Leaft Foods is hoping for a slam dunk

Leaft Foods is hoping for a slam dunk
New Zealander and NBA basketball star Steven Adams has a shareholding in Leaft through Vulcan Trust. (Image: Getty)
Rebecca Howard
Leaft Foods aims to hit the market next year with its hypoallergenic plant protein, counting NBA basketballer Steven Adams among its backers.The company successfully raised $22 million in a funding round led by Silicon Valley-based Khosla Ventures, with participation from Ngāi Tahu Holdings, ACC’s Climate Change Impact Fund, and Adams.“We are able to produce the protein and we can produce it repeatedly and consistently, and it’s got great colour and flavour and functionality, and a great amino acid profile,” co-founder M...

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