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501-1000 employees
Beyond Meat's mission is to create The Future of Protein – delicious plant-based burgers, beef, sausage, crumbles, and more. By shifting from animal to plant-based meat, they can address four growing global issues: human health, climate change, constraints on natural resources, and animal welfare.
Beyond Meat produces simulated chicken, beef and pork products, which first became available across the US in 2012. The company has effectively paved the way for much of the booming plant-based meat substitute market.
According to a life cycle assessment (LCA) of the Beyond Burger from the University of Michigan, the Beyond Burger generates 90% less greenhouse gas emissions, requires 46% less energy, has >99% less impact on water scarcity and 93% less impact on land use than a ¼ pound of U.S. beef.
As of 2020, Beyond products are widely available in most U.S. grocery stores, and the company's web site lists availability at over 60 restaurant chains, including McDonalds and KFC, and venues such as stadiums and campus cafeterias. Beyond went public in 2019, but despite impress early growth, their share price has struggled in Q1 of 2022. Their success in the space will rely on them out-innovating the competition.
Kirsty
Company Specialist
30% employee growth in 12 months
Oct 2018
$50m
SERIES H
Sep 2018
$6m
LATE VC
El Segundo, CA
Founders
Ethan Brown
(President & CEO)Holds an MBA from Columbia University and an MPP with a focus on Environment from the University of Maryland.
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