In This Issue:

• Food Venture Financing Trends
• CPG Corporate Venture and Private Equity Funds
• Links to Relevant Content and Events

Food Venture Financing Trends

• Ghost Financial, a platform that provides financing for ghost kitchen operators, announced that it will provide $100 million in financing and customized insurance for Cruising Kitchens, a custom food truck and mobile ghost kitchen manufacturer. Ghost Financial will become the exclusive financial partner for Cruising Kitchens.
• Flowers Foods, Inc., a large bakery food producer, announced that it invested an undisclosed sum in Base Culture, a foodtech startup specializing in gluten-free and grain-free breads and baked goods.

CPG Corporate Venture and Private Equity Funds

This week's featured CPG Corporate Venture and Private Equity Fund is Capital Kitchens.

• Capital Kitchens is a shared-use commercial kitchen rental, culinary incubator, and mobile food commissary based in Texas. Capital Kitchens was named as one of the top 10 Mission Driven Incubator Kitchens in the country by Foodboro.
• Capital Kitchens specializes in the following sectors:
  • CPG food & beverage manufacturers
  • Artisan food & beverage
  • Mobile food trucks & trailers
  • Caterers, Personal Chefs, Bakers, and more
• Capital Kitchens has helped over 300 consumer package goods (CPG) companies, food manufacturers, caterers, chefs, and food truck businesses succeed since 2012, including:
  • Maple & Merit
  • Sezi
  • Steamm Espresso
  • Credo Foods

Links to Relevant Content and Events

ARTICLES

• From Robotics to Alt Protein, Layoffs and Shutdowns Have Begun to Hit Food Tech
• Blue Ocean Barns Completes $20 Million Series A Financing, Accelerating Solution to Agricultural Methane Emissions
• Last Crumb Closes $3 Million Seed Round
• Q2 2022 AgTech Venture Capital Investment and Exit Round Up
• Pizzametry, Pioneering Maker of Pizza-Making Robotic Kiosks, Is Looking for a Buyer

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