British Lion’s Mane producer has substantial plans for expansion this year
Lion’s Mane mushroom producer Urban Farm-Produce has unveiled ambitious plans to scale the business.
The company has entered a £1.9 million seed round, running until May, aimed at rapidly accelerating its activities. The funding adds to £1.6mn in committed revenue for 2026 and progress in achieving listings.
Urban Farm-Produce says it has created a new category by cultivating and transforming Lion’s Mane mushrooms into fresh, dried, ready-to-eat, and ingredient-grade formats without synthetic ingredients and ultra processing.
Its vertically integrated, UK-grown supply chain provides retailers and manufacturers with ”a domestic, transparent, and reliable alternative at a time when provenance and food security are dominating national conversation,” it added.
Investment raised through the seed round is aimed at directly funding revenue-generating infrastructure, expanding production capacity, and accelerating the launch of new Lion’s Mane formats for retail, foodservice, and the health sector.
The company plans to expand its fruiting room capacity, establish a substrate production facility for full vertical integration, enhance operational efficiency to drive margins toward their 24 per cent target, and fuel brand expansion through premium retail and direct-to-consumer channels.
The business has already established an operational and distribution partnership with supply chain solutions specialist Oakland International that enables it to scale from three tonnes of weekly production to 50 tonnes, benefiting from shared utilities, national cold chain logistics, and expert compliance support.
Founder and CEO Elliot Webb said: “This moment marks a major shift in how the UK approaches real, functional food. Consumers now expect better food security, stronger sustainability and exceptional flavour, and Lion’s Mane delivers all three. We’re not trying to imitate meat or mask ingredients – we’re delivering whole-food nutrition in its purest form, grown right here in Britain.
”We’re building the UK’s first large-scale Lion’s Mane ecosystem. Fresh retail produce, ready-to-eat meals, functional ingredients – they all start with the same principle of whole, unprocessed food grown responsibly. This is food done properly, using nature and technology in harmony.”
