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| 09.09.2026 | Burger King Debuts Plant-Based Crispy Chicken Burger in Austria | 3 Mins Read Burger King has expanded its vegan menu in Austria with a crispy chicken burger, a first for the fast-food giant, featuring The Vegetarian Butcher’s plant-based alternative.
Extending its long-standing partnership with The Veget... |
| 14.08.2025 | Full Send Partners Advises on Landmark Cross-Border Acquisition of Daring Foods by v2food, Establishing a Global Platform for Plant-Based Meat | Full Send Partners is a middle-market investment bank that provides M&A, capital raising, buy-side, and strategic advisory services to corporate, entrepreneurial, and private equity clients.
Daring Foods joins forces with Australia's to... |
| 13.08.2025 | Daring Foods acquired by one of Australia’s biggest plant-based meat producers | Listen to the article 2 min
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V2food, one of Australia’s biggest plant-based meat makers, has acquired vegan chicken producer Daring Foods for an undisclosed a... |
| 07.08.2025 | v2food CEO on entering the US via the Daring Foods acquisition: “It’s one of the few brands that’s growing” | Australian plant-based meat market leader v2food is moving into the US market with the acquisition of plant-based chicken maker Daring Foods, and has struck a strategic partnership with Japanese food giant Ajinomoto.
Under the deal, Daring ... |
| 07.08.2025 | v2food Enters US Market, Combining Daring Foods’ Brand with Ajinomoto’s Global Reach | Australian plant-based meat company v2food has announced a partnership with global food company Ajinomoto Co. and the acquisition of US-based Daring Foods, a leading unbreaded plant chicken brand. This move is part of v2food’s strategy to e... |
| 09.04.2025 | Future Food Quick Bites: Ottolenghi’s Beans, Disneyland & Beyond Meat Doc | 5 Mins Read Our weekly column rounds up the latest sustainable food innovation news. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Bold Bean Co’s Ottolenghi collaboration, Beyond Meat’s new documentary, and Miyoko Schinner’s upcoming vegan cook... |
| 17.02.2025 | Blackbird Foods: Ahimsa Companies Continues Vegan Acquisition Spree with Frozen Pizza Maker | 3 Mins Read New York-based Blackbird Foods has been acquired by Ahimsa Companies, a holding company with several sustainable protein startups in its roster.
Frozen plant-based food maker Blackbird Foods has been acquired by Ahimsa Companies... |
| 17.10.2024 | The Protein Revolution: New Zealand's Shift Towards Plant-Based Diets | New Zealand is at a crossroads. The land of sheep and dairy is witnessing a seismic shift in its dietary landscape. Research from the University of Canterbury reveals that the nation has reached "peak meat." Per capita meat consum... |
| 11.10.2024 | Plant-Based Meat Matches Beef on Protein Quality and Fills You Up More Quickly, Finds Research | 4 Mins Read Two new studies have found that plant-based meat can match or outperform beef on many nutritional fronts, while also making you full faster.
A vegan mince product can have the the same protein quality and digestibility as conven... |
| 24.09.2024 | v2food and AlgaeHUB by Lgem to Revolutionize the Appeal of Plant-Based Meat with Red Microalgae Colorant | The Australian plant-based meat manufacturer v2food and the Dutch biotech Lgem have joined forces to make plant-based meat more appealing.
The companies collaborated to scale the production of RepliHue, a red microalgae-derived ingredient t... |
| 10.09.2024 | Sustainable Indulgence Takes Center Stage at Green17 Partners’ Venice Film Festival Event | The event celebrated creativity in art, entertainment and gastronomy to highlight commitment to environmental preservation and social progress
ZURICH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Green17 Partners hosted a transformative evening at the historic Palazzo D... |
| 09.09.2024 | Tindle, Oatly!, Tetra Pak & Redefine Meat headline protein conference in October | MELBOURNE, Australia, Sept. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- With just five weeks to go until AltProteins 24, Food Frontier is excited to announce that the Secretary-General for the Global Alliance for a Sustainable Planet will be the keynote speake... |
| 07.05.2024 | Pandemic Recovery, More Brands & Price Parity: Here’s How Australia’s Plant-Based Industry is Doing | 11 Mins Read Despite a downturn in investment and economic contribution, sales of plant-based meat in Australia have grown from pre-pandemic levels, with a greater number of brands and a smaller price gap with conventional proteins. Food Fr... |
| 16.01.2024 | Australia’s v2food Acquires Plant-Based Ready Meal Brand Soulara | Australian alt meat manufacturer v2food has acquired plant-based ready meal brand Soulara, which is also based in Australia.
Soulara’s meals — which include options such as Thai-Style Tofu and Eggplant Caponata with Ravioli — are delivered ... |
| 04.12.2023 | What Do Asian Consumers Want From Plant-Based Meat? 4 Startup Founders Spill All. | 10 Mins Read At a major APAC food tech conference in Singapore last month, I spoke to four alt-meat founders from India, China, the Philippines and Australia to find out what Asian consumers want from plant-based meat products.
Last month, ... |
| 09.06.2023 | People moves: Ag CEO leads Bill Gates-backed rice venture, new CEO for Oatley, chef Marcus Samuelsson joins Aleph Farms | To keep us all up to speed on the latest people moves in agrifood, AFN publishes a monthly column of the industry’s biggest leadership changes.
Are you in a new role or company? Know someone who has left? Drop me a line to share the details... |
| 23.02.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Pure Salmon nabs $507m, FreshToHome bags $104m, more layoffs for agrifood | This week, Amazon backs India’s FreshToHome and Pure Salmon inked a whopping $507 million deal with Saudi Arabia’s government. Layoffs continue, while regulators in Finland approve the use of “burger patty” in marketing plant-based meat pro... |
| 09.11.2022 | Data snapshot: Singapore alt-protein startups rule Innovative Foods in Asia-Pacific | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
Click here for more research from AgFunder and sign up to our newsletters to receive alerts about new r... |
| 13.05.2022 | v2Foods Launches Vegan Ready Meals Range in Woolworths Across Australia | v2food this week announced the launch of a range of ready meals in Woolworths stores throughout Australia, marking its newest product development following v2mince®, v2burger®, v2sausage®, v2 pork mince in Asia, and the line of crumbed-chic... |
| 15.03.2022 | Australia: Impossible Foods Beefs Up its Presence & v2food Debuts Plant-Based Chicken | The Impossible Foods beef range becomes available in supermarkets all over Australia, in the same week that v2food announces the upcoming launch of a plant-based chicken line including vegan nuggets, tenders, and schnitzel. “63% of Aussies ... |
| 06.12.2021 | Cellular agriculture & emerging markets: Just because we can, does it mean we should? | Saron Berhane is an agrifoodtech entrepreneur based in Sydney, Australia.
The views expressed in this guest commentary are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect those of AFN.
Alt-protein is taking the food world by storm. Plant-ba... |
| 08.11.2021 | V2food Announces Strategic Partnerships With Leading Chinese Food Manufacturers | Australian alt-meat brand v2food has expanded into China, announcing strategic partnerships with three major Chinese food manufacturers and a food content service platform.
Firstly, v2food will partner with leading steamed bun manufacturer ... |
| 28.10.2021 | Top 10 Alt-Meat Startups Globally | The traditional meat industry faces business, ethical and environmental concerns. Covid-19 made consumers realise the issues in the meat supply chain for the first time, including the workers’ health or the ethical treatment of animals. Sev... |
| 12.10.2021 | Emmanuel Faber and David Barber Join Impact Investor Astanor Ventures | NEW YORK, Oct. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Astanor Ventures announced today the addition of David Barber and Emmanuel Faber to its partnership team. Barber and Faber, two internationally recognized leaders in the movement towards a sustainable... |
| 30.09.2021 | Data Snapshot: Alt-protein, functional foods raise record $1.4bn in H1 2021 | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder.
Startups developing innovative food and ingredients, including alt-proteins, raised a total of $1.4 bil... |
| 27.09.2021 | Meat the future: Unpacking Australia’s protein potential | Mirjana Prica is managing director at the Food and Agribusiness Growth Center (FIAL), an industry-led, government-funded initiative to accelerate commercially-driven collaboration and innovation in the Australian agrifood sector.
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| 26.09.2021 | v2foods: “We Just Refuse to Go Slow With Our Mission, We Take Huge Risks” | With a total capital raise of US$138 million to date, v2food is the Australian alt meat leader with a global vision. Now the most funded alt protein producer in Australia, v2food is on a mission to make meat nutritious and sustainable for g... |
| 31.08.2021 | Vegan Burger Wars: Which Startups Could Beat Beyond and Impossible? | 5 Mins Read
There’s little doubt that right now, Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat are the best known plant-based meat makers. Both food tech giants have dominated the space with their beef burger iterations, with one often cited as the plan... |
| 06.08.2021 | Belgium’s Astanor Ventures drops €45 million into plant-based protein company v2food | Hailing from Sydney, Australia, v2food has received a €45 million investment from Brussels-based Astanor Ventures. This raise brings v2food’s Series-B round to a healthy €92 million, and with it, the company plans an aggressive expansion in... |
| 06.08.2021 | Australian Vegan Meat Leader v2food Eyes Asian Expansion After $54M Series B | 4 Mins Read
Australian plant-based food tech v2food will now accelerate its global expansion, after closing AU$72 million (US$54 million) in a Series B Plus round. The round, led by European VC Astanor Ventures, attracted a number of Asian ... |
| 06.08.2021 | Bitcoin mining is having a moment right now, but will it last? | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
Hurl whatever skepticism you want at Bitcoin, but the process of mining the cryptocurrency is, we... |
| 06.08.2021 | Australia’s v2Food raises €45M to bring its plant-based meat products to Europe | Australia-based foodtech startup v2Food has raised €45M in a Series B funding. The round was led by Astanor Ventures, Europe’s impact investment fund and v2food’s first European investor. The round also saw participation from China’s e-comm... |
| 06.08.2021 | Plant protein venture v2food raises $72 million second series B for global expansion | 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 sca... |
| 06.08.2021 | v2food raises €45M in Series B Funding | v2food, a Sidney, Australia-based alternative protein company, raised €45m in a Series B extension funding.
The round, which brought Series B total funding to €92m, was led by Astanor Ventures, with participation from China’s leading e-comm... |
| 06.08.2021 | v2food Secures AU$72M, is Now Most Funded Alt Protein Producer in Australia | Australia’s v2food has announced the closing of a US$54 million Series B Plus funding round, which in addition to its US$57 million round in October 2020, brings the company’s total funds raised to US$138 million. The company reports that, ... |
| 05.08.2021 | Impact investors, Chinese tech giant join V2food’s $53m Series B extension | Alt-protein startup V2food has secured €45 million ($53.3 million) funding in a “Series B-plus” round led by Belgian impact investor Astanor Ventures.
V2food, which claims to be the Asia-Pacific region’s “most funded alternative protein com... |
| 05.08.2021 | BREAKING: Impact investors, Chinese tech giant join V2food’s $53m Series B extension | Alt-protein startup V2food has secured €45 million ($53.3 million) funding in a “Series B-plus” round led by Belgian impact investor Astanor Ventures.
V2food, which claims to be the Asia-Pacific region’s “most funded alternative protein com... |
| 01.07.2021 | Venture Science: Unlocking the Mysteries of Fats as Key to a Sustainable Food System | Recent research published by Credit Suisse concluded that consumers are unlikely to make a full conversion to a vegan diet because processed foods are simply too tasty. Phil Morle, Partner at Main Sequence, the VC founded by CSIRO, the Aust... |
| 17.05.2021 | Alt Meat Player v2food Launches New Plant-Based Bolognese Sauce | 2 Mins Read
Plant-based meat company v2food recently forayed into the fresh sauce category with the launch of its new plant-based, ready-made bolognese sauce, dubbed v2sauce, which will be available to Australian consumers through the super... |
| 10.03.2021 | Burger King Thailand Joins Plant-Based Whopper Bandwagon With Aussie Alt Meat Plater v2food | 3 Mins Read
Burger King Thailand has become the latest to join the plant-based wave sweeping the global franchise, partnering up with Australian food tech v2food to launch a new meatless Whopper to its menu. The new Plant-Based Whopper will... |
| 10.03.2021 | Burger King Thailand Joins Plant-Based Whopper Bandwagon With Aussie Alt Meat Player v2food | 3 Mins Read
Burger King Thailand has become the latest to join the plant-based wave sweeping the global franchise, partnering up with Australian food tech v2food to launch a new meatless Whopper to its menu. The new Plant-Based Whopper will... |
| 22.02.2021 | Burger King South Korea Launches Plant-Based Whopper With v2food | 3 Mins Read
Burger King Korea has added two new plant-based versions of its famous Whopper to its menu, partnering with Australian food tech v2food to swap out its conventional beef burgers for an animal-free soy-based patty. It will be ava... |
| 22.01.2021 | Aussie Startup v2food Expands Range With New Plant-Based Sausages | 1
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Sydney-based startup v2food has expanded its portfolio of products with its new plant-based sausage. Dubbed v2sausage, the new vegan alternative has launched across Australian retail stores, as demand for plant-based o... |
| 14.01.2021 | Burger King Launches Plant-Based Whoppers Across Asia With v2food & The Vegetarian Butcher | 16 1
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Burger King has added a plant-based version of its famous Whopper to its menus across Asia, partnering up with different vegan meat producers to meet growing mainstream consumer demand. While the fast food giant h... |
| 02.12.2020 | The Philippines: Burger King Launches Plant-Based Whopper in Collaboration with v2food | Burger King has announced it will be serving a plant-based burger at all of its locations in the Philippines. The Plant-Based Whopper contains a patty made by Australian alt-meat company v2food.
It marks the end of a successful year for v2f... |
| 24.11.2020 | Australia’s Alt Protein Sector Poised For Exceptional Growth Thanks To Homegrown Superstars | 8 1
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Australia is no exception to the global plant-based trend in recent years, with the movement only picking up pace since the coronavirus pandemic with consumers increasingly shifting away from conventional meat amid ... |
| 23.11.2020 | Burger King Launches V2food’s Plant-Based Whopper In Philippines | 7 3
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Fast food giant Burger King has just partnered up with Australian food tech v2food to launch a new plant-based whopper to its menu in the Philippines. Firstly landing on the menus of Metro Manila and Luzon location... |
| 27.10.2020 | Impossible Foods enters Asia’s supermarkets to take on Beyond Meat, regional upstarts | Impossible Foods is making its products available to home cooks in Asia for the first time, with the debut of its Impossible Beef range in select supermarkets in the region.
The plant-based beef alternative can now be purchased off the shel... |
| 21.10.2020 | Plant-based protein maker v2food raises $55m: ‘We consider ourselves part of the meat industry’ | Australian plant-based meat maker v2food has raised A$77 million (US$55 million) in its Series B round, taking its total funding to date to A$113 million ($80 million) and setting the stage for its expansion into Asia.
Taking part in the Se... |
| 20.10.2020 | Fake meat venture V2food raises $77 million in series B from foreign investors for Asia expansion | V2food, the fake meat joint venture between Hungry Jacks billionaire Jack Cowin and the CSIRO, has raised $77 million (US$55 million) in a series B round involving several Asian investors including Singapore’s state-owned Temasek Holdings a... |
| 20.10.2020 | Australian Plant Meat Startup v2food Closes Record US$55M Series B To Gear Up For Asia Launch | 2 2
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Australian plant-based meat startup v2food has just announced a AU$77 million (US$55 million) Series B round, breaking records as the largest funding round in the category within the country. The financing was led b... |
| 20.10.2020 | Daily funding roundup - October 19th, 2020 | Wayflyer raised $10.2M; Unit21 landed $13M; AiFi secured $15M
Propseller, a two-year-old, Singapore-based real estate agency that combines a tech platform with in-house agents, has raised $1.2 million in seed funding. The round included Ite... |
| 19.10.2020 | Australian plant-based meat startup v2food gobbles up $55 million in Series B funding, with participation from Sequoia Capital and Temasek | v2food, the Australian plant-based meat startup that makes tasty plant-based meat that’s good for the environment, announced today it has closed $55 million (AU$77 million) in Series B funding to take Australian plant-based meat to the worl... |
| 19.10.2020 | Australia’s V2Food Secures $55 Million Series B to Expand into Asia | V2food, the Sydney-based producer of plant-based meats, announces today Monday that it has secured $77 million Australian dollars ($55 million) in series B funding, having already raised $35 million in Series A at the end of 2019. According... |
| 19.10.2020 | Australia’s V2Food Secures $55 Million Series B to Expand into Asia | ©V2Foods
V2food, the Sydney-based producer of plant-based meats, announces today Monday that it has secured $77 million Australian dollars ($55 million) in series B funding, having already raised $35 million in Series A at the end of 2019. ... |
| 23.09.2020 | V2Food Launches Into 600 Woolworths & Plans New Investment Round as Plant-Based Continues to Soar in Australia | ©V2Foods
This Monday, V2Food announced the launch of its plant-based meat products into over 600 Woolworths supermarkets in Australia. At the same time, the Australian food startup plans to raise new capital to pursue its growth strategy.
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| 23.09.2020 | V2Food Launches Into 600 Woolworths & Plans New Investment Round as Plant-Based Continues to Soar in Australia | This Monday, V2Food announced the launch of its plant-based meat products into over 600 Woolworths supermarkets in Australia. At the same time, the Australian food startup plans to raise new capital to pursue its growth strategy.
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| 05.08.2020 | Australia: V2Food Seizes $3B Opportunity, Now Available in Supermarket Chain Drakes | Australian startup V2Food’s mince and burger products are now available at all 61 outlets of Drakes supermarkets in Australia, the firm seizing the opportunity to gain an early foothold in the Australian-based meat substitute industry, whic... |
| 21.04.2020 | V2Food Partners With Marley Spoon to Bring Vegan Meal Kits to Australians at Home | V2food is joining forces with leading meal-kit delivery company Marley Spoon to offer Australians an exclusive chance to experience v2mince at home. Marley Spoon specialises in easy-to-follow, flavour-filled recipes complete with seasonal, ... |
| 14.04.2020 | Asia Pacific Plant-Based Industry: How Startups & Investors Are Coping With Coronavirus | 14 1
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The Covid-19 pandemic has no doubt left businesses across all industries and markets reeling. Customers are at an all-time low, supply chains are fragile and vulnerable to external shocks from travel restrictions,... |
| 26.11.2019 | Taking on the global plant-based-meat market: Inside v2food’s $35 million Series A | Nick Hazell, founder and chief of v2food (centre) with Jack Cowin and Minister for Industry, Science and Technology Karen Andrews. Source: supplied.
Aussie meat alternative startup v2food has bagged a whopping $35 million in Series A fundin... |
| 26.11.2019 | Daily funding roundup - November 25th, 2019 | Osome landed $3M; Rad AI raised $4M; Heartseed secured $26M; v2food picks up $35M
Osome: Osome is a Fintech-as-a-service for entrepreneurs platform. Osome has raised $3 million financing led by Target Global, with participation from Phystec... |
| 26.11.2019 | Australian plant-based meat startup v2food closes $35m Series A round | Premium
Australia’s plant-based meat startup v2food on Tuesday announced the completion of a $35 million Series A round of financing led by Main Sequence Ventures and Hong Kong business magnate Li Ka-shing’s Horizons Ventures.
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| 25.11.2019 | v2food Raises $35M in Series A Funding Round | v2food, an Australian plant-based meat startup, raised a $35m Series A funding.
The round was led by Main Sequence Ventures, manager of CSIRO’s Innovation Fund, and Horizons Ventures, with participation from Fairfax Family investment fund M... |
| 14.10.2019 | V2FOOD Launches New Meat Alternative for Hungry Jack’s, While Petition is Started About the Product | V2FOOD is an Australian partnership between CSIRO, Main Sequence Ventures and the founder of fast food chain Hungry Jack’s. Together the group now announces its first plant based meat product created for Hungry Jack’s plantbased Rebel Whopp... |
| 14.10.2019 | V2FOOD Launches New Meat Alternative for Hungry Jack’s, While Petition is Started About the Product | Image: Hungry Jack's
V2FOOD is an Australian partnership between CSIRO, Main Sequence Ventures and the founder of fast food chain Hungry Jack’s. Together the group now announces its first plant based meat product created for Hungry Jack’s p... |
| - | v2food | “v2food offers a variety of great tasting plant-based-meat options for any BBQ, lunch or dinner occasion. All of the food options from v2 are both vegan and vegetarian friendly. ” |
| - | Belgium’s Astanor Ventures drops €45 million into plant-based protein company v2food | Hailing from Sydney, Australia, v2food has received a €45 million investment from Brussels-based Astanor Ventures. This raise brings v2food’s Series-B round to a healthy €92 million, and with it, the company plans an aggressive expansion in... |
