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Lever VC tracks over 6,000 companies globally and invests in a diversified portfolio across the Food and AgTech sectors. Investment categories of interest include novel food ingredients (fats, proteins, flavorings, and novel commodity and specialty ingredients); seed genetics and crop tech; animal ag and aquaculture technology inputs (feed, digitization, genetics, machinery); plant-based and better-for-you packaged foods and meals; alternative proteins (cultivated and fermentation-derived foods); pet; supplements; and machinery, technology, and service provider inputs into the above.
NuCicer is a breakthrough crop genetics company producing non-GM chickpeas with 75% more protein than conventional varietals.
“NuCicer has developed a non-GM proprietary chickpea that...has the ability to cut the cost of chickpea protein in half.”
HerdDogg is a digital animal health and analytics company that lowers mortality and disease on farm.
"Managers utilizing HerdDogg’s advanced data analytics can identify disease in cows days earlier than conventional methods, resulting in a marked reduction in on-farm mortality."
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Birdman has quickly become the dominant player in the plant-based proteins and nutritional supplements sector in Latin America.
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“Founded in 2016 in Guadalajara, Mexico, Birdman rapidly bootstrapped to $15 million in sales by 2021, prior to attracting its first external funding. The company’s plant-based protein powders and supplements have gained popularity across Mexico."
Boston Bioprocess is a rapidly growing CDMO service provider to companies producing novel food, beauty, and industrial ingredients through fermentation.
“Having a company Boston Bioprocess, whose bread and butter is actually to churn these strains out and make sure that these fermentations are happening in a repeatable way, is very valuable.”
A Dozen Cousins (U.S.) produces ready-to-eat bean-based meals inspired by traditional southern and Latin American recipes
Avant (Singapore and Hong Kong) produces real marine protein ingredients from cell cultivation including fish meat and marine collagen
The Better Meat Co (U.S.) produces a novel fermented mycelium protein as an ingredient for meat alternatives and hybrid meat/meat-alternative products
Birdman (Mexico) produces plant-based protein supplements and plant protein-enriched products and non-dairy milks
Blackbird Foods (U.S.) produces wheat protein-based meat alternatives and plant-based frozen foods including pizzas
Bluu Seafoood (Germany) produces fish meat products and hybrid products from cell cultivation
Bond Pet Foods (U.S.) produces real meat proteins from precision fermentation as ingredients for the pet food sector
CellX (Mainland China) produces beef, chicken and pork products and hybrid products from cell cultivation
Good Planet (U.S.) produces plant-based cheese products including shreds, slices, wheels, and cream cheese
The Good Spoon (France) produces plant-based condiments and spreads including mayonnaise
Grounded (U.K.) produces plant-based protein drinks and plant protein-enriched non-dairy milks
Marvelous Foods (Mainland China) produces plant-based dairy products including yogurt and ice cream
The Mediterranean Food Lab (Israel) produces flavorings via multi-stage fermentation as ingredients for the plant-based foods sector
Melt&Marble (Sweden) produces animal fat-like lipids through precision fermentation as ingredients for the plant-based foods sector
Mission Barns (U.S.) produces animal fat from cell cultiation as an ingredient for the plant-based meat sector
Mooji Meats (U.S.) develops 3D printing technology for the production of plant-based and hybrid plant-based/cultivated whole-cut meat products
Mozza (U.S.) produces dairy casein in plants as an ingredient for the plant-based cheese sector
The New (Brazil) produces plant-based beef, chicken, fish and pork products and frozen and prepared meals
No Cow (U.S.) produces plant-based protein bars, plant protein supplements, and related products
NoMoo (Brazil) produces plant-based dairy products including cheeses, yogurt, mayonnaise, and cream cheese
NuCicer (U.S.) develops novel chickpea varietals with 75% higher protein content for lower-cost chickpea protein ingredients and high-protein chickpeas and flours
TurtleTree (Singapore) produces cow’s milk and human breast milk and ingredients for the infant nutrition and dairy sectors
The Better Meat Co produces a unique plant-based protein that combines with conventional meat for a blended meat/plant-based product, as featured in Perdue products sold at 7,000+ retailers across the
Blackbird Foods produces best-in-the-world wheat protein, along with packaged soft-crust plant-based pizzas and meat alternatives
CellX is a rapidly expanding mainland China cultivated meat startup creating cultivated pork and hybrid cultivated/plant-based pork products
Heura is a health-forward Spanish plant-based meat company with delicious and clean label plant-based chicken and beef products distributed across Spain and around the EU
Mission Barns is producing pure, customizable animal fat from cell cultivation for its own branded alternative pork products as well as other sectors
THIS is a hypergrowth UK-based plant-based meat company with products including chicken, beef and bacon, stocked at all leading retailers across the UK
Welldone is a fast-growing Russia plant-based meat company with a range of delicious and highly cost-competitive plant-based meat offerings and mainstream retail listings
Marvelous Foods is a pioneering and fast-growing high quality plant-based yogurt and dairy products company in mainland China
Mozza produces real dairy proteins in plants to create real dairy cheese that stretches, melts and tastes like cheese should, without the cow
NoMoo is a pioneering and high quality plant-based dairy products company in Brazil with cheese, yogurt, butter and other products stocked in leading Brazilian retailers
TurtleTree Labs is the first company in the world producing real, full milk (both cow’s milk and human breast milk proteins) via cell cultivation and fermentation, for the infant formula
Bluu Biosciences is Europe’s leading cultivated seafood company, headquartered in Germany, producing GMO-free fish meat and marine protein products
The New Butchers is a leading high-quality plant-based meat brand in Brazil, producing delicious beef, chicken and fish products and stocked at top Brazilian retailers like Pão de Açucar and
A Dozen Cousins is disrupting the massive but stale bean protein market with savory ready-to-eat products stocked at major US retailers like Walmart, Costco and Trader Joes
Blackbird Foods produces best-in-the-world wheat protein, along with packaged soft-crust plant-based pizzas and meat alternatives
Grounded is a first-mover in the U.K. and Europe for functional plant-based protein drinks, with delicious, clean-label grab and go shakes
The Good Spoon is a Paris-based producer of mouth-watering gourmet eggless condiments, partnered with a leading French distributor and stocked at leading French retailers
