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Plus: London founders=2C spaces open on our free accelerator =F0=9F=93=88

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** Double trouble in Manchester
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Our second speaker in Manchester is Rimi Thapar=2C co-founder of LoveRaw

Our Manchester Changemaker event has a tasty addition for foodie founders=
 everywhere.

Announcing Meet Rimi Thapar=2C co-founder of LoveRaw.

Rimi will be interviewed by our host Natalie Pearce=2C alongside Andy Youn=
g=2C co-founder of Black Milk Cereal=F0=9F=8E=A4=E2=9C=A8

With a mission to make legendary vegan chocolate=2C Rimi and her husband c=
o-founder Manav experimented from their kitchen with a =C2=A3600 food proc=
essor=2C developing LoveRaw at home=2C using organic=2C vegan=2C and natur=
al ingredients to create products that mix indulgence with nutrition.

Join us for the inside scoop with Rimi as she shares LoveRaw=E2=80=99s sto=
ry of turning kitchen experiments into a thriving businesses=2C finding a=
 sneaky way into getting samples to a buyer=2C turning down Dragons=E2=80=
=99 Den and more.

Paired with Andy Young=2C co-founder of Black Milk Cereal=2C on stage=2C w=
e know that this chat will tickle founder=E2=80=99s tastebuds.
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<p><br /></p><p>With a mission to make legendary vegan chocolate=2C Rimi a=
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=A3600 food processor=2C developing LoveRaw at home=2C using organic=2C ve=
gan=2C and natural ingredients to create products that mix indulgence with=
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he shares LoveRaw=E2=80=99s story of turning kitchen experiments into a th=
riving businesses=2C finding a sneaky way into getting samples to a buyer=
=2C turning down Dragons=E2=80=99 Den and more.</p><p><br /></p><p class=
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