Cara Cooper
Chief Operating Officer, Calyx
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Your Food Collective
StatusClosed in 2026.
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Lauren & Cara from Your Food CollectiveAbout Your Food Collective
Your Food Collective was a Newcastle-based online grocer that delivered food from local growers and producers to households in Newcastle and Sydney. Lauren Branson and Cara Cooper started it in 2017, and it grew to stock more than 700 products from over 100 producers. In 2021 it raised A$1.4 million through an equity crowdfunding campaign on Equitise. The business no longer trades; its founders now run Calyx, a food-impact software company.
- Sector
- Sustainable grocery / online farmers market
- Business model
- Marketplace (online grocer)
- Founded
- 2017
- Founders
- Lauren Branson, Cara Cooper
- Headquarters
- Newcastle
- Markets
- Australia
- Total raised
- A$1.4M (2021)
- Status
- No longer trading (company ABN cancelled October 2026)
Sources: smartcompany.com.au, foodnavigator.com, insidefmcg.com.au, abr.business.gov.au
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Milestones.
- Founded in Newcastle, NSWfoodnavigator.com
- Ran AUD1.2M equity crowdfund with Equitise for expansionfoodnavigator.com
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