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YouTube celeb brand Chamberlain Coffee raises $7M for RTD expansion YouTube star Emma Chamberlain’s coffee brand, Chamberlain Coffee, secured $7 million in funding to help propel the company’s move into

Sweet gluten-free market expands with Rubicon Bakers’ purchase of Lucky Spoon Bakery Vegan, clean-label brand Rubicon Bakers enters the gluten-free market with the purchase of Lucky Spoon Bakery, a Salt

Maia Farms to expand mycelium production with $1.7M in pre-seed round The completion of a $1.7 million seed round by Maia Farms will allow the Vancouver, Canada company to scale

Kiosk-ordering software firm Bite secures $9M in Series A funding Bite, a U.S. company specializing in kiosk software for restaurant and convenience store brands, secured $9 million to help fuel

Wonder secures $700M funding Wonder, a food hall business with 11 units, secured a massive $700 million in funding, including investments from various shareholders and new backers. The company, led

AI Palette secures $5.7M Singapore-based startup AI Palette has secured $5.7 million in funding to expand its AI-powered platform for food innovation, with plans to broaden into beauty and personal

Investment in TWF Flours Zerodha's Rainmatter has invested Rs 12 crore ($1.4 million) in food tech startup TWF Flours, marking the company's first institutional funding round since its establishment in

AtmosZero closes $21M Series A AtmosZero has secured $21 million in Series A funding, co-led by Engine Ventures and 2150, to accelerate its Boiler 2.0 technology to decarbonize industrial steam

More mushroom money Organic mushroom provider M2 Ingredients secured investment from Meaningful Partners, alongside support from White Road Investments and InvestEco. The investment underscores the growing interest in sustainable food

Grupo Bimbo acquires Amaritta Mexico's Grupo Bimbo has acquired Spain-based, gluten-free bakery company Amaritta, marking an expansion into the gluten-free bread segment. The financial details of the deal were not

DayDayCook acquires Yai's Thai The content-driven food brand DayDayCook will acquire Yai's Thai, a Thai American food brand known for its pantry staples like curries and stir-fry sauces. The acquisition,

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Chobani acquires La Colombe Chobani, the prominent food and beverage company known for its Greek yogurt, has acquired La Colombe

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Fantuan raises $40M funding Vancouver-based Fantuan, a Chinese food delivery experience replicator, secured $40 million in a Series C round

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Founders re-acquire supplement business Arizona Nutritional Supplements, a prominent contract and private-label manufacturer of specialty vitamins, minerals, and supplements, has

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: AI-driven designer proteins Cambrium, a Berlin-based company, has raised €11 million ($11.6 million) to expand its operations in designing sustainable

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Salted raises $14M funding Salted, a company specializing in building quick-serve restaurant brands, has raised $14 million in Series B

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Wonder Group to acquire Blue Apron Food delivery company Wonder Group is set to acquire Blue Apron, a meal-kit maker

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Investment in celeb-favorite facialist’s brand Former Sephora CEO Martin Brok has invested in Angela Caglia’s skincare brand. Angela Caglia is

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Mediterranean food company completes successful Series A Afia Foods, a Mediterranean food company, has secured $3 million in Series A

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Gut health company Bactolife raises more than $32 million in funding Bactolife, a Novo Holdings portfolio company based in Copenhagen,

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: BeautyBio acquired by Rhyz Rhyz Inc., a subsidiary of Nu Skin Enterprises Inc., has acquired BeautyBio, a skincare and beauty

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: KDP and La Colombe Partnership Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (KDP) and La Colombe have announced a strategic partnership that includes

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Jenny Craig to relaunch Wellful, Inc. has acquired the Jenny Craig brand and plans to relaunch it as a separate,

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Gorgie raises $6.5M Gorgie, a wellness beverage brand created by Michelle Cordeiro Grant, has secured $6.5 million in pre-seed funding

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Altman backs Uncommon’s alt-meat British alt-meat startup Uncommon has raised $30 million in a Series A funding round with backing

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Financing fuels VitaminLab’s growth VitaminLab, a leader in personalized supplements, has raised Series A funding to fuel its expansion. The

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Beauty meets biotech Oddity, the parent company of beauty brand Il Makiage has acquired Revela, a biotech startup that develops

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: ClimateAi raises $22M ClimateAi, a startup that uses artificial intelligence to help companies and governments mitigate the impact of climate

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Aqua Cultured Foods raises $5.5M Aqua Cultured Foods has raised $5.5 million in seed funding to develop a new seafood

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: New funding is flying in for Fly By Jing Fly by Jing, known for its Sichuan Chili Crisp, has received

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Remedy Kombucha closes Series B round Remedy Kombucha recently announced the completion of a Series B financing round led by

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: IFF’s Flavor Specialty Ingredients business to sell for $220M IFF has announced the planned sale of its Flavor Specialty Ingredients

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Investors dash to new seltzer brand Dash Water recently announced the completion of an £8.7 million funding round. The company

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Beneo sizzles a 14% stake in Grillido Beneo recently announced that it is acquiring a 14% stake in meat replacement/alternative

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: RENEE Cosmetics raises $25M Series B round RENEE is a D2C cruelty-free cosmetics startup in India. To date, the startup

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Arey raises $4.15M seed round Functional beauty and e-commerce brand Arey uses a science-driven approach to protect aging hair and

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Facing the dark side of chocolate Mondelēz International, Barrel Ventures, Regba Group and Trendlines are investing in Celleste Bio to

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Young Mountain Tea using new funding for good Young Mountain Tea has raised $1.1 million to construct a farmer-owned factory

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: The Dumplings that took TikTok by storm receive $10M investment Xiao Chi Jie, a frozen dumpling brand, went viral on

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: The Rounds raises $38M Series A funding Sustainable household restocking service, The Rounds, is an online shopping and delivery service

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Next Level Burger is taking its investment to the next level Next Level Burger, a vegan burger chain, announced that

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Oxwash cleans up in Series A Round The U.K. eco laundry startup Oxwash has secured £10 million in funding led

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Eat Just raises $25M to grow business in China Eat Just, the egg alternative brand, secured an investment of $25

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Moo-ving on up Cloud-based dairy supply chain software, Milk Moovement, closed a $20 million Series A round led by VMG

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Granarolo acquires a majority stake in White & Seeds Italian dairy manufacturer Granarolo has acquired a 51% stake in White

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Sweet deals: Ferrero acquires Fulfil Nutrition The international confectionery group Ferrero, of the Italian chocolate fame, has acquired the Irish

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Food is medicine for startup Season Health Season Health is working with health systems to make accessible condition-specific foods that

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: MelBio is bringing a brand new buzz to the $10B global honey market What happens when you take the bee

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Got Chickpea milk? Global Food and Ingredients snags YoFiit Touted for its high protein and omega-3 content, chickpea milk may

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Remilk raises $120M in a Series B round with precision fermentation that hits the mark Holy cow! Remilk, an Israeli

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Perfeggt plant-based egg company cracks open $2.8M in new investment Berlin-based Perfeggt, which is part of Lovely Day GmbH, is

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Carbon-neutral brand Neutral Foods gets $4M in seed funding Neutral Foods (Portland, Oregon), which works with diary farmers to implement

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Abbot’s Butcher closes Series A funding Abbot’s Butcher (Costa Mesa, California) has closed its Series A funding round, led by

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Savencia Fromage & Dairy buys No. 1 organic hummus brand Hope Foods Hope Foods (Boulder, Colorado) has been acquired by

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Plant-based pudding startup Noops nabs $2M more in funding Two months ago, Hungryroot co-founder Gregory Struck raised $2 million in

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Butterfly invests in Chosen Foods Private equity firm Butterfly (Los Angeles, California) has taken a majority stake in Chosen Foods

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Zesty Paws to be acquired by H&H Group Pet supplement brand Zesty Paws (Orlando, Florida) has entered into an agreement

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Miyoko’s Creamery raises $52M in Series C funding round Plant-based cheese leader Miyoko’s Creamery has secured $52 million in a

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: New Primal nabs $15M from Manna Tree Manna Tree has invested $15 million in New Primal (Charleston, South Carolina), maker

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Upcycler Comet Bio closes Series C funding round Comet Bio (Schaumburg, Illinois) has raised $22 million in its Series C

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Danone Manifesto Ventures take minority stake in Harmless Harvest Danone Manifesto Ventures (New York, New York), which previously led a

News for June 26, 2021 Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry Explorer Cold Brew nabs $1.5M in seed funding Explorer Cold Brew (Brooklyn, New York), which

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Ready, Set, Food raises $3.5M in most recent funding round Ready, Set, Food! (Los Angeles, California), which makes an organic,

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: UK-based seaweed processing startup Oceanium nabs $2.75M Oceanium (Oban, Scotland) closed a Seed II round of funding to open up

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Sports nutrition company Picky Bars scooped up by Laird Superfood Laird Superfood (Sisters, Oregon), which is backed by Danone and

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: SunOpta buys Dream and WestSoy brands from Hain Celestial After manufacturing the brands for more than a decade, SunOpta (Mississauga,

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: DSM puts up $100M to launch personalized health startup Hologram A new personalized health and nutrition company called Hologram Sciences

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Berlin grocery delivery startup Gorillas snatches up $290M Promising to deliver groceries and other everyday items to customers in as

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: WeFarm brings in $11M to link up small-scale farmers As an extension of its $13 million series A in 2019,

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: On a mission to fight malnutrition, Frontier raises $6M In a new series B round led by Adjuvant Capital, a

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Supplant raises $24M for a plant-based alternative sweetener To help it commercialize a low-cost sugar substitute made from plant fiber,

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Cutback Coach’s mindful drinking program picks up $3.1M Seeing a “massive, untapped opportunity” to help Americans build healthier habits around

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Muniq takes in $8.2M for gut health nutrition Muniq (Los Angeles, California), a startup founded by Uplifting Results Labs, has

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Startup enabling meat cultivation closes seed round with leading investors A startup that believes its technology is integral in helping

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Snack brand Peckish sells to Egg Innovations Egg Innovations (Warsaw, Indiana), a Midwestern purveyor of free-range and pasture-raised eggs, has

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Kind sells to Mars Wrigley for a reported $5B Three years after taking a minority stake in the brand, candy

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Australia’s Provectus raises $3.25M to scale algae production for food and ag With the goal of optimizing algae to create

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: LemonBox raises $2.5M to sell personalized American supplements in China Founded in 2018 to give Chinese millennials affordable access to

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Kaffe Bueno raises $1.3M to turn used coffee grounds into functional ingredients Kaffe Bueno (Copenhagen, Denmark), a startup that upcycles

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Cooler Screens gets $80M to replace cooler doors with electronic displays Verizon Ventures, Microsoft’s M12 Ventures and other investors are

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Investors deliver $20M to ex-Uber execs’ Virtual Kitchen Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund led a $20 million funding round for Virtual

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Barn2Door raises $6M to equip farmers with tools to sell online With the COVID-19 pandemic driving more U.S. food shoppers

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Allergy Amulet scores $3.3M to develop a food allergy sensor What if people with food allergies carried a sensor that

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: FoodChain ID buys Nutraveris Food safety and quality services company FoodChain ID (Fairfield, Iowa) expanded its portfolio with the purchase

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Meditopia’s meditation app for global audiences draws in $15M European investors Creandum and Highland Europe led a $15 million series

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Super Coffee scores $25M at $200M valuation Past NCN presenter Kitu Life (New York, New York), which operates the Super

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Paleo chocolate brand Honey Mama’s looks beyond natural with $5.8M raise Chocolate bar maker Honey Mama’s (Portland, Oregon), known for

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Shaka raises $2.3M for Hawaiian-inspired RTD tea The husband and wife behind Shaka Tea (Hilo, Hawaii) have $2.3 million of

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Spiceology secures $2M amid pandemic slowdown Chef-owned and -operated spice company Spiceology (Spokane, Washington) has raised $2 million from investors

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: UK noodles-in-a-cup brand crowdfunds a £1.75M more Mr. Lee’s, a United Kingdom-based instant noodle brand that launched in the United

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: Eco-friendly cooler company Vericool closes $19.1M round On a mission to replace packaging materials that harm the environment, Vericool (Livermore,

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: High-profile investors put $80M behind alternative-protein startup The food tech company once known as Sustainable Bioproducts is now Nature’s Fynd

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: PepsiCo pushes further into energy drinks with Rockstar Energy acquisition PepsiCo (Harrison, New York) has added to its energy-drink portfolio

Recent Transactions in the Nutrition and Health & Wellness Industry: JJ’s Sweets becomes part of Madhava Foods Madhava Foods, a seller of natural sweetener products such as honey, agave and