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PowerPlant Partners

https://powerplantpartners.co

Last activity: 23.07.2023

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Invests in categories: BeverageE-commerceFoodTechGroceryHealthOrganicPlantBasedProteinRetailWellness

PowerPlant is a global leader investing in companies that are better for people and the planet. We provide capital, strategic guidance and operating expertise to visionary companies, including Beyond Meat, Thrive Market, Ripple, Veggie Grill, Apeel Sciences, Liquid Death, Miyoko's Creamery, Vive Organic, and Partake Brewing.

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Location: United States

Employees: 11-50

Founded date: 2015

Investment Type: Venture Capital

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Date	Name	Website	Total Raised	Location
12.07.2023	Bobbie	hibobbie.com	$135.39M	-
-	Thrive Mar...	thrivemarket.com	$151M	United Sta...
-	Beyond Mea...	beyondmeat.com	$395M	United Sta...
-	Thistle	thistle.co	$16.95M	United Sta...
-	Apeel	apeel.com	$280M	United Sta...

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Date	Title	Description
13.07.2023	The Week in AgriFoodTech: Aphea.Bio scores $78m for biologicals, Do Good Foods files Ch. 11, Chipotle’s avocado robots	Good news this week arrived in the form of funding rounds for biologicals maker Aphea.Bio and infant formula startup Bobbie, amongst several others. Less sunny was news that upcycled chicken company Do Good Foods filed for Chapter 11 bankru...
16.06.2023	Exclusive: Miyoko’s interim president to step down, no replacement announced yet	Jon Blair is stepping down as interim president at plant-based dairy company Miyoko’s Creamery at the end of the month, AgFunder News (AFN) has learned. A replacement has not been announced. Blair, who joined Miyoko’s as CFO in March 2022, ...
26.09.2022	PowerPlant Partners Closes $330M Round	-
15.09.2022	The Week in Agrifoodtech: PepsiCo. & ADM partner on regen ag, Biden bets on cultivated meat	This week, PepsiCo. and ADM made a major announcement that could boost regenerative agriculture practices in the US, while President Biden signed an executive order impacting cultivated meat. France’s Capagro launched a $200 million agrifoo...
12.09.2022	PowerPlant Partners Finds $330M For Food Investments	San Francisco- and Los Angeles-based PowerPlant Partners, best known for backing plant-based consumer food and beverage brands, says it has raised $330M for a third fund. The fund, PowerPlant Ventures III, LP, will invest invest between $15...
12.09.2022	PowerPlant Partners Raises $330 Million to Focus on Growth-Stage Eco Companies	2 Mins Read With its recent $330 million raise, PowerPlant Partners’ third fund, the PPV Fund III, will shift to focus solely on growth-stage vegan companies. According to PPV founders Daniel Gluck and Mark Rampolla, this is the first “true...
11.09.2022	PowerPlant Partners Closes $330 Million Fund	PowerPlant Partners, an investment firm backing plant-based consumer food and beverage brands, closed its third fund, PowerPlant Ventures III L.P., at $330m. PPV Fund III will continue to invest in consumer-facing brands that are better for...
09.09.2022	PowerPlant Partners Closes Third Fund at $330M	PowerPlant Partners, a Los Angeles and San Francisco-based investment management firm, closed a $330 million fund. With the final closing of PowerPlant Ventures III L.P. (PPV Fund III), the firm plans to expand its current focus on plant-ba...
09.09.2022	PowerPlant Partners closes $330 million fund	SAN FRANCISCO — PowerPlant Partners, an investor in plant-based food and beverage brands, has closed its third fund at $330 million. PowerPlant Ventures III LP (PPV Fund III) will continue backing consumer-facing brands with a focus on grow...
08.09.2022	PowerPlant Partners Closes $330 Million Fund III To Focus On Growth-Stage Consumer Companies	PowerPlant Partners, cofounded and co-managed by Daniel Gluck (left) and Mark Rampolla (right), has ... [+] closed $330 million in their third fund.PowerPlant Partners
09.06.2022	PowerPlant Partners & SYSTM Brands Join Forces to Launch Sustainable F&B Investment Platform	PowerPlant Partners, a global growth equity firm investing in disruptive plant-based companies, has announced a new food and beverage partnership with SYSTM Brands, the consumer products brand platform. The partnership will launch SYSTM Foo...
20.09.2021	Miyoko’s Creamery CEO on $52m funding, federal court victory & vegan cheese fails	“Vegan cheese has been the laughing stock of the food industry because it has been crap,” Miyoko Schinner tells AFN. “It’s fake food for the most part and we need to turn that around. We need to make real cheese out of real food ingredients...
13.09.2021	Formo nets $50m for animal-free cheese fermented from microbes	German alt-dairy startup Formo has raised $50 million in Series A funding, it announced in a company statement today. The Series A round was led by Sweden’s EQT Ventures, with Elevat3 Capital, Lionheart Ventures, Lowercarbon Capital, and Ha...
02.09.2021	Stockeld Dreamery raises $20m Series A funding to expand plant-based cheese lineup	Swedish startup Stockeld Dreamery has raised €16.5 million ($19.5 million) in Series A funding to advance its alternative cheese business. Food- and ag-focused VC Astanor Ventures and early-stage investor Northzone led the round, which also...
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-	Zoolatech’s Roman Kaplun on Running a Business In a War Zone	Roman Kaplun left Ukraine two weeks before the war broke out. His business partner, Denis Rogov, was there to see the events unfold. Throughout it all, their software development company, Zoolatech, had employees based in Kyiv. On this epis...
-	Businesses in Los Angeles Are Working to Lessen Burden on Strained Power Grid	As Southern California continues to endure a brutally hot summer and the state’s grid struggles to keep pace with the energy demand, residents are also grappling with their responsibilities to reduce consumption. Thanks to a series of pleas...
-	At UCLA, You Can Take a Class on ‘The Law of Elon Musk’	Elon Musk’s bizarre behavior has sparked a lot of lawsuits over the years, from complaints about his Tweets to allegations that he’s part of Dogecoin scheme. One local professor thinks there’s a lesson to be learned from that long legal his...
-	This Week in ‘Raises’: Battle Motors Grabs $150M, PowerPlant Ventures Land $330M	Romeo Power founder Mike Patterson’s EV trucking company Battle Motors raised a new round of funding to expand production, and PowerPlant Ventures closed its third fund to inject $15 million to $40 million into growth stage companies. ***Ve...
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-	Cayli Cavaco Reck Is Focused on Conscious Beauty	On this episode of Behind Her Empire, Knockout Beauty founder Cayli Cavaco Reck talks about how her lifelong battle with skin issues prompted her to share her skincare journey with women around the world and, eventually, launch her own busi...

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