Diet meal delivery Diet Chef scoops £1.5m from LendingCrowd Edinburgh-based food start-up which launched in 2008 will use crowdlending deal to fund management buy-out.. Written by Megan Dunsby Published on 4 November 2015 Our experts We are a team of writers, experimenters and researchers providing you with the best advice with zero bias or partiality. Written and reviewed by: Megan Dunsby Direct to your inbox Sign up to the Startups Weekly Newsletter Stay informed on the top business stories with Startups.co.uk’s weekly email newsletter SUBSCRIBE Diet Chef, the Scottish diet food home delivery start-up, has raised £1.5m via early-stage peer-to-peer lending platform LendingCrowd.Launched in 2008 by Andrew Veitch and Kevin Dorren, Edinburgh-based Diet Chef claims to be the largest diet meal delivery business of its kind in the UK with 150,000 customers and turnover of £15m for 2014.The funding will facilitate a management buy-out by the founders.LendingCrowd co-founder and chief executive, Stuart Lunn, said the deal represented “a great opportunity for the investors on our platform to get involved in funding a really exciting company”:“Many high street banks still don’t cater well for high-growth firms or small and medium enterprises in sectors with specific funding needs. We can offer a competitive and straightforward package with the backing of the 1,300 investors on our platform.” Share this post facebook twitter linkedin Written by: Megan Dunsby