VegInvest is a venture capital firm making early stage investments in products and services which replace the use of animal products. They invest in food technology and biotechnology companies working to improve the taste, safety, and cost of plant-based products. VegInvest also invests in restaurants and fast food chains offering plant-based alternatives to traditional animal-based food products. Notable companies VegInvest has invested in include: New Wave Foods, Geltor, Super Meat, Just Inc., No Evil Foods, and Mosa Meat.
Timeline
People
Amy Trakinski
Managing Director
Jody Rasch
Managing Trustee
Further reading
Investors Form the "Vegan Mafia" to Help Ethical Businesses Succeed
Livekindly
Web
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
VBT 076: Interview with Jody Rasch of VegInvest Trust vegan investment fund
June 24, 2017
Companies
Algama
Alpha Plant Based
BlueNalu
Clara Foods
Emulate
Fig Food Co.
Geltor
Good Catch Foods
Just Inc.
Lighter
Mosa Meat
New Wave Foods
No Evil Foods
Nut Pods
Purple Carrot
Seattle Food Tech
Shouk
SuperMeat
Veggie Grill
VitroLabs Inc
Wild Earth
Yofix
References
Contributors
- 1
Dawson Sewell
Dawson Sewell is a STEM journalist and biologist seeking to explore startups and their technologies. - 2
Melanie Manipula
Researcher, writer and a former librarian - 3
Alex Dean
Masters in Biostatistics/Epidemiology @ UC Berkeley | BA in Biology @ Wesleyan University - 4
Robert Yaman
Clean meat - 5
Ryan Wilson
Building software companies by day; musician, cyclist, baker, traveler by night. - 6
Carla Faraguna
Golden People and Operations.