The K1WI start-up, which was established by former software engineer Shama Sukul Lee in 2015 , will use the funding to promote the company’s growth, including overseas. But the transition from software to hardware was “humbling, to say the least”, Lee says. The funding round was led by Australian venture capital company Blackbird Ventures , who were joined by the New Zealand Venture Investment Fund , New Zealand and Blackbird Ventures founder Lee . the New Zealand Venture Investment Fund has created 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 accelerate humanity to being fully solar powered”.
The K1WI start-up, which was established by former software engineer Shama Sukul Lee in 2015 , will use the funding to promote the company’s growth, including overseas. The funding round was led by Australian venture capital company Blackbird Ventures , who were joined by the New Zealand Venture Investment Fund , New Zealand and Blackbird Ventures founder Lee . the New Zealand Venture Investment Fund has created 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 accelerate humanity to being fully solar powered”.