The New Zealand start - up , which was established by former software engineer Shama Sukul Lee in 2015 , will use the funding to accelerate the company ’s growth , including overseas . The funding round was led by Australian venture capital company Blackbird Capital , who were joined by the New Zealand Venture Investment Fund , Australia and Quadrant Private Equity founder Chris Hadley . Sunfed has developed its own hardware that uses “ clean ” plant products to reproduce the look and texture of meat . Source: Lee states that the company ’s ultimate purpose “ is to convert it to being fully solar powered ” .
The New Zealand start - up , which was established by former software engineer Shama Sukul Lee in 2015 , will use the funding to accelerate the company ’s growth , including overseas . The funding round was led by Australian venture capital company Blackbird Capital , who were joined by the New Zealand Venture Investment Fund , Australia and Quadrant Private Equity founder Chris Hadley . Sunfed has developed its own hardware that uses “ clean ” plant products to reproduce the look and texture of meat . Lee states that the company ’s ultimate purpose “ is to convert it to being fully solar powered ” .