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On February 26, 2020, BlueNalu announced the completion of $ 20 million in Series A financing. The main investors are Stray Dog Capital, CPT Capital, New Crop Capital, and Clear Current Capital. These companies have participated in BlueNalu’s seed round financing. .

It is reported that BlueNalu plans to use the funds to set up a pilot plant in San Diego to test small-scale production of artificial fish products, while expanding the team globally to further improve marketing and product promotion methods.

As of now, BlueNalu has completed a total of 3 rounds of financing with a cumulative financing amount of USD 24.5 million. The company has attracted investment institutions from 11 countries including Brazil, Israel, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States, providing BlueNalu with extensive expertise and infrastructure in the areas of supply chain and marketing.
February of overseas agriculture & food investment and financing combing in February: 33 incidents with a total value of about 365 million US dollars, vegetarianism is popular, and Asian investment is hot now

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Van Leeuwen Ice Cream: Vegan Ice Cream

Van Leeuwen Ice Cream was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, USA. The company has 17 ice cream shops in New York and Los Angeles, and has established partnerships with retailers such as WholeFoods, Sprouts, and Safeway, and its products have been launched in nearly 2,000 sales stores. The company launched a vegan ice cream in 2014, made from cashew nut milk, coconut milk, coconut oil, organic cane sugar, pure cocoa butter and organic walnut beans.
February of overseas agriculture & food investment and financing combing in February: 33 incidents with a total value of about 365 million US dollars, vegetarianism is popular, and Asian investment is hot now

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202On February 27, 0, Van Leeuwen Ice Cream announced the completion of a $ 18.7 million Series B financing, with the main investor being NextWorld Evergreen. It is reported that the company plans to use the funds to expand its own factory and R & D team to launch more flavors of ice cream. At the same time, new stores will be opened to expand the scope of distribution.

As of now, Van Leeuwen Ice Cream Ice Cream has completed a total of 3 rounds of financing with a cumulative financing amount of US $ 22.6 million.
February of overseas agriculture & food investment and financing combing in February: 33 incidents, with a total amount of about 365 million US dollars, vegetarianism is popular, and Asian investment is now hot

Data source: crunchbase; 35 bucket sorting

Businesses to watch: Starbucks in India, Hungry in Malay, Microbial Technology Company

Chaayos: Indian Starbucks

Chaayos was founded in November 2012 and is headquartered in New Delhi, India. The company has eight stores in Bangalore and a total of 72 physical stores in Delhi and Mumbai. Chaayos has also launched tea delivery services, with at least 1,000 orders per day. Customers can place orders directly on the app, or order tea and coffee via the web or phone.
February of overseas agriculture & food investment and financing combing in February: 33 incidents, with a total amount of about 365 million US dollars, vegetarianism is popular, and Asian investment is now hot

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On February 12, 2020, Chaayos announced the completion of US $ 21.5 million in financing. The lead investor is Think Investments, based in Silicon Valley, and existing investors including SAIF Partners and Tiger Global, as well as InnoVen Capital. .

It is reported that Chaayos plans to expand the number of stores to about 100 within this year, and in the next 3-4 years,This number increased to 300. At the same time, the company will continue to invest a lot of money in technology and expand its existing team at all levels.

As of now, Chaayos has completed a total of 6 rounds of financing with a cumulative financing amount of USD 40.1 million.
February of overseas agriculture & food investment and financing combing in February: 33 incidents with a total value of about 365 million US dollars, vegetarianism is popular, and Asian investment is hot now

Data source: crunchbase; 35 bucket sorting

Dahmakan: Malay version “Hungry?”

Dahmakan was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The company’s “full stack” platform can provide services from cooking to distribution and payment. Users can order their own meals from the menu provided by the platform, and then distribute them after cooking at the “Cloud Kitchen” near the customer.

Dahmakan core team
February of overseas agriculture & food investment and financing combing in February: 33 incidents, with a total amount of about 365 million US dollars, vegetarianism is popular, and Asian investment is now hot

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On February 27, 2020, Dahmakan announced the completion of $ 18 million in Series B financing. Investors include Korean food delivery giant Woowa Brothers, Rakuten Capital, White Star Capital, JAFCO Asia, one of Japan’s largest venture capital companies, and GEC-KIP. Fund, etc. It is reported that the company plans to use this new funding to continue to develop its end-to-end business operating system.

Dahmakan has completed a total of 5 rounds of financing so far, with a cumulative financing amount of $ 27 million. The company was hatched by Y Combinator and was the first Malaysian company to enter the YC accelerator.
February of overseas agriculture & food investment and financing combing in February: 33 incidents with a total value of about 365 million US dollars, vegetarianism is popular, and Asian investment is hot now

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NewLeaf Symbiotics: Total financing amounted to USD 77.6 million

NewLeaf Symbiotics was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Missouri, USA. As an agricultural technology company that develops, produces, and commercializes beneficial plant microbial products, NewLeaf Symbiotics’ related patents and innovative technologies can promote plant growth and nutrient absorption, helping farmers increase yields. The company also conducts laboratory, greenhouse and field product trials, focusing on pink pigment facultative methylotrophic bacteria.

Steve Kahn, CEO of NewLeaf Symbiotics
February of overseas agriculture & food investment and financing combing in February: 33 incidents with a total value of about 365 million US dollars, vegetarianism is popular, and Asian investment is hot now

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The microbial products developed by NewLeaf Symbiotics can not only increase crop yields, resist pests and diseases, improve plant nutrition, but also protect the environment and reduce the carbon footprint. Steve Kahn, CEO of NewLeaf Symbiotics, said, “The company’s Terrasym® technology has covered hundreds of thousands of acres of land, laying the foundation for future market expansion. In addition, we are also strengthening technological innovation, focusing on specialty crops, Vegetable crops, and corn, soybeans, and peanuts. “

On February 24, 2020, NewLeaf Symbiotics announced the completion of a USD 20 million Series D financing. Investors include Koch Agronomic Services, Leaps by Bayer, and original investors Otter Capital, RockPort Capital and S2G Ventures also made additional investments.

It is reported that NewLeaf Symbiotics plans to use this funding to further improve the product development platform, and at the same time, accelerate the development of corn, soybean and peanut crops.Commercial application landing. In addition, NewLeaf Symbiotics will continue to work closely with agricultural biotechnology company Joyn Bio to develop engineering platforms around the beneficial microorganisms of NewLeaf Symbiotics.
February of overseas agriculture & food investment and financing combing in February: 33 incidents with a total value of about 365 million US dollars, vegetarianism is popular, and Asian investment is hot now

Data source: crunchbase; 35 bucket sorting

As of now, NewLeaf Symbiotics has completed a total of 5 rounds of financing, with a total financing amount of $ 77.6 million.

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