Category: alt protein funding

April 25, 2021

Plant-Based Meats Brand Hungry Planet Secures US$25M To Build Capacity For Its Products & Accelerate Growth

3 Mins Read Hungry Planet recently announced that it closed its Series A financing round and secured US$25 million with the funds to help the company build capacity for its plant-based meats and accelerate its growth domestically and internationally. Headquartered in St.Louis, U.S., Hungry Planet’s recent funding round was led by Post Holdings, the same CPG company and the […]

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April 20, 2021

Chinese Agri-Food Tech Companies Raised US$6 Billion In 2020, New Data Shows

4 Mins Read Chinese agri-food tech companies collectively bagged US$6 billion in 2020, representing a 66% increase from the year before, new statistics show. It comes as total private equity and wider venture capital funding across all industries in China dropped by more than half, signalling the bullish investment sentiment for the agri-food sector amid the growing pandemic-driven […]

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April 8, 2021

TheVeganKind: U.K.’s Largest Vegan Online Retailer & Subscription Platform Raises US$4.8M Seed

3 Mins Read TheVeganKind raised £3.5M (approx. US$4.8M) in its latest Series A funding round that will help the company further upscale its retail business as well as facilitate better plant-based shopping experiences for their consumers. Literacy Capital, a closed-end investment firm looking to support small businesses, funded the U.K.-based TheVeganKind(TVK) in its latest series A round. TheVeganKind […]

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March 19, 2021

Global Alternative Protein Investment Triples To US$3.1 Billion In 2020 With Asia Surge, New GFI Data Reveals

5 Mins Read Globally, US$3.1 billion was invested into alternative proteins in what was a record year for the industry in 2020, marking a tripling of the figure in 2019. The data, published by the Good Food Institute (GFI), also showed the enormous growth of the sector in Asia-Pacific, with the capital raised in the region increasing more […]

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March 17, 2021

Stray Dog Capital’s Lisa Feria: ‘We’re Looking For Founder Teams Thinking In Trillions’

12 Mins Read Lisa Feria is CEO and General Partner at Stray Dog Capital, an impact venture capital firm investing in startups innovating healthier, sustainable and ethical solutions across the food and protein supply chain. After working at big firms like P&G and General Mills, Feria took her experience and expertise to Stray Dog Capital, where she has […]

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February 19, 2021

Food Techs Raised US$18.1 Billion In 2020 As Pandemic ‘Fundamentally’ Shifts Consumer Trends, New Data Shows

4 Mins Read Food tech companies raised a total of US$18.1 billion in venture capital over the course of 2020, a new report finds, as the pandemic continues to accelerate major shifts in the way consumers source their food. Data also showed that significantly more investments were made into the cultivated food tech sector in 2020, reaching a […]

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February 17, 2021

Big Idea Ventures Launch Fund To Support Rural U.S. Economies Through Alt Protein Innovation

4 Mins Read New York and Singapore-based venture capital firm, Big Idea Ventures recently launched a fund to strengthen rural economies across the U.S. through alternative protein innovation and other agricultural technologies. Founded in 2018, Big Idea Ventures (BIV), a venture capital company that invests in early-stage alternative protein innovation has launched the Generation Food Rural Partners (GFRP) […]

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February 13, 2021

California’s New Age Meats Announces US$2M Seed Extension For Hybrid Cultivated & Plant-Based Meat

3 Mins Read California-based New Age Meats (NAM) recently raised US$2 million in a seed extension round to scale the production of the brand’s hybrid cultivated and plant-based meat. Located in Berkley, California, the cell-based startup, New Age Meats (NAM) secured US$2 million in a round that saw participation from Litani Ventures’ Peter Rahal, ff VC, SOSV, and […]

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February 12, 2021

Dairy Giant Bel Group Partners With Big Idea Ventures To Support Plant-Based Innovation In Europe

4 Mins Read Collaborating with Big Idea Ventures, Bel Group looks to support the former’s new protein fund that is dedicated to encourage seed and early-stage investments in plant-based and cell-based innovation and companies. With a target to raise US$50 million since its launch in 2019, Big Idea Ventures (BIV) was looking to receive support from major companies […]

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