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Tender Food Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman Helps Startup Raise $12 Million to Mimic Animal Muscle

Tender Foods, a startup founded by Harvard engineers, “spins” plant proteins into muscle-like fibers that

Split image shows a photograph of precision fermented food (left) and UPSIDE Foods employees in PPE working in a lab setting (right). Alternative protein companies like UPSIDE are experiencing an increase in investments.
Investors Are in Love With Cultivated Meat and Fermentation

Investments in plant-based meat fell, but cultivated meat and precision fermentation attracted more money than

Image shows Leonardo DiCaprio delivering a speech during a climate conference in Paris
Leonardo DiCaprio Created the Blueprint for Sustainable Investing

The Academy Award-winner invested in planet-friendly startups and other stars followed.

Black celebrity investors
Black Investors Are Shaping the Food Industry

Black celebrities are invigorating the plant-based market with powerful new investments.

Natalie Portman split with La Vie vegan lardons
Natalie Portman Just Helped a Vegan Bacon Startup Make History

Natalie Portman's investments now include French vegan bacon startup La Vie, which recently closed a

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Celebrity Investors Could Change the Food Industry

Leonardo DiCaprio, Jay-Z, and Lewis Hamilton were among the celebrity investors who backed food tech

Sundial Foods
Would You Eat Vegan Chicken Wings With Skin and Bones?

Multinational food giant Nestlé has invested in Sundial Foods, a startup that makes plant-based chicken

Split image shows Woody Harrelson (left), Abbot's Butcher products (centre), and Owen Wilson (right). This is Owen Wilson's first vegan investment.
Woody Harrelson and Owen Wilson Invest in Vegan Meat

Woody Harrelson and Owen Wilson are investing in the vegan meat company Abbot's Butcher.

Photo split three ways shows: Steve Aoki in a blue and pink shirt, Daring Foods plant-based chicken, and Naoki Osaka
Naomi Osaka and Steve Aoki Invest in Plant-Based Chicken Startup

Plant-based chicken startup now counts Naomi Osaka and Steve Aoki amongst its high-profile celebrity investors.

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The USDA Invests $10 Million in Cultured Meat

For the first time ever, the USDA has invested in the nascent cultured meat industry.