Nick Cooney

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Nick Cooney
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Alma materHofstra University (Non-Violence Studies)
OccupationManaging Partner at Lever VC
Notable workHow to be Great at Doing Good, Veganomics, Change of Heart
Website nickcooney.com

Nick Cooney (born c. 1981) is a managing partner at Lever VC, an investment fund focused on alternative protein companies. [1]

Contents

He co-founded the Good Food Institute and was co-founder and Managing Trustee of New Crop Capital. [2] [3] He is the author of three books: Change of Heart (2010), Veganomics (2013), and How To Be Great At Doing Good (2015). [4] [5] [6] He previously worked for the non-profit organizations Mercy for Animals and Farm Sanctuary, and was the founder of the non-profit organization The Humane League.

Early life and education

Nick Cooney was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [7] Cooney received a bachelor's degree in Non-Violence Studies from Hofstra University in 2003.

Policy and non-profit work

In 2005, Nick Cooney founded The Humane League in Philadelphia, a non-profit organization that works to protect animal welfare. [8] Cooney is one of several people who provided information used in the writing of the book Striking at the Roots: A Practical Guide to Animal Activism (2008) by Mark Hawthorne.

Since then, Nick Cooney's work promoting alternative proteins and animal protection has been featured in media outlets including CNBC, [9] Yahoo Finance, [10] Food Navigator, [11] The Guardian, [12] and the Wall Street Journal. [13] He has also delivered lectures at international conferences and on university campuses. [14] [15] [16]

Cooney previously worked as campaign coordinator at the non-profit Farm Sanctuary, and as executive vice president at the non-profit Mercy for Animals. He is currently a director with the non-profit Lever Foundation. [17]

The Good Food Institute and New Crop Capital

Nick Cooney is former board chairman and co-founder of The Good Food Institute. [18] [11] He is also co-founder and former managing trustee of New Crop Capital, a private venture capital trust that invests in plant-based and cultured meat, dairy, and egg companies. [19] [20] These two organizations collaborate to support the plant-based and cultured food companies. [21]

Lever VC

Nick Cooney is founder and currently Managing Partner at Lever VC, a U.S.-Asian venture capital fund investing in early stage alternative protein companies. [1] [22]

Books

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Plant protein startups vie to tap China's hungry market". Reuters. 2019-03-21. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  2. ↑ "Bloomberg - Nick Cooney". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  3. ↑ Gunther, Marc (2016-04-06). "New Crop – the vegan venture fund fighting for animal rights". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  4. ↑ "Nick Cooney". good reads. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  5. ↑ Cooney, Nick (2013). Veganomics: The Surprising Science on What Motivates Vegetarians, from the Breakfast Table to the Bedroom. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN   978-1-9869-3649-1.
  6. ↑ How To Be Great At Doing Good by Nick Cooney, Narrated by James Fouhey , retrieved 2020-10-04
  7. ↑ Cooney, Nick (2007-09-05). "Activist Profile: Nick Cooney". Vegan Outreach .
  8. ↑ "The Humane League Linkedin". LinkedIn . Retrieved 2017-01-07. The Humane League is a 501(c)3 and Certified Best In America by the Independent Charities of America... Nick Cooney, Founder.
  9. ↑ "Investor: I wouldn't bet against the plant-based meat space". CNBC. 2019-06-11. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  10. ↑ "Nick Cooney and Lever VC Invest In The Good Spoon Foods". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  11. 1 2 Watson, Elaine (2020-08-18). "Lever VC launches new fund targeting alternative protein: deploys first $5m in 10 startups spanning plant-based eggs to cell-cultured breastmilk". Food Navigator USA. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
  12. ↑ Cooney, Nick (2014-10-23). "Can vegetarianism help to solve NFL's problems with violence?". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  13. ↑ Yang, Stephanie (2019-12-05). "American Companies Are Hungry for a Cut of China's Fake-Meat Market". Wall Street Journal. ISSN   0099-9660 . Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  14. ↑ "Legal Battles in the Food Industry: A Conversation with Nick Cooney from Farm Sanctuary". 2013-11-04. Archived from the original on 2017-10-18. Retrieved 2017-01-10. Nick Cooney, founder of the Humane League and then employed by Farm Sanctuary (now working for Mercy for Animals), spoke about his involvement with activism and farm animals.
  15. ↑ "Ivy League Vegan Conference". 2013-02-13. Archived from the original on 2017-01-13. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  16. ↑ "Nick Cooney IARC Speaker Profile". ar-conference.org. 2013-09-12.
  17. ↑ "Nick Cooney Biography | Lever VC, Managing Partner | New York City". NickCooney.com. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  18. ↑ "Sentience Conference" . Retrieved 2017-01-10. ...founder and Board Chair of The Humane League, Board Chair of The Good Food Institute, and Managing Trustee at New Crop Capital
  19. ↑ Gunther, Marc (2016-04-06). "New Crop – the vegan venture fund fighting for animal rights". The Guardian . Retrieved 2017-01-10. Besides funding, Friedrich, Cooney and Kerr provide their portfolio companies with access to like-minded investors and to consumers who want to avoid meat
  20. ↑ Cooney, Nick (2019-04-09). "What's In A Bio? The New Nick Cooney Biography". Medium. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  21. ↑ Byrd, Emily (March 6, 2017). "Plant-Based Power Couple" . Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  22. ↑ "Investing in the future of protein". Lever VC. Retrieved 2019-04-08.

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