Ryan Grant Little

twig is a bioengineering company using AI to create sustainable ingredients that don’t cost the earth. We’re on a mission to drive a global transition away from unsustainably resourced ingredients to bio-fermented ingredients in a way that benefits everyone – people, producers, and the planet. We’re using AI to radically improve the speed and efficacy of lab-based bioengineering, creating affordable, scalable, and dependable ingredients that producers can use in the everyday items the world relies on – without compromise. We like to call this ‘bioengineering better’. A game-changing, AI-defined approach to bioengineering in which the tech drives the direction of the science. This means no gut instincts, preconceptions, or the pressure to meet short-term service contracts - which have plagued the bioengineering industry for decades - just rapid, incisive data analysis to signpost the best answers to some of the planet’s most pressing sustainability problems.

Satgana is an early-stage Climate Tech Venture Capital firm on a mission to invest in the next generation of planet-positive startups building the Future of Earth. As of January 2026, we count 28 portfolio startups spanning 15 countries across Europe and Africa. Satgana is a proud B Corp. This is the decade to build the world we want 🌱 Join the journey at satgana.com

We are making real meat for cats and dogs! At BioCraft (formerly Because, Animals), we recognize the nutritional value of meat for pets. But traditional meat production comes with some devastating consequences, including climate change, animal cruelty and risks to public health. For those reasons, we are making cultured meat to replace traditional slaughtered-animal meat for pet food. We are not creating a meat alternative — we are creating meat that is produced in an alternative way!

We developed proprietary protein texturing technology that enables us to produce plant-based whole cuts. Our vision is to produce a variety of meat products and match and eventually outcompete animal-derived counterparts by taste, price, and convenience. We want to accelerate the transition of the meat industry into a more sustainable future - by 2030 we want to cut meat consumption in half.

We partner with scientists, engineers and operators to create companies that solve hard climate problems. Since 2021, we have created 7 highly differentiated companies across opportunity areas like ammonia, methanol, direct air capture, geologic hydrogen, concrete materials and weather control. 100% of our earliest companies have been successful in raising follow-on funding. And we have many more in the pipeline!

Whole-cut seafood. Made from plants.

Were producing sustainable, plant-based proteins and seafood from Iceland 🌱 🇮🇸

Dairy causes 4% of global greenhouse gas emission. Plant-based alternatives, although gaining traction, dont appeal to many consumers, as they lack a creaminess for which the fat component is key. At Cultivated we want to fix this. We are developing an emulsion from yeast, which offers the creaminess needed for plant-based dairy, while enabling clean labels.

Where Food & FoodTech professionals come to get the inside scoop on industry news and meet partners, friends, mentors, investors - and everything in between. From our weekly newsletter, to our ambassador run Meetups and our annual FoodHack Summit - our goal at FoodHack is to make it easier for purpose driven food founders to access the funding, network and knowledge they need to successfully launch and scale their business.

A proprietary light-driven, protein expression technology that uses chloroplasts to make extraordinarily high yields of proteins in plants. This game-changing manufacturing system is sustainable, free of animal pathogens and bacterial endotoxins, and highly scalable. Suitable for the recombinant protein contract manufacturing and development market. Bright Biotech is currently producing recombinant growth factors, which aid cell growth to promote regenerative medicine practices, and also industry processes such as clean meat production.

Forsea is a cultured meat company focusing on fish and seafood. The company has developed a unique organoid technology that tackles many challenges of producing cultivated meat, allowing it to scale and reach price parity faster. The company focuses on highly-priced, endangered species, with an unmet market need.

We make premium plant-based whole-cuts with an authentic texture through our proprietary Cross-Fiber Assembly™ platform. We are hiring!

#103 in the Food500 Willicroft is an Amsterdam plant-based cheese and butter producer. We produce planet-proof products for dairy cheese lovers. Inspired by our founder familys dairy farming roots dating back to 1957, Willicroft was re-imagined as a plant-based cheese company in Amsterdam in 2018.

Hyfé is creating the refinery of the future - turning plant waste into chemicals that allow the world to make products without petroleum.

We make food from CO2. Arkeon was founded with a mission to serve people and the planet by revolutionizing food production. We believe in regenerating the world and are proud to have found a way to nourish people while revitalizing ecosystems. Our proprietary ingredient production process is changing the way we produce food, turning industrial CO2 into versatile protein ingredients through microbial gas fermentation. Were pioneers in the sustainable production of all 20 proteinogenic amino acids, creating carbon-negative, clean-label functional ingredients. Our technology has vast potential for food security and decarbonizing heavy industry. In July 2023, we opened a Pilot Production Facility in Seestadt, Austria, and we are in the process of setting up our Demo Facility in 2024-2025. Join us in our mission to turn CO2 into food and build a more sustainable future. Join our team, one of the best places to work in Europe! 🏆 #1 Best Workplace Austria 2023 🏆 #12 Best Workplace Europe 2023 🏆 #5 Best Workplace for Millennials 2023

We support and invest in early-stage companies that disrupt the established ways how we generate, manage, and use energy. We believe that we must find new ways how to create connectivity between the physical and digital world in order to build the 21st century infrastructure to support how we live, move and work.

We are a values-aligned, rag-tag group of donors and volunteers from all different backgrounds and geographies, contributing what we can. Our goal is to keep Ukraine’s defenders and rescue workers alive, safe, and comfortable. In practice, this means we buy, find, or 3D print everything from thermal socks to anti-drone weaponry. We save lives every day. How do we know? Because the troops tell us, and they show us the evidence. Ukraine’s national allies are soft and slow in their support. Your contribution is what keeps Ukraine on the path to victory.

Invest in Bravery is a nonprofit organization dedicated to support Ukraines integration into the world economy by leveraging its intuitive and powerful brand and its incredible people. Ukraines destiny is clear - peace and prosperity as well as integration in the EU. The country and its people have been tested and shown themselves to be made of the material of winners - not only able to defend their country with extreme strength, bravery, and resilience, they have done this while maintaining a focus on strong positive human values - compassion, empathy, kindness, tolerance, and understanding - all words strongly associated with Ukraine - earned through extreme adversity. Invest in Bravery is committed to victory in war and to its victory in peace - in the war against corruption, protected markets, and any obstacles to an open and competitive economy benefiting all Ukrainian citizens and allowing Ukraine to finally achive its dreams of being a high-income country. Invest in Bravery is all about accelerating Ukraine on its journey to success - a ride that accelerates when shared!

PEOPLE & PLANET - Empowering Founders to Make a Difference TIlia Impact Ventures is a seed stage Impact VC Fund. We support world class founders tackling the biggest social and environmental challenges of our age. Through our new 30m EUR seed fund, we invest across the CEE region with tickets of between 300k EUR and up to 1.5m EUR. We look for long term partnerships in our our portfolio companies, with half the fund reserved for follow-on support. We are providers of patient capital and hands on support. While the type of support we offer our founders depends on their specific needs, we typically assist our founders with: - opening doors within the CEE region and beyond - access to our "Impact Tribe": a group of mentors, founders and experts who have vowed to support our mission to make global change - talent sourcing - fundraising - being a co-pilot on the relentless (and often lonely) journey of leading your company into the unknown - multi-round financial support - impact management and communication - experienced governance and process structuring for maturing companies Check out our website or reach out to us at info@tilia.vc to share your vision.

twig is a bioengineering company using AI to create sustainable ingredients that don’t cost the earth. We’re on a mission to drive a global transition away from unsustainably resourced ingredients to bio-fermented ingredients in a way that benefits everyone – people, producers, and the planet. We’re using AI to radically improve the speed and efficacy of lab-based bioengineering, creating affordable, scalable, and dependable ingredients that producers can use in the everyday items the world relies on – without compromise. We like to call this ‘bioengineering better’. A game-changing, AI-defined approach to bioengineering in which the tech drives the direction of the science. This means no gut instincts, preconceptions, or the pressure to meet short-term service contracts - which have plagued the bioengineering industry for decades - just rapid, incisive data analysis to signpost the best answers to some of the planet’s most pressing sustainability problems.