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$72.2m
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Arzeda is a biotechnology and software company designing custom microorganisms for industrial applications through computational enzyme design, protein optimization, and metabolic engineering.
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- Alexandre Zanghellini *********.***********@arzeda.com
- Walter G. Rakitsky ******.********@arzeda.com
- Eric Althoff ****.*******@seattlechildrens.org
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$406.4m
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Bolt Threads is a biotechnology company that makes high performance fabrics and materials using biology.
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- Dan Widmaier linkedin
- David Breslauer linkedin
- Ethan Mirsky ********@alum.mit.edu
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$711.5m
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Perfect Day Foods (formerly Muufri) engineered yeast capable of producing the proteins found in cows milk. They use these proteins to make their own line of animal-free dairy products.
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- Ryan Pandya ****@perfectday.com
- Perumal Gandhi *******.******@perfectday.com
- Isha Datar ****@new-harvest.org
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$551.0m
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Eat Just is a San Francisco based food technology company founded in 2011. The company is known for its bean-based egg substitute called Just Egg. Eat Just also produces egg-free mayonnaise.
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$1.9b
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Apeel Sciences is a company that develops treatments to prevent spoilage of fruits and vegetables using molecules naturally found in peels, which maintain moisture and keep out oxygen.
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- James Rogers *****@apeel.com
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$3.0b
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Commonwealth Fusion Systems is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based research and development company developing fusion power systems based on ARC tokamak reactors.
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- Bob Mumgaard ***@cfs.energy
- Dan Brunner ***@cfs.energy
- Martin Greenwald (Scientist) linkedin
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$295.0m
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Califia Farms makes plant-based dairy products (primarily almond based) such as plant-based milks, plant-based creamers, juices, and dairy-free probiotic yoghurts. The company was founded in 2010 by Greg Steltenpohl and is located in San Joaquin Valley, California.
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$104.5m
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A cellular agriculture company making fresh and frozen cultured seafood products.
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- Christopher Somogyi
- Chris Dammann ********@bluenalu.com
- Lou Cooperhouse ************@bluenalu.com
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$24.2m
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Seattle Food Tech is a food manufacturing technology and production company producing plant-based meats. They make plant-based food and plant-based chicken nuggets.
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$286.6m
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SparkCognition is an artificial intelligence and cybersecurity company offering cognitive computing analytics for the information technology, operational technology, and the internet of things (IoT) industries.
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- Amir Husain ****@nvg8.io
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$21.2m
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Wild Earth is a biotechnology company using cellular agriculture to produce high-protein pet food.
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- Ryan Bethencourt ****@wildearth.com
- Ron Shigeta linkedin
- Abril Estrada linkedin
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$32.0m
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Air Protein is a Berkeley-based biotechnology company producing protein with microorganisms that are fed carbon dioxide in a mission to replace animal agriculture.
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- Lisa Dyson ****.*****@airprotein.com
- John Reed
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$25.0m
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Hungry Planet is a food technology startup company founded in 2016 by siblings Todd and Jody Boyman. Hungry Planet is located in St.Louis, Missouri, and produces plant-based meats. The company offers beef, Italian sausage, chorizo, chicken, pork, crab and turkey - available in chubs (ground), crumble and patties.
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$500.0k
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Ocean Hugger Foods is making a plant-based raw tuna substitute called Ahimi out of a mixture of 5 ingredients; tomatoes, filtered water, soy sauce, sesame oil, and sugar. The company is located in New York City, New York and was founded in 2015.
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$1.1b
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Pivot Bio is a company that creates technology that is focused on nitrogen fixation in cereal crops through microbes.It was founded in 2010 and is located in Berkeley, California.
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- Karsten Temme *******@pivotbio.com
- Alvin Tamsir
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$120.0m
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Daily Harvest is a New York City-based company founded in 2015 by Rachel Drori.
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$82.7m
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Good Catch is a New York-based food technology company focused on the production of plant-based seafood alternatives.
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$81.1m
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Meati Foods is a Colorado-based alternative meat company.
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- Justin Whiteley ******@meati.com
- Tyler Huggins *****.*******@inventwood.com
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$15.0m
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Biotechnology company developing proteins from algae for animal and human health and address world's food shortages
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Because Animals is a pet food and cellular agriculture technology company founded in 2016 by Shannon Falconer and Joshua Erret, and is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Because Animals makes 100% animal-free pet foods, treats, and supplements.
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Roquette is a French company focused on the production of plant-based food and nutrition ingredients for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. The company was founded in 1933 by Dominique & Germain Roquette, and is headquartered in Lestrem, Nord-Pas-De-Calais, France.
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$1.2m
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Bond Pet Foods is a biotechnology company located in Nederland, Colorado, founded in 2015 by Rich Kelleman. Bond Pet Foods is making "cruelty free" real animal protein pet foods using cellular agriculture.
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$851.0m
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Nature's Fynd is a biotechnology company growing edible proteins founded in 2012.
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$1.0m
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Sophie's Kitchen is a plant-based vegan seafood company located in Dover,Kent County, DE and founded by Eugene Wang in 2010. The company is producing vegan seafood such as crab meat, shrimp, scallops, tuna and salmon.
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$274.2m
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Calysta is a biotechnology company seeking to improve worldwide food security through making animal feed. The company is based out of Menlo Park, California and was founded in 2012 by Josh Silverman.
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- David McElroy *****@mcelroyconsultingllc.com
- Alan Shaw linkedin
- Josh Silverman twitter
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$44.0m
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C16 Biosciences is a biotechnology company making alternatives to palm oil founded in 2018 by Shara Ticku, David Heller and Harry McNamara.
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- Harry McNamara *****@c16bio.com
- David Heller (entrepreneur) *****@c16bio.com
- Shara Ticku *****@c16bio.com
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$150.0m
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Nobell Foods is a San Francisco-based alternative protein manufacturer focused on developing and manufacturing plant-based dairy alternatives.
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$8.0m
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Improved Nature is a plant-based food technology company operating out of Garner, North Carolina that was founded in 2015 by Richard Hawkins, Steve Klawiter, Larry Chandler, Moshe Meidan and Sarid Shefet.
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$146.5m
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A technology company making a air purifier using nanotechnology to destroy pollutants.
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- Yogi Goswami *******@usf.edu
- Dilip Goswami ********@molekule.com
- Jaya Rao *******@molekule.com
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$1.0b
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Farmers Business Network is a company that utilizes data to provide enterprise solutions for farmers.
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$28.3m
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Verdigris is a California-based company developing smart grid and energy management technology aided by artificial intelligence. It was founded by Mark Chung, Thomas Chung, and Jonathan Chu.
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- Mark Chung (entrepreneur) ****@verdigris.co
- Thomas Chung (entrepreneur)
- Jonathan Chu (entrepreneur)
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$250.0k
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Local Motors is an American motor vehicle manufacturing company that is interested in providing low-volume vehicle manufacturing
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$3.0b
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Convoy is a trucking and logistics company that utilizes technology to connect shippers with carriers and book services.
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$21.0m
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A company that cultures human mammary cells and produces custom and commercial lab-grown breastmilk. It was founded in 2020 and is located in Durham, North Carolina.
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- Leila Strickland *****.**********@biomilq.com
- Michelle Egger ********.*****@biomilq.com
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$61.8k
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The Herbivorous Butcher is a vegan meat shop creating meat-free meats and cheese-free cheeses. Siblings Aubry and Kale Walch founded The Herbivorous Butcher in 2013 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with the mission to promote healthy and ethical eating.
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- Aubry Walch *****@theherbivorousbutcher.com
- Kale Walch ****@theherbivorousbutcher.com
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Spero Foods is a food and data analytics company located in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2016 by Phaedra Anestassia using data analytics to make plant-based diary and egg alternatives.
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$2.7b
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Nikola Motor Company is a Phoenix, Arizona-based automotive company founded in 2014 by Trevor Milton.
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$617.5m
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Bowery Farming is a New York-based agriculture company focused on building indoor vertical farms.
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- Brian Falther linkedin
- Irving Fain ******@boweryfarming.com
- David Golden *****@standardbots.com
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$25.4m
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Biosortia is a therapeutics, agrochemical and cosmetics company developing products from microbial small molecules through microbiome mining.
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$5.1m
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Plantible Foods provides sustainable, non-GMO plant-based proteins to food manufacturers, aiming to reshape the future of food by addressing the challenges of nutrition, taste, and environmental impact.
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- Maurits van de Ven *******@plantiblefoods.com
- Tony Martens *********@gmail.com
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$54.4m
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Vitrolabs is a San Francisco based company developing lab-grown leather and pelts for fashion and interiors, with aspirations to use their platform to grow human organs.
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- Dusko Ilic *****@vitrolabsinc.com
- Ingvar Helgason ******@vitrolabsinc.com
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$695.0m
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Aurora Solar is a San Francisco-based developer of solar design, proposal, and sales software.
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- Samuel Adeyemo linkedin
- Christopher Hopper *******@aurorasolar.com
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$28.5m
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A food and beverage company using cellular agriculture to make cow cheese.
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- Inja Radman ****@newculture.com
- Matt Kendall
- Matt Gibson ****@newculture.com
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$7.1m
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The Better Meat Co is a food technology company located in Sacramento, California, and founded by Paul Shaprio and Joanna Bromley in 2018, making plant-based proteins for food service providers and meat processors.
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- Joanna Bromley linkedin
- Paul Shapiro ****.*******@bettermeat.co
- Christian Edler ******@post.harvard.edu
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$297.6m
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MycoTechnology is a privately owned company that was founded in 2013 and based in Aurora, Colorado.
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$528.2m
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Stem is a Millbrae, California-based developer of solutions for energy consumption through a combination of data, predictive analytics, and energy storage to reduce energy costs.
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- Brian Thompson (entrepreneur) linkedin
- Skip Franks
- John Carrington ****.**********@stem.com
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$20.0m
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CleanSpark is a company founded by S. Matthew Schultz.
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$90.0m
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Checkerspot is a Berkeley, California-based materials innovation company.
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- Scott Franklin *********@checkerspot.com
- Charles Dimmler linkedin
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$1.2b
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Indigo is an agricultural technology company utilizing natural microbiology and digital technologies to improve farmers' profitability, environmental sustainability and consumer health.
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- Rahul Bhatia *****.******@goindigo.in
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$24.0m
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Shiru is a food technology company developing enhanced proteins for food. It was founded in 2019 and is located in the United States.
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$225.0m
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FreeWire Technologies is a San Leandro, California-based provider of battery systems for electric vehicle charging and mobile distributed power.
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- Luv Kothari linkedin
- Sanat Kamal Bahl ***********@mba.berkeley.edu
- Arcady Sosinov linkedin
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$875.0m
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Sila Nanotechnologies is an Alameda, California-based company engineered materials company focused on improving energy storage.
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- Gene Berdichevsky linkedin
- Alex Jacobs *******@silanano.com
- Gleb Yushin *******@silanano.com
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$162.0m
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Sense is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based developer and distributor of energy tracking and automation solutions. Sense specializes in tracking devices and home automation solutions for its customers.
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- Christopher Micali
- Ryan Houlette
- Mike Phillips ****.********@sense.com
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$52.9m
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EV Connect is a company founded in 2009 by Jordan Ramer.
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$30.0m
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A food and beverage company focused on making sustainable coconut based products.
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$428.1m
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A food company making dairy-free plant-based milk and dairy products.
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- Neil Renninger linkedin
- Adam Lowry ****@ripplefoods.com
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$14.0m
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Wicked Kitchen is a vegan food brand started by Derek and Chad Sarno in February, 2016. Wicked healthy makes plant-based recipes for vegans and meat eaters that are made available through their website and Wicked Healthy Cookbook.
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- Derek Sarno *****@wickedkitchen.com
- Chad Sarno ****@wickedkitchen.com
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$109.7m
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TerViva is an Alameda, California-based food and agriculture technology company that produces pongamia trees with oil and protein-rich beans, similar to soybean, for plant-based food ingredients.
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$2.7m
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Holy Grail is focused on the development of autonomous research systems dedicated to material science and chemistry with the goal of replacing the use of fossil fuels with electro-chemical battery solutions.
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$2.3m
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Melt is a brand of plant-based non-GMO, soy-free, and nut-free vegan butters and spreads offered by Prosperity Organic Foods. The company was founded by Cygnia Rapp in 2008, and is headquartered in Boise, Idaho.
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$4.3m
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SunP Biotech is a biotechnology company founded by Wei Sun in 2014, making bioprinters, bioinks, and offering biotechnology services out of Cherry Hill, New Jersey and Beijing, China.
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$72.0m
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OhmConnect is a company founded in 2013 by Curtis Tongue, Matt Duesterberg and Cadir Lee.
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- Matt Duesterberg ****.***********@ohmconnect.com
- Cadir Lee *****.***@ohmconnect.com
- Curtis Tongue ******.******@ohmconnect.com
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$10.1m
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Van Leeuwen Ice Cream LLC is a produces artisan plant-based and dairy-based ice creams founded in 2008.
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$596.1m
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Inari is a biotechnology and agricultural technology company
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- Ponsi Trivisvavet ************@inari.com
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$28.6m
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Evrnu is a Seattle-based developer of technology to recycle cotton garment waste into renewable textiles.
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$2.6m
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R&D lab focused on energy, manufacturing, & innovation.
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$45.5m
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Arcimoto is a company founded in 2007 by Mark Frohnmayer.
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- Mark Frohnmayer
- Mark Frohnmayer ****.**********@arcimoto.com
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$25.0m
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Airspace Systems uses machine vision and deep learning to detect anomalies and classify rogue drones.
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- Noah Moore ****@airspace.co
- Earl Stirling linkedin
- Jaz Banga linkedin
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$85.0m
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GHGSat is a Montreal-based company developing sensors to monitor industrial emissions.