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Australian plant-protein maker v2food bought US plant-based chicken firm Daring Foods and struck a partnership with Japan's Ajinomoto, price undisclosed. The page also recalls v2food's $77 million Series B and local industry failures.
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.
Australian meat-alternative firm v2food buys US plant-based chicken company Daring Foods as its US entry; Ajinomoto has invested in v2food and will license-manufacture its products in Asian and African markets.
Profile of Competitive Foods Australia founder Jack Cowin covering Hungry Jack's growth, his Domino's chairmanship and share purchases, overseas investments, and the 1968 raise that launched his fast-food empire.
Plant-based meat maker v2food will shut its Wodonga factory and shift production to third parties, while chief operating officer Tim York replaces departing founder Nick Hazell as chief executive.
Humanforce has bought Wagestream's Australian arm, formerly Earnd, for an undisclosed sum. The article recalls Earnd's 2019 raise, its sale to Greensill, rescue by Wagestream, an A$81m Series C, and Humanforce's earlier acquisitions.
UK pay-access fintech Wagestream, formed from Sydney's Earnd, secured a A$236 million Series C — equity led by Smash Capital with Silicon Valley Bank debt — to expand beyond Britain, including across Australia.
Tattarang, Andrew Forrest's investment firm and R.M. Williams parent, has put $26.8m into Natural Fiber Welding's Series B; the US materials startup's Mirum leather substitute may reach the bootmaker's vegan lineup.
Woolworths' corporate venture arm W23 has added an undisclosed multi-million-dollar investment to its backing of Sydney alt-protein maker All G Foods, which had earlier raised a $16 million seed round in late 2021.
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v2Food's plant-based Whopper is now sold at Burger King in South Korea, its fifth regional market. The CSIRO spin-off's backers include Jack Cowin, Main Sequence Ventures and Sequoia China; China is next.
A year-end roundup profiling twelve startups to watch in 2020, recalling their 2019 funding rounds, grants, accelerator cohorts, partnerships and growth plans across food tech, legaltech, cybersecurity and other sectors.
Profile of plant-based meat startup v2food, created through CSIRO and Main Sequence Ventures, with seed backing from Jack Cowin's Competitive Foods Australia. Founder Nick Hazell discusses launch plans and the alternative protein market.
Shoes of Prey co-founder Michael Fox is launching an unnamed plant-based meat venture on the Sunshine Coast with Mars accelerator grant backing, while the piece recalls Shoes of Prey's collapse and Beyond Meat's US listing.
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