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Increasing the number, quality, and diversity of alternative protein-relevant university courses

There is a significant and urgent need to launch and support university and online courses in order to build and extend the talent pipeline of students going into the alternative protein industry. Coursework can range from introductory to highly specialized, and will ideally be focused specifically on alternative proteins, but support for degree programs in enabling sciences will also be useful to the industry. A platform for sharing curriculum across institutions will empower new entrants to more easily build their own alternative protein courses.

  1. Academics
  2. Cultivated
  3. Ecosystem
  4. Fermentation
  5. GFI
  6. Industry
  7. Plant-Based
  8. R&D
  9. Science
  10. Species-agnostic
  11. Workforce
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Coordination among investors with alternative protein industry-specific expertise

Investors specializing in alternative proteins should be leveraged to educate the broader investment community through coalitions, syndicated deals, and co-investments with industry-agnostic investors, and spearhead efforts to facilitate later-stage funding like debt and inventory financing.

  1. 2 - Early adoption
  2. Commercial
  3. Cultivated
  4. Ecosystem
  5. Fermentation
  6. GFI
  7. Industry
  8. Investment
  9. Investors
  10. Plant-Based
  11. Species-agnostic
  12. Startups
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Establishing student groups at key universities

Universities are epicenters for creative problem-solving and cutting-edge research advancements, and they can serve as engines for interdisciplinary innovation. However, this potential is not being tapped fully by the alternative protein industry. University student groups at key universities can foster robust, in-person communities for students and researchers interested in elevating the profile of alternative proteins within the academy. This will generate a talent pipeline of informed and empowered young people poised to enter the sector after their education while simultaneously spurring greater awareness and involvement among established faculty members.

  1. Academics
  2. Cultivated
  3. Demand Generation
  4. Donors
  5. Ecosystem
  6. Fermentation
  7. GFI
  8. NGO's
  9. Plant-Based
  10. R&D
  11. Species-agnostic
  12. Workforce
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Microbial strain-development contract research organizations for alternative protein applications

While emerging fermentation-derived ingredient companies often optimize their strain’s productivity in-house, it may be more efficacious for startups to engage contract research organizations with both deep microbial strain development expertise and also intimate familiarity with the unique considerations of the alternative protein sector.

  1. Commercial
  2. Ecosystem
  3. Fermentation
  4. Host strain development
  5. Industry
  6. Industry
  7. R&D
  8. Research
  9. Science
  10. Species-agnostic
  11. Startups
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Expanding private label plant-based offerings

Brands, dedicated private labelers, and co-manufacturers can take advantage of the private labeling opportunity, and would benefit from developing a wide range of products to fit every category and access to R&D to meet unique needs of customers.

  1. 2 - Early adoption
  2. Business Services
  3. Commercial
  4. Distribution Channels
  5. End product formulation & manufacturing
  6. End Products
  7. Fermentation
  8. Industry
  9. Industry
  10. Plant-Based
  11. Production
  12. Species-agnostic
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Forging product development partnerships among ingredient suppliers and manufacturers

Opportunities exist to coordinate product development partnerships between ingredient suppliers, strategic partners, and product manufacturers to directly engage more holistically on product formulation.

  1. 1 - Inception
  2. Cell culture media
  3. Commercial
  4. Crop development
  5. Cultivated
  6. Ecosystem
  7. End Products
  8. Feedstocks optimization
  9. Fermentation
  10. GFI
  11. Industry
  12. Industry
  13. Ingredient optimization
  14. Plant-Based
  15. Production
  16. Raw Materials, Ingredients, & Inputs
  17. Scaffolding
  18. Science
  19. Species-agnostic
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Systematic investigation of growth factor needs and effects

Open-access research into growth factors required for proliferation, maintenance, and differentiation of cell types relevant to cultivated meat will support both academic and industry research efforts. This research could include screening of species-specific growth factors under a variety of conditions and in a variety of cell types to characterize cross-species compatibility, which informs commercial efforts to scale production of the most widely used growth factors. Research should also seek to define optimal concentrations of individual growth factors and cocktails for achieving various cell states or behaviors, as well as understanding interactions between growth factors.

  1. Academics
  2. Cell culture media
  3. Cultivated
  4. Fermentation
  5. R&D
  6. Raw Materials, Ingredients, & Inputs
  7. Research
  8. Science
  9. Seafood-relevant
  10. Target molecule selection
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The ripple effect. 2024 Year in review. Creating waves of impact, energized by donor support. Learn how we are shaping the future of food alongside scientists, policymakers, students, and innovators in our latest Year in Review. Dive in.