In This Issue:
CPG Corporate Venture and Private Equity Funds
This week's featured corporate venture and private equity fund is Foodshed Investors.
- "Foodshed Investors" is a d/b/a of Local Impact Investors LLC, a for-profit Texas LLC headquartered in Austin. Foodshed Investors is a national network of individuals, investment groups & clubs, family offices, foundations and other investors in companies that seek to restore and protect agricultural land, mitigate climate change, and promote social justice for all stakeholders in the supply chain.
- Portfolio companies include:
- BAM! Gluten Free
- Blue Avocado
- The Cook's Nook
- Honest Mary's
- Seal the Seasons
- Goals are to:
- Enable mission-driven, for- and non-profit entrepreneurs to create healthy, nutritious, and accessible food
- Build robust regional food systems, particularly for the benefit of underserved communities
- Re-invigorate rural economies via sustainable agriculture and quality jobs
Links to Relevant Content and Events
ARTICLES
- Natural Foods Snack Company QUINN Secures USD$10 Million Funding
- Aromyx Raises $10 Million for Its Digital Scent and Taste Technology
- Zenput Raises $27 Million to Manage Operations for Multi-Unit Restaurants
- Bbot Raises $15 Million Series A for Its Restaurant Ordering and Payment Software
- Choco Closes $100 Million Series B to Build a Global Connected Food System
- Nature's Fynd Raises $350 Million in Funding
- Will Gopuff's (Second) Billion-Dollar Funding Round Make Its Grocery Competition Go Poof?
- U.S. Chilled Prepared Food Market Ripe for Disruption, Says FreshRealm After Raising $32 Million to Build National Infrastructure for Fresh
EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Naturally Bay Area's 2021 Quick Bites Series:
Sampling Is Back! Now What?
Save the Date | Wednesday, August 4, 12:00 - 12:45 p.m. PST
Networking Night:
Rub Elbows and Connect
Thursday, August 19, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. PST
A members-only networking event at MISTA in San Francisco's Mission District. This casual event is a chance to reconnect with colleagues and meet new industry friends. Admission is free for current, paid members.
Want to join in the fun?
Step 1: Become a member.
Step 2: Attend the event on August 19th and enjoy a full year of membership benefits.
Naturally Bay Area's 2021 Quick Bites Series:
CPG Corporate Venture Funds: How Big Food Invests in Emerging Brands
Save the Date | Wednesday, September 15, 12:00 - 12:45 p.m. PST
Plant Futures Initiative
- Plant Futures Initiative (PFI) is a collaboration of UC Berkeley's Center for Responsible Business and Ideagarden Institute, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
- Its mission is to educate, equip and empower the next generation of ethical leaders and entrepreneurs to accelerate transitions to healthy, regenerative and just food systems.
- PFI will provide the missing bridge between college education and rewarding jobs for the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders in the plant-based food sector.
- The next Plant Futures Symposium will be held online on January 14-15, 2022.
- PFI Challenge Lab industry partners are being recruited now for specific problem-solving projects that student teams can be deployed to run.
- Contact Will Rosenzweig at wbrose@ideagarden.com for additional information.
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