In This Issue:
- Food Venture Financing Trends
- CPG Corporate Venture and Private Equity Funds
Food Venture Financing Trends
- Squared Circles, a venture studio that supports health, wellness and food brands, announced that it raised $40 million in its Series A round.
- Grubtech, a UAE-based ecommerce platform, announced that it raised $15 million in funding.
- YoLa Fresh, a supply chain startup that connects small farmers with food retailers in Morocco, announced that it raised $7 million in funding.
- iyris, a Saudi-based agritech startup, announced that it closed its $16 million Series A round.
CPG Corporate Venture and Private Equity Fund
This week's featured corporate venture and private equity fund is Five Seasons Ventures.
- Five Seasons Ventures is a Paris-based venture capital firm founded in 2016 that backs Food and Tech Entrepreneurs committed to building a healthier, sustainable and efficient food system.
- Five Seasons Ventures is the first European impact venture fund focused on sustainable food and foodtech brands.
- Their portfolio companies include:
- Barkyn
- Cortilia
- Dash Water
- Her One
- Mammaly
- Butternut Box
- Tropic Biosciences
- Vly
- Cortilia
- Just Spices
