Nick Cooney founded and is currently the Managing Parter at Lever VC ( http://www.levervc.com), a U.S.-Hong Kong venture capital fund that makes early stage investments in alternative protein food companies. (These include plant-based meat, dairy and egg products, as well as “clean” or cell-based meat, dairy and egg products, and related service and technology companies.) Lever VC operates globally with staff and offices in Hong Kong S.A.R., the United States, Israel, and Europe. Nick has worked in the plant-based and alternative protein foods industry for nearly twenty years. He has made investments in over two dozen companies around the world, including Beyond Meat, Memphis Meats, Alpha Foods, Aleph Farms, Geltor, Miyoko’s Creamery, Good Dot, Avant Meats, Marvelous Foods, Kite Hill, The Purple Carrot, Next Foods, Good Catch Foods, and others. These portfolio companies represent combined value of nearly $2 billion USD. Nick servies on the board or as board obse...
"Nick Cooney founded and serves as Managing Partner at Lever VC, an early-stage venture capital fund focused on alternative protein startups. The alternative protein sector includes both plant-based meat and dairy companies (Nick Cooney past investments in this space include Beyond Meat, Miyoko’s Kitchen, Sunfed Meats, and Good Catch Foods) as well as clean meat companies (Nick Cooney investments in this space include Memphis Meats, Aleph Farms, and Avant Meats).