At Leaft Foods, we’re innovating from the ground up. We’re tackling the challenges that New Zealand’s food and fibre sector are facing. Our paddock to product solution meets the needs of global customers and changing diets, providing real options to diversity farming and supporting the changes needed to reduce the environmental issues caused by excess agricultural nitrogen.
We’re doing this by producing a high-quality plant-based protein that will allow thousands of other companies create sustainable, amazing tasting food products. Our innovative approach extracts this protein straight from ordinary green leaves, a highly abundant and sustainable source.
Because we’re here to create a sustainable future for New Zealand, we’re also integrated with existing farming systems, producing a high-quality silage feed for farming operations and forage cropping options that together reduce the total nitrogen loading in the farming system.
The time is now. Get in touch with us to learn more.
Location: New Zealand, Canterbury, Lincoln
Employees: 11-50
Total raised: $15M
Founded date: 2019
Investors 1
| Date | Name | Website |
| 17.04.2022 | Khosla Ven... | khoslavent... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 16.05.2022 | - | $15M | - |
Mentions in press and media 5
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 21.02.2024 | ‘World’s Most Abundant Protein’ Cheap Enough to Replace Soy:... | 5 Mins Read Israeli startup Day 8, which produces upcycled plant-based proteins from Rubisco, has se... | greenqueen... |
| 28.04.2022 | Startup Wire | Bring the Ruckus | Hi everyone. Taro here. Elon Musk has been getting a lot of press recently because of his acquisitio... | kr-asia.co... |
| 12.04.2022 | Leaft Foods Raises $15M for Leaf-Derived Protein With Simila... | New Zealand-based Leaft Foods has secured $15 million in funding for its leaf-derived protein. Parti... | vegconomis... |
| 11.04.2022 | Paradigm, Andreessen Horowitz, and Union Square Ventures sue... | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign ... | fortune.co... |
| 11.04.2022 | Leaft Foods Nets $15 Million To Create Global Value Chain Fo... | 4 Mins Read New Zealand-based Leaft Foods is taking a new approach to plant-based protein developmen... | greenqueen... |