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Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Beyond Meat raised.
Companies Beyond Meat acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Beyond Meat. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
AgFunderNews roundup of agrifood funding raises, executive appointments, shutdowns and partnerships, including Ranchbot's Series B, ClimateAi and Cultimate shutting down, and Novonesis seeking sole control of MicroBioGen.
AgFunderNews roundup of agtech and foodtech items: startup raises across Asia, Europe and Australia, acquisitions including SunOpta and Cosmix, SP Ventures' $50m fund close, executive hires, Avant Proteins' shutdown, and regulatory news.
Weekly agtech and foodtech roundup: several startup raises, BASF's purchase of AgBiTech, three new funds, a Bühler CEO appointment, Microsoft carbon-credit deals, and company shutdowns.
Australian meat-alternative company V2food has bought US chicken-substitute producer Daring Foods and announced a partnership with Japan's Ajinomoto aimed at global growth; no price was revealed.
Profile of MEQ, whose beef-grading camera became the first video system the USDA certified in 15 years, recalling its 2023 raise and covering deployments at meat processors in the US, Australia and New Zealand.
All G Foods spins its Love Buds plant-based range into a merger with Fenn Foods' vEEF, forming a new entity; All G pivots to fermented dairy, with both companies' earlier raises recapped.
Plant-based meat maker v2food changed course and is shutting its Wodonga factory after founder-CEO Nick Hazell's departure, with Tim York now chief executive; the story recalls its two Series B raises.
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup reporting numerous funding rounds including Loam Bio's Series B and SwarmFarm's Series A, plus partnerships, OrderEZ acquiring FoodRazor, and vertical farming expansion into the Middle East.
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Queensland mushroom-based meat alternative maker Fable Food Co raised a Series A led by K3 Ventures, with celebrity and existing investors, to fund product development and expansion into North America, the UK and Singapore.
Mushroom-based meat alternative maker Fable Food Co has raised a Series A to fund US and UK expansion, with its founder arguing fungi products beat soy and pea protein rivals on taste, price and health.
Australian mushroom-based meat maker Fable Food raised an $8.5 million Series A led by K3, with returning and new backers, to fund product development and expansion into North America, the UK and Singapore.
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Gates discussed livestock emissions in a Lowy Institute session, recalling his firm Breakthrough Energy Ventures' investment in Western Australian methane-supplement startup Rumin8, and praised Australian agriculture and climate policy.
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup reporting funding rounds for alternative fat and agtech startups, acquisitions including Kroger's purchase of Albertsons, and other sector news such as Beyond Meat's job cuts.
Delivery e-bike firm Zoomo has added US$20 million to its Series B, led by Collaborative Fund, three months after an $80 million round backed by the Atlassian founders' vehicles, lifting total funding beyond $100 million.
Also Startup Daily
Aura Ventures' thesis post explains its plant-based protein outlook and announces co-leading Harvest B's pre-seed round alongside Woolworths' venture arm W23.