Companies · Agtech / Foodtech

Impossible Foods Inc.

REDWOOD CITY · Agtech / Foodtech · refined from filed group “Other

Diligence memoA one-page analyst read on Impossible Foods Inc. — recommendation, valuation, rhythm, risks.
$1.9B
Total raised · real
12
Rounds
2.5×
Latest step-up
Top 1%
Sector rank · raised
Growth/Late
Latest stage · inferred · Wed Nov 17 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Impossible Foods Inc. has raised $1.9B over 12 rounds; too few niche peers to rank its valuation yet.

Synthesized from the figures below est. — every claim rests on a number shown on this page. Valuation uses the agriculture sector profile.

Analyst read est. — computed against this company's niche peers in the same era. Inputs shown; not a quoted figure.

Dormant
  • Last raise 4.6 yr ago; this sector typically re-raises about every 14 months.
  • Silent for over 3× the sector's normal cadence.
Leadership

No named principal in this company's public records yet — see all operators below.

Explore how these operators interlock with other companies in the operator network.

Where it sits in Agtech / Foodtech

Impossible Foods Inc. is one of 481 Agtech / Foodtech companies tracked from REDWOOD CITY. By capital raised it ranks among the largest (ahead of 100% of sector peers), and among the largest by modeled valuation est..

Ranking is computed against this company's own sector cohort — reported capital is fact; valuation tiers are modeled.

As reported in public records reported — not modeled.

US
Jurisdiction
Rule 506(b)
Reg D exemption
9
Investors (latest)
2021-11-17
First sale
Amount raised vs valuation, by round

Solid bars are reported offering amounts reported; hatched bars are the modeled post-money valuation est. — both on one shared scale so you can read raise-vs-worth at each round directly. Use the toggles to overlay data labels and the niche-peer / market average value lines.

Amount raised · realModeled valuation · estCumulative funded · real
$0$2.5B$5.0B$7.5B$10.0BSeries A · 2011-09-11 Raised $6.2M (real) Modeled valuation $61M (est)Series A2011Series A · 2013-02-07 Raised $3.0M (real) Modeled valuation $29M (est)Series A2013Series B · 2013-07-17 Raised $25M (real) Modeled valuation $270M (est)Series B2013Series B · 2014-06-27 Raised $40M (real) Modeled valuation $431M (est)Series B2014Series D+ · 2015-08-14 Raised $108M (real) Modeled valuation $1.2B (est)Series D+2015Series D+ · 2016-11-10 Raised $100M (real) Modeled valuation $1.1B (est)Series D+2016Series D+ · 2018-03-21 Raised $114M (real) Modeled valuation $1.3B (est)Series D+2018Series D+ · 2019-05-08 Raised $300M (real) Modeled valuation $3.4B (est)Series D+2019Series D+ · 2019-06-10 Raised $37M (real) Modeled valuation $418M (est)Series D+2019Growth/Late · 2020-03-09 Raised $500M (real) Modeled valuation $5.8B (est)Growth/Late2020Growth/Late · 2020-08-12 Raised $200M (real) Modeled valuation $2.3B (est)Growth/Late2020Growth/Late · 2021-11-17 Raised $500M (real) Modeled valuation $5.4B (est)Growth/Late2021Cumulative $1.9B

The line shows cumulative reported funding over the period; + labels show new capital added between points when there is room. Toggle on-bar figures, plus the niche-peer and market averages, to read this company against its cohort. Benchmarks are modeled medians.

Financing ladder & sequence gaps
Series A$6.2M · 2011
Series A extension$3.0M · 2013
Series B$25.0M · 2013
Series B extension$40.0M · 2014
Series D+$108.0M · 2015no Series C on file
Series D+ extension$100.0M · 2016
Series D+ extension$113.9M · 2018
Series D+ extension$300.0M · 2019
Series D+ extension$37.3M · 2019
Growth/Late$499.9M · 2020
Growth/Late extension$200.0M · 2020
Growth/Late extension$500.0M · 2021

Stages are modeled from round size (public records carry no series label). No record for: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series C — the company may have raised it under a different exemption, merged it into an adjacent record, or skipped it. Sequence completeness: 57%.

Modeled valuation trajectory
$5.4B
Base estimate est.
$3.7B
Conservative case
$8.6B
Upside case
$5.0B
Modeled post-money

Round size and date are reported; the stage label is inferred from round size (latest is Growth/Latea round over $400M). Valuation is modeled from stage benchmarks scaled by the agriculture sector profile. Directional, not a quoted figure.

Series A · modeled $60.8M · 2011-09-112011Series A · modeled $29.4M · 2013-02-07Series B · modeled $269.7M · 2013-07-17Series B · modeled $431.0M · 2014-06-27Series D+ · modeled $1.2B · 2015-08-14Series D+ · modeled $1.1B · 2016-11-10Series D+ · modeled $1.3B · 2018-03-21Series D+ · modeled $3.4B · 2019-05-08Series D+ · modeled $417.7M · 2019-06-10Growth/Late · modeled $5.8B · 2020-03-09Growth/Late · modeled $2.3B · 2020-08-12Growth/Late · modeled $5.4B · 2021-11-172021
Model inputs · modeled:benchmark-stage-stepup-v1
10%
Dilution assumption
Implied ownership sold in the financing.
85%
Survival probability
73% low · 91% high
1.05×/yr
Annual markup
1.15×/yr upside case
4.6 yr
Elapsed time used
4.6 yr actual, capped for stale marks
agriculture
Sector profile
Adjusts growth and survival by industry.
Financing rhythm
11 mo
Avg between rounds
$189.8M/yr
Capital velocity
14.8 yr
On record since
2011
First round
12
Rounds on file
How it compares to the market

Benchmarked against 481 companies in Agtech / Foodtech. Each bar is a median (the middle company, not an average — outliers don't skew it). Two yardsticks: real money raised (reported on Form D) and modeled value (our estimate est.). These are whole-sector medians across all stages, except the per-stage row.

Total raised — vs sector median (real $, all stages) 573× above median
This company$1.9B
Sector median$3.4M
Latest round — vs other Growth/Late rounds in sector (real $, this stage) 1.0× above median
This company$500.0M
Sector median$499.9M
Modeled value — vs sector median (estimate, all stages) 438× above median
This company$5.4B
Sector median$12.2M

Raised more than 100% of sector peers (real $). Modeled value above 100% of peers (estimate).

Full financing history

Stage is inferred from round size est., not reported on the filing — a round's dollar size maps to a bucket: Pre-Seed <$1.0M · Seed $1.0M–$4.0M · Series A $4.0M–$15M · Series B $15M–$40M · Series C $40M–$100M · Series D+ $100M–$400M · Growth/Late >$400M.

StageAmount · realAnnouncedPost-money · estValue · estConf.
Series A$6.2M2011-09-11$28.2M$60.8M90%
Series A$3.0M2013-02-07$13.6M$29.4M90%
Series B$25.0M2013-07-17$139.1M$269.7M90%
Series B$40.0M2014-06-27$222.2M$431.0M90%
Series D+$108.0M2015-08-14$900.0M$1.2B90%
Series D+$100.0M2016-11-10$833.3M$1.1B90%
Series D+$113.9M2018-03-21$949.4M$1.3B90%
Series D+$300.0M2019-05-08$2.5B$3.4B90%
Series D+$37.3M2019-06-10$311.1M$417.7M90%
Growth/Late$499.9M2020-03-09$5.0B$5.8B90%
Growth/Late$200.0M2020-08-12$2.0B$2.3B90%
Growth/Late$500.0M2021-11-17$5.0B$5.4B90%
What happened at each round

Step-up, pace versus the sector's normal cadence, and revenue/exemption moves — read straight from the reported round facts reported.

  1. Series A$6.2M2011-09-11
    • First recorded raise — entered as Series A.
    • 2 investors on this round.
  2. Series A$3.0M2013-02-07
    • Raised 17 mo later, in step with the ~14 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.1× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 2 investors on this round.
  3. Series B$25.0M2013-07-17
    • Came back fast: 5 mo vs the ~14 mo sector norm.
    • Round 8.3× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 4 investors on this round.
  4. Series B$40.0M2014-06-27
    • Raised 11 mo later, in step with the ~14 mo sector norm.
    • Round 1.6× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 9 investors on this round.
  5. Series D+$108.0M2015-08-14
    • Raised 14 mo later, in step with the ~14 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.7× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 16 investors on this round.
  6. Series D+$100.0M2016-11-10
    • Raised 15 mo later, in step with the ~14 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 24 investors on this round.
  7. Series D+$113.9M2018-03-21
    • Raised 16 mo later, in step with the ~14 mo sector norm.
    • Round roughly the size of the prior one.
    • 7 investors on this round.
  8. Series D+$300.0M2019-05-08
    • Raised 14 mo later, in step with the ~14 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.6× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 57 investors on this round.
  9. Series D+$37.3M2019-06-10
    • Came back fast: 1 mo vs the ~14 mo sector norm.
    • Round 8.0× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 23 investors on this round.
  10. Growth/Late$499.9M2020-03-09
    • Raised 9 mo later, in step with the ~14 mo sector norm.
    • Round 13.4× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 16 investors on this round.
  11. Growth/Late$200.0M2020-08-12
    • Came back fast: 5 mo vs the ~14 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.5× smaller than the prior — bridge or down round.
    • 8 investors on this round.
  12. Growth/Late$500.0M2021-11-17
    • Raised 15 mo later, in step with the ~14 mo sector norm.
    • Round 2.5× larger than the prior — scaling up.
    • 9 investors on this round.
Intelligence
2022 ~Q4
Modeled next raise · ~11mo cadence
$1.2B
Modeled next size est.range $812.5M$2.0B
2.5×
Last step-up
$189.8M/yr
Capital velocity

Predictive signals are modeled est. from this company's own cadence and step-up, plus sector benchmarks — directional, not advice. Peer set and a CSV export live in your analyst workspace.

Key people & operators

Officers, directors and promoters named in this company's public recordsreported — the people who run it (not its investors). "Also runs" counts come from name-matching across all records, so verify before acting.

PersonRoleAlso runsTied since
Samir Kaul31 other2011-09
David Lee14 other2011-09
Bart Swanson7 other2011-09
Patrick Brown5 other2011-09
JOHN MARREN3 other2019-06
David Botstein1 other2011-09
Tal Ronnen1 other2014-06
Bart O. Swanson2019-05
Dana R. Wagner2019-05
David Borecky2021-11
David O. Lee2019-05
Dennis R. Woodside2019-06
Dennis S. Woodside2021-11
Fedele Bauccio2011-09
Jason S. Gao2021-11
Kathleen Bonanno2019-06
Mary Beth Laughton2020-08
Patrick O. Brown2019-05
Patricl Brown2015-08
Samir O. Kaul2019-05
Tai Ronnen2011-09
Tal O. Ronnen2019-05
Vanessa O. Wittman2019-05
Vanessa Wittman2019-06
Registry & provenance

Impossible Foods Inc. is an official record sourced from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). U.S. data is aggregated from SEC Form D filings.

United States
Country of record
US
Jurisdiction
1580614
SEC CIK
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Frequently asked
How much funding has Impossible Foods Inc. raised?
Impossible Foods Inc. has raised approximately $1.9B in disclosed capital across 12 recorded financing rounds, aggregated from public filings.
What is Impossible Foods Inc.'s estimated valuation?
Provath's modeled valuation for Impossible Foods Inc. is approximately $5.4B (modeled range $3.7B–$8.6B). This is an algorithmic estimate derived from round sizes and same-niche peers — not a quoted or reported figure.
What funding stage is Impossible Foods Inc. at?
Impossible Foods Inc.'s latest modeled financing stage is Growth/Late. Its most recent recorded round closed around Wed Nov 17.
What does Impossible Foods Inc. do and where is it based?
Impossible Foods Inc. operates in the Agtech / Foodtech sector, based in REDWOOD CITY.
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