Continental Grain-backed Perfect Day has raised a further $160m for a round that increased the vegan dairy protein developer's overall funding to more than $360m.
Perfect Day, the US-based vegan dairy protein producer that counts agribusiness Continental Grain as an investor, increased its series C round to $300m yesterday with a $160m second tranche.
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s Thematic Investing group provided $50m to lead the second close, which follows $140m from Temasek, Horizons Ventures and undisclosed existing investors in December 2019 at a valuation placed at $440m by the Financial Times.
Formerly known as Muufri, Perfect Day utilises fermentation in microflora to create plant-based dairy protein that forms the basis for products like vegan and lactose-free cheese, cream cheese or ice cream.
The latest round comes after the company has doubled its production capacity in recent months while simultaneously cutting costs. The extra cash brought its overall funding to approximately $364m since it was founded in 2014.
Ryan Pandya, Perfect Day’s co-founder and chief executive, said: “We never doubted we would reach…
