Portfolio

Netherlands-based Mosa Meat, a SDC portfolio company, received 16.3 million euros ($19.7 million) in new investor funding, bringing its total series B fundraising to 63 million euros (almost $75 million). Link

Israel’s Prime Minister visited Aleph Farms, a cultivated meat company, and sampled its cultivated steak. Aleph Farms is a pioneer in growing real meat directly from cow cells, without antibiotics and using a fraction of the resources required for raising an entire animal for meat. “It’s delicious and guilt-free, I can’t taste the difference,” declares […]

Franklin Farm, a division of Keystone Natural Holdings, announced they have entered a new partnership with SDC portfolio company Purple Carrot, the 100% plant-based meal kit company. A prominent consumer brand and leading supplier of high-quality and delicious meatless offerings, Franklin Farms brings more than twenty years of expertise in plant-based protein foods and innovation […]

Gathered Foods, makers of Good Catch Plant-Based Seafood, announced international retail distribution across multiple European markets, including the Netherlands and Spain. This follows the January news of Gathered Foods’ launch in over 300 stores in the UK through a distribution partnership with Tesco. This is Gathered Foods’ largest retail expansion since the brand’s inception, a […]

Aleph Farms Ltd., an SDC portfolio company, has introduced a prototype of its commercial product – thin-cut beef steaks. The quality steaks, grown directly from non-GMO cells of a living cow, boasts the nutritional, culinary, and sensory attributes of meat in terms of texture, flavor, and aroma. The company has developed five proprietary modules for […]

SDC portfolio company, Supermeat, has created the first lab-grown meat restaurant. At ‘The Chicken’ in Tel Aviv, customers can now be amongst the first to enjoy cruelty free chicken products. Link

SDC portfolio company Daring plans to launch its breaded, plant-based chicken at all locations of Just Salad, making progress towards disrupting the $100B wholesale market for conventional chicken. Link

Emulate, a SDC portfolio company, announced an agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to enable studies in priority research areas, including programs to evaluate COVID-19 vaccines. Link

No Evil Foods, a SDC portfolio company, is a plant-based meat company that is committing to removing around 8,000 pounds of plastic from the ocean. It is the first company of their type to take a plastic-negative stance. Link

Aleph Farms announced the launch of its Aleph Zero space program focused on one-day establishing large-scale meat cultivation facilities in extraterrestrial environments. Link

Made from the world’s first whole-cut mushroom meat, MyBacon, produced by SDC portfolio company, Atlast, will debut on Nov. 9 at Honest Weight Food Co-op in Albany. It will be available in six-ounce packages for $5.99 each. link

Meatless Farm, an SDC portfolio company, has partnered with leading foodservice distributors, to bring new meat-free breakfast sausage patties to Canada. Link

Hooray Foods plant-based bacon will launch on World Vegan Day, November 1st! Hooray Foods bacon will be in seven regions of the USA through a distribution partnership with Whole Foods. Link

Strong demand for plant-based foods has led SDC portfolio company, Meatless Farm, founded in 2016, to become the UK’s leading vegan meat producer. They recently closed a $31M funding round to support global growth. Link

Veggie Grill, Inc. teamed up with plant-based seafood maker and SDC portfolio company, Good Catch Foods, to add a new vegan tuna melt sandwich to its menu. The plant-based option is healthier than conventional seafood and free from mercury and other toxins. Link

North Carolina based SDC portfolio company, Barvecue, produces a wood-smoked vegan pulled pork from soy and wheat, and is proud to produce with clean-label, non-GMO, US grown ingredients. Link

Congratulations to Alpha Foods, Meatless Farm, Good Catch Foods, and Hooray Foods – SDC portfolio companies which were all named as winners, or finalists, in the 2020 World Plant-Based Awards! Link

PitchBook Data recently profiled the burgeoning cultivated meat industry with input from two Stray Dog Capital portfolio companies: Aleph Farms and Memphis Meats. Link

Daring, which makes plant-based chicken pieces, announced last week that it raised an $8 million Series A round of funding. Stray Dog Capital invested alongside other notable VC firms in support of this promising company. Link

Starbucks is now testing vegan cream cheese from Miyoko’s Creamery at one location east of Seattle. The 1.5-ounce packages come in exclusive Everything and Cinnamon Raisin flavors and retail for $1. Link

“Geltor Inc.’s focus on designing proteins, and in particular non-animal proteins with profound positive impacts on the environment and nutrition, aligns with what I view to be one of the most promising solutions for the future of food,” said new board member, Doug Cameron. Link

SDC portfolio company, BlueNalu is on track to commercialize the world’s first seafood product made from cultivated fish cells – mahi-mahi, a US favorite, particularly in San Diego, BlueNalu’s headquarters. Link

Miyoko’s Creamery plans to expand its Petaluma operations by 2/3 and its workforce by 1/4 to satisfy demand for its plant-based products. “It’s an exciting time for our company,” said founder Miyoko Schinner. Link

Read about how SDC portfolio company, VitroLabs Inc, sees the world of cultivated animal products and the journey forward, as a company, and as a broader movement and mindset. Link

Food Frontier, an alternative proteins think tank in Australia and New Zealand, analyzed the health and nutrition of plant-based meat products citing Sunfed Meats, a SDC portfolio company, and Fable Foods as the biggest plant-meat brands in the region. Key findings reveal that: • Plant-based meats are nutritionally superior or comparable to conventional meat equivalents […]

Despite the challenges of coronavirus, Good Catch Foods’s newly built 42,500-square-foot plant opened on time. It has been producing plant-based seafood since May with best-in-class safety measures in place. Link

Recently, SDC portfolio company Kite Hill debuted its newest product, Plant-Based Butter Alternative, exclusively at nationwide Whole Foods Market stores and will soon launch their new vegan butter at Target. Link

Biodesign startup Geltor, an early SDC investment, has raised a $91.3 million series B funding, led by fellow alternative protein investor CPT Capital with significant commitment from WTT Investment Ltd. Link

More than 20 alternative meat startups raised about $1.4 billion from venture investors in the first seven months of 2020, according to a report from London-based investor network Farm Animal Investment Risk & Return, known as FAIRR. Link

Beyond Meat Inc., a leader in plant-based meat, and non-profit Social Change Fund have formed a partnership to fight disparities in the Black community through initiatives tied to social justice, education, and health equity. Link

“The development of alternative proteins is turning out to be one of the most important missions of our generation,” says Prof. Yaacov Nahmias, head of the bioengineering department at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. “In one stroke, this class of technologies can both help slow down climate change and ensure the nutritional security of future […]

After closing an over-subscribed seed round led by Stray Dog Capital, Grounded Foods co-founders Veronica Fil and Shaun Quade spoke with Vegconomist about their products, their goals, and the future of plant-based cheese. Link

Commissioned by the cell-based seafood maker BlueNalu, Rutgers University psychologist, William K. Hallman, PhD, tested the reactions of 3,000+ participants to seven possible product names. The term “cell-based” was found to the clearest and least confusing. Link

Stray Dog Capital announced Monday that it is the lead investor in the Series Seed round for Grounded Foods. “We are always looking for extraordinary players in the plant-based cheese category, and Grounded’s product and team exceeded our expectations in taste, creativity and strategy,” said Johnny Ream, Principal. Link

Stray Dog Capital’s Principal, Johnny Ream will join Barvecue’s Board of Directors. “We’re really excited to partner with the company and help bring Barvecue’s products to thousands of locations in the U.S. and beyond.” Link

“This agreement with Pulmuone represents our shared values and respect for healthy families, a healthy ocean, and a healthy planet,” said Lou Cooperhouse, president and CEO of BlueNalu a Stray Dog Capital portfolio company. Link

Gathered Foods, Stray Dog Capital portfolio company and the manufacturer of Good Catch plant-based seafood, is launching a new line of frozen seafood entrees and appetizers. Link

Madeline Haydon, Founder and CEO of nutpods discusses the impact of COVID-19 on her business and her response to the wave of protests calling for racial justice following the murder of George Floyd. Link

Kite Hill’s new butter offers a luxurious, creamy texture and the rich, European-style flavor you expect from animal butter, but without cows. Made from cultured almond milk, sunflower and coconut oils, it is sure to delight planet conscious epicureans everywhere. Link

Plant-based meal-kit provider Purple Carrot has launched a line of single-serve meals for sale in the frozen food sections of “most Whole Foods Market stores across the country.” Vegan convenience has never been easier. Link

Beyond Meat’s Chief Growth Officer, Chuck Muth discusses their new facility in the Netherlands, expansion into the European market, price parity, and the new even “meatier” recipe. Link

Miyoko’s has won round one in its legal fight with the State of California over its use of the term ‘butter’ on a plant-based product after a court rejected the State’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the brand in February. Link

Leveraging its custom chickpea ingredient technology, Nutriati, the manufacturing and technology partner of PLT Health Solutions, is introducing a new ingredient for plant-based, meat analogue solutions such as hamburgers, meatballs and pizza toppings, chicken, fish and pork products. Link

6 Israeli companies selected as tech pioneers by World Economic Forum Link

BlueNalu, a Stray Dog Capital portfolio company, has signed a lease for an expansion to its administrative, R&D and manufacturing space with a new facility in San Diego. BlueNalu has also recently expanded its team in its project management, technology, product development, and engineering areas, and anticipates doubling its staff to approximately 50 team members […]

Sunfed, a Stray Dog Capital portfolio company, is due to launch a new product line of plant-based bacon in New Zealand stores next week. Link

Available at Walmart, Target, and additional retailers in the US from the week of June 22, a limited-edition value pack of Beyond Burgers, called the Cookout Classic Value Pack, has been introduced in order to narrow the price gap between plant-based meat and animal protein for barbecue season. Link

Plant-based burger maker Beyond Meat is opening its first production facility in Europe as Covid-19 causes demand to spike for its products. Link

From June 17 Meatless Farm’s plant-based mince, burger patties and sausages will be available in 117 of Tesco’s largest stores, stretching from Hastings to Dundee. Link

Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA) has announced that it has invested in BlueNalu, the San Diego, California, U.S.A.-based company that is researching how to create cell-based seafood products. Link

New documentary “Meat the Future” teaches about cellular agriculture, and features portfolio company Memphis Meat’s CEO and scientists in doing so. Link

Allergen-friendly plant-based cheese brand GOOD PLANeT Foods has raised $12m in a series A round led by Cleveland Avenue, and supported by GreatPoint Ventures, Tasseo Consumer, Stray Dog Capital, and Lever VC. Link

Stray Dog Capital portfolio company Gathered Foods, the makers of Good Catch plant-based tuna, announced celebrities Woody Harrelson, Shailene Woodley, Paris Hilton and Lance Bass have invested in the company shortly after a $32M series B funding round this January. Link

One of Stray Dog Capital’s portfolio companies Blue Nalu is on the forefront of innovation – read more about why Paul Cuatrecasas, founder and CEO of Aquaa Partners, thinks the cellular aquaculture market will grow to generate over a trillion dollars a year within the next decade. Link

“Aleph Farms, Ltd., announced a goal to eliminate emissions associated with its meat production by 2025. The cultivated meat startup also plans to achieve the same net-zero emissions across its entire supply chain by 2030. The company’s new sustainability initiatives come as it gears up to begin active pilot-plant operations. It currently is working with […]

“Starbucks will debut Beyond Meat products on its menu in China on Wednesday. The global coffee chain created three dishes made with Beyond’s beef alternative and two made with a pork alternative from Hong Kong-based Omnipork as part of a far-reaching goal to become “resource positive.” Starbucks will also offer Oatly’s oat milk as a […]

“No Evil Foods, the scratch-made plant-based meat company, announced that they will continue to donate a portion of their products to support those in need throughout the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. At a time when demand for food is growing by the day, those in need are finding it increasingly difficult to find high-quality […]

“Biodesign company Geltor today announced Elastapure™, the newest ingredient in its portfolio of bioidentical active ingredients for the cosmetics industry. The first ever human elastin designed for topical skincare, Elastapure™ is the latest ingredient technology developed using Geltor’s biodesign platform. (PRNewsfoto/Geltor) A major component of human skin, elastin functions alongside collagen in the body and […]

GOOD PLANeT Foods, a premium plant-based food company known for its environmentally-friendly, delicious and meltable cheeses, has introduced Plant-Based Frozen Pizza, featuring industry pioneer, Beyond Meat. This innovation speaks to the changing category, being plant-based, kosher, halal, gluten free and Non-GMO Project Verified, as well as free from the top eight most common allergens. Soon […]

Alpha Foods, makers of convenient plant-based foods, today announced it raised $28 million in a funding round led by AccelFoods (AF), a leading venture capital fund and first institutional investor in prominent food and beverage companies such as Four Sigmatic and Koia. With this latest round of funding, AccelFoods, with mostly existing investment partners, including […]

Memphis Meats, one of the leading cell-based meat, poultry and seafood companies, has just announced the close of a $161 million funding round. This breakthrough round marks the largest funding moment in the history of the cell-based meat industry, and will likely enable Memphis Meats to reach the historic milestone of bringing its products to […]

“BlueNalu, a leading innovative food company developing seafood products directly from fish cells, today announced a strategic partnership with Nutreco, a global leader in animal nutrition and aquafeed. Nutreco’s aquafeed company, Skretting, is a world leader in the manufacture and supply of aquaculture feeds and an important link in the feed-to-food chain. The two companies […]

” Gathered Foods, makers of Good Catch® plant-based seafood products, today announced the closing of an oversubscribed Series B funding round, which includes two key strategic industry investors: Greenleaf Foods and 301 INC, the venture arm of General Mills. Led by Stray Dog Capital and Rocana Ventures and including several prominent impact investors such as […]