In This Issue:
- Food Venture Financing Trends
- CPG Corporate Venture and Private Equity Funds
Food Venture Financing Trends
- Danone announced that it became a corporate sponsor and partner of Global Methane Hub’s Enteric Fermentation R&D Accelerator. The accelerator has raised $200 million so far.
- Grubbly Farms, a sustainable and healthy pet food startup, announced that it closed its Series A round.
- Techbrew Robotics, a mushroom farming foodtech company, announced that it closed $17.5 million in its recent equity financing.
- Soplaya, a foodtech startup that developed a digital procurement channel for Italian restaurants, announced that it closed 12.5 million Euros in its recent financing round.
CPG Corporate Venture and Private Equity Fund
This week's featured corporate venture and private equity fund is Foodshed Investors.
- "Foodshed Investors" d/b/a of Local Impact Investors LLC, based in Austin, TX supports local "good food" ecosystems at the intersection of food, finance, and social good.
- Portfolio companies include:
- The ABGB
- Austin Gelato
- BAM! Gluten Free
- Blue Avocado
- The Cook's Nook
- Honest Mary's
- Seal the Seasons
- TinyGrocer
- Foodshed Investors' mission is to increase healthy, nutritious, and accessible food for rural economies through sustainable agriculture and quality jobs.
Check out FI’s Funding Application available at: Request Consult | Foodshed Investors - FOODSHED INVESTORS
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