Nick Cooney News

Nick Cooney News

Nick Cooney is frequently interviewed by traditional, industry and specialty news outlets for commentary on the alternative protein space and related areas. Sample articles are below.

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Sample Media Articles, Interviews and Posts

Investor: I Wouldn't Bet Against the Plant-Based Meat Space

Nick Cooney, early BYND investor and founder and managing partner at Lever VC, joins “Squawk Alley” to discussread more

"Covid Just Adds Yet Another Tailwind" - Investor Nick Cooney on the Opportunities for Alternative Protein Fund Lever VC

Nick Cooney, an experienced investor in alternative proteinread more

Nick Cooney Launches The Lever VC Fund

Lever VC is a venture capital fund investing in early stage companies in the alternative protein sectorread more

Lever VC launches new fund targeting alternative protein: deploys first $5m in 10 startups spanning plant-based eggs to cell-cultured breastmilk

Lever VC – a global venture capital fund whose partners were investors in Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods, and Memphis Meats – hasread more

Nick Cooney and Lever VC Invest In The Good Spoon Foods

Nick Cooney is the Founder and Managing Partner at Lever VC, a venture capital fund investing in early stage companies in the alternative protein sector. As a global venture capital firm, Lever VC… read more

Meet Nick Cooney on an Analysis of the Healthy Lifestyle and the People Who Prefer to Lead a Healthy Life

Nick Cooney grew up in Northeast Philadelphiaread more

Conversation With Nick Cooney

The following is a summary of a conversation that took placeread more

Nick Cooney of Lever VC // investing in alternative protein startups

Nick Cooney is the Founder and Managing Director of Lever VC. Lever VC is a new fund focused in alternative animal products, including alternative proteins, meats, and plant-based dairy productsread more

Self-interest can make the world a better place—for animals, at least

William MacAskill’s recent Quartz article makes a good point:  the media often jumps to conclusions on health issues...read more

Book Review: Nick Cooney's Change Of Heart

It’s easy to do animal advocacy that will save large numbers ofread more

Interview Series: Nick Cooney

Nick Cooney is the author of Change Of Heart: What Psychology Can Teach Us About Spreading Social Change and Veganomicsread more

Effective Activism with Nick Cooney

Nick Cooney is the author of three books the help people become more effective change makers, and his latest book just hit shelves…read more

Nick Cooney: How to Effectively Advocate

Nick will share surprising research from his forthcoming bookread more

Nick Cooney Shares Why He Believes Investors Should Consider Investing in the Alternative Protein Industry

The alternative protein industry is an exciting opportunity for investors. With the recent growth in meat substitutes andread more

The Impact of Social Norms on Plant-Based Meat

Studies show that if people see a minority behavior (such as eating plant-based meat) becoming more popular, they areread more

Nick Cooney Evaluates the State of the Alternative Protein Industry

The alternative protein industry has made many exciting strides over the past few years. Startup companies like Beyond Meat...read more

IdeaMensch: Nick Cooney

Nick Cooney is the co-founder and a managing partner for Lever VC, a venture capital fund with a focus on alternativeread more

Lever VC Sees Opportunity for Plant-Based and "Clean" Meat in China

Lever VC believes that as the global demand for protein increases, so will the need to find sustainable, clean, bio-identical animalread more

Why Consumers Are Purchasing Plant-Based Products More Than Ever Before

It’s time to face the facts — plant-based meat isn’t goingread more