Our Spring Happy Hour is coming up! Welcoming anyone and everyone to come out to come meet the FI Team, impact companies, and folks in and around food.
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Amy Bell Joins Foodshed Investors
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Foodshed Investors is pleased to announce the addition of Amy Bell to the FI Team. Amy joins as a Senior Advisor and is supporting the development of the FI platform and working with entrepreneurs on business planning, capital structure and fundraising.
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Recent Fundings @ Foodshed Investors
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Sweet Ritual
is a vegan ice cream shop in Austin, TX specializing in locally sourced, unique, and delicious dairy-free treats. This is Foodshed Investors' third round of funding with Sweet Ritual, having worked with them on
two prior fundings
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Bhoomi Cane Water
is a healthy, refreshing, and nutritious hydrating beverage, cold pressed from raw sugar cane stalks. It contains electrolytes, phytonutrients, and enzymes, perfect for after or during a workout. Bhoomi sources sugar cane directly from sugar cane farmers in Louisiana, supporting growers by finding viable and growing market channels. Bhoomi recently closed their fundraising round, which FI helped enable and participated in.
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Hops & Grain Brewing
is an Austin based brewery and tasting room focused on environmental stewardship, community engagement and product quality innovation. Their beers are produced in both Austin and San Marcos, TX and their focus is to enhance the human experience through their commitment to quality, sustainability and storytelling. Foodshed Investors closed a "follow on" investment in March, 2019 to help fund their expansion into the San Marcos area.
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Foodshed Investors Podcast
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Foodshed Investors Partner and CFO, Eric de Valpine, discusses company exits: how exits can affect the way companies fundraise, how companies can plan their exits, and whether some companies need to exit at all.
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TechStars Accelerator Accepting Applications
Techstars Impact accelerator program is accepting applications through April 7th.
Techstars is a worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed. Their 13 week mentorship-driven accelerator programs provide in-depth foundational content that prepares you to run your startup, plus strong mentoring relationships with experts in your industry and in all aspects of entrepreneurship.
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TarmacTX and Earthday EcoPitch Competition
Tarmac TX and Earth Day ATX are proud to announce the inaugural #EcoPitch challenge taking place at Earth Day ATX on 4/13/19 at historic Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, Texas.
The #EcoPitch is designed for entrepreneurs launching early-stage sustainability-focused companies and is open to the public. Individuals or teams may apply.
Applicants can submit their ideas through Tarmac TX now until 4/10/19
here, and finalists will be chosen to pitch their idea to the public and a panel of local judges.
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Climate change mitigation potential of agricultural practices supported by IFAD investments
The International Fund for Agricultural Development released a report on the impact of their investments on carbon sequestration and opportunities to increase impact.
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Investor rush to alternative meats and healthy eating accelerates the disruption of food systems
FI Senior Advisor, Amy Bell, talks with ImpactAlpha's Dennis Price about the local food finance space and what we're doing here at FI to find opportunities and fill gaps.
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Historic flood losses faced by Nebraska farmers "will impact food on your table"
The combination of historic rains, melting snow, and frozen soil have left swaths of the country’s biggest farming states underwater
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Find opportunities to invest in good, local food companies. We work with Accredited, Unaccredited, and folks who are just looking to find out more.
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... for all you do to support business with purpose, local food, and impact investing!
All the best,
Amy, Curt, Eric, Jarred, & Evan
Foodshed Investors
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