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Funding and backers

Total raised
$37.9M
3 rounds on record
Latest round
$310k
Convertible Note · Jul 2022 · 4 yr ago
Team
11
US Form 5500 (plan participants) · Dec 2025 · +38% in a year
Backers
5
Lowercarbon Capital, S2G Investments
The money's age
Long since its last round
51 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
15/100
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2025 Team of 11 was 8 · US Form 5500 (plan participants) Jul 13, 2022 Raised a round Convertible Note $310k · SEC Form D Feb 2, 2022 Raised a round Venture round $37M · PRNewswire Sep 2, 2020 Raised a round Convertible Note $575k · SEC Form D 2020 Founded
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Funding rounds
RoundDateAmountInvestorsSource
Convertible Note Jul 2022 $310k — SEC Form D
Venture round Feb 2022 $37M — PRNewswire
Convertible Note Sep 2020 $575k — SEC Form D
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Legal entity Zero Acre Farms Inc. SEC Form D
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Jeff NobbsExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Steve del CardayreExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
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Overview

Zero Acre Farms sources better cooking oils finally designed for the needs of chefs and diners.

News

News zeroacre.com 2 months ago
Seed Oils as a Driver of Heart Disease
The rise of seed oils dramatically increased linoleic acid consumption, resulting in increased heart disease mortality and all-cause mortality.
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News zeroacre.com 2 years ago
How Vegetable Oils Make Us Fat
Over-consuming vegetable oils, which contain evolutionarily unprecedented amounts of the omega-6 fat linoleic acid, can cause obesity.
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News nytimes.com 2 years ago
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8272024 - " To my wardrobe of media for frying and sautéing I've just added this new oil. And so have a number of chefs."
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News Tasting Table 3 years ago
We Tried The New Shake Shack Fries Cooked In Sugarcane Oil And It
Shake Shack is using sugarcane oil to cook its fries at a couple of NYC locations, so naturally we had to try them - and definitely tasted the difference.
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Press release PRNewswire 4 years ago
Zero Acre Farms Raises $37M to Bring an End to Destructive Vegetable Oils
/PRNewswire/ -- Zero Acre Farms seeks to bring an end to the era of destructive vegetable oils, which have been linked to widespread chronic disease and...
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9222023 - "Zero Acre Farms' co-founder Jeff Nobbs talks about early lessons in logistics and using DTC sales to build buzz."
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7262022 - "Launching today, Zero Acre's first product is a cooking oil made by fermentation: High in healthy fats and low in bad fats, its Cultured Oil is produced using 85 less land than canola oil, emits 86 less CO2 than soybean oil, and requires 99 les
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Client Challenge
12152023 - "When Kyle Connaughton, chef and co-owner of three-Michelin-starred Single Thread in Healdsburg, first got samples of the oil, he thought it wouldn't stand up. "What we found was that it tastes better more neutral and its behavior in high-heat
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7262022 - "Zero Acre Farms is showing the world what is possible when purpose, science and entrepreneurship combine. The start-up is on a mission to give the world an oil change by replacing vegetable oils with healthier, more sustainable alternatives."
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People

Jeff Nobbs
Executive Officer, Director
Steve del Cardayre
Executive Officer, Director
Clay Dumas
Director
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
San Francisco United States
HQ

Financials

Total raised
$37.9M
Latest round
Convertible Note
Funding rounds
3
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Convertible Note 2022 $310k Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2022 $37M Details
Convertible Note 2020 $575k Details