Tag: investment in food business

Swedish food brand Oatly raises $200mn equity investment from Blackstone Growth fueling expansion

Swedish sustainable food company Oatly recently announced that it has raised $200 million in equity led by Blackstone Growth. Additional investors in the funding round include Oprah Winfrey, Roc Nation, Natalie Portman, former Starbucks Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz, Orkila Capital, and Rabo Corporate Investments, the investment arm of Rabobank. As minority shareholders, the new…

Cloud kitchen start-up Hoi Foods raises $2mn in pre-Series A funding

Gurugram-based cloud kitchen startup, Hoi Foods recently announced that it has raised $2mn in pre-Series A funding round. The funding round was led by equity crowdfunding platform 1Crowd. The funding round also saw participation from Sprout, Angelist, Samar Singla – Founder of Jugnu, Jaideep Mehta – CEO of VCCircle, Mukund Kulashekaran – SVP of Business…