In this problem:
- Venture financing trends in the food sector
- CPG Venture Capital and Private Equity Fund
Venture financing trends in the food sector
- Post Holdings announced that it has agreed to acquire the assets of Perfection Pet Foods for $235 million.
- Wanda Fish Technologies, a seafood technology company, announced that it has raised $7 million in seed funding.
- Umiami, a plant-based meat startup, announced that it had raised €32.5 million in its Series A funding round.
CPG Venture Capital and Private Equity Fund
This week’s featured venture capital and venture capital fund is AF Ventures.
- AF Ventures (formerly AccelFoods, founded in 2013) manages more than 30 portfolio brands across the consumer landscape of food & beverage, health & wellness, beauty, personal care and pet company.
- Championing emerging brands, AF Ventures offers its portfolio companies an exclusive suite of resources to achieve impact at scale and improve the health of future generations.
- Portfolio companies include:
- By heart
- Tractor Beverages Co.
- Wonderful belly
- Lean soaked
- Remunerative
- Ready.Ready.Power!
- Yumi
(View source.)