Expanding corporate investment capabilities within strategic industry partners
Corporations can build out venture capital arms—including building dedicated incubators and opening their facilities—to facilitate strategic partnerships.
Plant-Based
Directories of contract manufacturers for plant-based production, fermentation, and animal cell culture
The alt protein industry would benefit from better open-access directories of co-manufacturers interested in producing alternative proteins, including more detail on their equipment and capabilities.
Deal flow and fundraising platform for investors beyond the impact investment community
Investment platforms are needed for deal flow and coordinating hand-offs from pre-seed (angels and accelerators), seed/early-stage, and growth/later-stage investors and acquirers.
Database of facility engineering, design, and construction firms
Dedicated brokers, consultants, directories, and other matching mechanisms could help connect alternative protein companies to engineering/design/construction firms with relevant experience and interest in the alternative protein sector.
Data lake for aggregating process data and informing process improvements
An alternative protein data lake could contain anonymized data from processing runs across many manufacturers, informing processing improvements and aiding process failure troubleshooting.
Building workforce capacity through vocational programs
Given the strong and persistent growth in alternative protein production, the industry has a pressing need for a trained workforce. Technical colleges should establish programs to help train the next generation of alternative protein workforces and build a talent pipeline for the industry.
Aggregating data for alternative seafood
Claire Bomkamp, Ph.D.Use our open-access databases to explore how scientific taxonomies and evolutionary relationships map onto culinary categories of seafood.
Contract Manufacturing Database
Zak WestonUse this directory to find co-manufacturers, co-packers, private labelers, and contract manufacturing consultants for alt proteins.
Wageningen University & Research – Science and Technology for Meat Analogues Conference
This international scientific conference will present the latest research insights and findings related to plant-based protein production.
The Plant Protein Landscape: Key ingredient sources for alternative proteins
This webinar will explore the key characteristics of plant protein sources for alternative protein end products.
