Recent Deals – 6 September 2019

Posted on September 4, 2019September 12, 2019 by Louis Brasington

Agriculture & Food: FreshtoHome, a developer of a fresh meat and fish home delivery service, raised $20 million in a Series B round from Iron Pillar and Joe Hirao, the founder of Japan’s ZIGExn. The India-based start-up was founded in 2015 and has built its own supply chain network, giving it control over quality and delivery of the food items. It uses trains and planes to move inventory and has become one of the biggest clients of several local airlines. The company will use the funds to... Read More »

Recent Deals – 23 August 2019

Posted on August 22, 2019September 12, 2019 by Chris Sworder

Agriculture & Food: Motif FoodWorks, a developer of ingredients for the next generation of plant-based and healthy foods (previously known as Motif Ingredients), raised $27.5 million from General Atlantic and CPT Capital. This funding round added to the $90 million it raised from Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Louis Dreyfus Company, Fonterra, and Viking Global when the company was founded in February this year. The company is a spin-out of Ginkgo Bioworks' platform for biological engineering, and is leveraging its parent company's... Read More »