Banking & Finance  December 14, 2021

Meat alternative brand jack & annie’s raises $23M

BOULDER — Jack & annie’s, a sustainable, plant-based meat-alternative brand, has closed a $23 million Series B funding round.

The round was led by Creadev and Desert Bloom, with major participation from Wheatsheaf and existing investors BetaAngelsand InvestEco.

The funds will help the brand expand its distribution in the U.S. across retail, natural, club and foodservice channels, the company said in a press release.

Jack & annie’s is a trademark of Global Village Fruit Inc., based in Boulder, although the company operates as The Jackfruit Co.

Global Village Fruit in 2020 filed a Form D with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announcing that…

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Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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