A torrid 12 months for startups in the food sector has also had an impact on one of the most high profile ventures, the billionaire-backed faux meat company v2food. Founder and CEO Nick Hazell, a former former Masterfoods and PepsiCo executive, has left the business and the 4-year-old startup’s $20 million Wodonga production plant is… Read more »
Plant-based protein startup v2food has raised A$72 million in series B-plus with Europe’s largest impact investment fund, Astanor Ventures leading the round. The latest capital injection is to ramp up expansion into China and Europe and scaling its manufacturing. The plant protein joint venture between Hungry Jacks billionaire Jack Cowin and the CSIRO, previously raised… Read more »
The plant-based mince and burgers developed by the CSIRO-backed alternative protein startup v2food will start hitting the shelves in more than 600 Woolworths stores from today, less than a year after it was first released as the burger in the Hungry Jack’s Rebel Whopper. V2food launched last year in a collaboration between the CSIRO, its… Read more »
Competitive Foods Australia chairman Jack Cowin, v2food CEO Nick Hazell and federal science and innovation minister Karen Andrews at the launch of v2food Fast food billionaire Jack Cowin has partnered with the CSIRO’s innovation fund to create a plant-based burger The JV business, v2food, has been developed in just 8 months and could appear on… Read more »
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