Podcast appearances and mentions of Memphis Meats

"Healthcare attracts a lot of good people, but it also attracts a lot of morally unscrupulous people who consistently demonstrate their willingness to do horribly unethical stuff to make a lot of money."Join us for many mic-drop moments with recording artist-turned-healthcare-investor D.A. Wallach, who tells it like it is—but in a nice way only someone who grew up in the Midwest can.From questioning the "doctor" honorific to calling large health systems "the root of evil," D.A. challenges healthcare's sacred cows and offers a provocative vision for the future.We cover:

Eric Schulze loves the intersection of science and food so much that after many years as an FDA regulator, he decided in 2016 to leave the federal government to join the then-nascent Memphis Meats (now UPSIDE Foods). He'd go on to spend the next seven years working to advance the cultivated meat pioneer's science, technology, communications, and ultimate regulatory approval by the agency for which he used to work. Now, Eric's charting a new path for himself, founding GoodHumans, a consultancy aimed at assisting and even launching biotech startups seeking to bring their new innovations to the world. In this episode, Eric and I discuss the state of the cultivated meat movement today and where it may be heading. This includes the path to commercialization, the obituaries being written for the sector, the statewide sales bans on the product, and comparisons to other technologies. We even discuss our mutual love of sci-fi and give some recommendations to those of you fellow nerds out there.  Eric's a wealth of knowledge on all things alt-protein, so if you want both information and inspiration, listen to what he's got to say. Discussed in this episode Eric first learned about cultivated meat after the $18,000 meatball was unveiled in 2016. Our past episodes on this show with Uma Valeti and Teryn Wolfe, the latter of whom Eric has jointly launched a new company, Nexture Bio. Eric is a big fan of British physicist David Deutsch  Eric recommends reading The Science of Science (nonfiction) along with fiction such as The Name of the Wind, Three Body Problem, and The Maniac. Paul recommends Tender is the Flesh (fiction) and Frostbite (nonfiction). He also wrote a review of some 19th century animal protection literature recently.  Both Eric and Paul liked the films Gattaca and Elysium. More about Eric Schulze, PhD Eric Schulze, PhD is a professional molecular biologist, genetic engineer, and former federal biotechnology regulator, and most recently is the CEO of GoodHumans, a full-service strategy and design firm. He served as Vice President of Product and Regulation at UPSIDE Foods, where he led both design and development of the company's meat products as well as its regulatory-, policy-, and government affairs. Before that, he served as a U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulator, handling a portfolio of novel food and drug biotechnology products. As a civil servant, Dr. Schulze also served as a federal STEM education policy capacity within the National Science Foundation and currently works with the National Academy of Sciences on undergraduate STEM education transformation. He holds a doctorate in genetic, cellular, and molecular biology with a specialty in embryonic stem cell engineering and is trained in broadcast communication, speechwriting, and risk assessment.

Heidi is a venture capitalist, a corporate director, a Stanford lecturer, and at heart, always an entrepreneur. She co-founded the software company T/Maker and served as its CEO for over a decade until its acquisition by Deluxe Corporation. After a stint as VP of Worldwide Developer Relations at Apple, She entered the VC industry with Softbank, and currently is a partner at Silicon Valley-based Threshold Ventures. She is a corporate director for a bunch of public and private companies such as Memphis Meats, Lumity and Polarr. And most importantly she is known for her strong and warm professional relationships.

No cultivated meat company has raised more capital than UPSIDE Foods. In 2022, after having already raised about $200 million in previous rounds, the company raised another $400 million in a Series C round with a company valuation north of the coveted $1 billion unicorn status. No company in the space has garnered more media attention, both positive and critical, than UPSIDE Foods. No company has as much volume of cultivation capacity as UPSIDE Foods. No company is as old as UPSIDE Foods, as it was the first startup formed to take this technology out of academia and work to commercialize real meat grown slaughter-free. It's also one of the few companies in the world to have been granted regulatory approval to actually sell cultivated meat, which it did in the US. So it was only fitting that this conversation with UPSIDE CEO Uma Valeti take place in person inside the beating heart of UPSIDE's EPIC (Cultivated Meat Engineering, Production, and Innovation Center) cultivated meat pilot facility in Emeryville, California. I often say that I'm Uma Valeti's first biographer, since I profile him in Clean Meat, but I certainly won't be his last biographer, regardless of whether he succeeds or fails. And the last time I visited UPSIDE Foods, in 2017, when the company was still called Memphis Meats, and I got to enjoy their cultivated duck. At that time, they had only a handful of employees. Now, as 230 UPSIDE employees worked away in the dramatically nicer building that houses EPIC, I first got to enjoy four different cultivated chicken dishes. I tried both chicken that was FDA-approved and grown in smaller cultivators, and chicken that was yet to be FDA-approved, which was grown in 2,000-liter cultivators. Spoiler: they all tasted great, and were easily discerned from most plant-based chicken in scent, flavor, and texture. After the tasting, Uma and I sat down for this frank conversation in which we discussed UPSIDE's past, present, and future. That includes details about the scale and capability at which they currently sit, why they paused their plans for their vaunted Rubicon commercial facility in Illinois, what expansions they're planning on making at EPIC in California, what Uma thinks about the obituaries some journalists are writing for the cultivated meat industry, when he thinks cultivated meat will reach 1 percent market share in the total meat market, and much more.  In this conversation, you'll hear Uma elaborate on how the technology has gone from being decried as impossible to now possible, and what remains to be seen is whether it will now go from possible to inevitable.  It's a fascinating and revelatory conversation with a man who has served in many ways as a face for the cultivated meat movement for many years, even prior to founding this company. Discussed in this episode This episode is the eighth in our multi-part podcast series on cultivated meat. The previous seven episodes include Avant Meats, BlueNalu, Eat Just, Fork & Good, Mosa Meat, New Harvest, and Aleph Farms. Our past episode with New Harvest founder Jason Matheny. A 2013 Washington Post obituary for electric vehicles. Nine states are now phasing out gas cars by 2035, and so are automakers like GM. Uma and Paul both endorse the work of the Good Food Institute. You can see a clip of Paul tasting UPSIDE Foods' duck in 2017 here. Uma is profiled in Clean Meat, which has an updated 2024 paperback edition now out.  Tyson Foods pulled out of its investment in Beyond Meat. Paul couldn't recall the exact name in the live interview, but he was referring to Potemkin villages in Russia. More about Uma Valeti Dr. Uma Valeti is the CEO and Founder of UPSIDE Foods. Uma earned a degree in Cardiology from the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) in Pondicherry, India. After residencies at Wayne State and SUNY Buffalo, Uma completed three fellowships at the Mayo Clinic. He teaches Cardiovascular Medicine at Stanford University. In 2019, Uma was named a “Global Thinker of the Decade” by Foreign Policy magazine. He has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, the Aspen Ideas Festival, and SXSW.

In November 2022, Upside Foods (formerly known as Memphis Meats) became the first cell-cultivated meat company to pass the FDA approval milestone for its chicken product and was well on its way to selling products in grocery stores and restaurants. Now in June 2023, both Upside Foods and competitor Eat Just and its cultivated chicken product Good Meat have received full FDA and USDA approval (Eat Just received its ‘no questions' letter from the FDA in March), signaling that both can begin selling their products to American consumers.

Arvind Gupta co-leads Mayfield's engineering biology practice and is Founder and Venture Advisor at IndieBio. He was the first investor in breakout bio companies such as Geltor, Synthex, Prime Roots, NotCo, Prellis, New Culture, DNA Lite and Memphis Meats. As Founder of IndieBio, Arvind redefined the pace and possibilities of early stage biotech, investing in over 136 companies in five years, defining human and planetary health, and growing the IndieBio portfolio into billions of dollars in value. Prior to founding IndieBio, Arvind was Design Director at IDEO in Shanghai where he earned numerous international design awards. He is also a co-author of Decoding the World: A Roadmap for the Questioner, and a frequent speaker at TechCrunch Disrupt, Slush, TedX and Future FoodTech. He received his B.S. in Genetic Engineering from UCSB. He holds 8 patents. About VSC Ventures: For 20 years, our award-winning ⁠PR agency VSC⁠ has worked with innovative startups on positioning, messaging, and awareness and we are bringing that same expertise to help climate startups with storytelling and narrative building. Last year, general partners Vijay Chattha and Jay Kapoor raised a $21M fund to co-invest in the most promising startups alongside leading climate funds. Through the conversations on our show CLIMB by VSC, we're excited to share what we're doing at VSC and VSC Ventures on climate innovation with companies like ⁠Ample⁠, ⁠Actual⁠, ⁠Sesame Solar⁠, ⁠Synop⁠, ⁠Vibrant Planet⁠, and ⁠Zume⁠ among many others.

We've heard more and more about laboratory meat.  Other names for it are cultured meat, cultivated meat, or test tube meat.  Whatever name ends up sticking, the idea is to take living cells from animals and grow them in a controlled laboratory environment to produce a meat product that doesn't involve the slaughter of any […]

I'm so excited to have my good friend David Kay on the My Food Job Rocks podcast. David is employee number 1 at Upside Foods, which used to be called Memphis Meats. You may know them as one of the leaders of the cultivated meat movement. As we all know, bringing new technology to the world can be risky so you'll learn a ton of the strategies David has used to what he says, derisks bringing cultivated meat to market I got a tour of the Upside food facility, called EPIC. Before it was bought out 2 years ago, it used to be a grocery store in the heart of Emeryville. When you enter the building, you are greeted with an open kitchen and then David gave me a tour. Upside Foods is working on a bunch of stuff. Though I heard a bunch about them when I was in California, it's nice to see the visual progress. They've found a way to produce any type of meat by developing a robust process to generate cells. By the way, haven't tasted Upsides' stuff yet! Some day. Upside Foods is valued at around $1 billion dollars and is one of the most well-funded contenders in the space. One could say they've always been the tip of the spear when it comes to this industry and it is actually quite interesting to compare Upside with the other global players I've interviewed. The facility can produce 50,000-400,000 pounds of meat a year but that's a drop in the bucket compared to the meat industry. You'll also learn the regulatory framework for cultivated meat and what still needs to get done for this to be commercialized! There's still a lot of work for cultivated meat to go mainstream. After all, it took 9 years for the concept to light a fire but progress is happening. If you're in the weeds for this industry, it's making progress. Most expect the outcome sooner, who doesn't? but for me, the journey in how this technology has been developing has been amazing.

Justin Gordon (@justingordon212) talks with Maryanna Saenko (@FutureSaenko), Co-Founder and Partner at Future Ventures, which supports passionate founders who are forging the future. For the past 25 years, Future Ventures has backed the visionaries who push the boundaries of possibility and explore the frontier of the unknown. They focus on disruptive technology such as commercial space exploration, deep learning, quantum computing, robotics, AI, blockchain, sustainable transportation, synthetic biology and clean meat. As venture capitalists, the founders of Future Ventures have led founding investments in several companies that had successful IPOs and others that were acquired for over $16 billion in aggregate. Some of their early VC investments include Memphis Meats, Mythic, Nervana, Planet, Rethink Robotics, Skype, SpaceX, Tesla and Zoox.Maryanna Saenko is an early-stage venture capitalist with an interest in robotics, quantum computing, blockchain, aerospace, and the future of food. Previously she was at Khosla Ventures, and prior to that at DFJ, where she worked with Steve Jurvetson to focus on frontier technology investments. She was also an investment partner at Airbus Ventures where she led a series of venture investments strategically aligned with Airbus' future-of-aerospace initiatives. Before Airbus, Maryanna was a consultant at Lux Research and a research engineer at Cabot Corporation. Maryanna graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a BS in BioMedical Engineering and a BS and MS in Materials Science and Engineering.Website: Future VenturesLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/maryannasaenko/Twitter: @FutureSaenkoEmail: maryanna@future.venturesShow Notes: Maryanna's Ukranian background and her thoughts on the current conflict in the region How Maryanna came to co-found Future Ventures with Steve Jurvetson and their big vision How they manage deal flow with just two investors Derisking the customer side of deep tech Future Venture's thesis around deep tech How they conduct due diligence in complex industries Evaluating teams' credibility How they approach onboarding LPs Determining Future Venture's fund size and deployment period The areas Maryanna is most excited about investing in, including the future of food How Maryanna keeps herself organized in terms of aligning her values with Future Venture's portfolio companies More about the show:The Vitalize Podcast, a show by Vitalize Venture Capital (a seed-stage venture capital firm and pre-seed 300+ member angel community open to everyone), dives deep into the world of startup investing and the future of work.Hosted by Justin Gordon, the Director of Marketing at Vitalize Venture Capital, The Vitalize Podcast includes two main series. The Angel Investing series features interviews with a variety of angel investors and VCs around the world. The goal? To help develop the next generation of amazing investors. The Future of Work series takes a look at the founders and investors shaping the new world of work, including insights from our team here at Vitalize Venture Capital. More about us:Vitalize Venture Capital was formed in 2017 as a $16M seed-stage venture fund and now includes both a fund as well as an angel investing community investing in the future of work. Vitalize has offices in Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.The Vitalize Team:Gale - https://twitter.com/galeforceVCCaroline - https://twitter.com/carolinecasson_Justin - https://twitter.com/justingordon212Vitalize Angels, our angel investing community open to everyone:https://vitalize.vc/vitalizeangels/

Liz Marshall—a documentary director whose latest film, “Meat The Future,” examines the realm of “cultivated meat,” generated in a lab setting, from animal cells, but these animals remain unharmed—explains the […] The post Liz Marshall, director of “Meat The Future” first appeared on Talking Animals.

Our guest this week on the pod is Jennifer Stojkovic.  Jennifer is a multi-talented executive leader in the future of food and tech innovation space.  In early 2020, she founded the Vegan Women Summit, a global events and medial organization created to empower women to build a kinder, more sustainable world. Resources mentioned in this episode are: Vegan Women Summit site Vegan Women Summit Instagram The Future of Food is Female Rolling Stone article Vegan Women Summit job fair Memphis Meats article The Awarepreneurs Community Paul's social entrepreneurs coaching

Nick Cooney founded and serves as Managing Partner at Lever VC, an early-stage venture capital fund focused on alternative protein startups. The alternative protein sector includes both plant-based meat and dairy companies (Nick's past investments in this space include Beyond Meat, Miyoko's Kitchen, Sunfed Meats, and Good Catch Foods) as well as cultivated meat companies (Nick's investments in this space include Memphis Meats, Aleph Farms, and Avant Meats). Through Lever VC and his prior fund, Nick has invested in several dozen alternative protein companies globally, with a combined net value of over $7+ billion USD. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/futurefoodshow/support

Today on Subscribing to Wellness we are joined by Nick Cooney, the Founding and Managing Partner at Lever VC, a venture capital fund investing in early stage companies in the alternative protein sector with a focus on plant-based and cultivated meat, egg and dairy companies, and more. Nick has been working in the alt protein space for over 15 years and was the Co-Founder and former Managing Trustee and Investment Committee member of the New Crop Capital venture capital trust as well as the Co-Founder and former Board Chair of the Good Food Institute, the world's largest non-governmental organization working to grow the alternative protein space. Nick has invested in over 40 alternative protein deals around the world, including Beyond Meat, Memphis Meats, and other market leaders with combined value of over $7 billion USD. Episode Fun Facts: 1) ~$3 bio USD invested in Alt Protein category in 2020. 2) Lever VC is a truly global Alt Protein investor with operating partners North America, APAC, and Europe. 3) From 2018 to 2020, investments in alternative protein companies in Israel increased 8x, from ~$14 million in 2018 to ~$114 million in 2020. 4) First mover advantage is nice but many momentous late-mover startups in the plant-based sector owe Beyond Meat & Impossible Foods a "thank you" for the mass awareness the incumbents have driven for the category. 5) Consumer retention in alt-protein is still largely driven by taste but ingredient list / label is gradually becoming top of mind as an additional driver of purchase intention. 6) Nick is a published author: check out Veganomics, Change of Heart, and How to Be Great At Doing Good --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/subtowellness/support

The Cultured Meat Symposium 2021 is taking place in San Francisco on October 22-23, 2021. Learn more and register at https://cms21.io Marie Gibbons is a well known name in the industry. She recently moved to Sydney from Berkeley, CA to join Vow as a research scientist As a passionate animal lover and veterinary student-turned-cultured meat researcher, she joined the cellular agriculture field in 2016 in hopes of removing animals from food production. She was granted research fellowships with both New Harvest and the Good Food Institute and spent her graduate studies focusing on large scale cultured poultry production at North Carolina State University and Harvard Medical School. Upon graduation, Marie joined Memphis Meats, now Upside Foods, as the founder of their media development department. There, she spent over 2 years developing scalable, edible, animal component free media for multiple species and cell types. She now works with Vow's incredible team of scientific researchers, engineers, robots, and office dogs to create delicious and exotic cultured meat products using automated, high-throughput platform technology. Also joining us on the show is Soroush Pour. Soroush joined Vow as Head of Engineering in February 2020. He founded, built and exited his first software company while an undergrad at Duke University as a fully funded Robertson Scholar. He was one of the first engineers and later engineering managers at San Francisco FinTech API company Plaid as it grew from 15 to 170 people, now worth over $13B. Before joining Vow, Soroush worked as a consultant in the alternative protein industry, doing independent research as well as consulting work supporting multiple alternative protein organizations. His goal is to bring about a food system that can feed billions while protecting the beautiful blue planet we all depend on. At Vow, he and his team create intuitive software and high-throughput robotics to make cultured meat lab R&D drastically faster and less manual than it otherwise would be. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/futurefoodshow/support

In dieser Bonusfolge von „Alles auf Aktien“ sprechen die Finanzjournalisten Nando Sommerfeldt und Holger Zschäpitz mit Christian Angermayer, einem der wenigen deutschen Investoren, die auch an der Wall Street ein großes Rad drehen. Gerade erst hat er sein Unternehmen Atai Life Science zu einem milliardenschweren Börsendebüt geführt und ist nun selbst in der Milliardärsriege. Der 43-Jährige erklärt, warum wir alle 120 Jahre oder älter werden, warum Magic Mushrooms jeden Menschen besser machen und psychische Krankheiten heilen könnten und wie man in der kommenden Biotech-Dekade richtig Geld verdienen kann. Und Angermayer enthüllt, mit welchem Spruch er bei Uma Thurman gelandet ist. Es geht außerdem um Mynaric, Northern Data, Sensei, ARK Genomics Revolution, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Jumia, Memphis Meat, Beyond Meat, Memphis Meats. Am 5. Juli startet die "Alles auf Aktien Academy". In dem 5-teiligen Sommer-Special gibt es jede Woche freitags einen Experten-Talk zu Investmentideen. Den täglichen Börsen-Shot hört Ihr wieder ab dem 9. August. "Alles auf Aktien" ist der tägliche Börsen-Shot aus der WELT-Wirtschaftsredaktion. Die Wirtschafts- und Finanzjournalisten Anja Ettel und Holger Zschäpitz diskutieren über die wichtigsten News an den Märkten und das Finanzthema des Tages. Außerdem gibt es jeden Tag eine Inspiration, die das Leben leichter machen soll. In nur zehn Minuten geht es um alles, was man aktuell über Aktien, ETFs, Fonds und erfolgreiche Geldanlage wissen sollte. Für erfahrene Anleger und Neueinsteiger. Montag bis Freitag, ab 6 Uhr morgens. Wir freuen uns an Feedback über aaa@welt.de. Disclaimer: Die im Podcast besprochenen Aktien und Fonds stellen keine spezifischen Kauf- oder Anlage-Empfehlungen dar. Die Moderatoren und der Verlag haften nicht für etwaige Verluste, die aufgrund der Umsetzung der Gedanken oder Ideen entstehen. Für alle, die noch mehr wissen wollen: Holger Zschäpitz können Sie jede Woche im Finanz- und Wirtschaftspodcast "Deffner&Zschäpitz" hören. +++Werbung+++ Hier geht's zur App: Scalable Capital ist der Broker mit Flatrate. Unbegrenzt Aktien traden und alle ETFs kostenlos besparen – für nur 2,99 € im Monat, ohne weitere Kosten. Und jetzt ab aufs Parkett, die Scalable App downloaden und loslegen. Hier geht's zur App: https://bit.ly/3abrHQm

What if I told you that you could eat beef, chicken, and duck that never once stepped foot on a farm yet is incredibly sustainable and free of animal cruelty? That's the mission of Uma Valeti, the founder of Upside Foods (formerly Memphis Meats), who has pioneered a way to grow meat in laboratories. Join hosts Nyesha Arrington and Philip Camino as they take a closer look at Valeti, Upside Foods, and the possibility of sustainable meat coming to tables. From the reasoning behind Valeti starting Upside Foods and the investor attention the company is getting all the way to their thoughts on if lab-grown meat makes its way to fine dining establishments. Listen to Philip and Nyesha discuss lab-grown meat: Uma Valeti, originally a cardiologist, is the founder of Upside Foods/Memphis Meats His goal was to find a sustainable alternative to raising cattle without sacrificing the delicious meals we all love According to Upside Foods, we'll have 10 billion mouths to feed worldwide by 2050 In 2016, Upside Foods created the world's first meatball from beef grown in labs In 2017, they created the world's first cultured chicken and duck In 2020, they had the largest Series B funding round, bringing in $161 million In total Upside Foods has raised $180 million Links: Happy Mouth Podcast Instagram Upside Foods - Website Forbes - Memphis Meats raises $161 million in funding Morning Brew - Icebreakers with… Uma Valeti We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out our other shows: Full Comp The Happy Mouth Morning Show Restaurant Marketing School The Playbook

Arvind Gupta is a Partner at Mayfield Fund where he co-leads the Engineering Biology practice. He was the first investor in several breakout biology companies including Geltor, Prellis, Synthex, and Memphis Meats. Prior to joining Mayfield, Arvind was a founder of Indie Bio, the world’s leading biotech accelerator. At IndieBio, he was fundamental to the growth of the accelerator, building a $3.2B portfolio and investing in over 136 companies over five years. He is particularly passionate about conscious capitalism and continues to serve as a Venture Advisor at IndieBio. 

Spraying your food with genetically modified spores with custom DNA sequences in order to trace it through the global supply chain sounds like science fiction, but one company funded by SOSV — the same VC behind ‘food replacement’ companies like Memphis Meats, Finless Foods, and NotCo — has made it a reality, and is already […]

Jeff Housenbold, a Managing Director for the last four years at Softbank Investment Advisors, where he led one of the six investment teams that deployed the $100 billion Softbank Vision Fund. Prior to joining Softbank, Jeff worked at sixteen companies, including eleven years as CEO of Shutterfly. four years in the early days of ebay, four as Special Industry Advisor to KKR, and one as Entrepreneur in Residence at Sutter Hill Ventures. He’s also served on the Boards of dozens of companies, including Caesars Entertainment, Memphis Meats, DoorDash, Compass, Opendoor, Wag, and Groupon.   Our conversation starts with Jeff’s true rags to riches story, and then turns to a whirlwind of lessons learned as an operator at ebay during its hypergrowth and Shutterfly overseeing a successful turnaround. We then dive into the Softbank Vision Fund, including the original investment thesis, sourcing ideas, valuation discipline, decision making in groups, portfolio structure, and results.   We close by talking about the SPAC market, capital market expectations, the characteristics of successful organizations, and succession planning.   Please enjoy the countless nuggets of wisdom in my conversation with Jeff Housenbold.   Learn More Subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google   Follow Ted on Twitter at @tseides or LinkedIn Subscribe Monthly Mailing List  Read the Transcript 

" Looking at plant-based foods, plants can do it better and more cheaply, Imagine what happens when we get to version six "Mark Langley is a Partner at Unovis, one of the leading investment firms in the alternative protein space. Their mission is to disrupt our broken food system Their portfolio includes 39 companies including Beyond Meat, Oatly, Memphis Meats, Blue Nalu, and SuperMeat.In this conversation, we discuss the risks and rewards for plant-based vs cultivated meat companies. Mark has a very informed opinion with deep expertise investing in this space. His perspective is very valuable to would-be entrepreneurs looking to enter this industry.

“I was doing really well in cardiology. I loved my role. I loved the work I was doing. I'd say except for two or three people, everybody said, ‘this is crazy, why are you giving up a career that is on an upward trajectory and that you're doing really well in?’ The two or three people who heard me, they said, ‘Uma don't look back. If you have even a fraction of the impact of what you're thinking of having, that'll be a million-fold more impactful than what you could do as a cardiologist for the next 30 years in practice.’ Essentially, even if I had continued in practice for the next 30 years I would have probably saved about two or three thousand lives. But if the innovation that we're working on becomes mainstream or even a fraction of mainstream, we're literally talking about trillions of animal lives, but also billions of human lives…”    - Uma Valeti Uma Valeti is a cardiologist, entrepreneur, and the CEO and co-founder of Memphis Meats, the world’s leading clean meat company - meaning they produce meat directly from animal cells. There is no slaughter involved. Uma’s mission is to feed the world’s growing population with meat that is delicious, affordable and sustainable. Memphis Meats has already pioneered the world’s first multi-species cell-based meat platform and made history by unveiling chicken, duck and beef grown directly from animal cells. I think it’s the most exciting thing to happen on the planet in my lifetime. Uma is quite possibly going to go down in history as the man who changed the way the world eats forever. As soon as cell-based meat is regulated, scaled, and available in restaurants and grocery stores (which is coming sooner than you think), the demand to slaughter of billions of animals year after year will diminish and at some point, it will be gone forever.

Dans ce nouvel épisode de Eat's Business, la revue de presse du Business de la Bouffe, Olivier Frey et Daniel Coutinho reviennent sur les conséquences de la crise sanitaire sur la pause déjeuner, sur les défis d'Alexandre Bompard pour Carrefour et sur l'accord entre LVMH et Jay-Z concernant la maison de Champagne Armand de Brignac.Dans cet épisode, sont aussi évoqués l'e-commerçant spécialiste du bio en circuit court Aurore Market, l'opération "Un agriculteur dans votre répertoire téléphonique" en l'absence du traditionnel Salon de l'Agriculture, la polémique du menu unique sans viande dans les cantines scolaires à Lyon, le KitKat vegan, l'avis de Bill Gates sur l'avenir du bœuf synthétique et les ventes en ligne d'alcool. Alexandre Bompard revient sur les résultats de CarrefourLe Figaro, Alexandre Bompard : « L’histoire ne repasse pas les plats, nous avons tourné la page », 18/02/2021Une interview du PDG de Carrefour qui revient notamment sur les résultats du groupe pour l’année 2020 ainsi que l’opération de rapprochement avortée avec le canadien Couche-Tard.Selon lui, “Avec 80 milliards d'euros de chiffre d'affaires, nous n'avons pas de problème de taille critique. Carrefour est à l'offensive, tourné vers la croissance et ne recherche pas de consolidation mondiale. Ces dernières années, on a d'ailleurs plutôt observé un recentrage de grands acteurs sur un nombre réduit de pays où ils sont puissants”. On y apprend par ailleurs (mais sans surprise) que la crise sanitaire a accéléré le développement de l'e-commerce dans tous les pays où Carrefour est présent, pour tous les produits et toutes les générations. Ainsi, d’après Alexandre Bompard, Carrefour a gagné 1,3 millions de nouveaux clients en 2020 et les ventes en ligne ont augmenté de 70% dans le monde, à 2,7 milliards d'euros. Il prévoit par ailleurs qu’elles atteindront 4,2 milliards en 2022. Désormais, Carrefour représente 14% du marché du drive en France et est leader de celui de la livraison à domicile, avec 25% de parts de marché.  Les défis d'Alexandre BompardChallenges, Carrefour : quels défis pour Alexandre Bompard après une année hors norme?, 18/02/2021Alors que le groupe Carrefour a annoncé ses résultats, Challenges s’interroge sur les défis à venir pour son PDG Alexandre Bompard.1er défi : la vitesse d'exécution. Selon Alexandre Bompard, “c'est une année qui compte double” et durant laquelle le groupe doit “accélérer” et “donner de la visibilité aux investisseurs” selon un analyste de chez Barclays. Ceci passera par une amélioration de l'exécution et des performances. Ainsi, après avoir atteint son objectif de 3 Mds d'euros de baisse de coûts à fin 2020, Carrefour s’est fixé pour objectif d’atteindre 2,4 Mds d'euros d’économies de coûts additionnels en année pleine à horizon 2023.2è défi : le e-commerce. Si les chiffres donnés dans l’article précédent sont flatteurs, certains analystes estiment que Carrefour devra prouver qu'il ne s'agit pas uniquement d’un effet d'aubaine lié à la crise sanitaire. Ces chiffres seraient en effet en grande partie tirés par le drive et les drives piétons et Carrefour ne serait pas assez ambitieux dans la livraison à domicile, au risque de se voir dépassé par des acteurs comme Amazon, Deliveroo ou Uber Eats.3è défi : la compétitivité prix. Alors qu’une bataille des prix entre enseignes de distribution est à prévoir (voir la newsletter de la semaine dernière) vu le contexte de crise économique à venir, Carrefour n’est pas le mieux positionné au niveau des prix.4è défi : le cours de bourse. Selon les analystes, les principaux actionnaires de Carrefour souhaitent vendre leurs actions pour sortir du capital. Ainsi, l’un des défis du PDG est d’améliorer le cours de l’action Carrefour. Cette hausse du cours serait urgente car, selon les observateurs, Couche-Tard n'a pas abandonné son projet de racheter Carrefour. Aurore Market, spécialiste du bio en circuit courtJDD, Aurore Market, bio et solidaire à la fois, 21/02/2021Focus sur une success story du e-commerce français, le site Aurore Market, spécialiste du bio en circuit court. Lancé en 2018, Aurore Market s’est inspiré du modèle de l’américain Thrive Market.Implanté en Auvergne, le site expédie environ 800 colis par jour et compte 20 000 clients réguliers. La spécificité du modèle d’Aurore Market : pour être client il faut d’abord s’acquitter d’une adhésion d’un montant de 60 euros, qui vous donne ensuite accès à une gamme de 4000 produits. Selon Roman Régis, l’un des co-fondateurs, ce système d’adhésion permet de pratiquer des marges plus faibles. Ainsi, Aurore Market n’a pas de dépenses marketing ni de budget pour l’acquisition de nouveaux clients. Grâce à son assortiment réduit, le site va réaliser de gros volumes sur chacune de ses références ce qui lui permet d’obtenir un meilleur tarif d’achat.A noter également que le site propose une collecte pour les étudiants en difficulté. Chaque euro collecté permettra de réaliser un panier d’une trentaine d’euros qui sera envoyé aux étudiants qui se seront inscrits au programme. Salon de l'Agriculture 2021 : les agriculteurs au bout du filLe Figaro, En l’absence de salon, les agriculteurs s’invitent dans le téléphone des Français, 23/02/2021Le collectif Ici la Terre, qui réunit 130 producteurs a lancé ce lundi l’opération « Un agriculteur dans votre répertoire téléphonique ». Le but de cette opération : proposer aux citoyens, qui se seront au préalable inscrits sur le site du collectif, d’être rappelés par un exploitant pour répondre à leurs questions sur le métier d’agriculteur.Selon l’un des co-fondateurs, “la démarche est de recréer un lien direct avec les Français, d’expliquer notre métier. Il est indispensable, lorsqu’on s’intéresse à l’agriculture, d’avoir un référent sur le sujet dans son répertoire”. L’article précise que cette opération est financée par une cagnotte Leetchi, qui a permis de récolter 6 000 euros il y a deux ans.Si vous vous interrogez sur ce beau métier, n’hésitez pas à utiliser cette initiative mise en place par Ici la Terre. Les pauses déjeuners en temps de Covid-19Le Figaro, Comment la crise sanitaire a transformé nos pauses déjeuner, 18/02/2021Entre la fermeture des bars et restaurants, le développement du télétravail et les mesures de distanciation au sein des entreprises, la pause déjeuner a complètement changé de visage et, comme le précise l’article, est devenue “un moment de plus en plus solitaire”. Pour ceux qui ne peuvent pas télétravailler, les plats à emporter et les sandwichs ont remplacé les déjeuners à la cantine ou au restaurant et s’avalent souvent dans la voiture faute de pouvoir s’attabler quelque part. Pour ceux qui télétravaillent, les repas sont cuisinés ou livrés et consommés à la maison. Enfin, les déjeuners d'affaires, sont également de moins en moins fréquents.Plus cocasse, on apprend qu’un décret paru le 14 février autorise désormais les salariés à déjeuner à leur bureau, devant leur ordinateur. En effet, cette pratique était jusqu’à présent illégale…Un chiffre résume tous ces changements : 700 millions d'euros, c’est le montant estimé des tickets restaurants non utilisés. C’est pourquoi le ministère de l’Économie a décidé de prolonger la durée de validité des tickets-restaurants de l'année 2020, jusqu'en septembre 2021. Menu unique végétarien dans les cantines scolaires à LyonBFM TV, A Lyon, un menu unique dans les cantines à partir de lundi, 18/02/2021C’est la polémique de la semaine, le maire écologiste de Lyon a imposé un "menu unique sans viande" dans les cantines scolaires de la ville depuis la rentrée des vacances de février, au nom de la lutte contre le Covid. Selon Stéphanie Léger, l'adjointe chargée de l'Éducation, "Le nouveau protocole sanitaire impose une distanciation de deux mètres dans la restauration scolaire. Le menu unique va nous permettre d'accélérer le service et ainsi nous permettre d'accueillir tous les enfants" et ce menu unique sans viande permettrait de “servir plus rapidement les élèves et fluidifier les repas”.Une telle décision fait évidemment débat au sein de monde politique mais également au sein du monde agricole. KitKat veganLes Echos, KitKat vegan : la course au chocolat végétalien s'accélère, 16/02/2021Nous en parlions la semaine dernière, Nestlé lance une version vegan de ses célèbres Kit Kat. Dénommée KitKat V, il s’agit selon l’article d’une “des premières d'un acteur majeur du secteur à être 100% végétaliennes”. Pour fabriquer cette version végane, Nestlé utilise une formule à base de riz comme substitut de lait. Mais il s’agit d’un défi technique car le groupe a mis deux ans à développer cette nouvelle gamme. En effet, selon l’article, les alternatives véganes au chocolat au lait sont compliquées à développer car il faut s'assurer que l’alternative au lait utilisée “se marie bien avec le cacao et le sucre pour arriver à une texture crémeuse”. C’est pourquoi, la plupart des chocolats végans présents sur le marché sont des chocolats noirs.  L'avis de Bill Gates sur l'avenir de la viande de bœuf synthétiqueMIT Technology Review, Bill Gates : Rich nations should shift entirely to synthetic beef, 14/02/2021Un entretien avec Bill Gates, qui sort un livre intitulé “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster”, dans lequel il explique ce que, selon lui, il faudra réellement faire pour éliminer les émissions de gaz à effet de serre à l'origine du changement climatique.Dans ce livre, il adresse notamment le secteur de l’alimentaire. Et parmi les propositions de Bill Gates évoquées lors de cet entretien, il y a celle-ci : “Je pense par contre que tous les pays riches devraient passer à une viande de bœuf 100 % synthétique. On peut s'habituer à la différence de goût, et on prétend qu'ils vont la rendre encore meilleure avec le temps”.Rappelons que Bill Gates est investisseur, à titre personnel ou par l'intermédiaire de Breakthrough Energy Ventures, dans plusieurs des entreprises qui proposent des alternatives à la viande, notamment Beyond Meats, Impossible Foods, Memphis Meats et Pivot Bio. Accord entre LVMH et la marque de Champagne de Jay-ZThe New York Times, Jay-Z and LVMH, Two of the World’s Biggest Brands, Go Into Business, 22/02/2021LVMH va acquérir la moitié d'Armand de Brignac, la marque de Champagne, couramment appelé « L’as de pique », propriété du chanteur Jay-Z qui l’a acquise en 2014.Cet accord donne à Jay-Z le soutien organisationnel et le pouvoir de distribution d’un leader mondial des boissons tandis que LVMH obtient l'influence cool et le savoir-faire en matière de marketing lifestyle d'un leader culturel noir qui fait autorité à un moment où le racisme dans le secteur du luxe est particulièrement surveillé.Comme l’explique l’article, pour LVMH il ne s’agit pas seulement d'acheter une nouvelle marque de boissons, mais également d’acheter un savoir-faire culturel et pénétrer des marchés qui ne sont pas traditionnellement desservis par certaines de ses marques.Aucune des deux parties n’a divulgué le montant de la transaction. Ventes en ligne d'alcoolBloomberg Businessweek, Online Booze Gets a Covid Boost, 15-22/02/2021Un article intéressant sur la percée du e-commerce dans la vente d’alcools aux Etats-Unis en 2020. Le grand brasseur américain Molson Coors a par exemple vu ses ventes en ligne progresser de 230% sur les 11 premiers mois de 2020.Comme partout dans le monde, les fermetures de bars et restaurants aux Etats-Unis ont forcé les acteurs de ce secteur à se mettre au e-commerce. Mais la vente en ligne d’alcool était auparavant très compliquée aux Etats-Unis, notamment à cause du 21è amendement voté en 1933 à la fin de la prohibition mais également des lois propres à chaque Etat. Car, si de nombreux États autorisent la livraison à domicile depuis des années, les réglementations ont souvent été très restrictives, rendant cette option infaisable pour de nombreuses brasseries et détaillants. Par exemple, seuls 12 Etats autorisent les expéditions en dehors de leur territoire pour la bière et l'alcool. Mais en 2020, la pandémie a ouvert une nouvelle voie et une majorité d'États ont fait de leur mieux pour répondre à la crise en autorisant de nombreuses formes de distribution d'alcool à emporter et à livrer pendant la pandémie. Les fabricants de vins et spiritueux se sont dans un premier temps appuyés sur les services offerts par des startups comme Drizly, Thirstie ou Speakeasy pour développer leur offre de e-commerce.L'annonce faite début février 2021 de l'acquisition par Uber du service de distribution de boissons Drizly, pour 1,1 milliards de dollars, est vue comme un tournant qui pourrait booster la croissance de la distribution d'alcool en ligne. Les Etats-Unis sont désormais en passe de devenir le plus grand marché pour le e-commerce de vins et spiritueux. Drizly estime ainsi que la part des ventes en ligne d’alcool aux Etats-Unis devrait passait de 5% aujourd’hui à 20% d’ici 5 ans. Découvrez l’émission Eat’s Businesshttps://businessofbouffe.com/podcast-eats-business Pour vous abonner à la newsletter Eat’s Businesshttps://businessofbouffe.com/revue-de-presse-eats-business-newsletter

David is the Founder and CEO of Founders Pledge, a global community of entrepreneurs finding and funding solutions to big global challenges. Launched in 2015, Founders Pledge has raised more than $2 billion in pledges from 1400 entrepreneurs in 30 countries and seen $450 million donated to charity as a result. Their members include the people behind some of the most innovative companies in the world, including Planet, Bolt, Memphis Meats, Transferwise, Credit Karma, Skype, Spotify, Klarna, Deepmind, and many more. David joins me today to discuss how he came to create Founders Pledge. He shares their mission and how successful they have been so far. David also conveys some of their big challenges. We discuss where he received the seed money for the firm. David also shares with us what he considers, “the best thing on the internet”.“That's sort of how founders pledged developed is this idea where, you know, just help the best people do the most good with their money” - David GoldbergToday on Startups for Good we cover:Founders Pledge goals of community, advising and gaining pledgesThe criticism of Donor Advised Funds being a tax shelter and the funds getting stagnantThe challenges of being an international company.The funding environment of for startups and non-profitsConnect with David through Founders Pledge website Subscribe, Rate & Share Your Favorite Episodes!Thanks for tuning into today's episode of Startups For Good with your host, Miles Lasater. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a rating and review on your favorite podcast listening app.Don't forget to visit our website, connect with Miles on Twitter or LinkedIn, and share your favorite episodes across social media. For more information about The Giving Circle

Founded in 2017, New New Age Meats is practically old school when it comes to cultivated meat companies.  In mid-2018, the nascent startup debuted its first sausage made with cells from a living pig who the company biopsied at a nearby farm. Rather than being made entirely of animal cells, that historic sausage was part animal and part plant, and that’s the point, according to co-founder and CEO Brian Spears.  In this episode, Brian argues that you don’t need to make cultivated meat products entirely from animal cells. He argues instead that you can not only control costs by combining plant proteins with animal cells, but you can actually create novel and superior culinary experiences when you’re not simply relying solely on animal cells to do the job alone. In 2021, having already raised $7 million, New Age Meats is opening a Series A round to help it build a pilot plant and ready its hybrid meat products for actual commercialization. In this episode we hear about Brian’s journey from leaving another startup he founded and ran for eight years to enter the alternative protein space instead. We also discuss why Brian uses the term “cultivated meat” to describe his products, and when we can expect to see more of New Age Meats’ products.  And yes, we even talk about Brian’s passion outside of the clean room: on the ballroom dance floor. Discussed in this episode:  New Age Meats’ 2018 sausage debut Indiebio accelerator program that incubated New Age Meats Sam Harris’ episode with Uma Valeti of Memphis Meats was influential in Brian’s decision to start New Age Meats Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy New Harvest and the Good Food Institute Brian recommends reading Thinking Fast and Slow Paul recommends reading Shoe Dog Paul’s book Clean Meat More about Brian Spears: Brian Spears is the founder and CEO of New Age Meats -- making meat from animal cells instead of animal slaughter. Previously, he spent eight years as co-founder of Sixclear, creating software and products to automate the research labs and production environments of customers such as NASA, Cisco Systems, Sandia National Labs, and GE Healthcare. He is a chemical engineer with 12 years of industry experience in laboratory and industrial automation.

Ron Shigeta is a serial entrepreneur and investor. He was the Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer of biotech accelerator IndieBio and played a key role in kick-starting “Startup Biotech” as we know it today. During his tenure, he led early-stage investments in 80+ companies across biotech. IndieBio alumni include Clara Food, Memphis Meats, Geltor, Finless Foods, New Age Meats, and many others. Today, the portfolio is valued at $3.5B.He is also the Co-founder of Wild Earth, a healthy plant-based pet food that was featured on Shark Tank and secured funding from Mark Cuban. He advises numerous companies and conducts venture capital due diligence. Ron's Linkedin Page"Lab Grown Meat Is Scaling Like the Internet" - medium postWild Earth - Check out their pitch on Shark Tank.Indie Bio

Today we have Arvind Gupta, Co-Founder of IndieBio and Po Bronson, Managing Director of IndieBio. They both wrote a book together called Decoding the World, A Roadmap for the Questioner. A, I would say an anthology of all of the wonderful technologies Po and Arvind have incubated through their journey in IndieBio. For those that don’t know, IndieBio is this amazing biotechnology incubator in San Francisco. I’ve spoken there a few times myself. Basically, imagine this incubator that takes these fantastic ideas but also has the equipment to create a viable product for future funding. A lot of companies like Memphis Meats, Clara Foods, Prime Roots, Geltor, Perfect Day, NotCo, Endless West, New Age Meats, Finless Foods. Why am I naming so many of them? Because not only are these companies hot, up and coming superstars in the food industry, but I personally have friends in all of these food companies! It’s been an honor to have the opportunity to interview the team in charge of sparking the flame and I ask how they started and got involved in IndieBio, how young people can contribute to this biotech movement,  and I think we have a very touching and important discussion about the value of doing creative art with your science career. Po and Arvind have great chemistry and it was a blast talking to them. I added a bit of pre-audio banter, because I found it so funny. Show Notes IndieBio – Independent Biology Located in Jessie Street Why IndieBio?: It lowers the barrier of entry of BioTech Startup IndieBio: What are huge problems that no one can address that we can solve? We have areas in new York, China, etc Notable companies that went through IndieBio Memphis Meats Clara Foods Prime Roots Geltor Perfect Day NotCo Endless West New Age Meats Finless Foods Sandhill Road: Silicon Valley Money Worldly Priorities: Do we need an environmental disaster to finally understand that this is an issue?: Cognitive Dissonance is a huge problem. We might need something bigger to happen Do you think there’s going to be more companies solving this?: The younger generation is taking note and they are asking “what can I do to change it?” In most situations, the taste will always have to win for consumer acceptance. Environmental challenges are generally second-teir How did you start?: Arvind: My thesis was modifying e.coli to dissolve wood at 1996 Venture Capital is the ultimate business model to take all the risk How do we have scientists take more risk?: Most safe jobs aren’t as safe as you think Generally, you’ve already bet on yourself with your PhD For Po: IndieBio is a movement, not everyone needs to be a founder, but everyone can be part of the movement. It’s not just the scientists Author of 7 New York Times Best Seller Indie books People thrive in a balance between security and risk and different people have different thresholds Po, you’re an author, why are you in food?: I’ve grown up in it my whole life around food Why did Po and Arvind create a book?: We’re both artists so we get along Dr. June Axup – plays Ukelele and sings science songs In this industry, your mind has to be extremely fast Also, most companies that go here have a sense of performance art because it’s so ambitious My Food Job Rocks: Arvind: We play an important role in having scientists build meaningful companies Po: I love proving people Wrong How do people get into IndieBio?: A one-page application. You can attach a pitch deck if you got it We do 10 startups twice a year every 6 months in San Francisco and New York Where can we find your work? Indiebio.co – You can select SF or NY Decoding the World – DecodingtheWorld.com Social Media: Po Bronson Social Media: Arvind Gupta How’s the pandemic treating you this year?: This batch, we couldn’t do food companies but next batch has a few promising food ones

Ryan Zauk sits down with Evgenia Plotnikova, Partner and Investor at Dawn Capital in the wake of Dawn's $400M raise in September. Dawn Capital is one of the premier venture firms in Europe and is focused on B2B Software and FinTech, investing mostly in Series A and B rounds for high-growth companies across Europe. Evgenia is a seasoned investor in both venture and private equity. Prior to Dawn, she was a VC at Atomico, where she spearheaded the firm's entry into France and worked with a number of businesses, including Ontruck and Memphis Meats. Before VC, Evgenia was an investor at TPG Capital focused on telecommunications, retail, transportation, and mining. She started her career at J.P. Morgan in the London and Dubai offices, where she advised businesses on potential M&A transactions as well as equity and debt financings. Evgenia is fluent in French and Russian, has lived in 5 countries, and has traveled to 55 (though COVID may be slowing her march to 60). In 2017, Evgenia was named to Forbes’ “30 Under 30” and became the judge for its prestigious Finance category in 2018. Ryan & Evgenia cover a great deal in today’s episode, with highlights broken out below: - How she describes Dawn and her general investing style (4:20) - Raising a $400M fund in COVID, a huge fund for venture capital (7:40) - How Dawn positions themselves to entrepreneurs and founders, and the incredible value they have offered founders (10:29) - Her general sourcing and diligence processes (12:30) - Her investment in Soldo and the bright future ahead for the company (18:35) - A special rapid-fire question round (27:08) …And much more. Enjoy the show! For more insights and analysis from FinTech leaders, follow us below: Medium: https://medium.com/wharton-fintech WFT Twitter: https://twitter.com/whartonfintech Ryan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/RyanZauk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wharton-fintech-club/

"Don’t to be ashamed to be scrappy" - Lisa Feria, CEO of Stray Dog Capital. Stray Dog Capital is one of the leading venture capital firms in the field of plant, synthetic biology, and cultivated meat. They have invested in many of the most influential companies in the industry I've discussed on the show, including Memphis Meats, Mosa Meat, SuperMeat, Aleph Farms, and Blue Nalu. They also have an extensive portfolio in plant-based protein companies, investing in Beyond Meat, No Evil Foods, and more.In this conversation, Lisa and I go deep into what entrepreneurs should think about when they are pitching their startups to VCs. She also highlights some of the mistakes she sees companies make and why differentiation is more challenging for cultivated meat companies than plant-based counterparts. Lisa also shares why she gets more out of a 30-minute pitch meeting than a 1-hour pitch. If you’re an entrepreneur in cultivated meat or really any industry, this episode has tons of insights on how to optimize and prepare your pitch.Twitter @straydogcapitalhttps://straydogcapital.com

This amazing episode is with Ryan Bethencourt, Founder and CEO of Wild Earth, but this guy invests, mentors and influences and has had such an impact in the alt-meat and biotech community. If you’re in the plant-based community and don’t know Ryan, get to know him, follow him on LinkedIn, he is one of the lynchpins in this innovative field and shares a ton of amazing content. So what has Ryan done so far?  Well, started a company? Several. Invested in innovative technology? Scientist? Yep. Been on Shark Tank? Got an investment on Shark Tank! This guy has done everything! A big takeaway from this episode is that Ryan was told no all the time. Why? Because he had dyslexia as a kid but after reading some science fiction and then busting his butt working really hard, he kept on breaking expectations and is now a literal limitless human being and has leveraged his weakness into his greatest strength. I know Ryan personally, and I never knew this story! You’ll learn a bit more about his personal life such as why he moved out of Silicon Valley to Research Triangle Park in North Carolina and set up an awesome sustainable food fund with his wife. Based on the length of the episode and the quality of today’s guest, I don’t have to tell you that you will learn a lot and be inspired in this interview. The best takeaway in this episode is that even if people say you can’t, you can. Show Notes Mark Cuban Shark Tank Deal What do you call yourself when you talk to people?: If it’s simple I say I run a dog food company I also have invested in/helped build 130 startups I cofounded Indiebio and I cofounded Wild Earth The first investor in Memphis Meats, Not Co, Geltor, Clara Foods Arvind and Po’s Book Silicon Valley actually has a biotech ecosystem but it was hard to break in. Once the recession hits, we bought biotech equipment and put them into our garage SOS Ventures backe dour company called IndieBio and we would provide a lab to scientists Y-combinator NotCo in the US Wait, are you an investor and a CEO?: Yes, I’m an AND person. I do both Sustainable Food Ventures What Are You?: I’m many things, but you and I have done the “and”. Give yourself permission to do both and it’s ok to fail and don’t listen to the people who say no I was dyslexic as a child and really had a handicap in school. My parents always believed in me and introduced me to science fiction Science fiction told me about what is possible and taught me to work harder to make these goals happen Once I found that computers helped me work faster, I leveraged technology to do great job. Eventually, after I looked up from the grindstone, I became more knowledgable people GATTACA – the swimming part Book: Three Body Problem Series – Chinese Fiction - Three part series What other cultures can do science fiction well? Each culture can give us a different lense into science fiction Silicon Valley – The Rome of Technology Ryan was always looking at multiple hubs to leave Silicon Valley Steve Case – AOL Focus on the Rise of the Rest Research Triangle Hub Marilis Holme, my wife and I created a new future of food fund in the triangle called Sustainable Food Ventures It is harder to set up a fund in undeveloped projects but it’s worth it What is your strategy in developing cities? Big Idea Ventures Veggie Victory – Rise of Plant-based Meat in Nigeria Plant-based Meat is supposed to be 1% of the meat market right now How do people get money from startups?: Just ask us. We help Book: Zero to One Golden Beef- Real Beef but slaughtered free Tufts University Golden Rice Better Meat Co Motif Foodworks Why did you start Wild Earth?: Funny enough, no one wanted me to make this company and they wouldn’t want to invest in me on dog food Dogs eat everything We are actually getting some interesting data on dogs eating a plant-based diet. We are funding future research For Wild Earth, it’s not just that we’re plant-based, but we care about our pet’s nutrition We want Wild Earth to be the leader of plant-based dog food and make an impact with giant companies. The more we can convince large pet food companies join us, the more impactful you can be Book: Hyper Competition – Managing Dynamics of Strategic Maneuvering Porter’s 5 Laws are Wrong. They only matter in a  static system, not a dynamic system The true barrier is constant innovation Telsa is an example of a constantly innovating product Book: Elon Musk Biography by Ashley Lance Moonshots – Elon needs our help to bring the future of food to feed people in Mars Book: The Future is Faster Than You Think Peter Diamandas from X-prize My Food Job Rocks: I get to feed my dog an amazing product that was once an idea and now is a product Venture Capitalists: generally are risk adverse Softbank and WeWork How do we kick people in the pants about climate change?: I believe in humanity in the long term. I believe we can solve a lot of problems. The Tech investors in the West coast might have awoken to the sheer issue with the climate situation Book: Wizard and the Prophet How do you inspire scientists to take risks to start businesses to save the world?: Scientists want to make science for the love of it. It’s hard for them to take risks. Give yourself permission to try. If you have a  good idea, email me at ryan@sustainablefoodventures.com SustainableFoodVentures.com – We love to fund idea stage companies

HPS Partner Tucker Warren hosts Eric Schulze, VP of Product and Regulation at Memphis Meats, for a conversation about cell-based meat products, the rise in companies developing these innovative products, and the regulatory procedures behind bringing cell-based meat products to market. Tucker and Eric discuss Memphis Meats' origins and how the company is working to provide consumers with sustainable choices that are healthy and environmentally friendly. The pair also talks about innovations in agriculture and the meat industry globally, how new products are regulated, and new trends in the cell-based meat industry that consumers can expect to see in the coming years.To learn more about Memphis Meats, visit memphismeats.com.

Heidi Roizen is a venture capitalist, a Stanford University lecturer, and an entrepreneur. She co-founded the software company T/Maker, served as VP of Worldwide Developer Relations at Apple, entered the VC industry with Softbank, and currently is a partner at Silicon Valley-based Threshold Ventures. She is a corporate director for a bunch of public and private companies such as Memphis Meats, Lumity and Polarr. Heidi has been known in the tech industry for her relationships and her principles to building them. In this episode we talk to her about her journey first as an entrepreneur, then as a VC in the valley. She talks about building meaningful relations not just for a fulfilling career but for a fulfilling life, and about the venture capital industry.

About this episode In our entrepreneurial journeys, we need to think much bigger and therefore set our expectations and goals much higher. By doing so, we're forced to shift our perspective to play the long game. Steve Jurvetson knows this well and has a comparable perspective when it comes to investable technologies. While most investors want to know what your three to five-year plans are, Steve wants to know what your company will look like in 50 years. Steve is the co-founder of Future Ventures, current board member of SpaceX, and former board member of Tesla. Prior to Future Ventures, Steve was the co-founder and managing director for Draper Fisher Jurvetson, where he led the firm's investments in SpaceX, Tesla, Planet, Memphis Meats, Hotmail, and Skype. In 2016, former President Barack Obama announced Steve's appointment as a presidential ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship. He has also been honored by Forbes as one of the text best venture investors and by Deloitte as the venture capitalist of the year. Steve is arguably one of the most brilliant individuals I have ever spoken to. Tune in and enjoy a conversation that will blow your mind. In this episode, you'll hear. What Steve thought he wanted to do as a kid and what his parents encouraged him to do. His experience in electrical engineering and business school. How he progressed from Bain to venture capital. The moment he realized he wanted to do venture capital for the rest of his life. How he developed an intuitive approach to the market. How he connected with Elon Musk for an investment opportunity. The core areas he invests in now. Resources from this episode Join Grindology: https://grindology.com/ ExpressVPN: Get 3 Months Free → https://www.expressvpn.com/startupstory Get Emails: https://app.getemails.com/referrals/newaccount?ref=R18HWW5 The Startup Story Inner Circle: https://www.thestartupstory.co/vip The Startup Story on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thestartupstory The Startup Story is now on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/jamesmckinney The Startup Story on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thestartupstory Steve on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevejurvetson/ Learn more about Future Ventures: https://future.ventures/ Share the podcast The Startup Story community has been so incredible sharing our podcast with others, and we thank you! We do have more stories to tell and more people to reach. There are three ways you can help. First, the most powerful way you can support this podcast is by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts. Second, follow us on Facebook and Instagram, and be sure to share your favorite Startup Story episodes with your friends and on social media. Tag or mention @thestartupstory.co so we can give you a virtual high five and a thank you! Lastly, share the podcast on LinkedIn. The Startup Story podcast is for entrepreneurs. Don't underestimate the power of sharing on LinkedIn so other entrepreneurs can discover us. With your support, we hope to further our reach in encouraging and inspiring the founders of today and tomorrow. Thank you! EPISODE CREDITS If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Danny Ozment. He helps thought leaders, influencers, executives, HR professionals, recruiters, lawyers, realtors, bloggers, and authors create, launch, and produce podcasts that grow their business and impact the world. Contact him today at https://emeraldcitypro.com/startupstory

"…when I say people had no idea, these were investors, right? These were people who thought they had a crystal ball on the future. And I was like, look, our world has to change for so many reasons. The fact that we're slaughtering animals and doing so in really horrific ways, that is not the future. And so, if that is not the future, what is? It's embracing biotech, it's embracing food science, it's embracing the things that will remove these animals and the environmental impact of this out of the system."  - Ryan Bethencourt 30 percent of the meat consumed in the United States is eaten by our pets. That is a staggering number. Ryan Bethencourt thought so too, which is why is doing something about it. Ryan is the founder and CEO of Wild Earth, a sustainable, meat-free alternative to dog food. It’s the Beyond Meat for dogs. You may have seen Ryan pitch it on Shark Tank – not only did the Sharks taste his dog treats, Mark Cuban invested. Ryan is a scientist, entrepreneur, and a biotech investor. He has led, built and advised more than 80 companies, including: Shiok Meats, Memphis Meats, Geltor, New Wave Foods, Clara Foods, and Finless Foods. He co-founded IndieBio, the world's leading biotech accelerator and was head of Sciences for the XPRIZE Foundation. He's currently a partner at Babel Ventures, a consumer biotech fund. Ryan believes that using biology as technology will solve some of the world's most intractable problems.

Silicon Valley seems to be constantly pumping out "solutions" to fix our broken food system. The latest and greatest: cell-cultured meat — meat that's grown in vats, without needing to kill animals. We join forces with Chase Purdy, author of “Billion Dollar Burger,” to find out how it's made. And we speak to Dr. Uma Valeti of Memphis Meats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Silicon Valley seems to be constantly pumping out "solutions" to fix our broken food system. The latest and greatest: cell-cultured meat — meat that's grown in vats, without needing to kill animals. Companies say their new techy meat will be safe and better for the planet than what we have now. We join forces with Chase Purdy, author of “Billion Dollar Burger,” to find out if this stuff is all it’s cracked up to be. In this episode, we speak to Ira van Eelen, Dr. Uma Valeti of Memphis Meats and Dr. Carolyn Mattick. Here’s a link to our transcript: https://bit.ly/2IbvIu1 This episode was produced by Wendy Zukerman and Chase Purdy, with help from Rose Rimler, Nicholas DelRose, Michelle Dang and Hannah Harris Green. We’re edited by Blythe Terrell. Fact checking by Eva Dasher. Mix and sound design by Sam Bair. Music written by Peter Leonard, Marcus Bagala, Emma Munger, and Bobby Lord. A huge thanks to all the researchers we got in touch with for this episode, including Dr. Hanna Tuomisto, Dr. Marco Springmann and Dr. Lini Wollenberg. And special thanks to Livia Padilha, Jack Weinstein, the Zukerman family and Joseph Lavelle Wilson.

The food industry has shown incredible resilience in the face of the challenges presented by COVID-19, but what about food and agritech start-ups? How has the pandemic affected venture capital funding and investment in the sector? We assembled a panel of experts to discuss this, and what the future holds for the start-up community in food and agritech. Spoiler alert: investors still have capital they want to invest, and are looking to support disruptive start-ups with funding. Find out the new opportunities they are seeing in this exciting space. About our panel Nicky Deasy, Co-Founder and Manager Partner, Yield Lab Europe  Nicky is the Managing Partner at Yield Lab Europe (https://yieldlab.ie/) . Nicky oversees the day to day operations, including investments, fundraising, portfolio, and company operations. This includes raising capital, dealing with the limited partners and investors, maintaining and managing a deal pipeline, running the due diligence process, and coordinating investments into portfolio companies.  She also works to set up the accelerator programming, and supporting those companies with financial mentoring, commercial mentoring and scaling support, and overall fund management.    Nicky worked for 7 years as Associate Director at KPMG Corporate Finance in Dublin, where she ran the Food & Beverage M&A team, before moving to EY Galway to set up a corporate finance practice for EY’s regional offices, as Director of Corporate Finance, which she ran successfully for 5 years before leaving to set up her own corporate finance practice in Galway.  She was a mentor to the EI HPSU in the role of assisting companies go to market to raise equity.  She has worked with many early stage companies across a variety of sectors to raise seed and Series A equity capital, having advised on rounds totalling hundreds of millions over her 20 year career, and has extensive links with the venture capital and business community in Ireland, both in Dublin and Galway. Costa Yiannoulis, Investment Director, CPT Capital  Costa is the Investment Director at CPT Capital (https://cptcap.com/) , the venture arm of Jeremy Coller’s family office. Costa has led the building and management of the CPT Capital food and materials tech portfolio including Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods, Memphis Meats and Perfect Day amongst others. Costa sits on the boards of Geltor, Gathered Foods (Good Catch), Redefine Meat, and 3F Bio. Prior to CPT Capital, Costa managed Jeremy Coller’s broader personal technology investments and advised Jeremy across both his corporate (Coller Capital) and philanthropic (FAIRR Initiative / Jeremy Coller Foundation) endeavours. Previously Costa spent 3 years in Management Consulting with Bain & Company in London focussing on Strategy, Organisational Design and Private Equity across sectors; and 5 years within Deutsche Bank in London building the bank’s Emerging Markets platform across Africa. Costa holds a BA(Hons) and MA in Economics from Cambridge University, and an MBA from INSEAD. Andrew Ive, Founder, Big Idea Ventures Andrew is the founder of Big Idea Ventures (http://www.BigIdeaVentures.com) . Its purpose is to solve the world’s biggest challenges by supporting the world’s best entrepreneurs. Our first fund + accelerator (NY & Singapore) invests in plant-based foods and ingredients to impact climate change, animal welfare and personal health. Investors include Tyson Foods & Temasek. Advisory Board member for Tufts Nutrition Council. Friedman School Entrepreneurship Advisor. Harvard Business School graduate, Procter & Gamble brand management trained.  Yield Lab Europe, CPT Capital and Big Idea Ventures will all be attending Food Tech Matters on 12-14 October 2020. Food Tech Matters is the place for disruptive agri-foodtech start-ups to meet investors and corporates focused on a sustainable future. Join them  (https://bit.ly/3kHaaDt)

In this special episode of money in the moonshot, we are excited to speak with venture capitalists Steve Jurvetson. Steve is a VC investor who focuses on mission driven companies at the cutting edge of disruptive technology. An early investor in SpaceX, Tesla Planet Labs, Memphis Meats and Hotmail, he currently sits on the board of both SpaceX and Tesla. Prior to co founding his current venture capital firm Future Ventures, Steve was a research and development engineer at Hewlett Packard. He also worked in Product Marketing at Apple and management consulting with Bain and company. In 2016 President Barack Obama appointed Steve as a presidential ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship.

Seth is a founding partner at Fifty Years, a seed fund that backs entrepreneurs solving the world's biggest problems with technology. Seth has seeded a range of startups shaping the world for the better — companies like Memphis Meats (culturing meat to eat), Solugen (engineering enzymes to produce industrial chemicals sustainably), and Astranis (small satellites to cover the earth with Internet). Seth is also the co-founder of impact.tech, a community of entrepreneurs combining purpose with profit, and was previously the founder & CEO of startup Amicus. A graduate of Y Combinator, Seth was named twice to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Social Entrepreneurship.

The old way of doing capitalism is about making money in the short term, and that way of thinking has caused a lot of destruction. But some venture funds are taking a new approach and deploying capital in a way that is net beneficial for society in the long term. So, how do we leverage this new kind of conscious capitalism to support the biotech companies that are making the world a better, more sustainable place?Arvind Gupta is a Partner and at Mayfield Fund, a venture capital firm that operates under a framework of conscious capitalism. Arvind is also the Founder and Venture Advisor at IndieBio, the world's largest biotech accelerator, where he invested in 136 companies in five years and grew a portfolio worth $3.2B. Arvind has been a guest lecturer at UCSF, MIT and Harvard, and he is the coauthor of the forthcoming book, Decoding the World: A Roadmap for the Questioner.Today, Arvind joins us to share his mission to help scientists create companies, explaining why access to equity is more important than capital and what we can do to address the trending economic inequality. He discusses the connection between social revolution and new technologies, introducing us to the idea of conscious capitalism as a way to make an impact AND create better returns. Listen in for insight around the challenges of scaling a bio-related startup and learn how Arvind is working to deploy the capital necessary to build the technology that will save the world. Arvind's work as the founder of IndieBioHelp scientists become entrepreneurs136 companies valued at $3.2B The connection between revolutions and new technologySocial shift demands new way of doing thingsGen Z, millennials willing to pay to affect change Arvind's philosophy on the way we view animalsSee as living thing or disposable productReflects way we treat each other The benefits of replacing meat with lab-grown foodSubtract moral cost of meatRemove carbon from supply chain Why Arvind sees COVID as the Great AcceleratorSpeeding up every trendIncludes biology, neo-feudalism What we can do to correct neo-feudalismReinvent education to create mobilityCreate jobs that provide access to equity How Arvind is engaging in conscious capitalismDeploy capital for things feel important + make moneyCreate better returns by changing way things done Arvind's insight on the idea of designed humansAbility to make compounds by delivering RNA/DNA (but not keep)Editing DNA too dangerous for future generations What's different about funding a bio-related startupTech is alive under hood and living things don't always behaveChallenge to ensure production platforms repeatable at scale What inspired Arvind's transition to MayfieldBio companies need support in series A/B for movement to growLearn from world-class team devoted to conscious capitalism Connect with ArvindIndieBio  https://indiebio.co/Mayfield Fund https://www.mayfield.com/Arvind on Twitter https://twitter.com/arvndgpta ResourcesArvind on Boost VC Podcast EP034 https://theboostvcpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/f2db5d9c-d3c4f571Decoding the World: A Roadmap for the Questioner by Po Bronson and Arvind Gupta https://www.amazon.com/Decoding-World-Questioner-Po-Bronson/dp/1538734311IDEO https://www.ideo.com/Memphis Meats https://www.memphismeats.com/Finless Foods https://finlessfoods.com/New Age Meats https://www.newagemeats.com/George Church's Woolly Mammoth Revival https://reviverestore.org/projects/woolly-mammoth/Khan Lab School https://www.khanlabschool.org/Navin Chaddha's Post on Conscious Capitalism https://www.mayfield.com/conscious-capital/‘China's CRISPR Babies' in the MIT Technology Review https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/12/03/131752/chinas-crispr-babies-read-exclusive-excerpts-he-jiankui-paper/The Martian by Andy Weir https://www.amazon.com/Martian-Andy-Weir/dp/0553418025Dan Carlin's Hardcore History https://www.dancarlin.com/Yik Yak https://www.linkedin.com/company/yik-yak-inc-Tim Chang at Mayfield https://www.mayfield.com/team-member/tim-chang/Ursheet Parikh at Mayfield https://www.mayfield.com/team-member/ursheet-parikh/Mammoth Biosciences https://mammoth.bio/ Connect with Boost VCBoost VC Website https://www.boost.vc/Boost VC on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/boostvc/Boost VC on Twitter https://twitter.com/BoostVCBoost VC on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/boost_vc/

In this episode, my co-host Alex Patel and I talk to Heidi Roizen of Threshold Ventures about the dot-com bubble. We delve into topics like the irrational exuberance, evangelism, the history of innovation, entrepreneurship, and much more! Check out the episode to learn about the dot-com bubble in a simplified way! Heidi Roizen is a veteran venture capitalist and partner at Threshold Ventures as well as a corporate director. She is on the boards of directors of Zoox, Planet, Polarr, Memphis Meats, DMGT, and Invitation Homes. She co-founded T/Maker, where she served as CEO for over a decade through its acquisition by Deluxe Corporate in 1994. Next, she joined Apple as VP of Worldwide Developer Relations, and from there, Mobius Venture Capital. She's been named to the Corporate Board Member's "Top 50 Women in Tech" list and Hot Topics' Top 100 Women in Tech. In 2018, Heidi was named the Financial Woman of the Year by the Financial Women of San Francisco. She has also earned the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs and Executives Annual Achievement Award, among other accolades. Heidi currently holds two leadership positions at Stanford University. She co-leads the Threshold Venture Fellows in the Management Science and Engineering department at Stanford. Additionally, she is also a member of the advisory council of Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. She earned both her undergraduate degree and MBA from Stanford University. Follow Heidi Roizen on Twitter here! Follow StreetFins on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook here, and follow me on Twitter @rohaninvest! Find and subscribe to Finance Simplified on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and Anchor.fm! Want to learn more? Check out some StreetFins articles and videos relating to topics mentioned in the episode: Intro to Earnings The Difference Between Investing and Trading Basics of Stocks Valuation: Discounted Cash Flow The Dot-com Bubble Explained

We tend to focus on the fact that in the year 2050 we will have to feed 10 billion human beings on this planet but we won’t be the only species we have to worry about. We are currently witnessing an unprecedented loss of biodiversity as climate change makes this planet inhospitable for all species. We need to find a way to feed not just ourselves but also ensure other species thrive on Earth without being too extractive from nature. It is clear that biotech is going to be key to this transformation, and will rule the world just as software did for the last few decades. And there are a few people building the future of food at the vanguard of this development.Our guest this week is one of the most prolific investors, and early stage funders of numerous biotech companies in the alternative protein space. Ryan Bethencourt is the CEO of Wild Earth that makes pet food from fermentation-based protein. He is also a partner at Babel Ventures, an early stage consumer biotech venture capital fund. As the co-founder, and CEO of incubators, and seed funds like IndieBio (an SOS Ventures backed accelerator, and early stage seed fund), Berkeley Bio Labs, a startup incubator, and sector builder, as well as the head of life sciences at the XPRIZE foundation, Ryan has funded well over a 100 companies. The list includes notable alternative protein companies like Shiok Meats, Memphis Meats, New Wave Foods, Clara Foods, Finless Foods as well as Mumbai’s plant-based egg company, Evo Foods. Ryan’s aim overlaps with ours at GFI India - we want to positively impact the lives of billions of people, and animals!NOTES:Companies Mentioned:Wild EarthIndieBioBabel VenturesBerkeley Bio LabsXPrize FoundationBibliography:Why Wild Earth Cofounder Ryan Bethencourt Is Applying The Science Of 'Vegan Biohacking' To Pet Food, Forbes.Eat For The Planet #71 - Ryan Bethencourt: Reinventing Pet Food and Building the Post-Animal Bio Economy, EFTP.This biotech startup is growing protein-rich vegan pet food in a lab, FastCompanyShiok Meats takes the cultured meat revolution to the seafood aisle with plans for cultured shrimp, TechCrunch.Tour the San Francisco lab that’s growing meat in a petri dish, CNBCA foodtech EVO-lution: this startup is set to disrupt India’s plant-based food market with its ‘clean’ egg substitute, YourStoryFor Further Reading:Ryan Bethencourt’s writing on Medium.Ryan’s videos on the Singularity University page.What does it take to create a conducive environment for scale-up of new protein companies? Future of Protein Summit, YouTube Channel.

Steve Jurvetson is the Co-Founder @ Future Ventures who announced their debut and flagship $200M Fund in 2019. Steve's incredible portfolio includes the likes of SpaceX, Tesla, Planet, Memphis Meats, Hotmail, and the deep learning companies Mythic and Nervana. Steve also sits on the board of both SpaceX and Tesla. Prior to founding Future, Steve was the co-founder of renowned valley firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson where he led investments in 5 companies that went public in successful IPOs and several others that became billion-dollar acquisitions. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Steve made his way into the world of startups and Silicon Valley and how that led to his creation of “The Lean Startup Movement”? 2.) How does Steve think about and assess market timing? How does Steve assess technical risk? Given the long term horizons of such deep tech projects, does Steve think we need to change the 10 + 2-year fund life structure? How would Steve like to see funds structured? 3.) Given the sheer size of outcomes if these plays work, how does Steve assess his own price sensitivity? How does Steve approach the challenge there is a lack of downstream investors for such deep tech projects? How does Steve try and catch an industry on the cusp of a transition? 4.) How does Steve assess his own relationship to money? How has it changed over the years? Why does Steve fundamentally believe that venture partnerships do not scale? Where do venture partnerships breakdown? How can one introduce cognitive diversity into a firm? 5.) Having worked with Elon Musk across both SpaceX and Tesla, what does Steve believe makes Elon one of the most gifted entrepreneurs of our time? What is Steve's most memorable moment from his many years of friendship with Elon? What have been his biggest takeaways from SpaceX and Tesla? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Steve’s Fave Book: Out Of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World Steve's Most Recent Investment: Prellis Biologic As always you can follow Harry and The Twenty Minute VC on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Instagram here for mojito madness and all things 20VC.

Liz Marshall's new film Meat the Future focuses on a new way of producing meat -- one where the animal doesn't have to be killed. Instead, cells are taken from a living animal and meat is produced from those cells. The possibility presents a brave new world of animal agriculture, a world where we can still eat meat without participating in the harm and suffering that is rampant in the current industrial animal husbandry model. While more and more people are deciding that a vegetarian diet is the way to go, meat consumption continues to grow. Is cell-based meat a compromise that can reduce the environmental costs of a diet that contains meat? The film also explores the environmental costs of our meat-based diet and presents a way forward. The central character in the film is cardiologist Dr. Uma Valeti, the co-founder and CEO of start-up company Memphis Meats. The industry, and his company is so new that none of its products are on grocery store shelves yet. Documentary writer, producer and director Liz Marshall believes that Dr. Valetti is on the right track. "What the future holds for cell-based meat is unclear," says Marshall, "but I believe its revolutionary promise and historic journey into the world will stand the test of time." She talks to rabble radio host and producer Victoria Fenner in this edition of rabble.ca's series Climate hope in the time of pandemic. You can see the documentary for yourself on the CBC website. It's posted as part of the Hot Docs@Home collection. Image: Thainafreitas/Pixabay

Memphis Meats, a developer of technologies to manufacture meat, seafood and poultry from animal cells, has raised $161 million in financing from investors including Softbank Group, Norwest and Temasek, the investment fund backed by the government of Singapore. The investment brings the company's total financing to $180 million.

Last month, the US Department of Agriculture and FDA convened to debate meat: what it is and isn't, and if plant-based or lab-grown products like those made by Impossible Burger and Memphis Meats should be called meat. Lab-grown meat is still months from market, but vegetarian meats already have the poultry and cattle industries in a tizzy. Sales of meat analogues are growing at steady clip of 23 percent a year, nibbling out a decent market share.

You've heard the numbers or some statistic like this: By the year 2050, we'll need to feed 9.7 billion humans on the planet. Our current production and meat-making methods -- growing crops to feed to animals to turn them into food -- can't keep up … not to mention it's not very good for the environment. Yet meat is at the center of the plate for most meals, for most people. So how do we go from where we are to where we need to be? Especially since food is fundamentally an emotional experience! You can't browbeat consumers into doing the "right" thing by selling on the rational benefits. You have to make them taste it … and crave it. In this episode of the a16z Podcast (continuing our annual Thanksgiving and ongoing food x tech series) Uma Valeti, CEO of Memphis Meats; David Lee, COO of Impossible Foods; and Bruce Friedrich, Executive Director of The Good Food Institute discuss -- in conversation with a16z partner Kyle Russell -- different methods of making meatless meats or “clean meats”. More broadly, we're beginning to see a new era of food, and with it, radical transparency around understanding where our food comes from and how it's made … something most people currently don't know (or don't want to know). From making to marketing, what will it take to turn the world's oldest food production tradition into an entirely new one? Could a personalized, local “meat brewery” be the future of food?

In this episode I interview Liz Dee, co-owner and executive vice-president of her family's business Smarties Candy Company in the US and CEO of impact investment firm Baleine & Bjorn Capital. Liz has worked with the Smarties Candy Company – which is a completely separate entity to Smarties in the UK, Australia and elsewhere – for many years. In 2011, while doing research on veganism for the business (the American company's products are vegan), Liz became aware of the cruelty and environmental devastation involved in animal agriculture and the fashion industry and became an ethical vegan. Through her extensive experience as a food company executive and recent venture capitalist, Liz is changing the conversation about food production and sustainable business. Based in New York, she's been featured in The New York Times, CNN Money, The Globe and Mail and The Toronto Star, among many other publications. Liz is also a popular public speaker on the topics of the future of food, impact investing, and the move toward conscious business models. She set up Baleine & Bjorn Capital with her husband Nick Garin earlier this year. So far they have invested in vegan fashion brand Vaute Couture, plant-based meal delivery service Purple Carrot, food education tool Lighter and lab meat company Memphis Meats. In this interview Liz talks about: •    How a negative mindset around money can hinder animal advocacy •    The kinds of businesses she is looking to invest in •    What she wants to see in a company that will convince her to invest •    How to know if you're ready to receive investment •    Key things to include in your pitch deck to investors •    The one thing you must do, when pitching an investor, above all else •    And much more Visit the Smarties Candy Company website Visit the Baleine & Bjorn Capital website Follow Liz Dee on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram  Brands mentioned in vegan business news roundup: Har Sinai (no website or social media yet) Chiara Appendino Willow Cup Root Juice Matcha Mylkbar RESOURCES: My Online PR Course for Vegan Business Owners & Entrepreneurs: Vegans in the Limelight My book Vegan Ventures: Start and Grow an Ethical Business Follow Vegan Business Media on: Facebook   Twitter  Instagram  Connect with me personally at: Facebook  Twitter  LinkedIn

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Dr. Uma Valeti is CEO and Co-Founder of Memphis Meats. Uma is laser focused on advancing the commercial viability of meat farmed directly from real meat cells. A cardiologist by training, he believes that meat that is safe and sustainable should be good for the body and the soul. Uma was one of the early Board members of New Harvest, a non-profit dedicated to advancing cellular agriculture research and mainstream adoption of cultured meat. He has extensive business experience and is an investor in a variety of food and tech companies. In addition to his many contributions in health sciences, he wants his biggest contribution to be leading the development of a profitable and a world positive future food system. Fun fact: Uma has rescued several people in cardiac arrest. Key Takeaways: [2:15] When Uma first saw animals getting slaughtered, at a birthday party of all places, and how it led to Memphis Meats [4:17] The process of growing the meat from a cell [6:58] How our food is modified now and the health implications [8:54] The difference between what Uma's doing and cloning [11:05] How this creation of meat will help feed the 10 billion people Earth will have in the next 30 years [13:56] What products Memphis Meats will be bringing to market first [15:44] How lab grown meat cuts out the possibility of food contamination [17:02] The growing of their first meatball [18:26] The cost of the first meatball, and where they think they can get in the coming years [20:51] How what DOESN'T go into the meat will help it last longer and be healthier Website Mentioned: www.memphismeats.com

Sam Harris offers a few more thoughts on Clinton vs Sanders, as well as on the ethics of strong encryption. He then speaks with Uma Valeti, cardiologist and CEO of Memphis Meats, about the future of food production.