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| 11.04.2023 | BREAKING: Babybel maker Bel Group invests in AI-powered startup Climax Foods; will co-create ‘best-in-class’ plant-based cheeses | Bel Group—the multinational firm behind cheese brands Babybel, The Laughing Cow, and Boursin—has teamed up with AI-powered startup Climax Foods to develop plant-based versions of its iconic brands for launch in Europe and the US by the end ... |
| 03.07.2022 | A New Generation Of Alt Cheese Startups Are Ditching Allergens: Meet 5 Global Nut-Free Innovators | 4 Mins Read
The dairy-free cheese alternative market is huge and it’s growing fast. Analysts expect the global plant-based cheese segment to double from its current US$2.7 billion to over US$4.5 billion by 2025, and with as many as 4 in 10 ... |
| 08.03.2022 | IWD 2022: Celebrating the Queens Of Alt Protein Who Are Forging The Future Of Food | 166
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The two biggest plant-based protein startups in the world are run by men. The majority of the rising cell-based protein startups are also run by men, alongside most of the vegan investment groups that fund them... |
| 01.03.2022 | Grounded’s Hemp and Cauliflower Cheese Launches Across 364 Sprouts Farmers Market Stores | Grounded Foods today announces the launch of its innovative hemp and cauliflower cheese into 364 Sprouts Farmers Market locations across the US, marking the LA-based brand’s first national retail rollout.
“We firmly believe that it’s possib... |
| 15.10.2021 | Grounded Foods raises $2.5 million in pre-Series A funding | LOS ANGELES — Grounded Foods Co., a maker of plant-based cheese alternatives, has raised $2.5 million in pre-Series A funding. Participants in the funding round include existing investors Big Idea Ventures and Stray Dog Capital, as well as ... |
| 15.10.2021 | Grounded Foods Brings Plant-Based Cheese to the Masses | The Grounded Foods founders Veronica Fil and chef Shaun Quade were obsessed with making vegan cheese that "didn't taste like crap."
The couple aren't vegans or even vegetarians but Quade, who once guest judged the TV competition s... |
| 14.10.2021 | Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar throws down a gauntlet to social media companies—and to herself | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
Social media is a double-edged sword full of unintended consequences, as recent election cycles a... |
| 14.10.2021 | $2.5M Pre-Series A Round Signals “Strategic Gateway” to Europe For Grounded’s Upcycled Cauliflower Hemp Cheese | Grounded Foods, which makes innovative plant-based cheeses from upcycled cauliflower and hemp, has raised $2.5 million in a pre-Series A round.
The company uses fermentation to harness the proteins and fats in hemp, achieving a taste and te... |
| 14.10.2021 | Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar throws down a gauntlet to social media companies—and to herself | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
Social media is a double-edged sword full of unintended consequences, as recent election cycles a... |
| 27.09.2021 | Meat the future: Unpacking Australia’s protein potential | Mirjana Prica is managing director at the Food and Agribusiness Growth Center (FIAL), an industry-led, government-funded initiative to accelerate commercially-driven collaboration and innovation in the Australian agrifood sector.
The views ... |
| 19.05.2021 | The Wait is Finally Over as Grounded’s Cheese-Free Cheese Rolls Out Into More Than 160 US Retailers | Grounded Foods, makers of the first-to-market vegan cheeses created with hemp and upcycled cauliflower, today announces its first products are now available at over 160 retail locations across the US. The innovative products with a cult fol... |
| 19.05.2021 | Ugly Cauliflower & Hemp’s Grounded Foods Rolls Out Its Plant-Based Cheeses To 160+ U.S. Retail Locations | 3 Mins Read
Following its recent launch in U.S., vegan startup Grounded Foods announced today that it is rolling out its vegan-friendly alternative dairy cheeses made from ugly cauliflower and hemp in over 160 retail locations across the co... |
| 12.05.2021 | CEO of Grounded Foods, Veronica Fil, On Breaking All The Rules | Veronica Fil, CEO and Co-Founder of Grounded Foods joins Elysabeth Alfano on the Plantbased Business Hour to discuss making cheese from cauliflower and hemp, and breaking all the rules.
They also discuss the hurdles of a startup, scaling th... |
| 31.03.2021 | Grounded: “We’re the People Who Make Tasty AF Cheese Out of Cauliflower and Hemp. And the Market Potential For That is Pretty Massive” | This plant-based power couple needs no introduction for our vegconomist readers. Former economic advisor to the Australian government, food writer & restaurant critic Veronica Fil, along with her husband Shaun Quade, the Australian fine... |
| 30.03.2021 | BREAKING: Grounded Foods’ Upcycled Cauliflower & Hemp Cheese Finally Arrives | When Veronica Fil first sampled the cauliflower and hemp-based cheese her husband, chef Shaun Quade had created, she said: “Do you realise what you’ve done? This could be huge.” She was right. The innovative portfolio that unfolded from Gro... |
| 08.03.2021 | IWD 2021: Celebrating the Queens Of Alt Protein Who Are Forging The Future Of Food | 15 Mins Read
Editor’s Note: This list is the result of hours of work, and no doubt we have missed some amazing queens. We will do our best to keep adding. On the startup side, we focused on founders, but many of these startups have incredib... |
| 23.12.2020 | Q&A w/ Grounded Foods, The Vegan Dairy Startup That Makes Cheese From Hempseeds & Ugly Cauliflower | 46 0
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Los Angeles-based vegan startup Grounded Foods began making its plant-based cheeses out of non-GMO hemp seeds and “ugly” cauliflowers last year. Now, the food tech is set to add three more products to its cheese o... |
| 15.07.2020 | Grounded Foods Secures US$1.74M Seed Funding For Fermented Vegan Cheese | 3 Mins Read
Los Angeles-based vegan cheese maker Grounded Foods has recently announced that it has closed a US$1.74 million seed funding round led by alternative protein venture capital Stray Dog Capital. The startup says it will be using t... |
| 13.07.2020 | BREAKING: Grounded Foods Co. Closes Oversubscribed Seed Round Led by Stray Dog Capital | ©Grounded
Grounded Foods Co, producer of unique first-to-market cheeses created with cauliflower, today announces to vegconomist the closing of its first Series Seed round which was led by Stray Dog Capital. The round brought in $1.74M with... |
| 13.07.2020 | BREAKING: Grounded Foods Co. Closes Oversubscribed Seed Round Led by Stray Dog Capital | Grounded Foods Co, producer of unique first-to-market cheeses created with cauliflower, today announces to vegconomist the closing of its first Series Seed round which was led by Stray Dog Capital. The round brought in $1.74M with participa... |
| 17.06.2020 | The Dark Art of Behavioural Economics (and its role in shaping better plant based choices) | People hate being told what to do. Just hearing the words “you should do this” or “don’t do that” lights up an immediate sense of defiance in our brains—regardless of how rational the statement. It’s that feeling you get when, at 3am, your ... |
| 15.04.2020 | Grounded Foods Launches Pre-Sales of Highly Anticipated First-to-Market Cheese, Sells Out in 3 Minutes | ©Grounded Foods
Grounded Foods annouces that it has launched online pre-sales for its first range of first-to-market vegan cheeses, created with cauliflower by Australian chef Shaun Quade. The cheeses aren’t scheduled to ship until June; ho... |
| 15.04.2020 | Grounded Foods Launches Pre-Sales of Highly Anticipated First-to-Market Cheese, Sells Out in 3 Minutes | Grounded Foods annouces that it has launched online pre-sales for its first range of first-to-market vegan cheeses, created with cauliflower by Australian chef Shaun Quade. The cheeses aren’t scheduled to ship until June; however the LA bas... |
| 18.02.2020 | Could Australia’s Bushfires be a Turning Point for Plant-Based Production? | As we announced last week, vegconomist is pleased to welcome Veronica Fil – former economic advisor to the Australian government, food industry expert, and founder of vegan brand Grounded Foods along with husband, chef Shaun Quade. In this ... |
| 10.02.2020 | Vegconomist Welcomes Australian Economist and Vegan Businesswoman Veronica Fil | Vegconomist is very pleased to announce that former economic advisor to the Australian government, food writer & restaurant critic, and wife of renowned vegan chef Shaun Quade, with whom she operates upcoming vegan cheese brand Grounded... |
| 06.02.2020 | Grounded – “I’ll Give You $2 Million to Buy the Cheese Business Right Now” | Australia’s Grounded is the brainchild of visionary couple, a “mad scientist” chef and a behavioural economist who accidentally found a niche which landed them with funding from a New York VC and a successful vegan cheese company in place o... |
