glover

> Matthew Glover is a seed investor at Veg Capital backing Food and Beverage and Plant-Based Foods. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Veg Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/veg-capital)
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 78%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-glover/

Matthew Glover is a seed investor at Veg Capital focused on Food and Beverage and Plant-Based Foods. Matthew Glover, the vegan serial entrepreneur and the founder of multiple world-changing vegan projects such as Veganuary, Million Dollar Vegan, and Veg Capital, today announces the launch of Vegan Fried Chick*n Company VFC with plans to overtake the chicken industry. “This is where food meets activism. This is our sit-down protest.”Speaking tovegconomist today, Glover describes the vegan fried chicken product which is created from wheat protein and is soy- and nut-free: it looks, tastes and pulls apart like chicken, is “made for carnivores and suitable for vegans.”Key to the company’s mission is first to achieve price parity with slaughtered chicken, with the aim to then outprice animal products and eventually offer to the public a product that tastes, looks and smells like chicken but costs less. The potential impact here is immeasurable.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 3 | 33% |
| Plant-Based Foods | 3 | 33% |
| Food Processing | 2 | 22% |
| AgTech | 1 | 11% |
| Retail | 1 | 11% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 11% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 56% |
| Sweden | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SHICKEN Foods | Plant-based chicken manufacturer | $5.1M | Seed | Mar 26, 2024 |  |
| VFC Foods | VFC Foods is a vegan food producer that provides fresh plant-based protein foods. | $7.5M | Seed | Apr 20, 2023 |  |
| SpiceBox | Spicebox produces fully vegan dishes using the same ingredients and recipes as used in the London restaurants. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 08, 2022 |  |
| VFC Foods | VFC Foods is a vegan food producer that provides fresh plant-based protein foods. | $10.2M | Seed | Jan 18, 2022 |  |
| Planty | At Planty, we provide a hassle-free way to eat more plants, while joining a movement to fight against climate change. No cooking. No shopping. Just super convenient, chef-prepared, plant-based meals delivered across the UK. Planty meals are nutritious & made from sustainable ingredients with minimal packaging. | $887.9K | Seed | Oct 12, 2021 |  |
| VFC Foods | VFC Foods is a vegan food producer that provides fresh plant-based protein foods. | $3.4M | Seed | Mar 25, 2021 |  |
| Hooked Foods | Hooked Foods is working on a plant-based tuna substitute. By serving delicious plant-based seafood for everyone to enjoy, the company is leading the transition to a healthier seafood ecosystem. The company was established in 2019 and is headquartered in Sweden. | $600K | Pre-Seed | Dec 17, 2020 |  |
| Planty | At Planty, we provide a hassle-free way to eat more plants, while joining a movement to fight against climate change. No cooking. No shopping. Just super convenient, chef-prepared, plant-based meals delivered across the UK. Planty meals are nutritious & made from sustainable ingredients with minimal packaging. | $213.2K | Seed | Sep 02, 2020 |  |
| Purezza | Purezza is a vegan pizza restaurant intended to offer plant-based, whole-grain, wood-fired pizzas and products. They provide food products including pizzas, artisan-based mozzarella, pasta, desserts, and gluten-free cheese, among others, providing customers with cruelty-free vegetarian fast food substitutes. |  |  |  |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Kale United](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kale-invest) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Big Idea Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/big-idea-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [+Cap](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cap-f926) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Food Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/food-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Johnson Resolutions](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/johnson-resolutions) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Katapult Ocean](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katapult-ocean) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Veg Capital

VC Fund · Loughborough, United Kingdom

Veg Capital provides early-stage capital to companies striving to replace the use of animals in the food system.

3 contacts available at Veg Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Matthew Glover | Owner & Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/matthew-glover |
| Christian Wolthers | Investment Advisor & Co-investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christian-crica-wolthers |
| Clifford Johnson | Financial Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clifford-johnson-6768 |

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## FAQ

### What does Matthew Glover invest in?

Matthew Glover invests primarily in Food and Beverage, Plant-Based Foods and Food Processing startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Matthew Glover last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Matthew Glover closed in Mar 2024. Shizune tracks 9 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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