Singapore-based Good Startup raises $34M fund to invest in alternative protein companies

Good startup founders are Gautam Godhwani and Jayesh Parekh.

Good Startup is a Singapore-based venture capital firm focused on alternative protein. Vinmar International founder and chairman, and former head of finance and strategy for Fidelity Investments, Harris Komishane, was one of the participants in the new fund.

GoodStartup wants to remove animals from the food system. It invests in companies that make alternatives to leather. GoodStartup has invested in 21 companies out of a target of 35.

Good Startup invests in early-stage companies with an average check size of $500,000, according to the firm's managing partner.

Nowadays puts its spin on plant-based nuggets

A producer of plant-based chicken, Mooji Meats, is one of its current portfolio companies.

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