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Nick Cooney
Founder of Lever Foundation
New York City Metropolitan Area
Overview
Nick Cooney is the Managing Partner at Lever VC, where he has successfully founded and managed several impactful organizations such as Lever Foundation and New Crop Capital. He has a strong background in food and beverage investments, having invested in companies like Clever Carnivore and THIS, and has held leadership roles at renowned institutions like The Good Food Institute and The Humane League.
Work Experience
Founder, Managing Partner
2018 - Current
Nick Cooney is Founder and Managing Partner at Lever VC, whose $80 million USD Fund and target $150 million Fund II (raise in progress) invest broadly across sustainable Food and AgTech, spanning seed and animal genetics, functional ingredients and inputs, machinery, plant-based foods, pet, cultivated and fermentation-derived animal proteins, disease detection, software, feed inputs, service providers, and more.
Lever VC is a venture capital fund that makes early stage investments in alternative protein companies.
Founder, Board Director
2018
Lever Foundation is a 501(c)3 public charity working to advance a humane and sustainable protein supply chain in Asia and beyond.
Co-Founder, Investment Committee Member
2015 - 2018
New Crop Capital is a private family office venture capital vehicle focused on the plant-based and alternative protein category.
Private venture capital firm investing in entrepreneurs whose products or services replace foods derived from animal agriculture.
Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board
2015 - 2017
The Good Food Institute is the largest non-profit working to advance the plant-based and alternative protein sectors.
The Good Food Institute is a nonprofit think tank working to make the global food system better for the planet, people, and animals.
Founder, Executive Director
2005 - 2011
The Humane League is an international nonprofit ending the abuse of animals raised for food.
Food Entrepreneurship Program Coordinator
2003 - 2005
Education
Bachelor's
2000 - 2003
Investments
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Venture Capital And Protein In Light of COVID-19
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Nick Cooney & His Opinion on Beyond Meat
Talks about Climate Change, Protein and Meat