Podcast appearances and mentions of Ryan Bethencourt

Upon reading his obituary, Mark Twain reportedly wrote that “the reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” Whether Twain actually wrote this or not, the reality remains that today the reports of the death of cultivated meat are indeed quite real. Yet Bruce Friedrich, the president of the Good Food Institute, is here to tell you that he believes such reports are not based on science and are indeed greatly exaggerated.  Few people have done more to inspire others to pursue alternative protein—including cultivated meat—as a strategy to ameliorate world problems than Bruce. I've known Bruce since 1996, and one thing that's remained constant during the past three decades is that Bruce's commitment to reducing suffering on the planet is simply enormous. Whether in his role as part of the nonprofit animal advocacy world or the crusade he's been on since co-founding GFI in 2016 to render alternative proteins no longer alternative, Bruce's lodestar has always been: how can he do as much good as possible during his limited time on the planet? In this conversation, Bruce and I focus on the state of the plant-based and cultivated meat industries today, why he believes the critics are misguided, whether China will lead this race, how to respond to the new cultivated meat bans like those newly passed in Florida and Alabama, and critically: what it will take for alt-protein to no longer be alt. Discussed in this episode This episode is the 10th in our ten-part podcast series on cultivated meat. The previous nine episodes include Orbillion Bio, UPSIDE Foods, Avant Meats, BlueNalu, Eat Just, Fork & Good, Mosa Meat, New Harvest, and Aleph Farms. Dr. Elliot Swartz's presentation: The Cost Drivers of Cultivated Meat Production. GFI's Plant-Based Meat Production Volume Modeling 2030 analysis. GFI's numerous additional resources, including The Science of Cultivated Meat, Advancing Solutions for Alternative Protein, The Costs and Environmental Impacts of Cultivated Meat, and The GFI Startup Manual.  You can sign up to receive GFI's many newsletters and to be alerted to their many webinars and other events and resources at gfi.org/newsletters.  Bruce cites numerous laws, including Amara's Law (we tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run), Wright's Law (for every cumulative doubling of units produced, costs will fall by a constant percentage), and even Newton's Third Law (for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction). Good Meat is now selling cultivated chicken at a butchery in Singapore. China's five-year plan for the future of meat. The cultivated meat documentary Meat the Future. Bruce recommends Hannah Ritchie's book, Not The End of the World. You can see Paul's review of it here. Ezra Klein's 2021 NY Times column, Let's Launch a Moonshot for Meatless Meat. Bruce's 2019 TED Talk. The Center for Strategic and International Studies' report: The Future Appetite for Alternative Proteins. Our past episodes with Ryan Bethencourt and Jason Matheny. An upcoming episode with Israel's albumin producer PoLoPo! More about Bruce Friedrich Bruce Friedrich is founder & president of the Good Food Institute, a global network of nonprofit science-focused think tanks, with more than 220 full-time team members across affiliates in the U.S., India, Israel, Brazil, Singapore, and Europe (UK, Germany, & EC). GFI works on alternative protein policy, science, and corporate engagement - to accelerate the production of plant-based and cultivated meat in order to bolster the global protein supply while protecting our environment, promoting global health, and preventing food insecurity. Friedrich is a TED Fellow, Y Combinator alum, 2021 "American Food Hero" (EatingWell Magazine), and popular speaker on food innovation. He has penned op-eds for the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, Nature Food, Wired, and many other publications. He has represented GFI on the TED Radio Hour, New Yorker Radio Hour, the Ezra Klein Show, Making Sense (Sam Harris), and a variety of other podcasts and TV programs. Bruce's 2019 TED talk has been viewed more than 2.4 million times and translated into 30 languages. Friedrich graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown Law and also holds degrees from Johns Hopkins University and the London School of Economics.

Sonia Arrison, 100+ CapitalSonia Arrison is a longevity investor via her company 100+ Capital, a women's investor group called Portfolia, and advises BioVerge here in Silicon Valley. She also spends time helping the Alliance for Longevity Initiatives (A4LI). She is helping A4LI streamline the political processes for advancing longevity research and therapies.When Sonia first moved to California from Canada in 1999, she helped educate congresspeople about the internet and digital technologies. She soon became interested in nanotechnology, and by extension the Foresight Institute. Her interests then turned toward longevity, and she began writing articles here and there about the topic. Peter Thiel convinced her to turn those articles into a book – “100+: how the coming age of longevity will change everything”.She was later pulled into a project with Ryan Bethencourt at IndieBio, becoming his first investor. That catalyzed her role as an angel investor in the longevity biotech space. Around that same time, she was involved in Singularity University. She realized how investable the longevity space had become, and rather than write yet another book she became a major investor in the longevity space.Session summary: Career Counseling with Sonia Arrison - Foresight InstituteThe Foresight Institute is a research organization and non-profit that supports the beneficial development of high-impact technologies. Since our founding in 1987 on a vision of guiding powerful technologies, we have continued to evolve into a many-armed organization that focuses on several fields of science and technology that are too ambitious for legacy institutions to support.Allison Duettmann is the president and CEO of Foresight Institute. She directs the Intelligent Cooperation, Molecular Machines, Biotech & Health Extension, Neurotech, and Space Programs, Fellowships, Prizes, and Tech Trees, and shares this work with the public. She founded Existentialhope.com, co-edited Superintelligence: Coordination & Strategy, co-authored Gaming the Future, and co-initiated The Longevity Prize. Apply to Foresight's virtual salons and in person workshops here!We are entirely funded by your donations. If you enjoy what we do please consider donating through our donation page.Visit our website for more content, or join us here:TwitterFacebookLinkedInEvery word ever spoken on this podcast is now AI-searchable using Fathom.fm, a search engine for podcasts.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Getting back to it! Wild Earth CEO Ryan Bethencourt is speaking with GrepBeat this Friday. As seen on ABC's "Shark Tank," biotech startup Wild Earth is developing clean, high-protein pet foods that are healthy and environmentally friendly. In 2022, the company plans to launch new plant-based cat and dog food. Its fungi-based products require fewer resources than farm animals to deliver the same nutritional value. Last year, the company raised $23 million in funding and opened a second headquarters in Durham, NC.

In this episode of Startup Hustle, Andrew Morgans and Ryan Bethencourt, CoFounder and CEO of Wild Earth Inc., talk about how being a Scientist impacted Ryan's entrepreneurial journey and where the future of food is headed.   Find Startup Hustle Everywhere: https://gigb.co/l/YEh5   This episode is sponsored by Full Scale: https://fullscale.io/   Learn more about Wild Earth Inc.: http://www.wildearth.com   Learn more about Marknology: https://www.marknology.com/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our guest this week on the pod is Ryan Bethencourt.  Ryan is the CEO of Wild Earth, a company that makes healthy and sustainable plant-based pet food.  He's also invested in 160 future of food and future of biotech companies as an angel and venture investor. Resources mentioned in this episode include: Wild Earth site Indie Bio site Every Company site Jennifer Stojkovic episode The Awarepreneurs Community Paul's social entrepreneur coaching

Wild Earth is a technology start up that develops protein dog food and treats. They are meat free, plant based products offering total body health to our beloved friends.

Wild Earth could literally save the earth from the ravages of animal agriculture. If America's dogs and cats were their own nation, they would be one of the biggest meat-eating nations in the world. Enter Ryan Bethencourt and his revolutionary pet food line: Wild Earth. Check it out at wildearth.com. Boasting more than 700% growth from 2020 to 2021, Wild Earth just got more than $23 million in funding from all-star investors in the pet, plant, and alternative food space. CEO Ryan Bethencourt famously closed a deal with Mark Cuban on Shark Tank, making Ryan and Wild Earth household names. Wild Earth is also diving into cell-based meat pet food! Cell-based meat is lab-grown meat; a sustainable alternative to traditional meat. Ryan explains that cell-based meat is cruelty-free to produce, predicting that cell-based meat is the future of meat, and pet food is leading the revolution! Wild Earth is the leader in plant-based pet food. I'm excited about what they have accomplished and look forward to watching them become the leader in cell-based meat pet food,” said Mark Cuban, investor and mentor. JaneUnChained.com's Jane Velez-Mitchell conducts the interview with Ryan. Visit JaneUnChained.com for the latest in vegan, animal, climate, and health news.

Wild Earth could literally save the earth from the ravages of animal agriculture. If America's dogs and cats were their own nation, they would be one of the biggest meat-eating nations in the world. Enter Ryan Bethencourt and his revolutionary pet food line: Wild Earth. Check it out at wildearth.com. Boasting more than 700% growth from 2020 to 2021, Wild Earth just got more than $23 million in funding from all-star investors in the pet, plant, and alternative food space. CEO Ryan Bethencourt famously closed a deal with Mark Cuban on Shark Tank, making Ryan and Wild Earth household names. Wild Earth is also diving into cell-based meat pet food! Cell-based meat is lab-grown meat; a sustainable alternative to traditional meat. Ryan explains that cell-based meat is cruelty-free to produce, predicting that cell-based meat is the future of meat, and pet food is leading the revolution! Wild Earth is the leader in plant-based pet food. I'm excited about what they have accomplished and look forward to watching them become the leader in cell-based meat pet food,” said Mark Cuban, investor and mentor. JaneUnChained.com's Jane Velez-Mitchell conducts the interview with Ryan. Visit JaneUnChained.com for the latest in vegan, animal, climate, and health news.

Wild Earth could literally save the earth from the ravages of animal agriculture. If America's dogs and cats were their own nation, they would be one of the biggest meat-eating nations in the world. Enter Ryan Bethencourt and his revolutionary pet food line: Wild Earth. Check it out at wildearth.com. Boasting more than 700% growth from 2020 to 2021, Wild Earth just got more than $23 million in funding from all-star investors in the pet, plant, and alternative food space. CEO Ryan Bethencourt famously closed a deal with Mark Cuban on Shark Tank, making Ryan and Wild Earth household names. Wild Earth is also diving into cell-based meat pet food! Cell-based meat is lab-grown meat; a sustainable alternative to traditional meat. Ryan explains that cell-based meat is cruelty-free to produce, predicting that cell-based meat is the future of meat, and pet food is leading the revolution! Wild Earth is the leader in plant-based pet food. I'm excited about what they have accomplished and look forward to watching them become the leader in cell-based meat pet food,” said Mark Cuban, investor and mentor. JaneUnChained.com's Jane Velez-Mitchell conducts the interview with Ryan. Visit JaneUnChained.com for the latest in vegan, animal, climate, and health news.

Wild Earth could literally save the earth from the ravages of animal agriculture. If America's dogs and cats were their own nation, they would be one of the biggest meat-eating nations in the world. Enter Ryan Bethencourt and his revolutionary pet food line: Wild Earth. Check it out at wildearth.com. Boasting more than 700% growth from 2020 to 2021, Wild Earth just got more than $23 million in funding from all-star investors in the pet, plant, and alternative food space. CEO Ryan Bethencourt famously closed a deal with Mark Cuban on Shark Tank, making Ryan and Wild Earth household names. Wild Earth is also diving into cell-based meat pet food! Cell-based meat is lab-grown meat; a sustainable alternative to traditional meat. Ryan explains that cell-based meat is cruelty-free to produce, predicting that cell-based meat is the future of meat, and pet food is leading the revolution! Wild Earth is the leader in plant-based pet food. I'm excited about what they have accomplished and look forward to watching them become the leader in cell-based meat pet food,” said Mark Cuban, investor and mentor. JaneUnChained.com's Jane Velez-Mitchell conducts the interview with Ryan. Visit JaneUnChained.com for the latest in vegan, animal, climate, and health news.

Wild Earth could literally save the earth from the ravages of animal agriculture. If America's dogs and cats were their own nation, they would be one of the biggest meat-eating nations in the world. Enter Ryan Bethencourt and his revolutionary pet food line: Wild Earth. Check it out at wildearth.com. Boasting more than 700% growth from 2020 to 2021, Wild Earth just got more than $23 million in funding from all-star investors in the pet, plant, and alternative food space. CEO Ryan Bethencourt famously closed a deal with Mark Cuban on Shark Tank, making Ryan and Wild Earth household names. Wild Earth is also diving into cell-based meat pet food! Cell-based meat is lab-grown meat; a sustainable alternative to traditional meat. Ryan explains that cell-based meat is cruelty-free to produce, predicting that cell-based meat is the future of meat, and pet food is leading the revolution! Wild Earth is the leader in plant-based pet food. I'm excited about what they have accomplished and look forward to watching them become the leader in cell-based meat pet food,” said Mark Cuban, investor and mentor. JaneUnChained.com's Jane Velez-Mitchell conducts the interview with Ryan. Visit JaneUnChained.com for the latest in vegan, animal, climate, and health news.

Wild Earth could literally save the earth from the ravages of animal agriculture. If America's dogs and cats were their own nation, they would be one of the biggest meat-eating nations in the world. Enter Ryan Bethencourt and his revolutionary pet food line: Wild Earth. Check it out at wildearth.com. Boasting more than 700% growth from 2020 to 2021, Wild Earth just got more than $23 million in funding from all-star investors in the pet, plant, and alternative food space. CEO Ryan Bethencourt famously closed a deal with Mark Cuban on Shark Tank, making Ryan and Wild Earth household names. Wild Earth is also diving into cell-based meat pet food! Cell-based meat is lab-grown meat; a sustainable alternative to traditional meat. Ryan explains that cell-based meat is cruelty-free to produce, predicting that cell-based meat is the future of meat, and pet food is leading the revolution! Wild Earth is the leader in plant-based pet food. I'm excited about what they have accomplished and look forward to watching them become the leader in cell-based meat pet food,” said Mark Cuban, investor and mentor. JaneUnChained.com's Jane Velez-Mitchell conducts the interview with Ryan. Visit JaneUnChained.com for the latest in vegan, animal, climate, and health news.

“The more I looked into it, the more broken the pet food industry was.  It accounts for 25-30% of meat consumed in the U.S...it just makes no sense because we can make protein out of yeast, out of fungi, out of plants...and so I'm like, somebody needs to start this company.”  -Ryan Bethencourt, Co-founder and CEO of Wild Earth.  Ryan Bethencourt (@ryanbethencourt) is a co-founder and CEO at Wild Earth (@wildearthpets), bringing years of experience in leading, building and advising high-growth food and biotechnology companies. Ryan is a biotech entrepreneur, investor, and one of the founders of the biohacker movement. He's a co-founder, former Program Director, and Venture Partner at IndieBio (@indbio) and has invested in over 110 early stage biotech startups and served as the head of life sciences at the XPRIZE Foundation (@xprize). As an ethical vegan, Ryan is passionate about the future of biology as a technology, applied across all industries to solve some of humanity's most intractable problems. Ryan fosters dogs for Rocket Dog Rescue and is passionate about mindfulness, meditation, and mentoring. Enjoy the show!Climate Tech Cocktails (CTC) is a bootstrapped project.  Interested in sponsoring?  Please reach out to m@climatetechcocktails.comFor show notes and past guests, please visit the CTC Substack.Follow CTC:TwitterInstagramFacebook

From launching a BioTech lab to the Shark Tank show with his Sustainable Plant-based Pet Food startup. PART 1: Meet the founder: During this new episode of our Founder series, we are sitting down with Ryan Bethencourt, CEO at Wild Earth, Managing Partner at Sustainable food venture, and Partner at Babel venture. I was super excited to get Ryan on the show as he is a pioneer in the BioTech movement in Silicon Valley.  Over and above his incredible founder story, Ryan also has experience as a successful serial angel and Venture investor in future of food and future of biotech companies, making him a special guest able to give insides from both sides of the “fundraising” table. In the show we will cover with Ryan the unique story of the WildEarth team, who are developing clean protein pet foods that are healthier for your pet, better for the environment, and more humane than conventional products. This is an industry with big opportunities for decarbonization, as more than 25% of meat produced in the US goes to animal Food.    PART 2: My secret sauce: During the second part of the talk,  Ryan will give his secret sauce for early-stage founders seeking to fundraise.  Finally, he will share with you his view on the opportunities that the ClimateTech ecosystems represent today.  

 Despite the popular trope that our furry friends only want to eat meat and chew on bones, dogs are actually omnivores meaning that their diet does not have to consist of only or mainly meat products. While doting owners want to feed their dogs the best food to keep their loving companions in tip-top shape, there are many times that a plant based dog food might be best for them. Plant based dog food? Where does one buy that? One California Startup, Wild Earth, is delivering it right to your door! Pitched on SharkTank, Wild Earth has developed a high protein, plant based dog food using Koji that will have any dog happily munching away. Not only is the food great for dogs, it is also a meat free alternative that relieves pressure on the environment too as dog food is a huge source of meat need and usage. You can learn more at: https://wildearth.com

Nieves Martinez is the  CEO and Co-founder of Novel Farms. Prior to launching the company, she was a senior scientist at Wild Earth, which was founded by Ron Shigeta (who was a guest on this show) and Ryan Bethencourt. In this episode, we discuss how she and her co-founder Michelle Lu started with a unique approach to scaffolding that led them on their mission to develop whole cuts of Iberico ham - a premium Spanish meat. We also cover -Making the move from Wild Earth to starting Novel Farms Their experience with Big Idea VenturesPerspective on competing with plant-based protein companies Sandhya Shriam of Shiok Meats and her impact on Nieves as an advisor and fellow female founder of a cultivated meat company.

In this episode of Knowing Animals, we are joined by Alice Oven. Alice is a freelance writer on animal ethics and human/animal relationships, as well as Senior Editor in Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine at CRC Press, which is part of Taylor & Francis group. She is also a recent graduate of the University of Winchester’s MSc programme in Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Law, which is offered through the university’s Centre for Animal Welfare. We talk about her book The Clean Pet Food Revolution: How Better Pet Food Will Change the World, which was co-authored with Ernie Ward and Ryan Bethencourt. The Clean Pet Food Revolution was published by Lantern Books in 2020. This episode of Knowing Animals is brought to you by AASA. AASA is the Australasian Animal Studies Association. You can find AASA on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/AASA-Australasian-Animal-Studies-Association-480316142116752/. Join AASA today! This episode if also brought to you by Animal Publics, a special Animal Studies series at the Sydney University Press:https://sydneyuniversitypress.com.au/collections/series-animal-publics Knowing Animals is a proud member of the iROAR podcasting network. To check out more great iROAR podcasts visit the website: https://iroarpod.com

In this episode, Brian sits down with Ryan Bethencourt to discuss how to find the perfect investors and secure the capital you need for your emerging business. Ryan covers everything from how to find and pitch investors to how to structure and close the deal.For show notes and past guests, please visit www.reducetarian.org/podcast.  Follow Reducetarian: Twitter: twitter.com/reducetarian Instagram: instagram.com/reducetarian Facebook: facebook.com/reducetarian LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/reducetarian-foundation

This season of The ChickPeeps is brought to you by our friends at Vivo Life! Use our code 'chickpeeps10' to get 10% off your order at vivolife.com. In this episode Evy and Tylor interview scientist, bio-tech entrepreneur and CEO of Wild Earth, Ryan Bethencourt. Ryan's company, Wild Earth, produces sustainable, healthy, plant-based companion animal food and reached an international audience following a successful pitch featured on the television show Shark Tank. While you're listening, please take a moment to check out the link to our sponsor. Not only are Vivo Life a great, vegan company, but their support also allows us to continue to produce The ChickPeeps for you! We love them and their products and we think you will too. Also in this episode… Ryan talks about the initial challenge of reconciling his ideological veganism with his career in biotech. Tylor is pleased when Ryan shares which Hogwarts house he'd be in. Ryan divulges which billionaire he's helped convert to a more plant based lifestyle. He talks about the resistance of his Cuban family when he initially went vegan and explains why he believes it was hard for them to accept.  The importance of technological breakthroughs that will expedite the transition to vegan products, and return wild animals to wild habitats. Tylor asks Ryan about his experience on Shark Tank and they discuss educating that audience on the efficacy of plant based dog food. Ryan breaks the misconception that the meat in commercial pet foods is a byproduct of the meat people eat, and explains where it really comes from... Lab grown meat for cats is coming, and much sooner than you think! Ryan shares about the advancement in biotech innovation that will bring cruelty free meat to the mainstream pet food market. Ryan explains why he's completely happy to be caught eating his own dog food, and challenges other CEOS of dog food companies to do the same! Links:  Ryan's linkedin, twitter and instagram Wild Earth Website Drug used to euthanize animals found in dog food Get In Touch: Bonus Content: ChickPeeps Patreon Instagram: @ChickPeepsPod Facebook: @ChickPeepsPodcast

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

"…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.

Ryan Bethencourt, investor and Founder of Wild Earth Pets, and I discuss the major trends destabilizing the meat and dairy industries, his newest venture, Sustainable Food Ventures and his investment strategies. Listen in to this thought-leader and major investor actively moving the world away from animal products. It's the Plantbased Business Hour with Elysabeth Alfano. The Plantbased Business Hour airs new episodes weekly. For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.

Ryan Bethencourt, investor and Founder of Wild Earth Pets, and I discuss the major trends destabilizing the meat and dairy industries, his newest venture, Sustainable Food Ventures and his investment strategies. Listen in to this thought-leader and major investor actively moving the world away from animal products. It's the Plantbased Business Hour with Elysabeth Alfano. The Plantbased Business Hour airs new episodes weekly. For plant-based media/branding consulting and public speaking, reach out at elysabeth@elysabethalfano.com. For more information, visit ElysabethAlfano.com.   

In this exclusive launch chat we speak with Ryan Bethencourt and Mariliis Holm Co-Founders of Sustainable Food Ventures. The husband and wife duo's mission is to support founders developing sustainable food products and scaling profitable companies in the global $12 Trillion food and grocery retail market. They back early stage founders building leading food companies that are plant-based, cell-based or recombinant. SFV will not invest in any companies involved in animal agriculture. http://www.sustainablefoodventures.com/ About PLANT CEO More people are choosing to follow plant-based diets. Exciting new startups are disrupting this space by creating innovation in food, direct to consumer food delivery services, clothing, health care products and restaurants. We will be interviewing plant-based CEO's and established leaders in their own fields. Hear what drives these entrepreneurs, why they became vegan and learn more about their companies. https://www.plantceo.com/

Matías Muchnick, NotCo: Building The Future of Food From Chile, Ep 119 Matías Muchnick left the investment banking world in pursuit of a solution that would bring sustainability to the broken food industry. He could not have predicted that a couple of years later he would be training an algorithm to understand humans’ taste preferences to create a plant-based mayonnaise that would appeal to the mass market.    In 2015, Matías cofounded NotCo, a food tech company that is using AI to take animals out of the equation in the production of milk, cheese, eggs, and meat. Just eight months after launching their first product in 2017, NotCo achieved 8% market share of the total mayo category in Chile in the first stores they launched in, a country that has ranked third in mayo consumption per capita in the world.   I sat down with Matías to talk about his experience in the investment banking world, starting a vegan food startup in 2012 and, ultimately, his decision to leave the company. We also discuss his transformative experience in the US where he connected with his current co-founders, then getting accepted into IndieBio, and eventually raising money from Kaszek Ventures and Jeff Bezos. Matías also talks about his most recent round of funding and preparations for launching in the US. “R&D in the food industry was operating on coal”   Inspired by other entrepreneurs’ stories, Matías left his job as an investment banker and started thinking about what he wanted to do next. He had always been curious about the food industry but didn’t fully understand it. As a finance major, he likened it to the subprime crisis of 2008, where there was a disconnect between companies and customers who were buying and selling products they didn’t understand. At the time, the consumer was also changing, demanding a more sustainable way of producing food. Matías realized that what the food industry needed was disruption.   Learn more about why Matías decided he wanted to disrupt the food industry in this episode of Crossing Borders. Cutting animals out of the equation When Matías realized that the next step to advance his vision was to invest in technology, he immersed himself in the world of food, science, and entrepreneurship. During his postgraduate program at UC Berkeley, he became close to the biotech department where he learned about how the pharmaceutical industry was innovating using machine learning. That’s when Matías started questioning how these technologies could be applied to the food industry. He started surrounding himself with extremely qualified scientists including his co-founders Karim and Pablo, who were curious to explore this uncharted territory in the food space.   Listen to this episode of Crossing Borders to learn more about how Matías formed his founding team and got started with NotCo. Breaking the biotech barrier in Latam’s VC industry Matías and his co-founders had been bootstrapping NotCo when they received a call from Ryan Bethencourt, the former Program Director at IndieBio. Ryan offered them a waiver to get into the prestigious biotech accelerator, which they hadn’t even applied for because they thought they had zero chance of getting in. Under IndieBio’s spotlight, NotCo became the first startup to receive a term sheet before Demo Day, and got the attention of Kaszek Ventures, who instantly became interested in their industry and invested in their Series A and subsequent rounds.   Find out more about NotCo’s growth trajectory and milestones they have achieved over the years in this episode of Crossing Borders, including becoming the first Latam startup Jeff Bezos invested in.    Matías Muchnick is revolutionizing the way in which we think about food through NotCo’s vision for food production that is sustainable and efficient. The next generation of consumers is already changing, and Matías is making sure that the food industry continues to innovate to accompany that change.   Outline of this episode: [2:16] - About NotCo [7:46] - Becoming an entrepreneur [14:24] - Reaction of friends and family [16:22] - The breaking point with Eggless [19:50] - NotCo’s inflection point [25:07] - How NotCo raised money from Jeff Bezos and Top VCs [31:14] - Next steps after raising $85M in a Series C  [34:55] - Advice to Matías’ younger self [36:37] - Books, blogs, and podcast recommendations   Resources & people mentioned: Matías Muchnick Karim Pichara Pablo Zamora Eduardo Bendek NotCo Eggless Documentaries: Cowspiracy, What the Health Impossible Foods Beyond Burger UC Berkeley’s Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology Harvard Business School Stanford IndieBio Ryan Bethencourt Kaszek Ventures The Craftory Elio Leoni Sceti Jeff Bezos L Catterton Future Positive Books: Hard Things About Hard Things    

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.

Ron is a serial Biotech entrepreneur and the co-founder and Chief Science Officer at Wild Earth. Together with Ryan Bethencourt, Ron has funded over 70 startups that have redefined food, manufacturing, and consumer products through biotechnology. Ron did his doctoral training at Princeton University studying protein structure and biophysics. His post-doctoral training at Stanford and Harvard Medical School focused on antibiotic biosynthesis and diabetes. He is also a 15 year veteran of commercial biotechnology, having led a bioinformatics and functional genomics group at Affymetrix.

In this episode we have a deep and insightful chat with Ryan Bethencourt CEO of Wild Earth. Wild Earth is a plant based pet food company. Wild Earth's growth was spurred on from appearing on Shark Tank and gaining investment from Mark Cuban. We talk about his background and about how he pitched Peter Thiel. His views on cell based meat alternatives and psychedelics being used for healing. www.wildearth.com About PLANT CEO More people are choosing to follow plant-based diets. Exciting new startups are disrupting this space by creating innovation in food, direct to consumer food delivery services, clothing, health care products and restaurants. We will be interviewing plant-based CEO's and established leaders in their own fields. Hear what drives these entrepreneurs, why they became vegan and learn more about their companies. www.plantceo.com

Back to the vault: Ryan Bethencourt, Bio-hacker and Founder of Wild Earth Pets joined me last September on The Plantbased Business Hour to talk about his predictions for a plant-based future. What has already come true and what might be just around the corner? Tune in to find out!!  For more information, visit http://ElysabethAlfano.com . 

There are a few industries that absolutely could use a disruption, pet food is one of them. Learn about the problems and opportunities in the pet food space, which is actually quite fascinating, how cultured meat could rattle the industry, and hear a fun story of how Ryan was forced to eat a 6-dog-meals  equivalent of his own dog food.

Our society is being challenged in ways we never expected, and our futures have been shaken.  The uncertainty is terrifying.  In the midst of human and economic fallout however, it has become clear that connection and good spirits are essential. People have found those connections not only through Zoom, but also through their pets. NYC […] The post TPP 060: Conversation with Ryan Bethencourt about Clean Protein for Our Pets appeared first on The Plantiful.

THE PLANTBASED BUSINESS HOUR (A New Awesome Vegans Interview Series): Ryan Bethencourt, Founder of Wild Earth Pet Foods and Co-Author of The Clean Pet Food Revolution: How Better Pet Food Will Change the World, joins me to discuss how our pet food industry props up factory farming and how much of the pet food consists of dead, diseased, disabled and dying animals contributing to the spread of disease. We also talk about the changing landscape of investing in plant-based start-ups.  Finally, Dr. Jeff Schaider, Former Chariman of the Department of Emergency Health at one of the largest emergency rooms in the country, Cook County in Chicago, talks about Coronavirus, testing and managing supplies.  For more information, visit http://ElysabethAlfano.com 

In many ways, Ryan Bethencourt is an OG of the biotech alt-protein scene. As a cofounder of biotech accelerator Indiebio, he was part of the team that wrote the first-ever investor checks to now well-known names in the field, including Memphis Meats, Clara Foods, and Geltor. In addition to Ryan’s pioneering work to incubate and fund companies seeking to create more sustainable protein sources, he’s now the cofounder of his own startup, Wild Earth. The company makes clean protein dog food that’s attracted big-name investors like Peter Thiel and Mark Cuban, earning a total of $16M in investment so far. In this episode we talk about what it was like for Ryan to go on Shark Tank, including what techniques he used to keep calm to win an unlikely investment on the show.  We also discuss how Ryan’s childhood love of both sci-fi and animals forged into one path as an adult, leading him to make early bets on crazy ideas like growing meat and eggs outside of animals—long before it was cool, and of course to eventually starting his own company. So enjoy this wide-ranging and fascinating conversation with a real pioneer in the alternative protein world. And if you listen to the very end, you may even get to hear my reaction to eating some of Ryan’s new dog food.  Discussed in this episode: Ryan welcomes hearing from you! He’s at ryan@wildearth.com  Bloomberg profile on Ryan Bethencourt Ryan Bethencourt on Shark Tank The new Berkeley incubator Cell Valley Labs Zero to One by Peter Thiel Arturo Elizondo’s Business for Good episode HappyFeed app and Calm app The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula Guin The Slaughterer by Isaac Bashevis Singer Grant by Ron Chernow  

Can dogs be vegan? Why, Yes They Can!  Elysabeth Alfano, host of the Awesome Vegans Podcast and Video Series sits down with scientist, entrepreneur, investor and  bio-hacker (ooh, sexy!) and CEO of Wild Earth Dog Food, Ryan Bethencourt. Ryan shares startling facts about the connection between our pets and the horrible abuses of farmed animals. Packed with interesting information about the pet industry and the direction of the plant-based tech industry as a whole, watch to get the full scoop from silicon valley innovator, Ryan Bethancourt. It is no wonder that he was such a hit on Shark Tank and that Mark Cuban invested BIG!!   

The Clean Pet Food Revolution lifts the lid on the current pet food industry: its claims of what constitutes a “natural” diet for pets, its shocking record on animal welfare, and its devastating effect on the environment and climate change. The book explodes myths about “grain-free” diets, protein intake, and what our pets “want.” Finally, it details the many exciting scientific developments in alternative proteins. Ryan Bethencourt joins Justin to discuss the book.

Pet food recalls, climate change, animal welfare, and longevity are all directly related to the foods we feed our pets. This week hosts Dr. Ernie Ward and Beckie Mossor, RVT are joined by one of Dr. Ward’s co-authors, Alice Oven, MA, to discuss their important new book, “The Clean Pet Food Revolution: How Better Pet Food Will Change the World” (2019 Lantern Books). The trio discuss why pet food is such a hot - and often controversial - topic for veterinary professionals and pet parents, what the plant-based diet shift means for dogs (and cats), the coming cellular agriculture meat revolution, and why they felt this book needed to be written now. Regardless of you own personal food philosophies, this conversation - and book - will help you better understand the rapidly changing pet food environment an dhow to answer your client’s toughest questions. The “Pet Food Revolution” is well underway, and this book (and, hopefully, this podcast) will help you stay informed. And Dr. Ward explains why “he can’t write a paragraph without a scientific citation” and why the authors CITED 27 PAGES OF REFERENCES. (That’s as many as Dr. Ward’s classic pet obesity book, “Chow Hounds” -2010 HCI Publishing. Yeah, he's like that...) We can't wait to bring you the final co-author, super biotech CEO, Ryan Bethencourt! Thank you, Viewfinders FOR THREE YEARS!! That’s right, this week marks 3 YEARS OF WEEKLY PODCASTS FOR VETERINARY PROFESSIONALS! We love you! You’re the best!

To kick off Season 2, Wild Earth CEO and Founder Ryan Bethencourt joins Aaron to talk about the plant-based pet food taking the industry by storm. Aaron and Ryan talk about what it was like to pitch on Shark Tank with no sales (and secure Mark Cuban’s investment), Ryan’s quest to make the world a better and more sustainable place for both people and animals, and whether or not pet food can be Kosher. Listen closely to find out what Ryan thinks about “judgey” vegans and his go-to Chipotle order. Learn more about Wild Earth at wildearth.com. Production Credits: Aaron Kwittken, Jeff Maldonado, Lindsay Hand, Ashley McGarry, Katrina Waelchli, and Mathew Passy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wild Earth is challenging the status quo with clean, sustainable, plant-based protein pet food made without animal ingredients and their mission is to provide healthier foods for our pets. Ryan Bethencourt, founder and CEO, joins Justin to discuss launching the business, the dog food market, and his experience on Shark Tank!

For this episode, we talk to Ryan Bethencourt and Diana Olson of Wild Earth Inc about some really interesting topics, including the natural world, mushrooms, and science fiction as inspiration, amongst other things. Our conversation really plays into the concept that innovativeness is most potent when people allow themselves to be inspired by multiple formats of creativity and thinking.

Ryan Bethcourt comes on to talk about the business of biosciences, raising a large round from Mark Cuban on Shark Tank, producing sustainable pet food, and more.

Ryan Bethencourt, CEO at Wild Earth, is a driven entrepreneur who's goal is to create clean, healthy and sustainable pet food. On this episode of the Entrepreneur Wrap, Ryan shares his story and entrepreneurial journey. He discusses his appearance on Shark Tank, what goes on behind the scenes, and how his past experiences have led him to where he is today.    FOLLOW THE GUEST, Ryan Bethencourt LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethencourt/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RyanBethencourt FOLLOW THE HOST, David Brickley:Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidjBrickley Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidjbrick... YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6yZbmTvJfjY8h79Wpm49Zw LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brickley/   An STN Digital Production:STN is a Social Media Marketing Agency trusted by the largest Sports & Entertainment properties in the world.https://stndigital.com FOLLOW STN DIGITAL:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/STNDigital/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stndigital/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/STNDigital LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stn-

Today, Chris sits down with Ryan Bethencourt, CEO of Wild Earth Inc, to talk about science fiction, biohacking, the birth of biotech and disrupting one of the oldest industries on the planet. Chris also talks grill etiquette, retreats, and tells you to eat a GMO salad. You can follow Ryan on Twitter and Instagram at @RyanBethencourt; Wild Earth can be found at @wildearthpetsFor more cutting edge biotech companies, check out Indiebio, the biotech accelerator that Ryan co-founded.If you want to get inspired by some science fiction, here's a list to start working your way through.From HBR: Making Empathy Central to Your Company CultureFrom Inc: United's Latest DisasterFrom Med News Today: More Evidence You Should Eat BetterFinally, Ryan referenced Ethan Perlstein, another person you might want to follow in this space. Check him on Twitter at: @eperlste

KGI President Sheldon Schuster chats with Ryan Bethencourt, who is a scientist, entrepreneur, and investor best known for his work as the CEO of Wild Earth and as the co-founder at IndieBio. Ryan is also a member of KGI's advisory council. He is one of the 21st century’s most prolific biotech investors and entrepreneurs through his work funding and building over 70+ biotech companies over the last decade. Ryan was previously head of life sciences at the XPRIZE Foundation, the former CEO of Berkeley Biolabs and spent a decade developing human therapeutic with large companies like Pfizer, Merck, Amgen, Genentech. His work at the interface of science and business has been covered globally.

Ryan Bethencourt is  the CEO of Wild Earth, a biotech startup developing meatless dog food.  Its investors include Peter Thiel, Founders Fund, and  Felicis Ventures.  He is a Partner at Babel Ventures and Investor/Advisor to over 80 biotech startups. He also co-founded the Biotech accelerator Indiebio. We discuss why meatless pet food isn't as crazy as it sounds, the idea that animal-free meat is coming way faster than you think, and the decision between being a VC or an entrepreneur.  We also discuss the path from legalizing marijuana to legalizing psychedelics. -- In the Something Ventured podcast, Silicon Valley insider Kent Lindstrom takes a look behind the scenes in Silicon Valley as he sits down with the people who are shaping the way we view the world online..and beyond.

Ryan Bethencourt is a scientist, entrepreneur, and biohacker. He is the CEO of Wild Earth, an innovative company that’s reinventing pet food as well as a Partner at Babel ventures, which helps fund emerging biotech companies. Ryan also co-founded IndieBio, an accelerator that helps scientists become entrepreneurs, which helped launched Memphis Meats, Clara Foods, New Wave Foods and more. Show notes for this episode: https://eftp.co/ryan-bethencourt Learn how Eat For The Planet can help your brand: https://eftp.co/services Twitter: @nilzach

Mariann talks to Ryan Bethencourt about how his company, Wild Earth Pets, is developing cultured proteins for dogs and cats, why our companion animals will be eating lab grown meat before we do, and his biotech incubator IndieBio. Ryan Bethencourt […]

Mariann talks to Ryan Bethencourt about how his company, Wild Earth Pets, is developing cultured proteins for dogs and cats, why our companion animals will be eating lab grown meat before we do, and his biotech incubator IndieBio. Ryan Bethencourt is a co-founder and CEO at Wild Earth, bringing years of experience in leading and advising high-growth companies. Ryan is a… The post Episode 438: Ryan Bethencourt appeared first on Our Hen House.

Vegan biohacker, investor and co-founder of Wild Earth pet food firm Ryan Bethencourt shares his business tips with Katrina Fox on this episode of Vegan Business Talk.

In this episode I interview Ryan Bethencourt, a vegan biotech entrepreneur, investor, and one of the founders of the biohacker movement, in Los Angeles. Growing up in inner-city Miami, Ryan's imagination was fueled by science fiction and as an adult he's focused on using science and technology to solve some of humanity's most intractable problems and reduce animal suffering. He's a co-founder, former program director and venture partner at biotech accelerator program IndieBio. Ryan has invested in more than 70 early-stage biotech startups, and served as the head of life sciences at the XPRIZE Foundation. His latest venture, of which he's co-founder and CEO, is Wild Earth, a pet food company that uses cultured protein to create vegan dog food. The company, which was started in 2014, is also working to bring a cruelty-free clean meat cat food to market. In this interview Ryan discusses: • What biohacking is and how it's helping people, animals and planet • The language and messaging vegan brands need to use to get consumers on board with new technology in food • The (perhaps surprising) key mistake food startups make and what to do instead • Why an idea is not enough and what else you need to get investors and partners on board with your business • Why he thinks business plans are dead and what you need instead • How to choose the right accelerator program for your startup • The three questions he asks entrepreneurs before deciding whether to invest in them • Why he chose to go the venture capital investment route for Wild Earth • And much more Visit the Wild Earth website Check out my article on Ryan and Wild Earth on Forbes Find out more about IndieBio life sciences startup accelerator program Brands mentioned in vegan business news roundup: Beyond Meat East Lancashire Health Trust Alexi Lubomirski 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

In this episode I interview Ryan Bethencourt, a vegan biotech entrepreneur, investor, and one of the founders of the biohacker movement, in Los Angeles. Growing up in inner-city Miami, Ryan’s... Read More

We may be eating meat grown in a lab sooner than you think. Join Leah Hitchings and Grant Burningham on Science Island as they host biotech entrepreneur (and Vegan Mafia member) Ryan Bethencourt.

We spoke to Ryan Bethencourt, the Program Director and Venture Partner at IndieBio - the world's largest seed biotech accelerator - about building the science startups of tomorrow, the importance of the hustler, and why more risk should be taken in the medical research process..!