Clear Current Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in alternative protein and food technology companies.

Clear Current Capital

At Clear Current Capital, we are not just a venture capital firm but intention-driven investors committed to shaping a sustainable future for our planet, people, and animals. 
	
Improving the multi-trillion dollar food system, we take a strategic, thematic investment approach, backing founders at the earliest stages across five critical themes: alternative proteins, dietary behavior change, more with less, food waste, and improving essentials.

Our team at CCC is unwavering and dedicated to making a lasting impact on the food system. We stand with our founders, supporting them at every step of their journey. CCC empowers the bold to forge sustainable food solutions and build resilient companies of tomorrow. 

Please join us in our relentless pursuit of a sustainable and impactful food system at www.clearcurrentcapital.com.


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Dedicated to transforming challenges into opportunities, Brightly produces impactful solutions that drive social and environmental progress. Meet CCC’s latest portfolio company, which addresses methane emissions, food waste, and hunger. 
 
Brightly

Challenge: Almost one-third of food in the US is wasted, emitting methane—a greenhouse gas 80 times more harmful 🚨to the environment than carbon dioxide.    
 
Solution:  
Brightly works with food recovery organizations to create high-integrity carbon credits from the avoided methane emissions produced by wasted food in landfills. Brightly Carbon Credits provide sustainable revenue to these organizations to recover more food and feed more people. 🙌 🍎 

#innovation #foodtech #foodwaste #climatesolutions

At CCC, we are driven by a steadfast commitment to empowering positive, lasting change in our food system. Meet Afterlife Ag, one of our recent and exciting companies. Afterlife AG addresses food waste and creates alternative proteins. 🍄 
 
Afterlife Ag 

Challenge: 
In the U.S., food waste accounts for 24% of landfill municipal solid waste and 8% of global emissions, ranking it as the third-largest emitter. 
 
Solution: 
Afterlife prevents food waste in landfills, cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Its platform helps food establishments upcycle scraps into fresh, local, and sustainable mushroom types for recipes and products. It also offers a circular economy approach to waste and nutritious food.


#innovation #food #foodtech #climatesolutions #circulareconomy

Less food waste + healthy and nutritious food + avoided GHG emissions 

Great to see The New York Times share the story of Clear Current Capital portfolio company, Afterlife Ag

Article here: https://lnkd.in/eTS4gn4S

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Empowered by a vision for a better world, Concert Bio harnesses the power of innovation and sustainability to make a meaningful impact on the food system. Meet CCC’s latest new portfolio company that drives productivity. 📈 

Concert Bio

CHALLENGE:  
Microbes are vital to crop health and productivity. But finding the right ones for CEA growers is not simple, as there are more microbes than stars in our galaxy. 
 
SOLUTION: 
Concert Bio is a biotech platform that helps CEA growers create optimal microbial communities to improve yields and reduce pathogens. This platform empowers growers with insights into their hydroponic farm’s microbiome. This directly contributes to sustainable farming practices and enhanced crop yield.  

#innovation #food #foodtech #biotech #climatesolutions

From its inception, Clear Current Capital's focus has been 🌎 CLEAR + BOLD: empowering a sustainable food system. Why? Because food isn't just sustenance; it's the fabric that binds us, fostering connections and traditions. Yet, our current practices jeopardize the health of our land, water, air, animals, and communities. To forge a better future, we seek innovators from every corner of the globe—those with the vision, courage, and tenacity to reimagine and rebuild our food system. At CCC, we believe in empowering the bold because their food and technology can globally impact our daily lives and the planet in a positive direction. ✨ 

Be Clear. Be Bold. Join us in this transformative journey, where every choice we make resonates with purpose and possibility. Together, we can shape a future where sustainability thrives, and nourishment knows no bounds. 

#innovation #food #foodtech  #climatesolutions #EarthMonth

Visit us at https://lnkd.in/gCUX34Tz

As the world spins and Earth Month 🌏 continues, CCC spotlights phenomenal companies like Nosh.bio ✨, whose technology and versatile protein have the ability and speed to drive tangible, substantial change across various food categories. 


Challenge: Many food products are not tasty, affordable, or sustainable. 

CLEAR + BOLD SOLUTION: Nosh.bio creates ingredients from fungi for cleaner labels, improved taste and texture in meat and fish analogues, as well as convenience foods, dairy, confectionery, and bakery items while adding nutritional value. 

Their nutritional and highly functional proteins are naturally produced, low processed, allergen-free, non-GMO, not novel foods, and at cost parity. Nosh's proprietary fermentation process is scalable and sustainable.
 
#innovation #food #foodtech #sustainability #climatesolutions #EarthMonth

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