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The opportunity presented by compassionate investing
The opportunity presented by compassionate investing
KINDER. CLEANER. HEALTHIER
Beyond Impact advises financing programs which support entrepreneurs in biotechnology, food manufacturing, materials, clothing and lifestyles sectors demonstrating clear alignment to the principles of veganism, being cruelty-free and sustainable. By reinforcing the production, transformation and distribution of vegan and animal-replacing technologies, products and services, Beyond Impact contributes to creating a more compassionate world, while promoting a more innovative, fairer and sustainable economic model that meets the needs of a growing population without damaging the Earth.
Beyond Impact offers a medium to long-term investment horizon with limited liquidity and a highly diversified portfolio without capital market exposure. The portfolios of Beyond Impact are balanced across a range of products, geographies and sectors, and each portfolio is anticipated to contain some 20-30 investments.
San Francisco-based company developing superior texture solutions, designed and built with synthetic biology for use in food, beverage, cosmetics and materials.
The Every Company is making baking products, food and beverage ingredients, nutritional supplements and animal-free eggs, through a process of fermentation of yeast and sugar, resulting in less waste, better performance, increased reliability and enhanced versatility.
Paleo is a Belgian precision fermentation company that allows food manufacturers to offer a “real taste” experience by providing key ingredients for environmentally friendly and cruelty-free meat and fish alternatives. Their first product is a heme alternative to provide a more meaty flavour and sensory aspect.
Ingrediome’s mission is to accelerate the adoption of sustainable and ethical meat, dairy, and egg alternatives by mass-market production of functional and highly nutritional animal proteins using cyanobacterial-based precision fermentation.
Paris-based Gourmey is creating cultivated foie gras from duck liver tissue, re-inventing this controversial French delicacy in a cruelty-free form.
Pioneers of the lab-grown beef burger, first created in 2013, Mosa Meat is developing the technology to produce “clean beef” at a commercial scale, with dramatic reductions in the environmental footprint.
BlueNalu’s mission is to be the global leader in cellular aquaculture™, providing consumers with great tasting, healthy, safe, and trusted seafood products that support the sustainability and diversity of our oceans.
Israeli company developing the technology to create cultured meat from chicken cells, requiring 99% less land, up to 96% less Greenhouse Gas emissions and up to 90% less water usage.
TissenBioFarm is a food and biotechnology company that produces high-quality and nutritious cultivated meat that replicates the sensory experience of conventional meat. It develops proprietary technologies that enable the mass production of whole-cut cultivated meat at a reasonable cost.
Created by two female tissue scientists, Shiok Meats is a cell-based clean meat company, based in Singapore whose aim is to bring seafood and meats by harvesting from cells instead of animals. Shiok Meats is focusing currently on cell-based crustacean meats (shrimp, crab, lobster.
A Swiss biotechnology company that transforms spent yeast biomass into premium proteins and fibers.
Renewal Mill is transforming the fibrous byproducts of plant processing to produce nutritious, high fibre and flavourful consumer goods without using synthetic processing techniques or unnatural fortification. As a zero waste process it is also undermining the economics of animal agriculture by removing a low cost source of animal feed.
Paris-based company creating innovative functional foods, beverages and ingredients containing extracts of micro-algae, with improved nutritional and gustative properties.
Based at The Plant, Chicago, at the site of a former meatpacking facility, this circular economy company can create protein from waste, remediate soils, enhance plant and cell growth and provide chemical-free food additives, all using algae.
Formed by two brothers in the North of England, the Mighty Society creates a deliciously smooth and creamy alternative to dairy milk made from yellow split peas.
Wicked Kitchen creates chef curated vegan food that appeals both to meat-eaters and vegans. With a unique relationship with Tesco in the UK, they are able to introduce a range of products then see which resonate most with consumers to refine their product line. This has enabled the company to create many category leading products throughout the grocery store.
Wicked Kitchen products are currently available in the UK, US, Norway and Thailand.
Les Nouveaux Affineurs is a Paris-based company that aims to recreate the pleasure of a real French cheese, in a plant-based version, through a combination of scientific research and master craftsmanship.
Canadian creator of vegan lassis (an Indian fermented milk drink), probiotic yogurts and coffee creamers made from fair-trade cashews.
Seafood Reboot is creating, producing, and delivering the next generation of plant-based marine substitutes with algae ingredients. Seafood Reboot is a spin-off from Algama, a French tech start-up dedicated to finding food applications of algae origin.
Ocean Hugger Foods produces a range of substitutes for raw fish in sushi, created from common vegetables which are texturised and flavoured with condiments to resemble the flavours and consistency of tuna, salmon and eel.
Boston-based developers of Organs-on-Chips technology, its Human Emulation System predicts how a human may respond to diseases, medicines, chemicals, and foods with greater precision and control than cell culture or animal-based testing approaches.
High end vegan shoes and accessories brand created by LA-based celebrity stylist with Italian production, expanding through celebrity collaborations.
SwissDeCode supports a vegan lifestyle by providing fast onsite analysis of biological material to check for the presence of animal DNA. Its kits that identify the four major pathogens have the potential to expand significantly the frequency and amount of food testing and so undermine public confidence in animal-derived products.
Beyond Impact invested in Livekindly in 2018 when it was a content media site producing editorial and sponsored articles and videos in support of a vegan lifestyle. The company achieved huge traction in followers and developed a strong brand. It was bought out by Food United, which renamed itself Livekindly in 2020.
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