Startup · $184m raised
Sydney, NSW
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round v2food raised.
| Investor | Rounds | Invested |
|---|---|---|
| ABC World Asia | Series B · Series B | - |
| Altitude Partners | Series B | - |
| An unnamed strategic investor | Series B | - |
| Astanor | Series B | - |
| China Renaissance | Series B | - |
| Competitive Foods | Series A | - |
| CSIRO | Series A | - |
| Esenagro | Series B | - |
| Goldman Sachs | Series B | - |
| Horizons Ventures | Series B · Series A | - |
| Huaxing Growth Capitol Fund | Series B | - |
| Main Sequence Ventures | Series B · Series B · Series A | - |
| Marinya Capital | Series B · Series A | - |
| Novel Investments | Series B | - |
| Sequoia Capital China | Series B · Series A | - |
| Sequoia China | Series B | - |
| Temasek | Series B | - |
Every published round v2food took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
Companies v2food has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No portfolio companies recorded yet. | ||||
Fund closes reported for v2food, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies v2food has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal v2food did.
| Company | Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No portfolio company of v2food is recorded as having been acquired. | ||||
Companies v2food acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Company | Kind | Announced | Price | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daring Foods | Acquisition | 7 Aug 2025 | - | @AuManufacturing (Mon 11 Aug 2025), @AuManufacturing (Thu 7 Aug 2025), SmartCompany, AgFunderNews |
Stories naming v2food. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Profile of deep tech investor Main Sequence covering Elaine Stead's promotion to Partner, portfolio unicorns Gilmour Space and Advanced Navigation, CSIRO's expanded Atmosphere backing, and a fourth fund now being raised.
Fishburners, the Sydney not-for-profit co-working community, has gone into voluntary administration over a long-running rent debt to the NSW government. KPMG administrators will keep it trading while pursuing a sale and recapitalisation.
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.
Australian algae startup Algenie raises A$1.1 million from University of Technology Sydney and Better Bite Ventures while unveiling a thin-layer photobioreactor designed to make algae production dramatically cheaper for fuels, plastics and feed.
Also SmartCompany
KPMG administrators took control of ProForm Foods, the company behind the Meet brand, and the piece recalls earlier raises at v2food and All G Foods as the plant-based sector cools.
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup covering Agrotoken's Series A, raises by Mediterranean Food Lab, Better Juice, Burro, SeeTree and farm-ng, the MaxAB–Wasoko merger, v2food's brand acquisition, a Flashfood CEO change, and Drizly's shutdown.
Feature on Australia's fast-growing climate tech sector, recounting raises at companies including Neara, Loam Bio, Goterra and Great Wrap, and warning that scarce growth capital and limited foreign investment could stall the industry.
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.
Weekly agrifoodtech roundup covering funding rounds for Pure Salmon, FreshToHome, SwarmFarm and others, acquisitions of Delphi and Soylent, layoffs at Impossible Foods and GreenLabs, and plant-based labeling news.
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.
Sponsored profile of Sydney cultivated meat company Vow, covering its quail-based first product, recent Series A backing, manufacturing plans, and founder George Peppou's upcoming panel appearance at AgriFutures' evokeAG 2023 event.
Profile of Cairns startup Rainstick, which uses artificial lightning to boost mushroom growth. It won $20,000 from Dream Ventures, has taken in $200,000, and joined CSIRO's ON Accelerate with nine other teams.
CSIRO has revived its ON Accelerate program and named ten deep-tech startup teams, drawn from universities and its own research, joining the seventh cohort starting in early 2023.
AgFunder's first Asia-Pacific agrifoodtech report shows Singapore alt-protein startups dominating Innovative Food investment, with Next Gen Foods' record Series A and Australia's V2Food taking 2021's biggest Innovative Food raise.
Coverage of AgFunder and AgriFutures' new Asia-Pacific investment report, which found Australian agrifoodtech startups attracted $565.5 million across 55 deals in 2021, plus Lyro's raises and evokeAG 2023 applications.
GrainCorp has launched GrainCorp Ventures, a corporate venture fund set up with Artesian Venture Partners, intending to back early-stage agtech, animal nutrition and food innovation startups, building on prior investments including Hone and FutureFeed.
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.
GrainCorp announces a government-funded 4.4 million dollar plant-protein research partnership with CSIRO and v2food, aiming to build local processing of canola, soy, fava bean and chickpea proteins, with the project due to finish in 2023.
SmartCompany covers the launch of PlantForm, a local accelerator for plant-based meat ventures, and rounds up recent sector raises by Change Foods, Fenn Foods, Eighth Day Foods and All G Foods.
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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Senators question CSIRO over email exchanges with plant-based protein maker v2food, probing conflicts between the agency's public research role and its equity stake in the company, with fund investment details aired at the hearing.
A roundup of climate-focused startups that secured investment during 2021, led by Loam Bio's $40 million carbon sequestration round, spanning clean energy, waste, lithium, and plant-based protein companies across Australia and New Zealand.
Also SmartCompany
Main Sequence recounts how personal relationships across CSIRO, Woolworths, ANU and prior ventures converged over years to found plastic-recycling startup Samsara Eco.
Techboard's roundup lists August 2021 Australian funding events, including raises by TechLend, v2food, Hireup and others, Fresh Equities' CEO-backed investment, and Five V Capital's $50m stake purchase in Penten.
A FIAL executive opinion piece arguing Australia's protein market can accommodate traditional, plant-based and alternative sources, citing economic projections and mentioning Fable's seed raise and AgFunder's investment in it.
Twenty-two CRC Projects share $47 million in grants, backed by $133 million in total investment, funding work on hydrogen storage, electric air transport, plant-based protein, orthotics and other industry research collaborations.
Also @AuManufacturing
Roundup of recent raises: a New Zealand legaltech Series A, plant-based meat seed funding with a celebrity chef tie-in, hospitality software capital, and battery materials funding, plus board additions.
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V2food has closed a €45 million Series B extension led by Astanor Ventures, with ABC World Asia, Huaxing Growth Capital and Main Sequence also taking part, to fund expansion into Europe and Asia.
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A venture making real milk proteins by fermentation has launched with backing from a national science agency, a dairy co-op and a venture fund, and two rival protein startups' fresh raises are noted.
Fermentation-based dairy startup Eden Brew launches with A$4 million from CSIRO, its venture fund Main Sequence, and dairy co-operative Norco, targeting its first animal-free milk product on shelves within 18 months.
Plant-based ingredient maker Harvest B has raised $4.5 million in venture capital and grant funding, led by Aura Ventures and Woolworths' W23, to scale production of its animal-free ingredients.
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Weekly funding roundup: UpGuard raises $25m, Tanggram $5m, Endua launches with $5m, Cubiko $1.7m, The Village Co $1.2m, Tribu $1.25m, SmartOysters and BatNav crowdfund, Chipper Cash closes US$100m, and Main Sequence's fund closed.
Australia's Main Sequence has pulled in A$250 million for its second deep tech fund, with existing backers returning and a sharpened emphasis on decarbonisation investments.
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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.
Interview with Main Sequence Ventures partner Mike Zimmerman on backing deep-tech manufacturing spinouts from public research, its portfolio, Australia's venture market, and planned future investments.
Vegan cheesemaker Hello Friend Foods exceeded its Birchal crowdfunding minimum, collecting $672,000 from 572 backers to lift production, packaging and product development.
Ignition Lane's weekly roundup reports MyDeal and Adore Beauty listing on the ASX, Rokt's US$80 million Series D, several trans-Tasman raises, Quibi shutting down, Westpac trimming its Zip stake, and local executive appointments.
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Plant-based meat maker V2food has closed a large Series B with Asian backers to finish a Wodonga factory and enter Asian markets, following an earlier round the year before.
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