FoodTech Picks

Horizon Ventures

Li Ka-shing was in the news recently for his academic endowments that helped fund the work of two 2020 Nobel prize winners: Jennifer Doudna (Chemistry) and Michael Houghton (Medicine). Li Ka-shing's venture capital arm, Horizon Ventures, known for picking prominent startups such as Zoom, Impossible and Spotify, made some recent investments in FoodTech:

• V2Food - Plant-based mince
• PerfectDay - Creamy dairy from yeast
• MosaMeat - Cultured burger patties sans the antibiotics
• KopiKenangan - Java from Java

Future Food-Tech

Sample startups from Future Food-Tech Summit happening Dec 2020:

• ParagonPure - Fresh, natural flavours (vs chemical cocktails)
• VeganCowboys - Cheese from fungus (vs imbued by the same)
• Sten - Safe, biogradable food packaging (vs plastics)
• LiveGreen - Modern ingredients from ancient Ayurveda

FoodBytes! Pitch

Sample startups from Rabbobank's virtual FoodBytes! Pitch competition:

• Wize - Tea from coffee leaves [best of both beverages?]
• Willa's - Delicious, smooth, creamy oat milk
• Wheyward - Velvety, vodka-gin-rum-like spirit from whey
• Pleese - Bean & potato-based cheese good enough for eateries