Austin Egg Producer Raises Millions In Financing

Vital Farms Inc., an Austin organic egg producer, reported completing an $8 million financing the company plans to use to build a facility in Missouri.

CEO Matthew O’Hayer told Austin Business Journal Thursday the facility would be for egg grading and packing. He declined to identify the two investors involved in the funding except to say they’re private equity firms “focused on sustainable agriculture, alternative energy and alike.”

Vital Farms, founded in 2007, sells gourmet eggs in several states and stores such as Whole Foods Market Inc. (Nasdaq: WFM), HEB and Central Market. It employs 100 workers, O’Hayer said.

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