The Google-backed food developer secured the cash in a UBS-led round that is expected to support the launch of its first products.

Impossible Foods, a US-based company developing meat and dairy-like food products made from plants, raised $108m in a series D round led by financial services firm UBS yesterday.

The round also included Viking Global Investors, which took part as a new investor, as well as existing backers including Horizons Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Bill Gates.

Internet technology provider Google, one of the investors in Impossible Foods $75m series C round in October 2014, could also be a participant in…