Impossible Foods

Plant-Based Meat Alternatives

Founded

2011

Notable Investors

Khosla Ventures

Headquarters

Redwood City CA, US

Total Funding

$2.4B


About Impossible Foods

Impossible Foods, Inc. aims to develop plant-based substitutes for meat and dairy products. The company observes animal products at the molecular level and selects specific proteins and nutrients from greens, seeds, and grains to recreate meats and dairy products. The company's flagship product is the Impossible Burger, which they claim is made from ingredients including plant-based protein, coconut oil, and heme, among other ingredients. In January 2019, the company unveiled the Impossible Burger 2.0, which swaps out whey protein for soy protein. Heme is a protein found in animal muscle and is, according to the company, responsible for the characteristic taste and aroma of meat. Impossible Foods makes heme from plants. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Redwood City, California. Notable investors in Impossible Foods include Temasek, Bill Gates, GV, Khosla Ventures, and Li Ka-Shing.

Investors

G Squared

Impossible Foods, Bolt, 23andMe, Convoy, Fair, Collective Health, Postmates, Blend, Getaround, Tipalti


GV

Uber, Robinhood, Jet, Impossible Foods, Lacework, Slack, Snyk, SambaNova Systems, DocuSign, Gusto


Horizons Ventures

Impossible Foods, Eat Just, Scopely, Improbable, Airwallex, Hippo Insurance, Divergent 3D, Blockstream, States Title, HZO


Innovative Fund

Impossible Foods


Khosla Ventures

Instacart, Stripe, DoorDash, Impossible Foods, Palantir Technologies, Commonwealth Fusion, View, Zenefits, Eat Just, Opendoor


Microsoft

Flipkart, Databricks, Impossible Foods, Pivotal, ConsenSys, Adaptive Biotechnologies, Humane, ClearMotion, D2iQ, SnapLogic


Sailing Capital

Ola, Impossible Foods, Proteus Digital Health


Serena Ventures

Impossible Foods, Noom, Dataiku, Tonal, Andela


Temasek Holdings

PharmEasy, Tokopedia, Ola, Magic Leap, DoorDash, Impossible Foods, Commonwealth Fusion, Wish, Snyk, AvidXchange


Trinity Capital Investment

Impossible Foods, thredUP, Lucidworks, Localytics


UBS

Impossible Foods, ConsenSys, SigFig, R3, iCapital Network


Viking Global Investors

Impossible Foods, Moderna Therapeutics, Apeel Sciences, Adaptive Biotechnologies, Arctic Wolf, Talkdesk, Druva, Color, Clip, Iterable


Funding History

September 2011$6.4M
February 2013$3.1M
July 2013$27.6M
June 2014$41.1M
August 2015$125M
May 2019$774M
May 2019$201M
March 2020$297M
March 2020$203M
August 2020$191M
August 2020$9.5M
November 2021$457M
November 2021$43.5M

Management

Chief Executive Officer

Peter McGuinness

Vice President of Finance and Strategy

Johanna Honeyfield

Press

vegconomist - Nov, 18 2023

Former Impossible Foods Senior Counsel Joins Synonym to Drive the Biomanufacturing Revolution


agfundernews - Nov, 10 2023

Impossible Foods CEO: ‘I feel good about where we are, I do not feel good about where the category is’


finance - Nov, 9 2023

Impossible Foods' Beef Lite certified by AHA


treehugger - Aug, 1 2023

The Vegan Foodie: Impossible Pork, Sticky Fingers Goes National, DiCaprio’s New Bet


delimarketnews - Jul, 10 2023

Impossible Foods Launches Impossible™ Indulgent Burger Patties; Peter McGuinness Details


businesswire - Jun, 21 2023

Impossible Foods Launches The Indulgent Burger: Premium Patties With Gourmet Flavor


foodbusinessnews - Jun, 20 2023

Impossible Foods adds two new executives


morningstar - Jun, 16 2023

Impossible Foods Expands Executive Bench with New Chief Science Officer and Chief Supply Chain Officer


bloomberg - Jun, 13 2023

Impossible Foods' Workers See Their Shares Tumble 89% Since 2021


mediapost - Jun, 13 2023

Impossible Foods Presents History Of Food


investing - May, 25 2023

Impossible Foods accused of misusing private investigators in meat-substitute patent fight


agfundernews - May, 16 2023

BREAKING: Former Impossible Foods CFO David Lee launches new startup, Inevitable Tech, to be ‘the AI for agtech’


news - May, 2 2023

After Years Of Sinking Venture Funding, Plant-Based Seafood Charts A New Course


ift - Apr, 28 2023

Twilio Welcomed Impossible Foods' Legal Chief With $13M New-Hire Stock Grant


trib - Mar, 24 2023

Impossible Foods issues recall of breaded nuggets


delimarketnews - Mar, 18 2023

Impossible Foods Launches Impossible™ Beef Lite; Peter McGuinness Shares


trib - Mar, 4 2023

Bay Area layoffs worsen: Rivian Auto, Impossible Foods chop hundreds


bizjournals - Mar, 3 2023

Impossible Foods sends scientists, managers packing at Redwood City HQ


news - Feb, 27 2023

What Makes A Great Startup Name? We Look At The Latest Trends


finance - Feb, 26 2023

Impossible Foods CEO: IPO will happen but 'probably not this year'


linkedin - Feb, 1 2023

More layoffs at Impossible Foods


bloomberg - Jan, 31 2023

Impossible Foods Plans to Lay Off About 20% of Workers


bizjournals - Jan, 31 2023

Impossible Foods expected to trim back staff


news - Jan, 9 2023

Khosla Ventures Wants To Raise $3 Billion, Its Largest Raise To Date


news - Jan, 6 2023

Forecast: Plant-Based Meat Is Starting To Sour With Consumer


bizjournals - Nov, 8 2022

Impossible Foods names new chief marketing and creative officer


trib - Oct, 14 2022

Impossible Foods has a big new offering in the works: filet mignon


bloomberg - Oct, 11 2022

Impossible Foods to Cut 6% of Workforce in Reorganization


bloomberg - Oct, 7 2022

Impossible Foods to Cut 6% of Workforce in Reorganization


businessinsider - Oct, 7 2022

Impossible Foods lays off 6% of employees in latest shakeup at the plant-based meat maker


bizjournals - Oct, 7 2022

Impossible Foods cut 6% of its staff in its second round of layoffs this year


foodbusinessnews - Sep, 2 2022

Impossible Foods enters frozen meal category


bizjournals - Sep, 2 2022

Food: Impossible Foods expands into frozen meals


bit - Sep, 1 2022

Impossible Foods CEO McGuinness Airs His Meat-Alts Frustrations


news - Sep, 1 2022

Planted Raises $72M As Plant-Based Meats Evolve


dlvr - Jul, 23 2022

Impossible Foods’ future may rest on the fate of this tiny molecule


on - Jun, 17 2022

The Productivity Hack That Makes Impossible Foods Possible


foodbusinessnews - Apr, 21 2022

Motif FoodWorks moves to revoke patent at center of Impossible Foods dispute


cnbc - Apr, 20 2022

An Impossible Foods competitor is going after one of its key patents in an ongoing legal battle


agfundernews - Apr, 4 2022

Impossible Foods’ new CEO starts today. He has some big decisions to make about its future

news - Mar, 28 2022


Faux Meat And Dairy Startups Consume Nearly Half Of Record $13B VC Investment Into Foodtech


bizjournals - Mar, 17 2022

Impossible Foods founder steps down as CEO; food industry vet tapped for role


agfundernews - Mar, 17 2022

Brief: Brown steps down as Impossible Foods CEO, replaced by Chobani’s McGuinness


ow - Mar, 17 2022

Impossible Foods names Peter McGuinness as CEO


reuters - Mar, 17 2022

EXCLUSIVE Impossible Foods names former Chobani executive as top boss


nzherald - Mar, 13 2022

Impossible Foods pushes further into NZ market


bostonglobe - Mar, 12 2022

Impossible Foods sues Ginkgo spinout Motif in ‘beef replica’ dispute


cnbc - Mar, 10 2022

Impossible Foods sues start-up Motif FoodWorks for patent infringement


agfundernews - Mar, 10 2022

The Lowdown: Impossible Foods sues Motif FoodWorks over heme patent


foodbusinessnews - Mar, 8 2022

Kroger, Impossible Foods partnering on plant-based innovation


cnbc - Mar, 4 2022

Kroger, Impossible Foods partner to create meat substitutes; Beyond Meat shares fall


vegconomist - Mar, 1 2022

Impossible Foods Launches Kid-Friendly Wild Nuggies and New Sausage Patties


news - Feb, 15 2022

Next Gen Gobbles $100M As Fake Meat Category Grows


time - Feb, 4 2022

The Future is Carbon Farming, Not Cattle Ranching, says Impossible Foods CEO


bizjournals - Jan, 25 2022

Impossible Foods cuts staff as part of a reorganization


bayareane - Jan, 24 2022

Redwood City-based Impossible Foods dismisses some employees in reorganization


news - Dec, 21 2021

30 Startups We Think Could Go Public In 2022


bayareane - Dec, 9 2021

Impossible Foods launches its own plant-based restaurant menu


on - Dec, 8 2021

Impossible Foods had an 85% spike in quarterly retail revenue


news - Dec, 3 2021

The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: Commonwealth Fusion Systems Powers Up With Gigantic $1.8B-plus Raise, MoonPay Hits Unicorn Status


bit - Dec, 2 2021

Impossible Foods in talks with UK farmers to swap livestock for trees


bizjournals - Nov, 26 2021

The Funded: Impossible Foods has something to be thankful for — $500M in new funding


foodbusinessnews - Nov, 26 2021

Impossible Foods’ total funding nearing $2 billion


visugram - Nov, 25 2021

Top 25 eCommerce Startups to watch in 2022


businesswire - Nov, 25 2021

Impossible Foods Closes $500M in New Funding Amid Record Growth


reut - Nov, 25 2021

Impossible Foods raises $500 mln in funding round led by Mirae


techstartups - Nov, 23 2021

Impossible Foods gobbles up another $0.5 billion to bring fake meat to the masses


vulcanpost - Nov, 18 2021

Impossible Foods debuts its plant-based pork in 120 S’pore restaurants, including Tim Ho Wan


law360 - Nov, 17 2021

Impossible Foods CLO To Join Twilio, As Deputy GC Steps In


finance - Nov, 16 2021

Impossible Foods announces debut of plant-based meatballs at Walmart stores


bit - Nov, 16 2021

Statement on Impossible Foods Lawsuit


bizjournals - Nov, 12 2021

Impossible Foods stays put in Redwood City with new lease


foodbusinessnews - Nov, 12 2021

Buitoni partners with Impossible Foods on ravioli


bit - Nov, 12 2021

Impossible Foods wants to be ‘everywhere.’ First it has to get into China


foodbusinessnews - Nov, 6 2021

Impossible Foods accelerates international expansion


finance - Nov, 6 2021

Web Summit 2021: Impossible Foods CEO on the company's global expansion


tbfltr - Nov, 4 2021

MrBeast Burger Adds Vegan Options In Partnership With Impossible Foods


bloomberg - Oct, 28 2021

Impossible Foods Eyes $7 Billion Valuation in Fundraising


foxbusiness - Oct, 8 2021

Burger King, Impossible Foods team up again; this time its for nuggets


finance - Oct, 3 2021

Impossible Foods president on its 'stepping stone' into the Middle East


finance - Oct, 2 2021

Impossible Foods President on its ‘stepping stone into the Middle East’


jewishbusinessnews - Oct, 2 2021

Impossible Foods offers Impossible Pork Made From Plants


finance - Sep, 29 2021

Impossible Foods to roll out meatless pork in HK, Singapore, U.S.


news - Sep, 10 2021

Famous Women Favor Food Funding: Here Are The Healthy Eating Startups They Like


foxbusiness - Sep, 9 2021

Impossible Foods introduces meatless chicken nuggets


thestreet - Sep, 9 2021

Impossible Foods Plant-Based Nuggets in Stores by End of September


trib - Sep, 8 2021

Impossible Foods Begins Rollout of Its ‘Chicken’ Nuggets


bizjournals - Sep, 8 2021

SFBT Tuesday Digest: S.F. vacancies threaten loan stress; Impossible Foods' big roll-out


slashgear - Sep, 8 2021

I tried Impossible Foods’ new chicken nuggets – and was surprised


foodbusinessnews - Sep, 8 2021

Impossible Foods launches plant-based chicken nuggets


foodtechdigest - Aug, 25 2021

The Top 25 Food Tech Companies in 2021


finance - Aug, 19 2021

Chipotle just threw some serious shade at Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods


finance - Aug, 13 2021

Impossible Foods ‘now going after the pig’ with sausage rollout: President


thespoon - Aug, 12 2021

Impossible Foods Launches its Plant-Based Impossible Sausage at Retail


foodbusinessnews - Aug, 12 2021

Impossible Foods unveils ground sausage made from plants


on - Aug, 9 2021

Exclusive: Impossible Foods names new CFO ahead of rumored IPO


foodbusinessnews - Aug, 9 2021

Impossible Foods names new CFO


prlog - Jul, 26 2021

Making the impossible happen: Impossible Foods


thespoon - Jul, 16 2021

Impossible CEO Doubles Down on Doubting Cultured Meat: “Complete Vaporware”


agfundernews - Jun, 25 2021

Brief: Impossible Foods could sell proprietary heme to other companies – CEO Brown


engt - May, 8 2021

Impossible Burgers are coming to US schools


trib - May, 7 2021

Impossible Foods eyes schools for new customers


agfundernews - May, 6 2021

Brief: Impossible Foods prevails in US federal court complaint over heme


appleinsider - Apr, 12 2021

Former iPod, Apple Music creative director joins Impossible Food


webpronews - Apr, 9 2021

Impossible Foods Preparing to Go Public


businesswire - Feb, 19 2021

Impossible Foods Launches 2021 Internship Program


foodsafetynews - Feb, 4 2021

Lawsuit challenges FDA approval of additive that makes Impossible Burger ‘bleed’


vox - Feb, 2 2021

Impossible Foods’ plant-based meat just got closer to the price of regular meat


reut - Feb, 2 2021

Impossible Foods cuts faux meat prices by 20% at grocery stores


finance - Jan, 6 2021

Impossible Foods cuts wholesale prices by 15% for second time in one year


foodbusinessnews - Dec, 8 2020

Vanderbilt professor to join Impossible Foods as chief science officer


financialpost - Oct, 26 2020

Impossible Foods' plant-based burgers are coming to a grocery store near you this week


dlvr - Oct, 23 2020

Beyond Meat Rival Impossible Foods Is Developing Plant-Based Milk


TechCrunch - Aug, 13 2020

Impossible Foods gobbles up another $200 million


TechCrunch - Jul, 30 2020

Impossible Foods starts selling in Walmart and expands distribution of its new sausage product


Yahoo Finance! - Apr, 22 2020

Impossible Foods CFO on opportunity amid coronavirus pandemic


Fox Business - Apr, 21 2020

Impossible Foods to sell plant-based patties through food wholesaler Cheetah


Vegconomist - Apr, 18 2020

Impossible Foods Announces 500% Retail Expansion in Live Press Conference


Forbes - Mar, 16 2020

Impossible Foods Raises $500 Million And Braces For Volatility From Coronavirus


Forbes - Feb, 25 2020

Move Over, Mahomes: The Impossible Burger Is Also Going To Disney World


mercurynews - Jan, 7 2020

Impossible Foods ends pursuit of deal with McDonald’s


TechCrunch - Jan, 7 2020

Impossible adds ‘ground pork’ and ‘sausages’ to its lineup of plant-based foods

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