Sunfed meats are made from pea protein, they cook, feel and taste just like animal meat but are healthier, both for you and the planet. Simply sub with Chicken Free Chicken, Bull Free Beef or Boar Free Bacon (aka Chickenless Chicken, Vegan Chicken, Chicken NOT Chicken, Vegan Bacon, Vegan Beef, No Bull Beef).
Location: New Zealand
Total raised: $10M
Investors 5
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | New Zealan... | nzgcp.co.n... |
| - | Unovis Par... | unovis.vc/ |
| - | Stray Dog ... | straydogca... |
| - | CPT Capita... | cptcap.com |
| - | Blackbird ... | blackbird.... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 16.11.2018 | - | $10M | - |
Mentions in press and media 10
| Date | Title | Description |
| 24.05.2024 | Business Guru Scott Galloway on the Four Things Plant-Based Meat Businesses Should Do | 7 Mins Read Speaking on his Prof G Pod, marketing expert and professor Scott Galloway laid out the steps plant-based meat brands need to take to secure their future. Scott Galloway is a man known for being right when it comes to the busines... |
| 03.04.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Oatly Jiggers, Flavoured Barista Milks & A Factory Farming Vote | 5 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers flavoured barista milks, Oatly’s new Jiggers, and Quorn’s sum... |
| 07.09.2020 | Elevate makes first investment: into the newly formed Blackbird NZ Fund | |
| 24.06.2020 | Sunfed’s Boar-Free Bacon, Most Popular Product at Meatfest, Announces Retail Launch in NZ | New Zealand plant meat brand Sunfed, which became a household name for its Chicken-free Chicken in New Zealand and Australia in 2018 and 2019 respectively, now announces the long awaited retail launch for its vegan bacon.. The brand raised ... |
| 20.02.2020 | Vegan Meat was Most Popular Stand at MEATFEST as Sunfed Debuts Plant-Based Bacon and Beef to Groundbreaking Success | According to New Zealand brand Sunfed, which last weekend was the first ever plant based meat brand to feature at Meatstock, their stand was the most popular of the whole (entirely meat-based) event, and the most common question from the ca... |
| 13.10.2019 | Why should you be part of Sprout’s latest cohort in New Zealand? | Interest in cutting out meat and animal products in diets, be it partially or wholly, is on the rise. The term ‘veganism’ has been Googled 550% more over the past five years. The number of vegans in the US grew six times to 19.6 million in ... |
| 04.07.2019 | Plant-Based Meat Startups Have Cracked Beef, But What About Chicken? | Plant-based ground beef has become a staple at several fast food restaurants across the US. Now food retailers are demanding other alternatives, but creating viable plant-based alternatives for other food types like dairy, seafood, muscle c... |
| 16.11.2018 | Sunfed Meats Raises $10M to bring their Meat-free Meat to the World | New Zealand meat alternative company Sunfed Meats have just announced that the completion of a NZ$10 million series A capital round to take their unique plant-based meat global. The investment round was led by Australian Blackbird Ventures ... |
| 17.10.2018 | Sunfed Meats – New Zealand’s Chicken Free Chicken | New Zealand based Sunfed Meats creates plant-based products with their pea protein-based alternative to chicken. “Chicken Free Chicken”, which has been available in supermarkets and restaurants across New Zealand for just over a year, has s... |
| 25.05.2018 | The Fight for Meat-Free Meat Has Begun | Worldwide, the consumption of purely plant-based foods is increasing, and with it the competition between various suppliers in the food industry. As a result of this change, there are increasing complaints from the meat industry about misle... |