Venus Williams invests in Austin company that's buying, incubating food companies

HumanCo LLC has closed an oversubscribed $35 million bridge funding round that includes several celebrity investors, part of a strategy to further spread its mission of making healthier living more accessible to the masses, said co-founder and CEO Jason Karp. The investment firm and holding company that incubates, backs, acquires and scales health-focused consumer packaged goods businesses also has obtained a “super-majority” stake in a Vermont-based wholesale manufacturer of frozen gluten-free…