# Beyond Meat funding: rounds and investors > Beyond Meat has raised $72M across 3 rounds since 2014. Investors include Obvious Ventures, Jung-Ju (Jay) Kim and Seth Goldman. Every round with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/beyond-meat (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Funded startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies) # Who invested in *Beyond Meat* 3 rounds we have observed, with the 7 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it. Foodtech Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026 **$72M** raised across 3 rounds since 2014, from 3 sources **$17M** Series E **$55M** Round - **Latest round:** Round, $55M Dec 2017 - **Step-up i:** 3.2× - **Investors:** 7 See who backed them ## The funding story Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total. 2015 2016 2017 **?** Series D **$17M** Series E **$55M** Round - **First round:** Series D - **Biggest round:** $55M - **Usual gap between rounds:** 2.2 years ## The rounds - **Dec 2017** Round **$55M** *5 new* [Seth Goldman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seth-goldman) Candice Bergen Jack Suzy Welch Thomas Middleditch Reported by FinSMEs - **Oct 2015** Series E **$17M** *1 new* *1 returning* [Obvious Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/obvious-ventures) [Jung-Ju (Jay) Kim](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jung-ju-jay-kim) From a historical funding record - **Jul 2014** Series D **Amount undisclosed** *1 new* [Obvious Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/obvious-ventures) From a historical funding record ## Who was in which round The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led. **Series D** 2014 **Series E** 2015 **Round** 2017 [Obvious Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/obvious-ventures) [Jung-Ju (Jay) Kim](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jung-ju-jay-kim) [Seth Goldman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seth-goldman) Candice Bergen Jack Suzy Welch Thomas Middleditch ## Everyone who backed them [Obvious Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/obvious-ventures) Accelerator **2** rounds [Jung-Ju (Jay) Kim](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jung-ju-jay-kim) Investment firm **1** round [Seth Goldman](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seth-goldman) Angel **1** round Candice Bergen no record of our own yet **1** round Jack no record of our own yet **1** round Suzy Welch no record of our own yet **1** round Thomas Middleditch no record of our own yet **1** round Missing a round, or an investor who was in one? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=beyond-meat). ## Also claim to have backed them These 14 firms list Beyond Meat as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above. [Collaborative Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/collaborative-fund) VC firm Per its own site [GreatPoint Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/greatpoint-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Cleveland Avenue](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cleveland-avenue) VC firm Per its own site [DNS Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/dns-capital) Family office Per its own site [301](https://millionrounds.com/fund/301) Corporate VC Per its own site [Stray Dog Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/stray-dog-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Structural Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/structural-capital) Private credit Per its own site [Unovis Asset Management](https://millionrounds.com/fund/unovis-asset-management) VC firm Per its own site [Creative Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/creative-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Edgewater Place Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/edgewater-place-capital) Growth equity Per its own site [GroundForce Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/groundforce-capital) VC firm Per its own site [MDT Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/mdt-ventures) VC firm Per its own site [Rotor Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rotor-capital) VC firm Per its own site [Zenith Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zenith-capital) VC firm Per its own site ## Quick answers about Beyond Meat ### Who invested in Beyond Meat? Beyond Meat's investors include Obvious Ventures, Jung-Ju (Jay) Kim, Seth Goldman, Candice Bergen and Jack, and 2 more on record. ### How much has Beyond Meat raised? Beyond Meat has raised $72M across 3 rounds since 2014. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor. ### When did Beyond Meat last raise? Beyond Meat's most recent round was an Undisclosed round of $55M in Dec 2017. ### What was Beyond Meat's biggest round? Its most recent round, $55M in Dec 2017, is also its largest on record. ### Who backed Beyond Meat first? Beyond Meat's first round on record, in Jul 2014, was backed by Obvious Ventures. ### What stage is Beyond Meat at? Beyond Meat's latest named round is an Undisclosed round, in Dec 2017. ### Where is Beyond Meat based? Beyond Meat is based in the United States. ## Companies like Beyond Meat In the same sector, and raised in the last eighteen months. 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