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| 09.08.2026 | “Climate resilience” platform ClimateAi winds down operations | ClimateAi, a San Francisco-based startup utilizing long-range forecasting tools to help food and ag firms adapt to a changing climate, has ceased operations, two years after ag intelligence platform Gro Intelligence called it quits.
The fir... |
| 18.03.2024 | Alternative cooking oils are taking over restaurant kitchens | Kat Odell | Bloomberg News (TNS)
Over the past half-dozen years, one of America’s most dependable, all-purpose pantry staples has taken a severe hit to its reputation.
Vegetable oil is key to cooking an infinite variety of food, whether fri... |
| 25.08.2023 | The Holy Meat Grail: The 6 Startups Making Plant-Based Whole-Cut Beef Steak | 6 Mins Read Recreating animal muscle tissues from plants is like climbing a mountain – and this is why whole cuts have been referred to as the ‘holy grail’ of plant-based meat. While most vegan meat companies stick to mince, these six start... |
| 04.08.2023 | Robert Downey Jr-Backed Chunk Foods’ Plant-Based Whole Cuts Added to Charley’s Steak House Menu | 3 Mins Read Israeli startup Chunk Foods‘ plant-based whole-cut meat is now on the menu at Charley’s Steak House in Orlando – the first time a steakhouse chain is offering a vegan alternative. Backed by Robert Downey Jr’s VC firm FootPrint C... |
| 07.07.2023 | The A-List Investors: Top Celebrities Diving into the World of Startups | USA ~
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Remember when Captain America (played by Chris Evans) challenged Iron Man (played by Robert Downey Jr.) in the Avengers movie (2012), saying, “Big man in a suit of armor. Take that off, what are you?” Tony Stark, without miss... |
| 27.04.2023 | BREAKING: Chunk Foods gears up for US launch of plant-based whole cuts following $15m seed round | Israeli startup Chunk Foods is gearing up to launch whole cuts of plant-based meat in the US foodservice market this summer after raising a sizeable seed round ($15 million) late last year to expand its fermentation-based platform.
The inve... |
| 18.01.2023 | Top 10 alternative protein startups brought in $1.3bn in 2022 vs $2.3bn in 2021 | It’s been a tough few months for alternative protein startups, particularly those developing plant-based meat, dairy, and seafood alternatives (as opposed to those in the cellular agriculture space).
Sure, it’s been tough for startups acros... |
| 07.12.2022 | BREAKING: Sound Agriculture lands $75m to expand nitrogen enhancing product overseas | US-based Sound Agriculture has raised a $75 million Series D to expand its crop nutrient and plant breeding businesses. New investors BMO Impact Investment Fund and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative led the round. FootPrint Coalition and returning... |
| 19.05.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Downey Jr’s Footprint backs Motif; Unilever joins $1bn regen ag fund | One of India’s leading food and restaurant delivery services made another big-ticket acquisition this week, while alt-protein producers raised several early-stage rounds. Upstream, Unilever joined a new $1.06 billion fund to accelerate adop... |
| 18.05.2022 | Robert Downey Jr.’s FootPrint Coalition Invests in Motif Foodworks For “New-to-the-World” Plant-Based Foods | Robert Downey Jr.’s FootPrint Coalition Ventures invests in Boston’s Motif Foodworks to create next gen plant-based foods “moving beyond animal mimicry” into new product categories, as the company simultaneously announces its launch into fo... |
| 27.04.2022 | 29 Marvel Cinematic Universe stars, ranked from least to most successful | Entertainment 29 Marvel Cinematic Universe stars, ranked from least to most successful
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| 15.04.2022 | Robert Downey Jr. Secures Book Deal For Carbon Footprint Reduction Manual | 4 Mins Read
Robert Downey Jr. has announced he is writing a book to help readers lower their carbon footprint in partnership with bestselling environmental author Thomas Kostigen. Cool Food: Erasing Your Carbon Footprint One Bite at a Time ... |
| 23.02.2022 | 14 climate tech investors share their H1 2022 strategies | Almost the same size as Florida, global warming has made Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier increasingly unstable. This month, researchers are attempting to reach the “Doomsday Glacier” for study, but icebergs are slowing their progress.
The cli... |
| 22.02.2022 | Brief: Wildtype reels in $100m to make sushi-grade cultivated salmon ‘ubiquitous’ | Cultivated seafood company Wildtype has raised a $100 million Series B “to make its product ubiquitous,” according to TechCrunch, which broke the news. L Catterton, Cargill, Bezos Expeditions, Temasek, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Robert Downey J... |
| 03.09.2021 | 27 Marvel Cinematic Universe stars, ranked from least to most successful | The Avengers in their first MCU film. Disney
We ranked 27 different Marvel stars from least to most successful based on a number of factors.
The list features titular characters, like Iron Man, Thor, and all of the Guardians of the Galaxy.
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| 26.08.2021 | AgFunder raises $21m for New Carnivore alt-protein fund from ADM, Alexandria & others | Disclosure: AgFunder is AFN’s parent company.
Agrifoodtech VC AgFunder has announced the final close of New Carnivore, its alternative protein fund, on $21 million.
The fund was oversubscribed, surpassing its hard cap.
ADM Ventures, the VC ... |
| 22.07.2021 | Plant-based cheesemaker Nobell Foods nets $75m from a16z, AgFunder & Breakthrough Energy | Disclosure: AFN’s parent company AgFunder is an investor in Nobell Foods.
Alt-protein startup Nobell Foods has raised $75 million in a Series B round led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) – the climate-focused investment group founded b... |
| 15.04.2021 | Atlast raises $40m to make mycelium-based whole cuts | US alt-protein startup Atlast has raised $40 million in a Series A round led by Viking Global Investors. Also participating in the round were 40 North – an investment fund affiliated with building materials manufacturer Standard Industries ... |
| 13.04.2021 | Ÿnsect acquires Protifarm to raise insects for human consumption | French insect protein startup Ÿnsect announced this morning that it has acquired Netherlands counterpart Protifarm, which raises mealworms for human food applications.
At the start of the year, the European Food Safety Authority announced i... |
| 03.03.2021 | Bill Gates and Robert Downey Jr. Takes $80 Million Bet on Electric Motor Company | Turntide |
| 03.03.2021 | Bill Gates and Robert Downey Jr. Takes $80 Million Bet on Electric Motor Company | Turntide
Turntide Technologies (Turntide), which makes a smart motor system for buildings that can sharply reduce energy consumption, has completed an $80 million funding round.
The funding is backed by Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventu... |
| 03.03.2021 | Bill Gates and Amazon join $80M funding round for Turntide electric motor venture | Turntide’s Smart Motor System relies on switched reluctance motor technology. (Turntide Photo)
Turntide Technologies, a Silicon Valley venture that’s retooling electric motors for the 21st century, says it has completed an $80 million fundi... |
| 03.03.2021 | Firms backed by Robert Downey Jr. and Bill Gates have funded an electric motor company that slashes energy consumption | Sometimes the smallest innovations can have the biggest impacts on the world’s efforts to stop global climate change. Arguably, one of the biggest contributors in the fight against climate change to date has been the switch to the humble LE... |
| 03.02.2021 | Robert Downey Jr. Invests $10M+ of Own Money on a Mission to Save the Planet | Actor Robert Downey Jr. has put at least $10 million of his own fortune into the launch of a new rolling venture investment fund called Footprint Coalition Ventures. The investment focus areas listed so far are bamboo (MISSION: Build the wo... |
| 02.02.2021 | ‘Iron Man’ launches new venture fund for sustainable tech | Renowned actor, known for his role as Iron Man in the popular Marvel series, Robert Downey Junior has launched Footprint Coalition Ventures, a new venture capital fund focused on investing in sustainable tech startups.
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| 02.02.2021 | ‘Iron Man’ launches new venture fund for sustainable tech | Renowned actor, known for his role as Iron Man in the popular Marvel series, Robert Downey Junior has launched Footprint Coalition Ventures, a new venture capital fund focused on investing in sustainable tech startups.
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| 28.01.2021 | Роберт Дауни-младший запустил венчурные фонды для инвестиций в зелёные технологии | Актёр и продюсер Роберт Дауни-младший, основавший в 2019 году зонтичную организацию для реализации экологических инициатив Footprint Coalition, представил два венчурных фонда под названием Footprint Coalition Ventures. Они будут инвестирова... |
| 27.01.2021 | Robert Downey Jr. is launching a new ‘rolling’ venture fund to back sustainability startups | A little less than two years ago, when the actor, producer and investor Robert Downey Jr. unveiled his new, sustainability focused initiative called the FootPrint Coalition at Amazon’s re:MARS conference it was little more than a static web... |
| 27.01.2021 | The Briefing: TCV Closes $4B Fund, GameStop Stock Surges, And Booksy Banks $70M | 3 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Here’s what you need to know today in startup and venture news, updated by the Crunchbase News staff throughout the day to keep you in the know.
Subscribe to the Crunchbase Daily TCV raises $4B for l... |
| 27.01.2021 | Robert Downey Jr. backing Seattle bamboo toilet paper maker Cloud Paper as part of new VC effort | (Cloud Paper Photo)
Iron Man is a softy for sustainable toilet paper.
Actor Robert Downey Jr. launched two venture funds on Wednesday focused on sustainable technology, and one of the companies he’s backing is Seattle-based startup Cloud Pa... |
| 06.10.2020 | Insect-farming startup Ÿnsect extends Series C funding to $372m | French insect-farming startup Ÿnsect just extended its Series C funding to $372m, the largest amount ever to be raised by a bug-based food company.
Not only that, but the company, which breeds insects and turns them into food, has bagged Ro... |
| 22.09.2020 | The Crunchbase News Briefing: Tues., Sept. 22 | 2 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Here’s what you need to know today in startup and venture news, updated by the Crunchbase News staff throughout the day to keep you in the know.
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| 05.06.2019 | 'Iron Man' actor Robert Downey Jr. has vowed to use robotics and AI to significantly clean up the Earth in the next decade | Robert Downey Jr. announces the Footprint Coalition at Amazon's inaugural re:MARS, June 4, 2019, Las Vegas.
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| 05.06.2019 | Robert Downey Jr Announces Plans to Save the Planet | A-list actor and director Robert Downey Jr announced plans to launch a new non-profit organisation, The Footprint Coalition, at Amazon’s re:MARS AI conference in Las Vegas on Tuesday evening.
The project, scheduled to be officially launched... |
| - | EGEB: Moscow will have 1,000 electric buses by the end of 2021 | Moscow’s Department of Transport says all of its public transport vehicles will be electric by 2032.
Smart electric motor company Turntide Technologies completes an $80 million funding round.
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| - | In 2021, venture capitalists became unlikely crusaders against the climate crisis | John Doerr, chairman of venture-capital firm Kleiner Perkins. Kleiner Perkins This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
VCs invested $30 billion in climate-tech startups in the firs... |
| - | EGEB: Chemical giant buys nearly half of huge 1.5 GW Dutch offshore wind farm | In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
BASF will buy 49.5% of Vattenfall’s 1.5 GW offshore wind farm in the Netherlands.
Home energy efficiency upgrade company Sealed raises $16 million in Series B funding.
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| - | Orrick Advised Upfront Ventures and Footprint Coalition on Ynsect's $372 Million Extended Investment Round | Version Française: Orrick a conseillé Upfront Ventures et de Footprint Coalition, lead investors américains dans le cadre de l’extension de la levée de fonds de 372 millions de dollars de la société Ynsect
Orrick advised leading U.S. invest... |
