In This Issue:

• Food Venture Financing Trends
• CPG Corporate Venture and Private Equity Funds

Food Venture Financing Trends

• Meati Foods, an alternative protein foodtech company that utilizes mycelium, raised $22 million in its extension round. The company used the funds from the extension and funds raised last year to open a new production facility.
• Former executives of Kind launched an incubation and investment firm named Camino Partners.
• Milo's Tea Company plans to invest $130 million to open a fourth production facility in the US.

CPG Corporate Venture and Private Equity Fund

This week's featured CPG Corporate Venture and Private Equity Fund is This week's featured corporate venture and private equity fund is AF Ventures.

• AF Ventures (formerly AccelFoods, founded in 2013) manages over 30 portfolio brands across the consumer landscape of food & beverage, health & wellness, beauty, personal care, and pet. Advocating for emerging growth brands.
• AF Ventures offers its portfolio companies a proprietary suite of resources to achieve large-scale impact, improving the health of future generations.
• AF Ventures invests in visionary founders building authentic, next-generation consumer brands driving omnichannel innovation.
• Portfolio companies include:
  • By Heart
  • Cirkul
  • Gainful
  • Ready.Set.Food!
  • Hello Cake
  • Tea Drops
  • Yumi

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