Dan Altschuler Malek

On Unovis Asset Management’s New Alternative Protein Fund

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About This Episode

Dan Altschuler Malek is a Managing Partner at Unovis Asset Management, a global investment firm that provides early-stage funding to entrepreneurs developing plant-based and cultured meat alternatives to foods derived from conventional animal agriculture including beef, chicken, pork, dairy, egg, fish, and shellfish products. Through its fund,  New Crop Capital and NCAP II, the team has invested in more than 50 companies including Beyond Meats, Memphis Meats, BlueNalu, Good Catch, Nova Meats, Alpha Foods, Zero Egg, Aleph Farms, and Miyoko’s. As Managing Partner, Dan heads the firm's activities in North America and Israel exploring deal- flow, creating strategic opportunities, and working with founders to solve daily challenges and evaluate strategic decisions.

Dan is passionate about food, startups, and sustainability and prior to joining Unovis his endeavors included launching a snack company, heading a logistics firm, opening a restaurant, and managing a creative agency. He received his BA from Mexico’s Universidad Iberoamericana and an MBA from Babson College. In addition to his other work, Dan has served as a mentor at Food-X and Startup Bootcamp and is a board member of Zero Egg and Alpha Foods. Follow him at @daltschuler 

Unovis NCAP FUND II

On January 26, 2022, Unovis Asset Management announced the closing of its second fund dedicated to investments in plant-based products, cellular agriculture and other alternative protein innovations. Unovis NCAP Fund II, C.V. ("NCAP II") is more than three and one-half times the size of Unovis's first fund, which deployed $45 million from 2015 to 2020. NCAP II is a €146 million fund, approximately $166 million, with commitments from institutions, impact funds and investors from Europe, the Middle East, North America, Asia and South America including Invest-NL, Unigestion, Credit Suisse, Fuji Oil, Griffith Foods and more., including Invest-NL, Unigestion, Credit Suisse, Fuji Oil, and Griffith Foods.

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