Karana closes $2.37m seed funding

Asia’s first whole-plant-based meat brand Karana has closed its $2.37m (US$1.7m) seed round funding, according to an announcement. Karana has raised capital from some of the region’s leading industry experts, including Henry Soesanto, CEO of Monde Nissin Corp, Temasek and Tyson Foods-backed fund Big Idea Ventures, Japanese and Singaporean fund Germi8, and a leading Asia-based FMCG distributor. A number of…