AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Protein-rich foods are in particular demand, and with the meat industry responsible for more than 15% of greenhouse gas emissions, innovators are finding alternative ways to give consumers what they want. Here’s a look at some of the most successful and mature innovative food startups across the category: Meal replacements.

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Elemental Excelerator

DECEMBER 1, 2022

What do year-over-year trends within our key investment sectors tell us about the future of climate tech? How do they confirm or challenge the areas we see as ripe for innovation? We asked our Directors of Innovation to weigh in. . • • •. Sector Trends and Future Predictions. Carbon: Beginning of the Rise.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

To ensure sustainable food production for a growing global population, significant capital investment is required, writes Peter Bachmann from Gresham House. For example, soy, which is used in animal feed and many meat-alternative products, is responsible for widespread deforestation and has a high carbon footprint.

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Greentown Labs

MAY 18, 2021

May 18, 2021 — Greentown Labs , the largest climatetech startup incubator in North America, and Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation (MCHC) have selected six startups for the KAITEKI Challenge that are innovating in the areas of alternative proteins, plastics, and packaging. Somerville, Mass.,

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Business Green

OCTOBER 25, 2022

New report reveals how retailers are committed to increasing their volume of sales of meat and dairy alternatives. Overall, the number of investors setting targets to increase their investment in plant-based products was found to have increased. per cent cheaper per kilo than comparable own-brand meat products.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

The rise of fake meat With all of this in mind, it’s no wonder that food scientists have been investing copious research and development time, money and energy into finding meat alternatives. Some have already been around for decades, while new alternatives are consistently hitting the market.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

In many major economies, plant-based options and meat-alternatives are growing in popularity, leading to rising sales of veggie food and milk in supermarkets and restaurants. Lab-grown meat, too, is attracting increasing interest, and is expected to start appearing on consumer plates in the coming years.

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Business Green

APRIL 8, 2021

With consumers willing to pay up to 10 per cent more for meat alternatives and an astonishing 91 per cent of millennials willing to switch to a new product from a purpose driven company, this industry is expected to be worth $8.3bn by as soon as 2025.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

AUGUST 5, 2019

Despite all this investment, two companies have been hogging the plant-based protein spotlight lately. Impossible Foods alone has raised $750 million, including a recent $300 million round , while Beyond Meat’s IPO raised $240 million for the company in a blockbuster debut that saw the company’s valuation soar over $10 billion.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Unilever recently set out its plan to significantly expand its plant-based range, with a view to securing €1bn in annual sales from alternative meat and dairy products within the next seven years. Products are just tastier now than ever before, thanks to leaps in food technology innovation, he says.

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Energy Innovation

MARCH 8, 2023

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. Development of new plant proteins is one way to shift consumer diets to meat alternatives and meal substitutions (Costa et al., Featured Research Costa Jr, C., Wollenberg, E.,

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 8, 2021

Buoyed by the success of red-meat mimics from the likes of Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat, a growing number of companies is angling to capture their share of the early market for animal-free seafood. Overall, businesses creating all sorts of meat alternatives raised $3.1

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 27, 2020

There are hurdles to scaling and applying science to soil — from lack of regulations and investment to upending the status quo — but it’s essential we address them as soil health has vast implications, above and below ground. . According to the latest AgFunder Agri-FoodTech Investing Report, $19.8 percent year over year. Pull Quote.

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2021

Lab-grown meat enjoyed a record-breaking year in 2020, with investment soaring six-fold and dozens of new companies and food products launching across the burgeoning sector, according to the Good Food Institute (GFI). As such, the report paints a bullish picture for the future of the burgeoning lab-grown meat industry.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

While the industry promotes meat as a solution to world hunger, it has simultaneously sought to undermine the concept that significantly reducing meat in diets, or replacing animal products with non-meat alternatives, is an effective emissions reduction strategy.

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2020

A recent survey from Morgan Stanley found that 85 per cent of individual US investors are interested in sustainable investing , while by next year, consumers are projected to spend $150bn on sustainable products. Pressure is mounting and firms are being judged on how they respond," she adds.

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Business Green

JULY 29, 2020

Venture investments in plant-based proteins have already reached $1.1bn in 2020, double that of the whole of last year. The global alternative protein market is expected to grow to $17.9bn by 2025. Back in Europe, Unilever has built a $94m innovation centre in the Netherlands. But that's only the start.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 22, 2021

If investing in reusable tableware isn’t an option for your company, there are plenty of ways to make single-use tableware more eco-friendly. Investing in reusable cups that can be collected at the end of events and washed for future use is another option. Switch to Electric or Sustainable Fuel.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 27, 2020

Hurdles to jump moving forward There are hurdles to scaling and applying science to soil — from lack of regulations and investment to upending the status quo — but it’s essential we address them as soil health has vast implications, above and below ground. According to the latest AgFunder Agri-FoodTech Investing Report, $19.8

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AFN Sustainable Protein

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

Editor’s Note: Rob Leclerc is a Founding Partner at venture capital firm AgFunder where he co-leads the investment team with Founding Partner Michael Dean. And so despite the size of the opportunity, investment in this sector comes with significant risks and challenges. The opinions expressed are those of the authors.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 10, 2019

(If you include seafood in your definition of meat — jury out over here at AgFunder! T he CEO of major meat alternative producer Monde Nissin, Henry Soesanto , also invested alongside Chinese agri-foodtech VC Bits x Bites, Tyson Ventures, and Manta Ray Ventures, a UK-based venture capital firm. ” Fatty focus.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Improved Nature , a Raleigh, NC-based protein and meat alternative innovator, has raised $3 million in a convertible note round led by Concentric Capital. The company’s products include the Improved Meat portfolio, that “mimics meat in all cooking methods and forms of distribution,” according to the website.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Improved Nature , a Raleigh, NC-based protein and meat alternative innovator, has raised $3 million in a convertible note round led by Concentric Capital. The company’s products include the Improved Meat portfolio, that “mimics meat in all cooking methods and forms of distribution,” according to the website.

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