Berlin \u2014 FoodLabs has closed its third venture capi\u00adtal fund with a volume of over EUR 105 million. FoodLabs is a Euro\u00adpean early stage inves\u00adtor and venture studio specia\u00adli\u00adzing in invest\u00adments in the food, health and sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity sectors. The approach combi\u00adnes venture capi\u00adtal with active venture buil\u00adding and a strong indus\u00adtrial network. Invest\u00adments are made along the entire value chain of the food indus\u00adtry \u2014 in parti\u00adcu\u00adlar in tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies, infra\u00adstruc\u00adture and scalable busi\u00adness models that bring inno\u00adva\u00adtion effi\u00adci\u00adently from rese\u00adarch to the market. <\/p>\n
With the third fund FoodLabs is further expan\u00adding this approach. The fund is supported by stra\u00adte\u00adgic indus\u00adtry part\u00adners such as Rewe Group, Henkel and Bitbur\u00adger Holding as well as the Euro\u00adpean Invest\u00adment Fund and Renten\u00adbank, among others, and addres\u00adses topics such as agri\u00adcul\u00adtu\u00adral tech\u00adno\u00adlogy appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons, indus\u00adtrial auto\u00adma\u00adtion, new produc\u00adtion and proces\u00adsing tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies as well as market-ready solu\u00adti\u00adons in the field of nutri\u00adtion and health. <\/strong><\/p>\n YPOG advi\u00adsed FoodLabs in parti\u00adcu\u00adlar on the legal struc\u00adtu\u00adring of the fund, inclu\u00adding the design of the fund and manage\u00adment struc\u00adture and the imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion of regu\u00adla\u00adtory requirements.<\/p>\n \u201cFor initia\u00adtors who combine venture capi\u00adtal funds and indus\u00adtrial co-inves\u00adtors with venture buil\u00adding, the struc\u00adtu\u00adring is much more complex than with tradi\u00adtio\u00adnal VC funds. It is a matter of balan\u00adcing econo\u00admic inte\u00adrests, gover\u00adnance struc\u00adtures and regu\u00adla\u00adtory requi\u00adre\u00adments in such a way that they enable long-term growth and at the same time reflect the stra\u00adte\u00adgic added value of the indus\u00adtrial part\u00adners. FoodLabs pursues a clear and profes\u00adsio\u00adnal approach here, which we were happy to support in struc\u00adtu\u00adring the third fund,\u201d says Jens Kretz\u00adschmann, Part\u00adner at YPOG.<\/p>\n Consul\u00adtant FoodLabs: YPOG<\/strong><\/p>\n Jens Kretz\u00adschmann<\/strong> (Lead, Funds), Part\u00adner, Berlin About FoodLabs<\/strong><\/p>\n FoodLabs is an early-stage venture capi\u00adtal fund and venture studio based in Europe with a growing inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal presence. FoodLabs works with foun\u00adders to turn scien\u00adti\u00adfic breakth\u00adroughs into indus\u00adtri\u00adally viable compa\u00adnies that contri\u00adbute to a more resi\u00adli\u00adent, safer and healt\u00adhier food system. The team invests along the entire food value chain, combi\u00adning seed capi\u00adtal with hands-on opera\u00adtio\u00adnal support with a \u201cfrom mole\u00adcule to market\u201d approach. Since its foun\u00adding in 2016, FoodLabs has supported more than 90 early-stage start\u00adups and worked with foun\u00adders to over\u00adcome tech\u00adni\u00adcal, regu\u00adla\u00adtory and opera\u00adtio\u00adnal chal\u00adlenges early on. \u2014 www.foodlabs.com <\/p>\n About YPOG<\/strong><\/p>\n YPOG stands for You + Part\u00adners of Game\u00adch\u00adan\u00adgers and forward-looking tax and legal advice. The firm advi\u00adses compa\u00adnies focu\u00adsed on future tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies with the aim of using change as an oppor\u00adtu\u00adnity and jointly crea\u00adting opti\u00admal solu\u00adti\u00adons. The YPOG team offers compre\u00adhen\u00adsive exper\u00adtise in the areas of Funds, Tax, Tran\u00adsac\u00adtions, Corpo\u00adrate, Banking, Regu\u00adla\u00adtory + Finance, IP\/IT\/Data Protec\u00adtion, Liti\u00adga\u00adtion as well as Corpo\u00adrate Crime + Compli\u00adance + Inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adti\u00adons. YPOG is one of the leading addres\u00adses in Germany for venture capi\u00adtal, private equity, fund struc\u00adtu\u00adring and appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons of distri\u00adbu\u00adted ledger tech\u00adno\u00adlogy (DLT) in finan\u00adcial services. The firm and its part\u00adners are regu\u00adlarly reco\u00adgni\u00adzed by renow\u00adned publi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons such as JUVE, Best Lawy\u00aders, Cham\u00adbers and Part\u00adners, Leaders League and Legal 500. YPOG employs more than 180 expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced lawy\u00aders, tax advi\u00adsors and tax specia\u00adlists as well as a notary in its offices in Berlin, Hamburg, Colo\u00adgne, Munich, Cambridge and London. \u2014 ypog.com <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Berlin \u2014 FoodLabs has closed its third venture capi\u00adtal fund with a volume of over EUR 105 million. FoodLabs is a Euro\u00adpean early stage inves\u00adtor and venture studio specia\u00adli\u00adzing in invest\u00adments in the food, health and sustaina\u00adbi\u00adlity sectors. The approach combi\u00adnes venture capi\u00adtal with active venture buil\u00adding and a strong indus\u00adtrial network. Invest\u00adments are made [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59017,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1366],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nMichael Blank (Funds), Asso\u00adcia\u00adted Part\u00adner, Berlin
\nJohan\u00adnes Gehring (Funds), Asso\u00adciate, Berlin
\nAlina Shchukina (Funds), Legal Project Mana\u00adger, Berlin<\/p>\n