Motif FoodWorks, launched by Gingko Bioworks, has pocketed $226m in a round backed by returning investor Louis Dreyfus a month after Gingko agreed to a reverse merger.
Motif FoodWorks, a US-based food ingredient developer spun off by microbe engineering services provider Ginkgo Bioworks, received $226m yesterday in a series B round backed by food and transport conglomerate Louis Dreyfus.
The Teachers’ Innovation Platform formed by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board co-led the round with unnamed funds and accounts managed by investment management firm BlackRock.
AiiM Partners, Wittington Ventures, Rethink Food, Rage Capital, Rellevant Partners, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, CPT Capital, General Atlantic and Viking Global Investors filled out…
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Thierry Heles is editor-at-large of Global University Venturing and Global Corporate Venturing, and host of the Beyond the Breakthrough podcast.
