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
- 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: