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Dannon Manifests Ventures (New York, New York) has acquired a majority of coconut water manufacturing companies from Hares Harvest (San Francisco, California), which had previously led a $ 30 million financing round. Harmless Harvest is the first time in the United States in the United States in the United States, supporting additional resources and operational capabilities to support Fair for Life Certified Companies and Sustainability Initiative. It will be.

High-protein donut maker gets sweet deal with $2M seed round

Elite Sweets (Austin, Texas) has been led by Sidi Capital, and has raised $ 2 million in the seed funding round, which is participated in Constellation Capital, Capital Factory, Sputnik ATX, and angel investors. The company is a company founded by twin brothers as a college student, producing almond powder donuts with sweetness with Alillose and Elyslitol. The funds obtained from this funding are used to expand the team, invest in marketing and product development.

Beeflow to save the bees and help farmers with $8.3M seed round

Beaflow (Venture County, California) has a mission to extend the life of bees and increase the pollination efficiency of specific crops such as blueberries and almonds. This emerging company, which makes full use of science and technology that makes honeybees healthy even in cold regions, have raised $ 8. 3 million in the Series A Financial Procurement Round. This initiative has increased the number of farmers' crop yields of 90 % in addition to the company's second product, which trains bees to focus on specific crops for pollination. This financing round was led by OSPRAIE AG Science, with Future Ventures's Steve Jurvetson, Jeff Wilke, Vector Ventures, SOSV IndieBio, and Grid Exponentration.

The Hershey Co. sells premium chocolate brand Scharffen Berger

Premium Chocolatier's Charphen Berger (Ashland, Oregon) has once again passed his personal hands. The brand acquired by Hersie in 2005 relocated to a new facility in Ashland, Oregon, and produced its first chocolate in June. The company, the founder John Char Femburger, has been enrolled for three years in Herssey. < SPAN> Danon Manifest Ventures (New York, New York) has obtained a majority of coconut water manufacturers of Mares Harvest (San Francisco, California), which had previously led a $ 30 million funding round. Harmless Harvest is the first time in the United States in the United States in the United States, supporting additional resources and operational capabilities to support Fair for Life Certified Companies and Sustainability Initiative. It will be.

The Single Origin Food Company draws $1.1M in seed funding

Elite Sweets (Austin, Texas) has been led by Sidi Capital, and has raised $ 2 million in the seed funding round, which is participated in Constellation Capital, Capital Factory, Sputnik ATX, and angel investors. The company is a company founded by twin brothers as a college student, producing almond powder donuts with sweetness with Alillose and Elyslitol. The funds obtained from this funding are used to expand the team, invest in marketing and product development.

Sugar-reducing juice startup Better Juice nabs $8M seed round

Beaflow (Venture County, California) has a mission to extend the life of bees and increase the pollination efficiency of specific crops such as blueberries and almonds. This emerging company, which makes full use of science and technology that makes honeybees healthy even in cold regions, have raised $ 8. 3 million in the Series A Financial Procurement Round. This initiative has increased the number of farmers' crop yields of 90 % in addition to the company's second product, which trains bees to focus on specific crops for pollination. This financing round was led by OSPRAIE AG Science, with Future Ventures's Steve Jurvetson, Jeff Wilke, Vector Ventures, SOSV IndieBio, and Grid Exponentration.

Healthy Skoop sold to Brand Holdings

Premium Chocolatier's Charphen Berger (Ashland, Oregon) has once again passed his personal hands. The brand acquired by Hersie in 2005 relocated to a new facility in Ashland, Oregon, and produced its first chocolate in June. The company, the founder John Char Femburger, has been enrolled for three years in Herssey. Dannon Manifests Ventures (New York, New York) has acquired a majority of coconut water manufacturing companies from Hares Harvest (San Francisco, California), which had previously led a $ 30 million financing round. Harmless Harvest is the first time in the United States in the United States in the United States, supporting additional resources and operational capabilities to support Fair for Life Certified Companies and Sustainability Initiative. It will be.

Once Upon a Farm gobbles up frozen baby food delivery company Raised Real

Elite Sweets (Austin, Texas) has been led by Sidi Capital, and has raised $ 2 million in the seed funding round, which is participated in Constellation Capital, Capital Factory, Sputnik ATX, and angel investors. The company is a company founded by twin brothers as a college student, producing almond powder donuts with sweetness with Alillose and Elyslitol. The funds obtained from this funding are used to expand the team, invest in marketing and product development.

Plastic-free infant food brand Tiny Organics gains $11M in Series A round

Beaflow (Venture County, California) has a mission to extend the life of bees and increase the pollination efficiency of specific crops such as blueberries and almonds. This emerging company, which makes full use of science and technology that makes honeybees healthy even in cold regions, have raised $ 8. 3 million in the Series A Financial Procurement Round. This initiative has increased the number of farmers' crop yields of 90 % in addition to the company's second product, which trains bees to focus on specific crops for pollination. This financing round was led by OSPRAIE AG Science, with Future Ventures's Steve Jurvetson, Jeff Wilke, Vector Ventures, SOSV IndieBio, and Grid Exponentration.

Plant-based meat producer Heura secures €16M in funding

Premium Chocolatier's Charphen Berger (Ashland, Oregon) has once again passed his personal hands. The brand acquired by Hersie in 2005 relocated to a new facility in Ashland, Oregon, and produced its first chocolate in June. The company, the founder John Char Femburger, has been enrolled for three years in Herssey.

Mycoprotein producer Mycorena secures $9M in funding

Single Origin Foods (Wilmington, Delaware), maker of alternative honey product Vegan Unhoney, secured $1. 1 million for its production cycle. The product, made with plant-based ingredients and enriched with organic pollen, will be launched at Sprouts Farmers Markets and available at Whole Foods Market, Natural Grocers, Safeway and Albertsons. The Sprout round was led by A'Z Angel. Single Origin is building long-term partnerships with farmers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and remove animals from the food chain.

Kindra receives $4.5M to launch products to address menopause

Better Juice (Rehovot, Israel) raised $8 million in seed funding to develop an enzyme technology that reduces sugar in natural juices. It can be incorporated into the juice production process, converting juice sugars into dietary fiber and non-digestible sugars, reducing sugar in juice by up to 80%. Better Juice, which specializes in orange juice, plans to bring its product to market in the coming months. The round was led by iAngels, with participation from Maverick Ventures, Food Tech Lab TFTL, The Kitchen Hub, NEOME, Schestowitz Group, and Semillero.

Pea protein producer Novo Farina gets over £3M in funding

Brand Holdings LLC (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), a holding company focused on acquiring direct-to-consumer e-commerce companies in sectors such as sports nutrition, beauty, and functional foods, acquired Healthy Skoop from Seurat Investment Group. Healthy Skoop, a company founded by Colorado naturopathic doctor James Rouse and friends that makes plant-based protein powders, has partnered with Brand Holdings to launch a new line of breakfast protein powders on its website. "I'm very excited about our partnership with Brand Holdings. Healthy Scoop started in my kitchen as a service to my patients, but has now grown beyond my expectations.

Founded in 2017, Once Upon a Farm (Berkeley, California), which has $30 million in sales, has acquired competitor Raised Real (San Francisco, California), which makes frozen baby food and operates on a subscription model. The acquisition will allow Once Upon a Farm to add a frozen direct-to-consumer product line to its lineup. Earlier this year, CEO John Foraker said the company was exploring direct-to-consumer because "a lot of our growth is going to come from there." Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Raised Real CEO and co-founder Santiago Melea will remain with the company.

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Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry

Explorer Cold Brew nabs $1.5M in seed funding

Tiny Organics (New York City, New York), established in 2020, has raised $ 11 million in the Springdale Ventures in the Series A Financial Procurement Round. The company, which produces infant foods derived from plants in plasti c-free containers and aims for completely plasti c-free in 2021, expands the team's scale, builds brands and customer recalls, and sells new product categories and sales. Develop a channel. In this round, in addition to the existing investors, Elizabeth Street Ventures, Rocana Ventures, CHINGONA VENTURES, BONIN VAYNERCHUK, LIZ LANGE APITAL, Human Ventures, VeginVest, BabyList, GainGels, XFACTOR VENTURES, Natureza and Howard Morgan participated.

Aura Bora sparkling water brand secures $2M in seed round

Hiura (Spain, Barcelona), a vegetable meat brand in the Mediterranean, procured 16 million euros ($ 19 million as of June 29) to develop Vegan Pork and enter the United Kingdom and the United States. The Series A Financial Procurement Round was led by food bumps. Hiura manufactures chicken and beef alternative foods, and has been supported by Levar VCs and Green Monday, as well as soccer stars Chris Smalling, Cesc Fabregas, and Seldi Roberto. The company has tripled revenue in 2020.

Baby food brand Serenity Kids gets $7M in Series A round

Mycolina (Sweden, Yotivoli), which manufactures myco protein, has raised $ 9 million in the pr e-series from the financing series led by the VEOS Group, a supplier of protein and functional ingredients. Promyc, the company's main material, is made from food waste such as bread dough. It has been tested as a protein ingredient with some commercial vegan products. It is one of the rapidly growing food technology companies in Sweden, and will soon be Scandinavia's first larg e-scale microtein production facility.

GenTech Holdings buys protein bar maker NxtBar

Kindra (Los Angeles, California) has raised $ 4. 5 million in the seed funding round for continuous growth and expansion. As a modern wellness brand targeting the overlooked category, Kindra's mission is to support women who are in a long time through indispensable products, reliable information, and dedicated communities. This round was led by Women's Founders Fund. PRIMETIME PARTNERS, Anne and Susan Wojcicki, Katie Couric Media, Community Fund, and H Ventures also invested in this round.

Superfruit snack brand Rind expands with $6.1M Series A fundraise

Nova Farina (UK Norfolk) has been led by writer Richard Koch on a British venture capitalist, and has raised more than £ 3 million in an investment round where other individual investors also participate. NOVOTEX, the main product of Novo Farina, is an embossed peas bean protein developed as an alternative to meat. The company also produces peas and peas soybeans. In 2020, the company launched the first retail product, Simpleas Snacks, based on the bean bean beans for bakery. "I'm glad to provide a healthy and environmentally friendly unique food and invest in a wonderful innovator and star company Nova Farina," Koch said.

Winpro Pet closes on $3M+ Series B round

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WM Partners strikes deal for Vega

Explorer Cold Brew (Brooklyn, New York) is launched during COVID-19 pandemic and produces a 1: 4 enriched cold brue that can be used in various caffeine content. He raised $ 1. 5 million seed funds. With this funding, the brand owned by LGBTQ+can increase the provision of customized home coffee and improve the e-commerce platform to reach more people. The seed round was led by consumer fund Newbound VCs, including Jordan Fregel, Jeremy Levine, Chris Quinn Quin n-Qin's Angel Syndake, LGBT Angel Syndake Gaingels, and others.

Change Foods closes $2.1M seed round

Aurabora, a craft sparkling water brand, procures $ 2 million in the seed round and aims to advance to Seve n-Eleven, Sprout, Hall Foods Pacific Northwest, Fresh Time. The brand will also spend money on new online regular purchases that introduce limited flavors. C o-founder Paul and Madeleine Voju have recently appeared in ABC's Shark Tank and have been trading with investors Robert Helayabeck and $ 200. 000. Aurabora uses herbs, fruits, and flowers extracts, and the sparkling water in a strange shape can is scented.

Plant-based egg startup closes $1.6M seed round in Singapore

Circleup's development partner has led a 3 million dollar SEDAD A-round to fund the $ 3 million series A-round, investing a total of $ 14 million in Serenity Kids (Austin, Texas). Using a unique Helio data platform, Circleup has recognized Serenity Kids as the No. 1 that should be noted in baby food categories. The company's revenue grew more than 200%in 2020 in 2019, and the founders of the couple are expected to increase by 150%in 2021. This series A financing includes not only new and existing investors, but also the participation from a piggy cat, and it has been found that it contains arsenic and other heavy metals. Focusing on the collection of U S-based baby products that have been reported by the FDA) will be invested in the expansion of brand retail base, recruitment of sales staff, marketing, and product innovation.

Rae Wellness nabs $9.5M in Series A funding

Gentech Holdings (New York, New York) acquired NXTBAR (Charlotte, North Carolina), a keto friendly keto friendly keto friendly manufacturer. The acquisition is followed by another acquisition by a functional food company Symphit Nutrition, a functional food company that manufactures protein powder, cookies and bars.

Reddit co-founder invests in plant-based meat startup Simulate

Rind Snacks (New York, New York), which is the main product of dried fruit snacks, has secured $ 6. 1 million in a series A-round led by Valor Siren Ventures. Established in 2018 and started selling at two Hall food stores in WEGMANS and Fresh Market in March last year, the company launched a thin and chewy fruit chips, using this capital, and turned into a Seibori Snack passage. Advance. The company states that it is a $ 20 billion category as a reason for the expansion of the product.

Ontario teachers’ board invests in food tech company Motif FoodWorks

Demoin venture capital, Next Level Ventures. He invested $ 3 million in WinPro Pet (Ankenny, Iowa) in Iowa. Founded in 2016, the company produces seru m-based supplements for dogs that use science behind animal blood proteins. A study at the University of Iowa in the 1980s revealed that adding blood proteins to piglets during the baby pigs would reduce mortality. Since then, blood protein has improved the life of various animals, such as dairy cows, lambs, and horses. Win Pro Pet is the first company to develop do g-only seru m-based supplements. Next Level Ventures joins the major stakeholders with the lon g-standing winner pet partner, Summit Equity.

Red Sea Farms gets $10M in funding to grow crops in salt water

The WM Partners has signed a formal contract to acquire Vega (Burnaby, British Columbia), a pionic of vegetable nutritional foods. VEGA manufactures hig h-quality vegetable protein powder in various categories and has succeeded in entering the conventional and e-commerce beyond the origin of the natural channel. "I'm glad that WM Partners c o-founder Jose Minsky," I am happy to be able to partner with Pioneer and Leader Pioneer in the vegetable nutritional food industry. Dannon's subsidiary, WhiteWave Foods, in 2015. It has owned the company since it was acquired for $ 550 million.

Marketplace for raw materials raises $3M in seed funding

Food Change (Palo Alto, California) plans to launch the first product, underwear cheese in 2023, with a $ 2. 1 million ove r-su b-skive sea drown. The company, which was established in 2019, produces cells with specific functional components such as fat, vitamins, seasonings, and enzymes, such as yeast and yarp. bacteria, with sugars. This process is similar to those used by Perfect Day and Lean Food. Investors include plu g-an d-play, clear concert capital, Kana Cord Jenuy, Better byte Ventures, Jeff Dean, Garber Rout.

FoodPharma receives majority growth equity investment from New Harbor Capital

Singapore's Foodtech Company Float Food (Singapore) has finished a $ 1. 6 million sea drowns aimed at developing and commercialization of plan t-derived eggs. Singapore venture capital, Insignia Ventures Partners and DSG Consumer Partners will partner in this round to launch ONLYG, a whole egg using the company's main products, to the market in Singapore in 2022. Onlyeg is currently in the R & D stage. It is designed to increase the nutritional value before purchasing and increase the expiration date. F & Amp; b group eBB & amp; b group eBB & amp; flow. With ND AGROCORP Ventures and Eco Syste m-based innovation 360 innovation Includes Singapore's first food incubator.

Founded in 2017, Once Upon a Farm (Berkeley, California), which has $30 million in sales, has acquired competitor Raised Real (San Francisco, California), which makes frozen baby food and operates on a subscription model. The acquisition will allow Once Upon a Farm to add a frozen direct-to-consumer product line to its lineup. Earlier this year, CEO John Foraker said the company was exploring direct-to-consumer because "a lot of our growth is going to come from there." Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Raised Real CEO and co-founder Santiago Melea will remain with the company.

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Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry :

Ready, Set, Food raises $3.5M in most recent funding round

Alexis Ohanian, a c o-founder of REDDIT, is a Simulate (New York City, New York City), which manufactures the plan t-derived chicken brand "NUGGS" through his own venture capital company, is $ 50 million. Leading funds. He also became a director of the company. The company was launched in 2019 and is currently sold at 5. 000 retail stores in the United States, including Wa l-Mart, Target, Hall Foods, and Sams Club, but also supports Hollywood actors and Patrick Schwarzenegger. In this round, there were additional participation from CHRIS AND CRYSTAL SACCA, NOMO VENTURES, McCain Foods, Fantastic Companies, and A Day in Business.

Hungryroot secures $40M in Series C raise

The Ontario Professional Pension Committee and the investment management company have led the Series B financing round through Teachers' Innovation Platform (TIP), and has made $ 220 million in Motif Foodworks 。 The advice focuses on equity investments and glows equity investments for companies developing innovative technologies. The 2nd Fund Procurement Round supports the progress of Motif's plant categories by increasing R & D capabilities, expanding food technology, commercialization, and expanding personnel and facilities.

Precision medicine startup DayTwo raises $37M

The Red Sea Hydroponics Company (Saudi Arabia) has procured $ 10 million. The company, based at Saudi Arabia's King Abidora Science and Technology University, cultivates tomatoes on a closed farm and uses salt water for cooling and irrigation of facilities. Tomatoes are sold in Saudi Arabia market. Red Sea Farm develops root stocks that can be grown in salt water using plants selection, breeding, and transplantation (not genetically modified), and have rich coastline and food sel f-sufficiency ratio of so sweet water. It produces technology that is useful for improving.

Plant-based meat company Heura raises big in 24-hour crowdfunding campaign

Shelllife (New York, New York), born from a frustrated experience of launching a carbonated water brand, aims to solve complex supply chains in digital stock and raw materials. Currently, the beta version has raised $ 3 million to automate manual suppliers estimation processes. This funding round is led by Switch Ventures and Kindred Ventures, NEXTVIEW VENTURES, BEN ZISES (Superangel. VC), ILIA PAPAS (formerly CTO of Blue Apron) Former president of SAP Concur) participated.

Mommy’s Bliss partners with Swander Pace Capital

New Harbor Capital has more than 500 unique prescriptions and recipes, a food pharma LLC (Santa Fe Springs, California) food, technology and design LLC ( Completed a majority of stocks for DBA). FoodPharma accounts for a leading status in sof t-chew categories, especially obese and weigh t-reducing nutritional foods, and offers services to CPGs, private brands and specialized brands.

Opopop closes $5M in Series A round

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Nonalcoholic beer maker Athletic Brewing nabs $50M in Series C round

Ready, set, eat! (Los Angeles, California) is an organic and natural thre e-step guidance system that supports the introduction of food allergens, but has raised $ 43. 5 million in the latest financing round. The round was led by a new investor Edward Elmhast Health, with returned investors Danon Manifest Ventures, Mark Cuban and AF Ventures. Parents have developed for parents as an early allergen introduction system that supports the top nine allergens.

Kudos closes $2.4M Seed round

Hang Reelet (New York, New York) has raised $ 40 million in the world's largest consumer private equity company, L. Cater Tonds Grows Fund, in a series C financing round. Create a food plan for consumers, sell and deliver food products, and use this fund to greatly increase the number of foods and prescriptions provided by using this fund. By increasing and investing in automation technology, accelerating growth. Hang Reelet has been in the surplus since early 2020, and this year's sales will be $ 175 million.

Gnosis by Lesaffre acquires NattoPharma

DAYTWO raised $ 37 million in the recent fund procurement round, reaching $ 85 million. New financing will be used to develop technology to support diabetic patients, especially in the development of apps that provide recommendations for users based on intestinal bacteria. 新たな投資家には、Poalim Capital Markets、La'maison Fund、Micron Ventures が含まれ、既存の投資家である Poalim Capital Markets、La'maison Fund、Micron Ventures も参加した。

Plant Power fast food chain gets $7.5M in Series A

Plant-based meat company Hiura (Valleclona, ​​Spain) raised $4. 8 million just 24 hours after launching its first equity campaign. The Spanish startup plans to use the funds to set up E& E. A to bring new plant-based meat products to the market. On crowdfunding platform Crowdcube, the company explained its decision to raise funds through a crowdfunding campaign because "we need partners to continue to drive innovation and R& D transformation." A "and" to continue making meat substitutes such as chicken, sausage and ground beef.

L Catterton acquires Kodiak Cakes

Mommy's Bliss (Richmond, CA) announced a partnership with Swonderpace Capital, a private equity firm specializing in consumer goods companies. Founded in 1999, Bliss of Mommy makes the best natural health and wellness products for babies, children, mothers and mothers-to-be. "We are excited to partner with Swonderpace Capital, who have deep experience in the consumer products space, to continue our growth, drive further innovation and take our mission to even greater heights," said Yasmin Kaderali, CEO of Bliss of Mommy.

Alternative dairy startup Vly gets $7.4M in Series A

Opopop (Denver, CO) closed its Series A on June 1, raising $5 million, bringing the company's total pre-launch funding to $11. 6 million. The company's product, pre-flavored microwave popcorn with popcorn kernels, called Flavor Wrapped Popcorn Kernels, was launched on June 7. Grammy-winning superstar DJ/producer Tiesto? Academy Award-winning director Jimmy Chin and Alex Bogusky's Batshit Crazy Ventures.

NotCo gets backing from Shake Shack founder Danny Meyer’s Fund

Athletic Brewing (Stratford, Connecticut), a maker of non-alcoholic craft beer, has raised a $50 million Series C round led by Alliance Consumer Growth and existing investor TRB Advisors. The company will use the funds ($70 million total for Athletic) to build its third Connecticut brewery to support its East Coast expansion. The brewer offers a variety of non-alcoholic beers and has struggled to keep up with demand despite steady growth since its 2018 launch. Previous backers include cyclist Lance Armstrong and NFL players Justin Tuck and J. J. Watt, Dive Food said.

Prima closes $9.2M Seed round

Kudos (Boston, Massachusetts), a disposable diaper brand, has completed a $2. 4 million round of funding. The company is the first and only baby diaper to receive the Cotton Corporation Natural Cotton Seal, meaning that 100% cotton, not plastic, touches the baby's skin. The company sells direct to consumers and charges $78 for a monthly subscription box. Investors include Capital Foundation, XFUND, PJC, Precursor Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, SV Angel, Undercore VC, Alpha Bridge Ventures, and April Underwood.

Founded in 2017, Once Upon a Farm (Berkeley, California), which has $30 million in sales, has acquired competitor Raised Real (San Francisco, California), which makes frozen baby food and operates on a subscription model. The acquisition will allow Once Upon a Farm to add a frozen direct-to-consumer product line to its lineup. Earlier this year, CEO John Foraker said the company was exploring direct-to-consumer because "a lot of our growth is going to come from there." Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Raised Real CEO and co-founder Santiago Melea will remain with the company.

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Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry :

UK-based seaweed processing startup Oceanium nabs $2.75M

Fast-food restaurant Plant Power (San Diego, CA) closed a $7. 5 million round of funding led by Helia Capital USA, Eat Beyond Global Holdings, and Batta Foods, with participation from Eileen Getty and other private investors. The all-plant-based chain has seven locations in Southern California and plans to add eight more in new locations, including Sacramento and Hollywood, CA, and Las Vegas, NV. The company will also use the funds to focus on developing a new corporate division.

Plant-based chicken brand Daring gets $40M from Drake and others

Kodiak Cakes (Park City, UT) was acquired by L. Catterton. Led by co-founder and CEO Joel Clark and co-founder and president Cameron Smith, the pancake maker has expanded into waffle mixes, frozen waffles and pancakes, oatmeal, and baking mixes. Kodiak's existing shareholders, including Sunrise's strategic partner Trilantic North America, Inc., and the company's founders and management team, will continue to hold significant minority stakes in the company. "We are excited about the opportunity to work with Joel and his outstanding leadership team in the next chapter of Kodiak's evolution," said Matt Rees, partner at L Catterton.

Açai superfood brand Sambazon raises $45M

VLY (Germany, Berlin), which manufactures vegetable protein milk, has raised 6. 1 million euros (about $ 7. 4 million) in a series A-round led by Five Seasons Ventures. The company, established in 2018, is the sixth vegetable milk brand in Germany. The company will expand the scale of R & D with this fund. Implement A and promote growth access in the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) and the new European market, including the UK. The company has developed 400 kinds of dairy products before developing alternative dairy products from proteins of yellow peas. This milk is currently sold at more than 10, 000 stores.

Tea Drops picks up $5M in Series A funding round

The Not Company (Chile, Santiago), a plan t-based product that uses a patented AI technology and reproduces the taste and texture of animal foods, is a US growth stock fund, Enritend Hospitality Investment Mens. (EHI) received funds. Danny Meyer, founder of the hamburger restaurant "Shake Shack", is also invested. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, investors Future Positive, and L. Cataton have been raising a total of $ 130 million, and the most recent investment from the EHI has not been disclosed. With this financing, the company will strengthen its business expansion in the US restaurant.

Eat Just secures $170 million to scale its cell-based meat business, Good Meat

Applifters, PBC (Santa Monica, California), led by GreyCroft, H Ventures, Defy, Ler Hippeau, Global Founders Capital. EALTH, ONE GUN, Purple Arch Ventures participate The 9. 2 million dollar seed plus funding round has ended. The company, known as PRIMA, was launched in 2019 by a graduate of THE HONEST COMPANY, producing skin care, body care and supplements containing cannavinoids.

Pongamia tree producer Terviva secures $54M and partners with Danone

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Polish personalized supplement company Sundose grabs $6M in funding

Oceanium (Scotland, Oban) has finished the Seed II financing round to develop a sustainable seaweed aquaculture market. This seaweed emerging company is one of the many emerging companies that r e-use seaweed into new foods and materials, but this financing will expand the size of the viola final and processing models. Approximately 2 million pounds (US $ 2. 7 million) are led by Green Angel Syndake and World Nature Protection Funds, leading venture capital Catapult Oceans and Sky Ocean Ventures, and Scottish Enterprise. It follows the round.

NASCAR Cup Champion Kyle Busch’s Rowdy Energy gets $13M in funding

A vegetable chicken brand in Los Angeles, California has raised $ 40 million in the Series B financing round. In this round, led by the D1 Capital Partners, the existing investor Marvelon (last year, the company's 8 million dollar series A financing round), Palm Tree Crew, and musician Orbley Drake Graham Known as Drake) participated. The company, an alternative chicken producer, grows the team with this fund, supports product development, and accelerates growth in retail and food channels.

Label Insight purchased by NielsenIQ for undisclosed sum

Sambazon (California's San Culemente) manufactures organic foods and beverages using superfood assies, and has invested $ 45 million from the Next World, an investment partnership based in San Francisco. "Sambazon is constructed based on a lon g-term commitment to build a larger omnichanel brand by utilizing deep purpose consciousness, innovative acai, large global direct sales market, and powerful growth in the CPG market. Market leader, "David Fate, a partner of Next World, who participates in the Sambazon Board of Directors, said.

Israel’s SavorEat launches plant-based egg subsidiary

Tea Drops (Los Angeles, California) raised $ 5 million in the series A-rounded series A-rounds, and have been investors AF Ventures, Cue Ball Capital, Halogen Ventures, and new. Investor Cidy Capital also participated. With this financing, the company's total funding reached $ 8. 4 million, launched in 2015, and the brand, called the "Black of Tea", expanded from the current consumer direct sales model to the omnichanel business. Support to do.

Supplement startup Gem raises $10.5M in seed round

Eatjust (San Francisco, California)-Egg of Egg of Egg alternative brand manufacturers expands cell-based good food meat companies, increases production capacity and accelerates research and development of good food meat products based on culture meat. Therefore, we raised $ 170 million. A new partnership between $ 170 million and the JW Marriott Singapore South Beach indicates the growing interest between companies and consumers for more sustainable food selections, Managing in charge of the Asian Pacific region. Director Mirte Gosker told the GOOD FOOD InsTitte.

Sky Organics expands from Amazon into retail with help of Nexus

Terviva (Oakland, California) has raised $54 million in capital to commercialize renewable vegetable protein and edible oil from pongamia trees. Danone will work with the company to develop new food products using pongamia. The company plans to close an additional $24 million in equity and debt by the end of the quarter to further fund this expansion, and expects to open a pongamia-based food manufacturing facility in the U. S. next year.

Latinx clean beauty brand Ceremonia outpaces projections by more than 50%

Sundose (Lublin, Poland) has raised $6 million in a Series A round led by DX Ventures and Atmos Ventures, with participation from Investible Club, Polipo Ventures, ARIA, and others. Founded in 2017, the company plans to use the funds to further develop its personalization engine, scale production, and expand its customer service operations to more European markets.

Stage acquires artisanal cheese brand Haystack Mountain

Rowdy Energy (Mooresville, NC), a beverage brand launched by NASCAR Cup champion Kyle Busch and entrepreneur Jeff Church, has closed a $13 million funding round. The company's 40 investors include Circle Up private equity firm Marcus Lemonis, Kraft Group, Scott Borchetta and executive chairman Michael Rubin. The funds will be used to advance Rowdy Energy's marketing initiatives and unique programs in partnership with retailers.

Copper Cow Coffee raises $8.5 million in Series A financing

Nilsenyk (Chicago, IL) has acquired Chicago label company. According to Nielsenyk, the company will be "the most comprehensive and powerful data provider in the $175 billion health and wellness sector." "Nielsenic's predecessor was Nielsen Global Connect, which was sold to Nielsen Holdings for $2. 7 billion in November.

Synergy Flavors buys Innova Flavors

Food tech startup (Rehovot, Israel) has launched a new subsidiary called Egg'n'up to focus on developing plant-based egg substitutes. Savoreat uses 3D printing technology to develop vegan, kosher and gluten-free meat alternatives and is partnering with investor Millennium Food-Tech to launch the $2. 5 million new venture. Savoreat's patent-pending technology uses 3D printed cartridges containing plant-based ingredients and nanocellulose fibers to provide analog textures. Egg'n'up plans to debut its first products in Q3 2022.

Founded in 2017, Once Upon a Farm (Berkeley, California), which has $30 million in sales, has acquired competitor Raised Real (San Francisco, California), which makes frozen baby food and operates on a subscription model. The acquisition will allow Once Upon a Farm to add a frozen direct-to-consumer product line to its lineup. Earlier this year, CEO John Foraker said the company was exploring direct-to-consumer because "a lot of our growth is going to come from there." Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Raised Real CEO and co-founder Santiago Melea will remain with the company.

News for May 12, 2021

Bryan Gray

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry :

Sports nutrition company Picky Bars scooped up by Laird Superfood

Los Angeles private equity firm Nexus Capital Management has made a strategic growth investment in Sky Organics (Miami, FL), a beauty brand specializing in curly hair care and anti-aging products. Sky Organics launched in 2018 and sells on Amazon. Terms of the investment were not disclosed. Nexus partner Michael Cohen said: "Sky Organics' focus on natural, sustainable, better-for-you products is a perfect fit with the mission-driven companies under the Nexus umbrella." William Hood & Company acted as financial advisor to Sky Organics on the Nexus transaction.

Plant-based ice cream Wildgood ships to consumer doorsteps for $9

Ceremonia (New York, NY) launched in 2020 to target a demographic that is often transgressed in the beauty space: Latinos. Founder Bubba C. Rivera raised $1 million in venture capital funding last year and $2 million in its latest seed round, led by Silas Capital and Beliade. Ceremonia exceeded sales projections by more than 50% in the first six months, topping $100, 000 in sales.

Renewal Mill closes a $250,000 investment with ICA’s Growth Fund

Haystack Mountain Creamery (Longmont, CO) was acquired by Stage, a boutique venture fund that invests in technology and consumer product companies in need of fresh capital and operational know-how. Haystack Mountain, which started at the Boulder Farmers Market in 1989, has won a total of 80 awards for its cheese, including 20 prestigious awards - including the Fine Foods Guild of Best American Cheese in 2017 and 2018. "The Haystack team is filled with enthusiasm," said Board Member Mark Retzloff, co-founder of Horizon Dairy, Aurora Organic Dairy and Alfalfa Market. "Jackie Chan is a unique talent known throughout the industry for her passion and unwavering commitment to excellence."

Personalized nutrition startup Zoe gets $20M from football players and others

Cuplivian Coffee (Los Angeles, California) is jointly invested in Cultivian Sandbox and Arborview Capital, SIDDHI CAPITAL, Silverton Partners, Montage Ventures , The 8. 5 million dollar funding round with Stormbreaker Ventures has ended. COPPER COW is procured by ethical and sustainable methods from Vietnamese farms that practice organic farming and processing methods. Since its launch, the company has tripled its annual sales and has been wholesale to more than 3, 000 retail stores, including Whole Foods, Sprout and Wa l-Mart Worldwide.

Pete and Gerry’s acquired by private equity firm Butterfly

Synergy Flavors (Wakonda, Illinois), founded by cheese maker carbury, announced that it has acquired Griffith Foods Worldwide from Seybolly flavors and ingredients innovation suppliers (Rombard, Illinois). did. Inva Flavors specializes in creating custo m-made meat flavors and Seivory flavors, complementing the global growing alternative foods and drinks that are currently provided by Synergy. I will do it. "With this acquisition, Synergy customers can use various flavors with a track record that responds to growing demand for natural flavors and flavored raw materials. You can make a profit. "

Biofabrication company Modern Meadow nabs $130M

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Gaming company Razer invests in bamboo toilet tissue brand

With the support of Danon, Laird Super Food (Oregon's Sisters), which was listed on the New York Stock Exchange last year, carefully acquired Bar (Bend, Oregon) for $ 12 million. Raird Hamilton, the founder of Raird Super Food, has been impressed by the Picky Bar business for many years. "Picky bars are to find a real connection and passion of making delicious and good foods that everyone can enjoy, and the same movement is seen in the picky bar." He said.

Something Better Foods gets $500,000 investment from ICA

Vegetable ice cream Wildwood using extra virgin olive oil is $ 9 per pint after it was released at a carefully selected grocery store in Hall Foods, Wegmands, and the Northeast and the middle market. It is expanding to consumer direct sales.

An alumnus of ICA accelerator Renewal Mill (Oakland, California) received $250, 000 from ICA’s Growth Fund to participate in a $1 million funding round for the recycled food company. ICA’s Growth Fund makes growth equity investments of $100, 000 to $1 million, focusing on entrepreneurs and women of color. ICA participated in the funding round along with Beyond Impact Advisors, Emil Capital Partners, and Georgetown Angel Investor Network.

Unilever to acquire Onnit

Zoe, a personalized nutrition startup based in London, UK and Boston, Massachusetts, raised a total of $53 million at the close of its latest funding round B. The round was led by Arlen Innovation Capital, which counts two Nobel Prize winners as science partners, and two former American football players, Eli Manning and Oshitajima Umenyiora. Zoe was founded in 2017, but spent the first three years studying gut experience with scientists from Massachusetts General Hospital, Stanford University School of Medicine, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, and King's College London. The company's name comes from the Greek word for "life."

King’s Hawaiian buys Grillo’s Pickles

Pete and Gerry's organic eggs (Monroe, New Hampshire) were acquired by private equity firm Butterfly Inc. (Los Angeles, California) for an undisclosed amount. Pete and Gerry's Organics, producer of organic free-range and pasture-raised eggs under the Pete and Gerry's Organics, Nellie's Free Range, and Consider Pastures brands, had sales of more than $200 million in 2018. Butterfly was acquired by Orgain by British Columbia Investments in 2019. Management Corporation and Laflamme are minority investors in Pete and Gerry's.

Tony’s Chocolonely acquires a chocolate factory to mold its own bars

Modern Meadow (Nutley, NJ and Brooklyn, NY) raised $130 million in a Series C round led by Key Partners Capital with participation from Astanor Ventures, Horizons Ventures and Cape Capital. The company, recently appointed CEO by Anna Bakst, is bioengineering sustainable materials by integrating design, biology and materials science. The funding will be used for research and development in materials science and biotechnology.

Evo Foods secures $845K and readies for India market launch

Razer (Irvine, Calif. and Singapore), which designs hardware, peripherals and accessories for gamers, announced a seed investment in The Gurturing Co. (Singapore), which makes sustainable consumer products such as Bambooloo toilet paper made from sustainable bamboo and sold in plastic-free packaging. The investment is part of the company's 10-year roadmap announced in March and is the first investment from the Razer Green Fund, a $50 million commitment. The fund's goal is to "foster a green mindset among Razer's youth, millennial and Gen Z communities," Razer said in a statement.

Biotech company Longevica to launch supplement line later this year

Something Better Foods (Vallejo, Calif.), a protein plant maker, received a $500, 000 investment from ICA. "This investment will enable us to expand our operations and provide significant job opportunities for our local community," said GW Chew, CEO of CHOTUNG FOODS. Since December, ICA has provided more than $1. 5 million in growth equity to Bay Area companies.

Founded in 2017, Once Upon a Farm (Berkeley, California), which has $30 million in sales, has acquired competitor Raised Real (San Francisco, California), which makes frozen baby food and operates on a subscription model. The acquisition will allow Once Upon a Farm to add a frozen direct-to-consumer product line to its lineup. Earlier this year, CEO John Foraker said the company was exploring direct-to-consumer because "a lot of our growth is going to come from there." Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Raised Real CEO and co-founder Santiago Melea will remain with the company.

News for April 28, 2021

Bryan Gray

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry :

SunOpta buys Dream and WestSoy brands from Hain Celestial

Unilever has added Onnit (Austin, TX) to its wellness and supplements portfolio. Founded in 2010, Onnit produces supplements with cognitive support ingredients, including the nootropic Alpha Brain for memory, focus, mental processing, relaxation, gut health and immunity. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Onnit will remain based in Austin and led by CEO Jason Harvey.

Meat giant JBS acquires plant-based meat brand Vivera for $408 million

Grillo's Pickles (Boston, MA) was sold to Bakery Kings Hawaiian (Torrance, CA) for an undisclosed amount. CEO and founder Travis Grillo has left the company, but the company will remain in Boston. Investors in the brand include Breakaway Capital, Centerman Capital and Food Retail Ventures.

Taste Republic owner Tribe 9 scoops up restaurant brand Carla’s Pasta

Tony's Chocolonely (Amsterdam, Netherlands), whose mission is to end slavery in the chocolate supply chain, has acquired Tony's co-founder Althea de Rais International NV, a factory in Boersbeek, Belgium. The acquisition allows Tony's Chocolonely to operate its own factory, allowing for faster innovation, greater product flexibility and increased production capacity. SlaveFree Chocolate recently removed Tony's Chocolonely from its ethical producers list after processors were accused of using child labor on cocoa plantations. Read more newhope. com: Anti-slavery chocolate removed from ethical list.

OneThird furthers technology to predict produce shelf life with $1.8 million raise

Eg g-based Evo Foods (India, Mumbai) has finished the pr e-shield and raised $ 845. 000. Was procured, and used to prepare for launching in the Indian market and develop the R & D team. A and marketing team. The company, which was established in 2019 by Kartik Dixit and Shraddha Bhansali, is preparing for international release in 2022. EVO manufactures 100 % vegan egg solution from lens beans. This round is supported by Sustainable Food Ventures. Capital V's Michiel Van Deursen, Better Capital's Vaibhav Domkundwar, Inventus Law's ANIL ADVANI? N Hound Enterprises. Hearthstone Investment Mens and Glasswall Syndick y-based members.

Newcomer Vejii buys veteran plant-based e-tailer Vegan Essentials, raises CA$10 million

Longvica (Princeton, New Jersey), which has been studying supplements to extend the life of humans, has announced that it has built a biotechnology platform by studying the life of an experimental mouse. With this technology and the $ 13 million recently procured from investors, Longevika will launch pharmaceuticals, supplements and foods in the latter half of this year. The Longbika platform is based on the research of Alexei Lyzanov, a molecular biologist and a professor at the University of Latgus University, and he has 10 US patents and has been lon g-standing on the control of the biosalic protein of cells. A researcher.

RipeLocker secures $5 million more to improve shipping perishables

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Arcadia Biosciences purchases Spanish food ingredient company Agrasys

San Opta (Missisaga, Ontario) has a Dream and Westoi brands sold by Hein Celestial Group (Lake Success, New York) after built over 10 years. San Opta wants to accelerate the growth of plan t-derived foods and beverages with a $ 3 millio n-dollar acquisition. "These two brands complement our important joint partners and are a perfect example of niche brands that are not directly competing," said San Opta's CEO, CEO.

Supplement startup Feel gets $6.2 million

JBA SA, the world's largest meat supplier, continues to bet on explosive plant trends. The company recently acquired a plan t-derived food company VIVERA BV (Netherlands). Vivella is the third largest vegetable food manufacturer in Europe, with 50 kinds of food portfolios, and sells products in 25 European countries. JBS has acquired Vivella for 341 million euros ($ 480 billion), but is waiting for its regulatory authorities.

Skin care brand Disco nabs $5 million in seed round

Tribe 9 (Windsor, CT), maker of Knowledge Brands gluten-free pasta Awakening, has acquired Carla's Pasta (South Windsor, CT) at auction for $26. 3 million. Carla's pasta business was hit hard by the pandemic, forcing the restaurant brand to file for bankruptcy. The acquisition will close at the end of this month and operations will be transferred to Tribe 9, which plans to continue operating the production facility while maintaining production and jobs.

Jellatech closes a $2 million pre-seed round for its animal-free collagen

Food technology company Honesard (Netherlands) has raised $1. 8 million to further develop its platform that "looks inside" products to determine remaining shelf life. The company's predictive technology helps producers, retailers and distributors reduce food waste by using near-infrared sensors and artificial intelligence across multiple stages of the supply chain. The company also plans to use the funding provided by Shift Invest and Oost NL to expand pilots of its retail platform.

Atlast Food raises $40 million from high-profile investor lineup

Canadian company VEJII has acquired US e-commerce platform Vegan Essentials (Waukesha, Wisconsin). Since opening in 1997, Vegan Essentials has grown into one of the largest plant-based retailers in the US.

Chickapea nabs $9.3 million in a Series C round

... In completed trials, the reusable pallet-sized containers preserved freshly picked organic blueberries "as is" for eight weeks and fresh hops for six weeks. Repelocker has raised a total of $12 million.

Aussie effervescent vitamins brand Voost sells to Procter & Gamble

US agricultural biotechnology company Arcadia (Davis, California) has acquired Agrasis (Valleclona, ​​Spain) for its new grain Tritordeum wheat. The acquisition will allow Arcadia to commercialize a unique grain that combines wheat and wild barley, high in fiber, protein and lutein. Agrasis has commercialized the grain in 10 countries and has partnerships with seven European retailers, including Dutch grocer Albert Heijn.

Cultured Decadence closes $1.6 million pre-seed round

Sense (London, UK) closed a $6. 2 million investment led by Fuel Business with participation from TMT Investments. Sova VC, LoveHoney. com founder Richard Longhurst, and Altair Capital founder and GP Igor Ryavenky participated. The one-year-old UK startup has a direct-to-consumer subscription model that it says can lower costs for consumers.

Founded in 2017, Once Upon a Farm (Berkeley, California), which has $30 million in sales, has acquired competitor Raised Real (San Francisco, California), which makes frozen baby food and operates on a subscription model. The acquisition will allow Once Upon a Farm to add a frozen direct-to-consumer product line to its lineup. Earlier this year, CEO John Foraker said the company was exploring direct-to-consumer because "a lot of our growth is going to come from there." Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Raised Real CEO and co-founder Santiago Melea will remain with the company.