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5 Mins Read ABC’s Shark Tank has become synonymous with cutthroat deals and investors circling for prime opportunities. As consumer demand for vegan foods increases, the panel of experienced entrepreneurs, particularly Mark Cuban, alongside a range of celebrity guest investors, have shown greater interest in the booming plant-based sector. After going vegetarian in 2019, Cuban has led offers […]
4 Mins Read Bill Gates is a repeat investor in the alternative protein sector. He has cited the industry as crucial to helping solve the climate crisis, with alternatives to animal agriculture heralded as essential developments. Not one to just talk about his opinions, Gates has doubled down on his assertions by investing in multiple alt-protein startups, across […]
4 Mins Read Chris Smalling, AC Roma centre-back and former England football team professional, has launched a global investment consultancy. ForGood is a joint venture between Smalling, activist investor Sebastiano Cossia Castiglioni and B-Corp creative agency founder Rebecca Wheeler. Fellow international sportspeople, celebrities and musicians are invited to participate, becoming ‘Changemakers’ in the process of investing. ForGood will […]
4 Mins Read London’s Synthesis Capital has closed its first fund, scooping more than $300 million in capital pledges. According to the company, this is the largest dedicated food tech VC of its kind. The year-old investor, Led by Costa Yiannoulis, Rosie Wardle, and David Welch, the fund is looking to support food techs and alternative protein startups. […]
4 Mins Read Stuart Kirk, HSBC Asset Management’s (HSBC AM) global head of responsible investing has raised eyebrows following a speech at a Financial Times event. At the Moral Money gathering, hosted on May 19, he compared the climate crisis to the Y2K bug before stating that investors don’t need to worry about climate change. Kirk doubled down […]
4 Mins Read California’s Stanford University has revealed that a new school will be opening at the start of the 2022 fall semester. The Doerr School of Sustainability has come about thanks to a $1.1 billion donation from John and Ann Doerr, plus gifts from other philanthropists. The focus of the school will be to identify and mobilise […]
3 Mins Read Spanish alt-protein startup Heura has overtaken its latest crowdfunding target four times over, in a mere 12 hours, attracting €4 million and counting. Initially looking to secure a total of €1 million for expansion, the company has confirmed it met that goal in just 30 minutes, during its early access phase on Crowdcube. The round […]
5 Mins Read Property and Rolexes have been superseded as savvy investments for the rich and famous. Now, it’s all about who can invest in the most innovative future food company. From plant-based protein to cultivated meat, the alt-protein sector has experienced a slew of celebrity support in recent years. The following 10 celebrities have set themselves apart […]
17 Mins Read A few weeks, I sat down (via Zoom) with Chris Kerr to talk about the alternative protein industry. Chris is the founding partner and Chief Investment Officer at Unovis Capital Management and their early-stage venture capital fund New Crop Capital to. Their investment thesis revolves around identifying companies that are successfully creating products that can […]
17 Mins Read The two biggest plant-based protein startups in the world are run by men. The majority of the rising cell-based protein startups are also run by men, alongside most of the vegan investment groups that fund them. The leader of the NGO think tank, which represents the interests of both, The Good Food Institute, is also […]
5 Mins Read Better Bite Ventures, a venture capital firm with a focus on backing early stage Asia Pacific (APAC) startups in the alternative protein sector, has announced the launch of a $15 million fund. Better Bite’s mission is to support early-stage founders developing crucial climate-friendly alternatives to animal-based proteins in what it describes as the ‘world’s largest […]
4 Mins Read Founded in 2020, Trellis Road is a micro venture capital fund focused on investing in the high-impact foodtech sector. The brain child of Anna Ottosson and Erik Byrenius, both previous founders who exited startups, the fund was born out of a desire to support early stage food tech startups that are looking to transform the […]
3 Mins Read The VegTech Plant-based Innovation & Climate ETF has been unveiled. Launching on the New York Stock Exchange, it features a portfolio of 37 publicly-traded companies. Each is immersed in plant-based innovations including ingredient development and animal-free product design. Companies included in the ETF have been selected for their commitments to addressing issues such as the […]
4 Mins Read BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says the next big tech investments will be climate-focused in green hydrogen, agriculture, steel and green cement.
3 Mins Read Nordic FoodTech, the region’s first dedicated fund investing sustainable food startups, has closed its first fund with €42 million.
3 Mins Read Food tech investment in Europe is heating up, with two new funds dedicated to the sector launched by Eatable Adventures and Five Seasons VC.
4 Mins Read Hong Kong-headquartered investor and accelerator Brinc has just partnered with Halo Impact to launch a new Circular Economy Accelerator Program. Dedicated to tech-forward circular economy solutions across a number of industries, the new program will accelerate much-needed solutions for everything from renewables to sustainable packaging with startups receiving up to $100,000 in funding and access […]
3 Mins Read Lever VC’s alternative protein focused fund has raised $80 million in a round backed by global food conglomerates and big meat firms.
2 Mins Read Launched by Hong Kong-based Sonic Capital and Tavis Digital in Zurich, Sphere wants to support the emerging ecological blockchain sector.
4 Mins Read Swiss vegan meat startup Planted has secured CHF 19 million (approx. US$21 million) in a pre-Series B financing round. The company will use this capital to drive the growth of its existing plant-based meat portfolio and launch new products, including vegan schnitzel and whole cut meats, all created from plant proteins such as oats, peas, […]
4 Mins Read The healthy fast-casual restaurant chain Just Salad will use new capital to scale its reusable bowl program and double its restaurants.