Danone Manifesto Ventures

Danone Manifesto Ventures brings health through food to as many people as possible by partnering with entrepreneurs in the food revolution. Danone Manifesto Ventures, Their name says it all. They are a venture group located in New York City that is part of a global food and beverage company with world–class expertise and a mission to bring health through food to as many people as possible. They employ a carefully selected team that is driven, passionate and eager to team up with exceptional entrepreneurs.

Clemence Delcourt

Managing Director and CIO

Holly Jackson

Ventures Director

Kenta Nomoto

Associate Manager

32 past transactions

Nous anti-gaspi

Venture Round in 2022
We anti-Gapsi is the network of anti-waste food stores. This grocery store project offers producers and manufacturers the opportunity to their downgraded and unsold products at a fair price. They are a qualitative environment, they market products excluded from the usual mass distribution circuits for small defects, physical defects, contract-date not respected, and end of series. They offer consumers a new mode of consumption that gives priority to common sense and that is at the same time smart, qualitative, and eco-responsible. In their stores, they offer you to find, in a warm atmosphere, a complete choice of food products to save waste: fruits and vegetables, fresh and frozen products, groceries, and even a small bulk section.

Symbrosia

Series A in 2022
Symbrosia is a cleantech startup reducing livestock methane emissions with the mightiest seaweed. They develop seaweed strains and bring their livestock feed additive, seagraze, to market with brands and producers.

Minor Figures

Venture Round in 2022
Minor Figures is good for the growers, good for the environment and is the best iced coffee you're ever likely to drink! At their London based micro-brewery, they ethically source the best in-season, single origin coffees and brew in filtered water for over 18 hours. Cold brewing is a gentler method of brewing that reduces acidity, bitterness and produces a naturally sweeter, super refreshing coffee.

Splendid Spoon

Series B in 2022
Splendid Spoon is a food company that delivers ready-to-eat and plant-based meals. The company's plant-based, gluten-free smoothies, shots, soups, grain bowls, and noodles are fully prepared and taste like the comfort of a home-cooked meal, allowing one to achieve balance without even thinking about it. In addition to multi-day meal plans and an On Demand shop, which allows customers to try the meals without a subscription. Its mission is to make it easier for everyone to eat well by delivering delicious, plant-based, ready-to-eat meals to the door.

Harmless Harvest

Acquisition in 2021
Started in 2009, Harmless Harvest is a progressive food & beverage initiative set to demonstrate that ecosystem-based business can outcompete the conventional model, by integrating the long term welfare of all stakeholders - from plant to customer. Combining innovative scientific methods with local traditional knowledge such as agroforestry, Harmless Harvest develops and manufactures products that actually deliver the nutritional and ethical integrity that others only promise. By asserting tangible economic value to threatened ecosystems, Harmless Harvest protects these areas and their traditions. Harmless Harvest is proud to be the first Fair for Life certified coconut water. Fair for Life verifies their commitment to paying fair wages, providing decent working conditions abroad and in the USA, and reinvesting in the communities at the source. Harmless Harvest offers free healthcare to their partners through their Fair for Life initiatives, they have provided medical and vision check-ups to 776 farmers and their communities since the program’s inception, 80% of who had never received medical care.

Ready, Set, Food!

Venture Round in 2021
Ready, Set, Food! makes it easy for parents reduce their baby's risk of developing peanut, egg, and milk allergies by up to 80% with our gentle, daily system.

MOJU

Venture Round in 2021
MOJU Drinks performance powered by nature, ginger shots, turmeric shots, vitamin C shots, vitamin D shots, prebiotic shots, also available for online delivery also.

ZELP

Series A in 2021
ZELP aims to significantly reduce the environmental impact of the livestock industry.

HowGood

Venture Round in 2021
HowGood is a SaaS data platform with the world's largest database on product sustainability. With more than 33,000 ingredients, chemicals, and materials assessed, HowGood SaaS and impact data offerings help leading brands, retailers and investors improve their environmental and social impact. Through in-depth, ingredient-level insights into factors ranging from greenhouse gas emissions to animal welfare to labor risk, HowGood data powers strategic decision-making for the sourcing, manufacturing, merchandising, and marketing of sustainable products.

Nous anti-gaspi

Venture Round in 2020
We anti-Gapsi is the network of anti-waste food stores. This grocery store project offers producers and manufacturers the opportunity to their downgraded and unsold products at a fair price. They are a qualitative environment, they market products excluded from the usual mass distribution circuits for small defects, physical defects, contract-date not respected, and end of series. They offer consumers a new mode of consumption that gives priority to common sense and that is at the same time smart, qualitative, and eco-responsible. In their stores, they offer you to find, in a warm atmosphere, a complete choice of food products to save waste: fruits and vegetables, fresh and frozen products, groceries, and even a small bulk section.

Yooji

Venture Round in 2020
Yooji offers delicious meals in frozen portions for babies. Their recipes are prepared with organic ingredients or sustainable peaches, no additives, no added salt, no gluten. Thanks to a gentle cooking and fast freezing, the nutritional qualities and tastes are preserved. Regulate baby and help him grow well? A child's play with their small pebbles easy to dose.

Hungry Harvest

Series A in 2020
Hungry Harvest is a food and beverage company that features an online-based platform that offers surplus products, food, and beverages.

Ready, Set, Food!

Seed Round in 2020
Ready, Set, Food! makes it easy for parents reduce their baby's risk of developing peanut, egg, and milk allergies by up to 80% with our gentle, daily system.

Flore by Sun Genomics

Series A in 2020
Sun Genomics is a precision nutrition company focused on curing dysbiosis through the gut microflora and personalized solutions. Its flagship product Floré, is a microbiome test and custom synbiotics solution that utilizes whole-genome sequencing to evaluate different digestive system data points and ensure that customers receive a completely personalized product based on their unique gut profiles. The company also offers: Floré Tots, Kids, and Baby, available for kids up to age 0-12, and comes in an easy digestive powder to mix with their favorite drink. Floré Clinical, which is specifically for professional practitioners and their patients. Floré Defense, Balance, and Performance for sports teams and athletes.

Epigamia

Series C in 2020
Epigamia is a premium all-natural Greek yogurt that encourages a healthy lifestyle one cup at a time. Launched in June 2015, they are focused on traditional dairy.

Laird Superfood

Venture Round in 2020
Laird Superfood offers coffee creamers and premium organic coffee that is an alternative to traditional sports drinks. The company was founded in 2015 by Dan Stauber and it is based in Sisters, Oregon.

Nature's Fynd

Series B in 2020
Nature’s Fynd is a food company producing a protein from a microbe discovered in the geothermal springs. The company's mission is to create foods that both nourish people and the planet. Its revolutionary fermentation technology grows protein using a fraction of the land and water resources required by traditional agriculture. Nature’s Fynd was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

PHENIX

Venture Round in 2020
PHENIX contributes to the reduction of waste and to the transition towards a circular economy, by awakening the potential of waste. With a hundred or so committed employees, their structure aims to promote the 2nd life of products, food and non-food, for various sectors, including charities. They support more than 1000 professional clients retail, industrial, wholesalers, shopping centers, caterers, event agencies, in the management of their unsold and waste through a web platform and a range of comprehensive collaborative and logistical services.

Mitte

Convertible Note in 2019
Mitte was founded with a mission to develop a user-friendly drinking water system for the 21st century. The Berlin-based company created a product range inspired by the natural water cycle, focusing on health, sustainability, and planet-friendly solutions. Their flagship product, Mitte Home, is a smart home water purification system that utilizes advanced filtration and mineralization technology to purify and optimize the taste of water, with the option for carbonation.

Halsa

Venture Round in 2019
Halsa develops a plant-based platform that uses a chemical during the manufacturing process and keeps all the nutritional benefits of the grain oats intact. All products are dairy-free, vegan, organic, and without added sugar.

Forager Project

Venture Round in 2019
Forager Project is a manufacturer of organic food products and beverage designed to offer healthy and natural consumables to the people. The company's products include juices, smoothies, nut shakes and chips that are made organically with natural ingredients, enabling customers to stay healthy and consume chemical-free food in their daily lives.

Michel et Augustin

Funding Round in 2019
At Michel et Augustin, we are bringing quintessential French pastry to the realm of American snacking. With a crispy, flaky texture, made with simple ingredients, our Cookie Squares and Croissant Chips are the perfect indulgences for everyday life. Calling all-butter lovers: go ahead and reach for Michel et Augustin treats at snacktime! You won’t be disappointed. Order online or look for us at your favorite speciality foods shop.

Nature's Fynd

Series A in 2019
Nature’s Fynd is a food company producing a protein from a microbe discovered in the geothermal springs. The company's mission is to create foods that both nourish people and the planet. Its revolutionary fermentation technology grows protein using a fraction of the land and water resources required by traditional agriculture. Nature’s Fynd was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Epigamia

Series C in 2019
Epigamia is a premium all-natural Greek yogurt that encourages a healthy lifestyle one cup at a time. Launched in June 2015, they are focused on traditional dairy.

Agricool

Series B in 2018
Agricool has been created in 2015 by Guillaume Fourdinier and Gonzague Gru with the purpose of making local, tasty and pesticide-free fruits and vegetables available to all. To do so, Agricool is recycling shipping containers into urban farms, transforming into a small paradise for fruits and vegetables (lighting, air quality, irrigation, etc.). The technology developed enables the farms to be 120 times more productive than in conventional farming, to save more than 90% of water and to be run entirely on renewable energies. Today, the company grows strawberries in Paris and Dubai, but tomorrow, the ambition is to help feed the world with all types of fruits and vegetables and be part of the urban farming movement.

Yumble

Series A in 2018
Yumble is a weekly subscription that delivers healthy, delicious and fully cooked meals specifically designed for kids. The company aims to make mealtime stress-free for parents and super fun for kids. Currently, they offer plenty of options for dinner, lunch, breakfast, and snacks. Founded in 2016, the company is headquartered in New York, New York, United States.

Farmer's Fridge

Series C in 2018
Farmer’s Fridge provides an automated smart fridge that serves salads, bowls, snacks, and more. Its unpurchased items are regularly donated to local food pantries, providing responsibly sourced nutrition to community members in need. The company is driven by a mission to make it simple for everyone to eat well. Founder Luke Saunders was frustrated with the lack of healthy, affordable options available on the road so he worked with the best in the business to create a user-friendly smart Fridge that puts chef-curated meals in your hands, in seconds. It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Mitte

Seed Round in 2018
Mitte was founded with a mission to develop a user-friendly drinking water system for the 21st century. The Berlin-based company created a product range inspired by the natural water cycle, focusing on health, sustainability, and planet-friendly solutions. Their flagship product, Mitte Home, is a smart home water purification system that utilizes advanced filtration and mineralization technology to purify and optimize the taste of water, with the option for carbonation.

Harmless Harvest

Funding Round in 2018
Started in 2009, Harmless Harvest is a progressive food & beverage initiative set to demonstrate that ecosystem-based business can outcompete the conventional model, by integrating the long term welfare of all stakeholders - from plant to customer. Combining innovative scientific methods with local traditional knowledge such as agroforestry, Harmless Harvest develops and manufactures products that actually deliver the nutritional and ethical integrity that others only promise. By asserting tangible economic value to threatened ecosystems, Harmless Harvest protects these areas and their traditions. Harmless Harvest is proud to be the first Fair for Life certified coconut water. Fair for Life verifies their commitment to paying fair wages, providing decent working conditions abroad and in the USA, and reinvesting in the communities at the source. Harmless Harvest offers free healthcare to their partners through their Fair for Life initiatives, they have provided medical and vision check-ups to 776 farmers and their communities since the program’s inception, 80% of who had never received medical care.

Harmless Harvest

Venture Round in 2017
Started in 2009, Harmless Harvest is a progressive food & beverage initiative set to demonstrate that ecosystem-based business can outcompete the conventional model, by integrating the long term welfare of all stakeholders - from plant to customer. Combining innovative scientific methods with local traditional knowledge such as agroforestry, Harmless Harvest develops and manufactures products that actually deliver the nutritional and ethical integrity that others only promise. By asserting tangible economic value to threatened ecosystems, Harmless Harvest protects these areas and their traditions. Harmless Harvest is proud to be the first Fair for Life certified coconut water. Fair for Life verifies their commitment to paying fair wages, providing decent working conditions abroad and in the USA, and reinvesting in the communities at the source. Harmless Harvest offers free healthcare to their partners through their Fair for Life initiatives, they have provided medical and vision check-ups to 776 farmers and their communities since the program’s inception, 80% of who had never received medical care.

Kona Deep

Series A in 2017
Kona Deep represents a completely new category of water: deep ocean water replete with a unique blend of naturally occurring deep ocean electrolytes. Kona Deep is sourced from the deep ocean waters of Hawaii, 3000 feet beneath the ocean surface, where cold, pressure and natural minerals combine to create an exceptionally high quality water. Once brought to the surface, the water is desalinated and bottled at the source with absolutely nothing added.

Michel et Augustin

Acquisition in 2016
At Michel et Augustin, we are bringing quintessential French pastry to the realm of American snacking. With a crispy, flaky texture, made with simple ingredients, our Cookie Squares and Croissant Chips are the perfect indulgences for everyday life. Calling all-butter lovers: go ahead and reach for Michel et Augustin treats at snacktime! You won’t be disappointed. Order online or look for us at your favorite speciality foods shop.
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