Plant-based food company, Black Sheep Foods, has raised $5.3 million in a seed funding round from investors including AgFunder and Bessemer Venture Partners.
Other investors included Meera and Ashok Vasudevan of Tastybites, New Crop Capital, Siddhi Capital and Smita Conjeevaram, an individual investor.
Black Sheep Foods is a plant-based food brand that produces “heritage breed meats and wild game”. The company recently debuted its Tunis-inspired plant-based lamb.
The start-up claims the ‘lamb’ is high in protein – containing 18g per serving – as well as cholesterol-free, while using 98% less land, 95% fewer carbon emissions and half as much water compared with commercially raised lamb.
“We’re encouraged by the momentum the plant-based movement is currently seeing, evidenced by our support from a diverse array of investors and restaurants, and what that means both for Black Sheep Foods but also for the future of our planet,” said Sunny Kumar, co-founder of Black Sheep Foods.
The company plans to use the investment to continue its efforts to propel the plant-based category forward through patent-pending flavour compounds and a scientific approach.
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