Startup · $9.4m raised
Auckland
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Sunfed Meats raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| Blackbird Ventures | Series A | - |
| Chris Hadley | Series A | - |
| K1W1 | Series A | - |
| New Zealand Venture Investment Fund | Series A | - |
Companies Sunfed Meats acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Shama Sukul Lee | Founder | SmartCompany, Women's Agenda |
Stories naming Sunfed Meats. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Blackbird has locked in a second billion-dollar fund — its sixth, slightly bigger than the last — bringing in new institutional backers, and the article recalls portfolio wins, writedowns and failures.
Blackbird answers common questions about its new Aotearoa Community Lead job, covering the New Zealand team's community events, programmes with partners, ethical investing approach, venture capital business model and application process.
Vegan cheesemaker Hello Friend Foods exceeded its Birchal crowdfunding minimum, collecting $672,000 from 572 backers to lift production, packaging and product development.
Blackbird's February newsletter reports new investments in Roborigger and Dovetail plus Process Street's Series A, alongside portfolio updates, a founder spotlight and hiring notices.
Blackbird's post announces its seed investment in Fable, a mushroom-based meat alternative maker co-founded by Michael Fox, Jim Fuller and Chris McLoghlin, describing the plant-based protein opportunity and the founders' backgrounds.
Also Startup Daily·@AuManufacturing·SmartCompany·SmartCompany
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.
Profile of Queensland algae farm Qponics, which won a government grant with partners to grow omega-3 algae and protein biomass, alongside coverage of lab-grown meat startup Vow and plant-based protein sustainability questions.
New Zealand plant-based meat company Sunfed raised a NZ$10 million Series A led by Blackbird Ventures, with NZVIF, Chris Hadley and K1W1 also taking part, after an earlier NZ$1.5 million raise.