Mars reinforces French pet food capabilities with multi-million dollar investment 

FRANCE- Privately-owned confectionery giant Mars recently revealed plans to invest €130m (US$140m) in its sites in France across four business units. Romain Dumas, the CEO of Mars’ pet-food business in the country, outlined the plans at the pan-industry Choose France investment summit. According to Dumas, the company will increase production capacity across its four French units – the confectionery-focused Mars…

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Mars invests in US pet start-up Bundle x Joy

USA- Mars Inc. is one of the partners in an accelerator that raised US$1 million in a seed round for US pet food start-up Bundle x Joy.  The accelerator that saw the raising of this money is Leap Venture Studio pet-care start-up accelerator, which is a partnership between Mars, R/GA Ventures, and Michelson Found Animals Foundation. Cloyes Ventures is another…

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