The UC Santa Barbara-launched food preservation technology developer’s latest round valued it at $2bn.
Apeel Sciences, a US-based food coating developer founded at University of California, (UC) Santa Barbara, has secured $250m in series E funding at a $2bn valuation, according to TechCrunch.
Singaporean government-owned Temasek led the round, which included Andreessen Horowitz, Disruptive, GIC, K3 Ventures, Mirae Asset Global Investments, Sweetwater Private Equity, Tao Capital Partners, Tenere Capital and Viking Global Investors.
Private investors David Barber, Michael Ovitz, Katy Perry, Anne Wojcicki and Susan Wojcicki filled out the investors in the…