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Impossible Foods competitors & alternatives
The 12 closest competitors and alternatives to Impossible Foods among food & beverage companies — ranked by similarity to what Impossible Foods actually does, not by market-cap band.
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About Impossible Foods
Impossible Foods Inc. is a company headquartered in Redwood City, California, that develops plant-based substitutes for meat products. Founded to address climate change, it creates sustainable alternatives to traditional animal-derived foods.
Impossible Foods at a glance
Impossible Foods is a food & beverage company headquartered in United States. It has raised at least $2B across the 13 funding rounds on record. Its most recent funding round raised $500M in November 2021. Xcout tracks 2 named people at Impossible Foods, including Pat Brown (Founder).
Impossible Foods leadership
- Pat BrownFounder
- Patrick O. BrownExecutive Officer
Impossible Foods funding rounds
At least $2B raised across the 13 rounds on record. The 5 most recent:
| Date | Round | Amount | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | $500M | 1 named | |
| SEC Form D filing | $200M | — | |
| SEC Form D filing | $499.9M | — | |
| SEC Form D filing | $300M | — | |
| SEC Form D filing | $300M | — |
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Top 12 Impossible Foods competitors
Ranked by semantic similarity — how close each company is to Impossible Foods by what it does, using Xcout's live company graph. Click any company for its full profile, or its competitor set.
Food Products
Memphis Meats, Inc., also known as Upside Foods, offers food products and operates as a food processing and cultivated meat company. The company has been associated with headquarters and locations in Berkeley and San Francisco, California, as well as New York.
Food & Beverages
Hungry Planet Holdings, Inc. produces and sells chef-crafted, plant-based meats designed as a direct substitute for conventional meat in various recipes and cuisines. The company serves both individual consumers through direct-to-door eCommerce and foodservice operators looking for sustainable protein options.
Similar food & beverage company
Compound Foods is a San Francisco, California-based food science startup that creates beanless coffee and cacao solutions using a proprietary product platform.
Food Products
Black Sheep Foods, Inc. is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and develops DualTexture protein products for hybrid and plant-based foods.
Food Products
Nobell Foods is a plant-based food manufacturing company headquartered in South San Francisco, California. Founded in 2016, the company specializes in producing sustainable plant-based alternatives to traditional cheese.
Food Products
Air Protein, Inc. is headquartered in San Leandro, California. The company focuses on sustainable food technology and alternative proteins.
Similar food & beverage company
Beyond Meat, Inc., branded as Beyond, is a producer of plant-based meat alternatives founded in 2009 by Ethan Brown. The company's products were first launched in the United States in 2012.
Food & Beverages
Improved Nature, LLC manufactures and sells plant-based protein products designed to replace chicken, beef, and pork. The company provides minimally processed, non-GMO soy protein ingredients to food manufacturers, restaurants, food service operators, and individual consumers.
Similar food & beverage company
NotCo Ltd is a food technology company headquartered in Santiago, Chile. The company uses artificial intelligence to develop plant-based food and beverage alternatives that replicate animal-based products.
Similar food & beverage company
Banza LLC is a food company headquartered in the United States. The company produces and distributes alternative food products made from chickpeas, such as chickpea pasta, rice, and mac and cheese.
Plant-based food
LikeMeat is a German company headquartered in Düsseldorf that produces plant-based meat alternatives. Operating as a subsidiary following an acquisition, the brand was formerly venture-backed and offers various meat substitute products to the market.
Similar food & beverage company
Next Meats Holdings, Inc. is a company primarily engaged in the plant-based protein sector. It manufactures and supplies synthetic chicken and beef items derived from meat substitutes. The firm's base of operations is in Tokyo, Japan.
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