Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.
Danone Manifesto Ventures, the corporate venturing subsidiary of food producer Danone, yesterday completed a $10m investment in Laird Superfood, a US-headquartered producer of plant-based superfoods. The company secured $1.5m in a 2017 crowdfunding campaign before pulling in $7.1m across rounds in late 2017 and 2018, according to securities filings. Co-working space provider WeWork led a $32m funding round for Laird in January 2019, and the latest funding will support the expansion of its product range and manufacturing facilities.
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