Marleybones snaps up £2.5M to scale Pantry Fresh® dog meals

London-based Marleybones, a premium dog food brand, has
closed a £2.5 million funding round led by TAW Ventures, the investment firm
founded by Jane Lauder, with follow-on support from JamJar Investments, Active
Partners, and Animal Health Angels.

The round stands out for its strong female
representation, with a female-founded company and an all-female investor team, still
rare in European venture capital.

Founded in 2020 to bridge the gap between quality and
convenience, Marleybones offers Pantry Fresh® meals that are slow-cooked,
nutritionally complete, and packaged in sustainable cartons. The range also
includes vet-developed supplements, an omega oil, and natural air-dried treats,
each vet-approved and produced in the UK.

This investment follows over 200 per cent growth since the
previous round and several milestones: expanded retail distribution, new
product partnerships, a line of functional supplements, and a pilot veterinary
channel.

Mikala Skov, Co-founder of Marleybones, said:

We’ve built strong traction across D2C and retail, expanded
into supplements, and proven category demand with triple-digit growth. With TAW
Ventures and JamJar by our side, we’re ready to accelerate our journey to make
Pantry Fresh® a household standard.

On sustainability, Marleybones partnered with rePurpose
Global to achieve plastic-neutral certification, sources 100 per cent of
UK-made products from locally grown British ingredients, and packages all meals
in fully recyclable Tetra Pak cartons, avoiding millions of single-use plastic
pouches and trays.

Josephine Bager, co-founder of Marleybones, noted that the company’s
growth reflects strong demand for dog food that doesn’t compromise on nutrition
or ease of use. She said the Pantry Fresh® meals show that both can be
delivered together, and the new funding will help Marleybones reach more
customers and continue shaping the fresh dog-food category.

The new funding will expand teams across creative, customer
experience, and retail, build brand awareness via influencers, PR, retail
activations, and events, and accelerate performance marketing and customer
acquisition.