Black Sheep Foods
Vegan Food · Meat & Poultry
$28.1Mtotal raised · 4 rounds on record
$12.3Mlatest round · Venture round · May 2026 · 6 mo ago
3backers · Bessemer Venture Partners, AgFunder
4team · US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · -33% in a year
Overview
Black Sheep Foods supplies soy-free DualTexture™ TVP for hybrid and plant-based meat products. Built for processors, private label, foodservice, and manufacturing.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$28.1M
4 rounds on record
Latest round
$12.3M
Venture round · May 2026 · 6 mo ago
Team
4
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · -33% in a year
Backers
3
Bessemer Venture Partners, AgFunder
The money's age
Fresh money
6 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
20/100
fresh money
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
May 5
Raised a round Venture round $12.3M · Nasdaq
Dec 8, 2022
Raised a round Series A $12.3M · YahooFinance
Aug 6, 2021
Raised a round Venture round $3.5M · SEC Form D
Feb 27, 2020
Took on debt financing $1M · SEC Form D
2017
Founded
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | May 2026 | $12.3M | — | Nasdaq |
| Series A | Dec 2022 | $12.3M | — | YahooFinance |
| Venture round | Aug 2021 | $3.5M | — | SEC Form D |
| Debt Financing | Feb 2020 | $1M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Black Sheep Foods Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Sunny KumarExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Ismael MontanezExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Backed byfrom the funds' portfolios and accelerator catalogs
Bessemer Venture Partners 
AgFunder 
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Sunny Kumar
Executive Officer, Director
Ismael Montanez
Executive Officer, Director
Robert Leclerc
Director
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News
Black Sheep Foods Raises $12.3M In Funding Round
Sunny Kumar, CEO of Black Sheep Foods, joined Cheddar News to discuss how the company is redefining faux meat starting with lamb.
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Black Sheep Foods grabs $12.3M to craft tastier plant-based meats
Black Sheep Foods, a San Francisco-based food tech company that uses plants to create a similar flavor to animal meat, secured another funding round, this time $12.3 million in Series A capital. The company is leaping over the traditional plant-based food
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San Francisco
United States
HQ
2565 3rd St
San Francisco, CA 94107
Amsterdam
United States
Regional office
Keizersgracht 62
1015 CS Amsterdam