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Lever VC

19 employees

Lever VC is a venture capital fund that makes early stage investments in alternative protein companies.

Investor insights

Sectors invested in

Food and Beverage23
Biotechnology14
Food Processing10
Organic Food6
Sustainability6
Health Care5
Cellular Agriculture5
Nutrition4
Agriculture3
Manufacturing3
cultivated meat3
biotech3
alternative protein3
Cultivated Meat3
Food Science and Technology3
Food Technology3
Bioinformatics2
Genetics2
Organic2
Pet2

Funding rounds participated in

$1.5M sweet spot round size

Most of their 36 investments are in rounds between $1.2M and $8.4M

Investor type

Venture Capital

Basic info

Industry

venture capital and private equity principals

Sectors

venture capital
Nutrition
Food and Beverage
precision fermentation
Food Processing
Food Delivery
impact
investment
future of protein
startups
climate
sustainability
plant-based dairy
plant-based meat
alternative protein
cultivated meat
plant-based
plant protein

Date founded

2017

Investments made

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THIS™ raised $12M on March 7, 2023

Investors: Lever VC

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New School Foods raised $12M on February 2, 2023

Investors: BASECAMP VENTURES LTD, Clear Current Capital, LLC, Climate Capital, Hatch Works, HackCapital, Blue Horizon Corporation, Joyance Partners, Good Startup and Lever VC

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NuCicer raised $2.5M on November 3, 2022

Investors: Leaps by Bayer, Blue Horizon Corporation and Lever VC

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Avant Meats raised $11M on June 22, 2022

Investors: CPT Capital, ParticleX, Good Startup, Thia Ventures, S2G Ventures and Lever VC

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CellX raised $11M on May 16, 2022

Investors: Better Bite Ventures and Lever VC

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Melt&Marble raised $5.3M on May 5, 2022

Investors: Nordic FoodTech VC, Good Startup, Be8 Ventures, Chalmers Ventures, Santa Maria - World Foods & Flavouring Division of Paulig Group and Lever VC

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Mooji Meats (YC W22) raised $3M on May 3, 2022

Investors: Good Startup, AgFunder, HackCapital, Collaborative Fund & NXC Corporation, Y Combinator and Lever VC

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Good Food Technologies 好食科技 raised $1.5M on March 16, 2022

Investors: DayDayCook (Grand Leader Technology Limited), Brinc, Gobi Partners and Lever VC

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NuCicer raised $4.5M on March 2, 2022

Investors: Lifely VC, The House Fund and Lever VC

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Nude - Plant Based Foods raised $5M on January 27, 2022

Investors: Scale-Up Ventures, Vox Capital and Lever VC

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