About this Event
ProVeg Incubator Startup Demo Day: Cohort 12
We’re hosting our next Demo Day on Tuesday 03 September and we’d love you to join us online!
Our 12th cohort features startups developing game-changing products, ingredients and technologies. We're excited to share our cohort with you and hope you can make it.
Why join?
? Watch 5 trailblazing startups pitch to a panel of investors
? See who wins the Judges Award and Audience Award
?? Connect with others in the food-tech space and discover the future of food
Date: Tuesday 03 September, 2024
Time (CEST): 3:30-4:35pm
Check out our last Demo Day to get an idea - see YouTube video
About the five startups
- Atlantic Fish (United States): Founders Doug Grant and Trevor Ham, established Atlantic Fish Co in 2022 to develop cultivated seafood with a focus on wild-caught marine white fish such as sea bass, snapper, flounder, and grouper. In April 2024, they unveiled the “world’s first” cultivated black sea bass. Find out more at atlanticfish.co
- Fisheroo (Singapore): Founder Aaron Chua Yu Xiang is a biotechnologist by training and worked in the cultivated industry for three years. Inspired by this, he established Fisheroo to develop enabling technologies for manufacturing companies to cultivate meat and seafood from cells in a more efficient and economical way. Find out more on their LinkedIn.
- Optimized Bio (United States): Founders Zane Starkewolfe, Cody Yothers, Minami Ogawa, Maja Segerman Nielsen, and Lynn Hanson, have developed a proprietary platform for mycelium-based ingredient encapsulation and stabilisation. This allows them to tune the texture, taste, and nutritional value of alternative protein products by encapsulating fats, flavours and nutrients. Find out more at optimizedfoods.com
- AlProtein (Egypt): Omar Zaghloul and Mohamed Almoatasem founded AlProtein to develop protein ingredients using microalgae and water lentils, for use by plant-based meat and cheese manufacturers. Their AI-powered biomanufacturing technology produces high-quality proteins at scale, replacing synthetic additives and binders, without using any fresh water or arable land. Find out more at alprotein.tech
- Friends & Family Pet Food Company (United States): Founders Joshua Errett, Jonny Cruz and Dr Sarah Dodd are developing a new generation of pet food using yeast and cultivated ingredients. With a strong emphasis on nutrition, the products are designed to meet the protein requirements for both cats and dogs, containing essential amino acids and other benefits. Find out more at friendsandfamily.pet
The ProVeg Incubator is the world’s leading incubator of plant-based, fermentation and cultivated food startups. We are shaping the future of food by supporting pioneering companies developing disruptive alternatives to animal-based products and ingredients.
Our startups take part in a 20-week, expert-led programme designed to accelerate the growth and success of their business, along with access to funding, mentoring, contacts, community and facilities.
The ProVeg Incubator, which is based in Berlin, Germany, is part of food awareness organisation ProVeg International.
Find out more at https://provegincubator.com/
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