Healthy food delivery service Pronto has raised a £1m seed round, led by Playfair Capital, with Seedcamp, the London Co-Investment Fund, Ballpark Ventures, The Next Web founder Patrick de Laive and serial investor Floris Rost van Tonningen also joining the round. Pronto was founded in 2014 by CEO James Roy Poulter, Simone D’Amico and Lukas …
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