The Week in Low Carbon Commerce

February 20, 2024

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Keith Anderson
February 20, 2024

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Deals and funding

Sway, based in San Leandro, California, raised $5M to scale its seaweed-based plastic packaging alternative.

Hippo Harvest, which uses controlled environment agriculture to produce lettuce, raised a $21M B round.

Unfabled, founded in 2021 by Hannah Samano (ex-Unilever), raised $2M for its personalized health platform for women.

From the podcast — new episodes Thursday mornings

Fermenting Change with Irina Gerry of Change Foods

This week Keith talks to Irina Gerry, CMO of Change Foods and a sustainable foods industry thought leader, using precision fermentation to commercialize a new way of producing real milk proteins and dairy foods with biotech. Irina's also a founding member and vice chair of the board of the Precision Fermentation Alliance.Together they walk through her interesting (and in some ways improbable) career in grocery and CPG marketing with a background at iconic plant-based brands, including Silk and So Delicious at Danone. Tune in to meet and learn from Irina about the world of Precision Fermentation, alternative proteins, and biotech in food.

decarbonize.co/podcast/ep-15-fermenting-change-with-irina-gerry-of-change-foods

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