News Waves
News Waves
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Rebellyous Wins in Innovation
Rebellyous Foods wins FoodTech Innovation of the Year by AgTech Breakthrough.
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New School Food Secure 6 Million
New School Foods Nets $6M in Funding, Opens New Factory for Vegan Whole-Cut Salmon
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Afterlife AG wins Earthshot Challenge
Afterlife AG wins the JFK Library Foundation Earthshot Innovation Challenge's 100K Grant
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Afterlife is Named Finalist
Empire State Development Announces Selected Finalists for $3 Million Grow-NY Global Business Competition
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Rebellyous Foods Partners with Vizient
Rebellyous joins the purchasing group to bring its products to educational and healthcare institutions.
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Nosh.bio Foods launches Pilot Plant in a Brewery
Nosh.bio joins Berliner Berg to create a biomass pilot setup to produce two tons of food per month.
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The House Party Gets Bigger
House Party Expands in the Whole Foods Market and Expands its Footprint by 3X
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Viva Las Vegas
Abbot’s Butcher Chorizo is being served at the Catina at Las Vegas’ iconic Sphere.
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Umaro selected for 1.8 million in Funding
Umaro was selected for ARPA-E for funding. They are working with HOPO Therapeutics to source rare earth elements from seaweed.
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BlueNalu Secures its 33.5 Million in Series B Raise
Securing funding for Series B, BlueNalu also expands its APAC strategic partnerships.
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Rebellyous Foods joins the Unreasonable Impact
Rebellyous is a part of Unreasonable Impact and Barclays to solve the planet’s challenges.
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Nosh.bio Partners with Ginkgo Bioworks
The new partnership between companies will create better-tasting meat alternatives.
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Abbot's Butcher expands partnership with Target
Abbot’s Butcher Ground Beef is now available at stores nationwide.
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New School Food Brings Innovation
Fast Company awards New School Foods Honorable Mention for the Innovation by Design awards.
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Tocaya Partners with Abbot's Butcher
Tocaya Modern Mexican Restaurants Partners with Abbot’s Butcher for protein-packed, plant-based menu options.
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Barvecue is Bold in Alt-Meat
Barvecue's Founder and CEO, Lee Cooper, discusses Barvecue's bold mission and vision in Alt-Meat Magazine.
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Change Food Leads the Cheese Revolution
Change Foods leads brings food innovation to the MENA.
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Rebellyous Schools For the Win
Students and Food Service Providers Choose Rebellyous Plant-Based Nuggets over Chicken Nuggets.
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New School is a Green Giant
New School Foods is honored as one of the top 15 Green Giants by Canada Venture News.
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Barvecue Team Rises for Success
Co-Founder Zack Werner is promoted to Barvecue’s CTO. Kelsey Joseph is promoted to VP.
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Abbot's Butcher is honored by Whole Foods
Whole Foods Market gives the Supplier All-Star Award to Abbot’s Butcher
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Alpha Foods Wins Effie Awards
Alpha Foods wins big at Effie Awards with Mischief@NoFixedAddress.
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Barvecue Gets Certified
Barvecue is certified as a B Corporation and rolls out new package designs.
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Without This, It's GAME OVER
CCC’S Steve Molino’s thought piece explores why transparency and trust are needed with consumers.
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Umaro Foods Brings the Flavor
Umaro Foods adds a new SKU to it’s line of products with Black Peppered Bacon
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Sundial Foods Goes Boneless
Sundial Foods unveils boneless wings to market
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Alpha Foods Brings It Homestyle
As a part of its new offerings, Alpha Foods launches Homestyle Chik’n Strips
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Berlin Startup Nosh.bio secures 3.2M
Nosh’s seed funding will be used to use fungi biomass for animal-free protein
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BlueNalu, Matrix F.T., and New School Foods make the FOODTECH 500
CCC Portfolio companies make the FOODTECH 500 List for 2023
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GeekWire Awards: Fake Chicken with a Real Purpose
CEO of Seattle food tech startup aims to make a lasting difference
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Abbot's Butcher Launches in Sprouts Farmers Market
Available in 370 Sprouts stores, Abbots Butcher leads the natural channel in plant-based meats
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Umaro Bacon makes the Food Network's Green List
Editors tracked down 20 of the best eco-friendly products worthy of 2023
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Abbot’s Butcher Partners With Dot Foods
Partnering with the largest food industry redistribution company, Abbot’s Butcher is now available in 50 states
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Men's Health Honors Abbot's Butcher
Men's Health "Faux-tien Revolution" named Abbot's as the winner in the plant-based pork category
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Barvecue Announces Equity Raise
Barvecue Announces Equity Funding for World's Largest Plant-Based Smokehouse
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Matrix F.T. is First in Ohio
Matrix F.T. hosts first public cultivated meat tasting in Dublin, Ohio
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BlueNalu partners with Nutreco
BlueNalu Advances Strategic Partnership with Nutreco to Progress Cell-Cultured Seafood
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Expectations vs. Reality: It’s Time to Change the Conversation Around Sustainable Foods
Though piece by Principal Steven Molino
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An Ode to America’s Food Processing Facilities and the Workers Who Run Them
Investment in technology unlocks the New Era in Meat Production
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The Nosh Podcast
Lukas Southard talks with Steve Molino and other impact leaders about IP in the cell-cultivated protein space.
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Selling Shovels and Pickaxes to the Cultivated Meat Pioneers
Paul Shapiro talks with the CEO of Matrix F.T. and the future of food tech.
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New School Foods Raise $12 million
New School Foods’ filet looks and tastes like salmon, but it’s actually plants
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US's 50+ Top Climate VC's To Know
Clear Current Capital and Steve Molino are listed in FoodHack’s Top 50 US Climate VC list.
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Rebellyous Foods raises $9.5M
Plant-based chicken startup raises $9.5M to launch latest production technology.
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House Party Rolls Out into Whole Foods Market
House Party is now on shelves at 51 Whole Foods Market stores in Northern California.
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Matrix Launches Free Matrix Sample Kit
Kit features 5 of 100% animal-component-free, edible microcarriers to test
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Alpha Foods Year in Review
2023 builds on Alpha’s 2022 epic growth in the market.
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Matrix F.T. welcomes Interim CEO, Teryn Wolfe
Wolfe Brings Momentum to the food tech company.
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Sundial Foods is taking ‘chicken wings’ in a new direction
Sundial Foods is making its mark.
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Matrix FT cultivates chicken nugget using edible microcarriers
Matrix FT, has announced “Ohio’s first cultivated chicken”.
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Protein Bar & Kitchen Launches Vegan Menu
Abbot’s Butcher Chick’n becomes a permanent item on the menu.
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New School Approach to Climate Change
How a plant-based seafood alternative helps Canada reduce its carbon footprint.
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Momentum in Sustainable Food: Clear Current Capital Hits Fifth Anniversary
CCC Continues its Mission
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NBA star Chris Paul invests in Umaro
Umaro Foods expands its innovative vegan bacon in restaurants across the US.
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Wicked Kitchen acquires Good Catch
Wicked Kitchen acquires the seafood alternative brand Good Catch
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The Underfunded ClimateTech Opportunity
Thought piece by Principal Steven Molino
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Blue Nalu Joins UN
BlueNalu Joins the United Nations Global Compact, Signaling Early Commitment to Sustainable Practices
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Abbot's Butcher Partners with Protein Bar & Kitchen
Abbot’s Butcher Creates Plant-Based Chick’n Pilot Program
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Gathered Foods Announces Corporate Evolution
Gathered Foods will focus on its robust portfolio
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Sundial Foods Next Level
Sundial Foods Creates More Realistic Plant-Based Meat
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IP is Worthless Without Execution
A thought piece by Principal Steven Molino
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Good Catch wins Company of the Year
PETA Announces 2021 Company of the Year
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NUMU Food Group Appoints Pytlinski As CEO
Pytlinski brings over 30 years of experience to NUMU
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Barvecue Expands into 190 + Stores
Barvecue Expands Wood-Smoked Plant-Based Meats into 190+ Harris Teeter Stores
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Power Plant Partners with Alpha Foods
Partnership Creates More Affordable Vegan Burgers
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Nomad Foods + Blue Nalu
New collaboration accelerates market for cell-cultured seafood
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NUMU Expands Brand + Distribution
NUMU Secures Series A Funding For Vegan Mozzarella
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Rebellyous Lunch is Served
Rebellyous Plant-Based Nuggets to be Served at Numerous K-12 Schools in the US.
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Impact Measurement in Alternative Proteins
CCC’s current approach to impact measurement
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Raising the Bar
Barvecue Brings Its Plant-Based Barbecue to National Grocers
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Chickenflation. It's a Real Thing.
Alpha Foods is lowering the prices of its chicken nugget alternatives in direct response to a chicken price surge.
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CCC Expands Mission
Impact Venture Capital Firm Clear Current Capital Launches Fund ll
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A New Wave
Clear Current Capital Brings On Steve Molino As Principal
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Abbot's Butcher Sprouts Nationwide
Abbot's Butcher Premium Plant-Based Meats Roll Out at Sprouts Farmers Market Nationwide
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Partners In Purpose
CCC Partners With GFI For The 2021 Good Food Conference
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The Next Wave
Clear Current Capital Adds Kim Flores To Its Team As Principal
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Alpha Foods Launches First Ad Campaign
Relatable Campaign Puts Alpha’s Stake in the Ground as the Plant-Based Brand for Everyone
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BlueNalu Secures $60 Million
Financing enables completion of world’s first cell-based seafood commercial facility.
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NUMU Takes NY
NUMU Vegan Mozzarella Gains Traction Across Greater NY Pizza Scene
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Good Catch Reels In 8.7 Million
Plant-based seafood company Good Catch closed a series A funding round
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Dairy Free Cheese Builds Momentum
Dairy-Free Cheese Products See Uptick In Consumer Investor Interest
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Barvecue Secures 2 Million
Stray Dog Capital Leads a $2M Investment Round For Plant-Based Barbecue
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Matrix Meats Completes Seed Round
Investors back industry enabling nanofiber scaffold technology
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Change Food Raises 2.1 Million
Seed Funding To Fuel Bay Area Expansion & Animal-Free Cheese R&D
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Barvecue Goes Big
Barvecue® Breaks Ground on the World's Largest Plant-Based Smokehouse
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Alpha Foods Innovates and Leads the Charge
Alpha Foods Fills Plant-Based Breakfast Whitespace
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Abbot's Butcher Secures Series A
Series A closes with Melitas Ventures, Owen Wilson, and Woody and Laura Harrelson.
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NUMU + NYC : A Vegan Pizza Renaissance
How NUMU is capturing the attention of picky pizzaiolos
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Sundial Foods Completes Seed Round
Plant-Based Meats Sundial Foods Secures Four-Million Dollars.
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The Goal: A Fillet Mignon with Butter
A Follow Up to Impact Measurement by Steve Molino
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Barvecue® Launches Plant-Based Carnitas in 380 Stores
Barvecue Carnitas move into the Hispanic foods market
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CCC Success Strategies
Finance and corporate strategy specialist, Steve Molino discusses the future of alt-protein + how startups can improve their chances of getting investment.
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Good Catch Innovation in 2022
Good Catch Launches First-to-Market Plant-Based Salmon Burgers in US.
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The Future of Plant-Based Meat 2022
The future of plant-based meat will look nothing like the traditional meat industry that came before it.
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Freebirds + Abbot's Butcher's Chorizo
Freebirds Worlds Burrito Adds Abbot's Butcher's Chorizo to Menu
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Food & Life Companies + Blue Nalu
Japan’s Largest Sushi Restaurant Operator Announces Partnership with BlueNalu,
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Top 10 Trends
Vegan Seafood, Mycoprotein, and More
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Change Foods Secures $15.3 Million
Change Foods Raises $15.3 Million in Record-Breaking Seed Funding Round.
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Matrix Meats Rebrands as Matrix F.T
Matrix F.T. Emphasizes Focus on Technology to Enable the Cultivated Meat Industry
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Matrix F.T. An Ideal Matrix
Cell-Based Meats Need An Ideal Matrix To Grow On
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NEF New Look, Products. Sustainability
NO EVIL FOODS unveils a new look, new products, and improved sustainability.
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CCC Drives Impact
Clear Current Capital Drives Impact with Sundial + UMARO Foods
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CCC Spotlight
True Grit in ESG: How Female Founders Create Impact in Food + Food Tech
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Theory of Change
Theory of Change: How Change Foods is melting the cheese market as we know it
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Barvecue Expands into Giant Supermarkets
Barvecue's Pulled BVQ and Carnitas will be 201 Giant Stores.
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Rebellyous takes a Bite out of Climate Change
Founder and CEO Christie Lagally explains how Rebellyous Foods addresses climate change.
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Blue Nalu Predicts 75% Profit
BlueNalu predicts 75% profit margin for its cultivated seafood
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Big Moves for Change Foods
Change Foods is Making Big Moves in the UAE
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Alpha Brings Innovation to Breakfast
Alpha creates the Chik'n & Maple Waffle Breakfast Sandwich
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Clear Current Capital Creates Waves of Impact Outside of the US
CCC furthers its mission to fund early-stage sustainable food and Foodtech companies.
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Clear Current Capital Celebrates Year 6
Clear Current Capital Celebrates Its 6th Anniversary. To Expand Global Reach and Impact
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Time Magazine Honors Rebellyous Foods
Rebellyous Foods is honored as Time’s Top GreenTech Companies in the US.
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House Party is Now at Chase Center
House Party is available at the Golden State Warriors’ home, Chase Center.
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Abbot's adds Whole Burger to Line
Abbot’s adds its new Whole Burger to its life of products. Whole Foods Market is the first retailer to carry it
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Mooji Serves Steaks
Mooji Meats served its plant-based ribeyes at NYC’s Vinyl Steakhouse.
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Umaro Brings the Bacon
Umaro Foods will bring its plant-based bacon to retail stores in 2024.
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Nosh.bio Creates Single Ingredient Analog
Berlin Nosh.bio is the first to create a single-ingredient meat analog alternative.
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Good Food Institute Reports 2024
GFI releases three reports on the state of the food with critical insights into the rapidly evolving alternative protein landscape.
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BlueNalu Welcomes Prince Alwaleed
His Royal Highness Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed is now part of BlueNalu’s Advisory Board.
Insights
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CCC Creates Waves of Impact Outside of the US
CCC furthers its mission to fund early-stage sustainable food and Foodtech companies.
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Future Food Weekly
Tune in to Green Queen’s Weekly Futue Food Weekly hosted by Sonalie Figueiras and CCC’s Steve Molinio
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CCC's Rising Tide
Rising Tide: Clear Current Capital Announces Promotion of Steve Molino and Kim Flores to Partners
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US's 50+ Top VC's to Know
Clear Current Capital and Steve Molino are listed in FoodHack’s Top 50 US Climate VC List
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Expectations vs. Reality: It’s Time to Change the Conversation Around Sustainable Foods
Though piece by Principal Steven Molino
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CCC Spotlight
True Grit in ESG: How Female Founders Create Impact in Food + Food Tech
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Without This, It's GAME OVER
CCC’S Steve Molino’s thought piece explores why transparency and trust are needed with consumers.
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Momentum in Sustainable Food: Clear Current Capital Hits Fifth Anniversary
CCC Continues its Mission
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IP is Worthless Without Execution
A thought piece by Principal Steven Molino
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Impact Measurement in Alternative Proteins
CCC’s current approach to impact measurement
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A New Wave
Clear Current Capital Brings On Steve Molino As Principal
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Partners In Purpose
CCC Partners With GFI For The 2021 Good Food Conference
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The Next Wave
Clear Current Capital Adds Kim Flores To Its Team As Principal
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The Goal: A Fillet Mignon with Butter
A Follow Up to Impact Measurement by Steve Molino
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CCC Expands Mission
Impact Venture Capital Firm Clear Current Capital Launches Fund ll
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The Underfunded ClimateTech Opportunity
Thought piece by Principal Steven Molino
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CCC Success Strategies
Finance and corporate strategy specialist, Steve Molino discusses the future of alt-protein + how startups can improve their chances of getting investment.
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Clear Current Capital Celebrates Year 6
Clear Current Capital Celebrates Its 6th Anniversary. To Expand Global Reach and Impact