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Launched in 2015 in Brussels, EIT Food was established by the not-for-profit European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) and funded by the European Union as an investor and accelerator. Its aim is to support mainly European startups in foodtech areas ranging from traceability to alternative proteins, with sustainability a key deciding factor in the startups it backs from pre-seed to Series-B level. The organization currently has 55 startups in its portfolio, which raised more than €91m in investments in 2020. Its most recent investments include 700,000 Swiss francs (€637,000) in the seed round in January 2021 of Swiss biotech SwissDeCode, a company that applies DNA testing to food traceability. Another investment was the December 2020 €900,000 seed round of Spanish compostable-packaging tech Food Sourcing Specialists.
Launched in 2015 in Brussels, EIT Food was established by the not-for-profit European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) and funded by the European Union as an investor and accelerator. Its aim is to support mainly European startups in foodtech areas ranging from traceability to alternative proteins, with sustainability a key deciding factor in the startups it backs from pre-seed to Series-B level. The organization currently has 55 startups in its portfolio, which raised more than €91m in investments in 2020. Its most recent investments include 700,000 Swiss francs (€637,000) in the seed round in January 2021 of Swiss biotech SwissDeCode, a company that applies DNA testing to food traceability. Another investment was the December 2020 €900,000 seed round of Spanish compostable-packaging tech Food Sourcing Specialists.
Founder and CEO of Wendy's Choice
Former editor-in-chief at Trends Media Group (publisher of Harper’s Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Trends Home in China), where she was the publisher and editor-in-chief of “Good Housekeeper” and “Good Housekeeping” for eight years. Wen Jie graduated from the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology and Kent State University (media studies), USA.
Former editor-in-chief at Trends Media Group (publisher of Harper’s Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Trends Home in China), where she was the publisher and editor-in-chief of “Good Housekeeper” and “Good Housekeeping” for eight years. Wen Jie graduated from the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology and Kent State University (media studies), USA.
Lever VC was founded in 2018 by Nick Cooney, an early investor of Beyond Meat and Memphis Meats. He is also the co-founder of Good Food Institute. Lever has currently invested in 14 startups from the US, Europe, Asia and Latin America.Focused on investments in early-stage alternative protein companies, the firm announced the first close of its Lever VC Fund I in August 2020, with its fourth close at $46m in April 2021. The final close will be completed by June 2021. Investors in the fund include NFL and NBA athletes, British nobility, food businesses, alt-protein companies and family offices as limited partners.In June 2020, Lever launched a $28m joint investment fund and accelerator to invest in Chinese plant-based and cell-cultivated meat and dairy companies. The Lever China Alternative Protein Fund will invest RMB 40m in alt-protein companies in mainland China over the next four years.
Lever VC was founded in 2018 by Nick Cooney, an early investor of Beyond Meat and Memphis Meats. He is also the co-founder of Good Food Institute. Lever has currently invested in 14 startups from the US, Europe, Asia and Latin America.Focused on investments in early-stage alternative protein companies, the firm announced the first close of its Lever VC Fund I in August 2020, with its fourth close at $46m in April 2021. The final close will be completed by June 2021. Investors in the fund include NFL and NBA athletes, British nobility, food businesses, alt-protein companies and family offices as limited partners.In June 2020, Lever launched a $28m joint investment fund and accelerator to invest in Chinese plant-based and cell-cultivated meat and dairy companies. The Lever China Alternative Protein Fund will invest RMB 40m in alt-protein companies in mainland China over the next four years.
Catalan Finance Institute (ICF)
Owned by the Catalan Government, the Catalan Finance Institute (ICF) is a public institution that offers a range of financing solutions, including loans and venture capital. ICF aims to boost private angel and seed investments within the Catalan entrepreneurial ecosystem, while diversifying its investment sources. In 2012, ICF started investing in early-stage startups based in the Catalan territory, providing equity loans of between €50,000 and €200,000. It also participates in syndicated funding within a network of Catalan business angels.
Owned by the Catalan Government, the Catalan Finance Institute (ICF) is a public institution that offers a range of financing solutions, including loans and venture capital. ICF aims to boost private angel and seed investments within the Catalan entrepreneurial ecosystem, while diversifying its investment sources. In 2012, ICF started investing in early-stage startups based in the Catalan territory, providing equity loans of between €50,000 and €200,000. It also participates in syndicated funding within a network of Catalan business angels.
Yangtze Delta Region Institute of Tsinghua University, Zhejiang
Yangtze Delta Region Research Institute of Tsinghua University, Zhejiang was co-founded by the provincial government of Zhejiang and Tsinghua University in 2003 for tech transfer. It has set up over 50 R&D platforms in the areas of life sciences, digital creativity, information technology and ecological environment and 11 offshore incubators in the US, UK, Germany and Australia. The institute manages over RMB 7.5bn of assets and also makes investments through its sub-funds with a total size of more than RMB 10bn. So far, it has incubated and invested in over 2,500 companies, 35 of whom have gone public or been acquired by listed companies.
Yangtze Delta Region Research Institute of Tsinghua University, Zhejiang was co-founded by the provincial government of Zhejiang and Tsinghua University in 2003 for tech transfer. It has set up over 50 R&D platforms in the areas of life sciences, digital creativity, information technology and ecological environment and 11 offshore incubators in the US, UK, Germany and Australia. The institute manages over RMB 7.5bn of assets and also makes investments through its sub-funds with a total size of more than RMB 10bn. So far, it has incubated and invested in over 2,500 companies, 35 of whom have gone public or been acquired by listed companies.
Founded in Berlin in 2016, Atlantic Food Labs’ mission is to support startups with the potential to feed 10bn people by 2050. It has supported 20 companies to date and its most recent investments include in the German healthy last-minute delivery service Gorillas’ $290m Series B round and in the €5.9m seed round of B2B German retail connection service Magaloop in March 2021.
Founded in Berlin in 2016, Atlantic Food Labs’ mission is to support startups with the potential to feed 10bn people by 2050. It has supported 20 companies to date and its most recent investments include in the German healthy last-minute delivery service Gorillas’ $290m Series B round and in the €5.9m seed round of B2B German retail connection service Magaloop in March 2021.
Co-Founder and COO of Zuoyehezi (Homework Box)
Baidu’s former manager, in strategic cooperation; following years of working in secondary education. Good friend of Liu’s for many years.
Baidu’s former manager, in strategic cooperation; following years of working in secondary education. Good friend of Liu’s for many years.
CEO of NutraSign
The co-founder and CEO of NutraSign Abraham Gómez Toro is passionate about creating apps for good causes. His road safety app "Watch Out" won him a scholarship at an international design competition "Creative Diary 2013" run by the Institute of European Design (IED).Originally from Venezuela, he studied graphic design at IED Madrid in 2014 and completed a master’s course at the Animum Creativity Advanced School in Malaga in 2018. Based in Madrid, he also works as a creative director at nutri-holistic products company Biomol Care SL and as a visual designer for e-learning site Banana Exams.
The co-founder and CEO of NutraSign Abraham Gómez Toro is passionate about creating apps for good causes. His road safety app "Watch Out" won him a scholarship at an international design competition "Creative Diary 2013" run by the Institute of European Design (IED).Originally from Venezuela, he studied graphic design at IED Madrid in 2014 and completed a master’s course at the Animum Creativity Advanced School in Malaga in 2018. Based in Madrid, he also works as a creative director at nutri-holistic products company Biomol Care SL and as a visual designer for e-learning site Banana Exams.
Advanced sous-vide aseptic packaging (ASAP) technology extending the shelf-life of food to two years without refrigeration, preservatives or chemicals, potentially disrupting cold chain logistics
Advanced sous-vide aseptic packaging (ASAP) technology extending the shelf-life of food to two years without refrigeration, preservatives or chemicals, potentially disrupting cold chain logistics
Co-Founder and Chairman of iGrow
Agricultural and food engineer Muhaimin Iqbal graduated from Bogor Institute of Agriculture in 1985. He has over 10 years of experience in the plantation sector and has founded several companies including 101 Salad and Natural Resources Indonesia. He is currently the chairman for Gerai Dinar Group, Indonesia Waqf Fund Foundation, Biomass Energy Indonesia and Badr Interactive.
Agricultural and food engineer Muhaimin Iqbal graduated from Bogor Institute of Agriculture in 1985. He has over 10 years of experience in the plantation sector and has founded several companies including 101 Salad and Natural Resources Indonesia. He is currently the chairman for Gerai Dinar Group, Indonesia Waqf Fund Foundation, Biomass Energy Indonesia and Badr Interactive.
Affordable, healthy and tasty prepped meal kits that busy office workers can order online, pick up on their way home and cook in five minutes.
Affordable, healthy and tasty prepped meal kits that busy office workers can order online, pick up on their way home and cook in five minutes.
Shopping concierge, Kufed, wants to be Indonesia’s coolest virtual hangout for the latest global lifestyle and fashion trends; offering exciting products without any hassle.
Shopping concierge, Kufed, wants to be Indonesia’s coolest virtual hangout for the latest global lifestyle and fashion trends; offering exciting products without any hassle.
CTO and co-founder of The Not Company (NotCo)
Karim Pichara has a PhD in Computer Science from the Catholic University of Chile where he has been working for over 10 years since 2010. From 2011, Karim Pichara has also been working as a research associate at the Institute of Applied Computer Science, Harvard University, specializing in data mining and machine learning for astronomy. In November 2015, while at Harvard, Pichara and Matías Muchnick co-founded a plant-based foodtech, The Not Company (NotCo). Pichara became the CTO and headed the development of NotCo’s algorithm called “Giuseppe” that can analyze molecular structures of animal-based food to create similar plant-based food that cater to the human perception of taste and texture.
Karim Pichara has a PhD in Computer Science from the Catholic University of Chile where he has been working for over 10 years since 2010. From 2011, Karim Pichara has also been working as a research associate at the Institute of Applied Computer Science, Harvard University, specializing in data mining and machine learning for astronomy. In November 2015, while at Harvard, Pichara and Matías Muchnick co-founded a plant-based foodtech, The Not Company (NotCo). Pichara became the CTO and headed the development of NotCo’s algorithm called “Giuseppe” that can analyze molecular structures of animal-based food to create similar plant-based food that cater to the human perception of taste and texture.
CEO and founder of Les Noveaux Affineurs
Nour Akbaraly completed a master’s in engineering at Centrale Lille and also a master’s in applied mathematics at Lille University in 2010. In 2011, Akbaraly joined industrial manufacturing consultancy firm Avencore as a consultant in Paris.The avid photographer and F&B enthusiast also went to various tea-tasting classes at a tea specialist college until 2015. Passionate about gastronomy, he began exploring alt-protein alternatives to address the environmental and ethical challenges of food supply chains.In 2016, he went on an engineering training course for agronomy and agri-food at AgroSup Dijon, the National Institute of Agronomic, Food and Environmental Sciences.A year later, he founded Les Noveaux Affineurs, a startup specializing in plant-based alternatives to cheese. His ambition is to create a new range of French gastronomic vegan cheese products for consumers in France and overseas.Since 2010, Akbaraly is also a volunteer at the Action Contre la Faim, a Paris-based international NGO founded in 1979. The “Action Against Hunger” projects include running awareness campaigns on food security issues in colleges and schools in France and other countries like India and Sudan.
Nour Akbaraly completed a master’s in engineering at Centrale Lille and also a master’s in applied mathematics at Lille University in 2010. In 2011, Akbaraly joined industrial manufacturing consultancy firm Avencore as a consultant in Paris.The avid photographer and F&B enthusiast also went to various tea-tasting classes at a tea specialist college until 2015. Passionate about gastronomy, he began exploring alt-protein alternatives to address the environmental and ethical challenges of food supply chains.In 2016, he went on an engineering training course for agronomy and agri-food at AgroSup Dijon, the National Institute of Agronomic, Food and Environmental Sciences.A year later, he founded Les Noveaux Affineurs, a startup specializing in plant-based alternatives to cheese. His ambition is to create a new range of French gastronomic vegan cheese products for consumers in France and overseas.Since 2010, Akbaraly is also a volunteer at the Action Contre la Faim, a Paris-based international NGO founded in 1979. The “Action Against Hunger” projects include running awareness campaigns on food security issues in colleges and schools in France and other countries like India and Sudan.
Toyota AI Ventures, the venture capital arm of the Toyota Research Institute, is a Silicon Valley-based fund investing globally in startups with cutting-edge solutions in the AI, smart-mobility, autonomy, robotics, data and cloud spaces while leveraging the global expertise and technical resources of the Toyota Group.In 2015 Toyota created the Toyota Research Institute aiming to support the research on next-generation mobility, robotics and new materials. Toyota AI Ventures was founded in 2017 with initial funding of $100m.
Toyota AI Ventures, the venture capital arm of the Toyota Research Institute, is a Silicon Valley-based fund investing globally in startups with cutting-edge solutions in the AI, smart-mobility, autonomy, robotics, data and cloud spaces while leveraging the global expertise and technical resources of the Toyota Group.In 2015 Toyota created the Toyota Research Institute aiming to support the research on next-generation mobility, robotics and new materials. Toyota AI Ventures was founded in 2017 with initial funding of $100m.
Chinese DIY robotics startup Makeblock enters the classroom
Present in more than 140 countries, this ambitious startup is taking global STEM education by storm
Consumers Trust: The company that gives consumers a voice
Consumers Trust has become Portugal's go-to company for customer complaint resolution; it is seeking funding to enable it to replicate its success in new markets
Allread MLT: SaaS that auto detects and turns text, codes and symbols into data
Helping quick digitalization of industries and supply chains, Allread MLT is disrupting traditional OCR with its computer vision technology and neural networks
ZiCare: Digitalizing Indonesia's healthcare system, one hospital at a time
Supported by the health ministry, ZiCare is raising $1.5m to attract more hospitals and clinics to use its platform for administration, patient records and insurance claims
HighPitch 2020: Goers wins Indonesia's national startup competition
Event ticketing startup Goers gains new revenue streams with pivot to helping leisure spots go online; hotel SaaS Izy and on-demand medical testing service CekLab also in top three
Wondaswim recycles dumped fishing nets to make sustainable swimwear, reduce ocean pollution
Lisbon-based startup by German co-founders creates sustainable swimwear for all body sizes, targeted at millennials
Ecojoko: Using AI, real-time data to save electricity
The French startup’s energy-saving assistant and mobile app show how much electricity is being used and how much can be saved for every household appliance
Kryha: Enabling big businesses' green practices with blockchain
Kryha’s blockchain systems help companies trace the movement and transformation of resources among multiple stakeholders without exposing sensitive information
Algobash: SaaS for more effective IT hiring in Indonesia
With its remote assessment and automated interview platform, Algobash seeks faster, fairer and more inclusive recruitment and training of coders, to support tech growth in Indonesia
With universal QR code, Indonesia achieves e-payment harmony
The move to standardize Indonesia's QR code is expected to unify the country's cashless payments system and lift tens of thousands of small merchants into the payments mainstream
BeePlanet Factory: Recycling EV batteries as a sustainable, profitable business
With 4kWh–200kWh residential and industrial battery packs, the Pamplona-based startup wants to scale its energy storage solutions in the agri-food sector, camping sites and mountain huts
Koinpack tackles Indonesia's sachet waste problem with refillable bottles
Partnering with FMCG companies, Koinpack is making small amounts of household consumables available to lower-income groups without using traditional sachet packaging
Creatio Energy Systems: From personal hobby to Iberian enabler of IoT technology
Creatio develops fully compatible sensors with a matching SaaS platform, meeting fast-growing IoT demand in Spain, where there are only a few local players
UPDATE: Indonesian mPOS startup Cashlez raises IDR 85bn from IPO in May
Cashlez is the first fintech company to list on the Indonesia Stock Exchange; will spend over 60% of proceeds to acquire payments company in toll road market
BioMind: AI medical diagnostics with over 90% accuracy for 100 diseases
BioMind helps doctors save lives by providing more accurate diagnosis of life-threatening diseases like Covid-19 and brain tumors
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