Spotify has launched a global campaign titled "Fan Life" to celebrate the passion and cultural value of music fandoms.

In this podcast series, Alex Shandrovsky interviews investors about benchmarks for funding Alt Proteins in 2025 and uncovers the investment playbooks of successful Climate Tech CEOs and Leading VCs.Podcast Host Alex Shandrovksy is a strategic advisor to numerous global food tech accelerators and companies, including alternative proteins and cellular agriculture leaders. His focus is on investor relations and post-raise scale for agrifood tech companies. This podcast is syndicated through our media partners; Foodtech Weekly and Vegconomist.Episode 25: Actual VeggiesIn this episode, I interviewed Jason Rosenbaum, co-founder and co-CEO of Actual Veggies, who recently closed a $7M Series A. Jason breaks down why his company took a bold contrarian path in the crowded plant-based market—eschewing meat analogs and ultra-processed ingredients in favor of clean-label, whole-food veggie burgers that actually taste like vegetables. We dive deep into what today’s investors really care about (spoiler: it’s not always the tech), how Actual Veggies is winning with data-backed growth and strong margins, and how transparency and strategic relationships—not hype—powered their raise.Key Facts Actual Veggies:. Goal: To create delicious, chef-crafted, veggie burgers that celebrate vegetables instead of trying to mask them.Recently closed a $7M Series A.Display “Spotify Embed: Actual Veggies: Jason Rosenbaum” from SpotifyClick here to display content from Spotify.Learn more in Spotify’s privacy policy.Always display content from SpotifyAlex’s Top Findings:

The investment is intended to "continue to build opportunities for authors and publishers, especially in countries where the audiobook market isn't yet mature", said Spotify, which launched Audiobooks in France and Benelux in October 2024.