Clear Current Capital

To all our inspiring and resilient founders, LPs, advisors, and supporters who have the grit to create a brighter and more sustainable world that can feed billions, we are grateful to you all. 🙌 🌎

Clear Current Capital's portfolio founders are driving a tidal shift 🌊 in innovation, reshaping the future of the food system to be more sustainable:    🍕 Goodie Bag co-founders Eddy Connors, Luke Siegert, and Briana Boehmer Boehme have secured a $1.3M pre-seed round led by Clear Current Capital to propel their mission of transforming food rescue.    🌻 Sunflower Therapeutics, under the leadership of Founder, CEO/President Kerry Love, announced the oversubscription of a $3M SAFE round to advance its innovative Daisy Petal™ and Dahlia Petal™ perfusion fermentation systems.    🦠 Concert Bio, founded and led by CEO Paul Rutten, delivers its groundbreaking Overture™ microbe product to JEPCO, a UK leader in hydroponic lettuce 🥬 production.    📦 Dispatch Goods, founded by Lindsey Hoell, joins the Unreasonable Impact Americas 2024 program, accelerating its mission to eliminate single-use packaging waste.    🥘 Nosh.bio, led by co-founders Tim Fronzek, Alix Chausson, and Felipe Lino, has won the 🏆 Consumer Goods & Commerce prize at the 2024 Gründerszene Impact Awards, celebrating 25 standout leaders in the startup world! These bold founders embody Clear Current Capital's focus to drive transformative solutions for a sustainable future. 🌎 https://lnkd.in/gCUX34Tz

It’s an exciting day for us at Sunflower Therapeutics! Today, we announced the oversubscription of a $3M simple agreement for future equity (SAFE). These investments will empower us to bring our innovative equipment to market, strengthening our capabilities and expanding our presence in the alternative protein sector. For more information about our SAFE, click below! https://lnkd.in/e4dBArri #DemocratizeBioprocess #AlternativeProteins #Funding

CCC is grateful to be part of the Goodie Bag journey! Congrats to Eddy Connors and the GB team!

Today is #WorldFoodDay and it's great to see Steve Molino of Clear Current Capital share his thoughts on opportunities in the sustainable food and ag space within the new summary put out by FoodHack here! - https://lnkd.in/eyySvBWa Each investor shares a snapshot of the technologies they're looking to invest in next to paint a picture of the future 🎨🖌️ 🖼️ Some areas that are hit on include: 🌾 Green Fertilizers 🥡 Sustainable Packaging ☀️ Climate Resilient Crops 🪴 Soil-Enriching Solutions 🧊 Cold Chain Optimization 🧁 Sugar Reduction Technologies 🍫 Coffee and Chocolate Alternatives 🧫 Molecular Farming and Plant Cell Culture 🛠️ Picks and Shovels for Food Processing and Food Safety + 51 more breakthrough solutions For any founders working on solutions in this area, definitely reach out, as we'd love to talk with you. Also, for anyone who will be at the HackSummit in NYC this December, let's connect there!

🌊 Rising Tide at Clear Current Capital 🌊 We’re excited to announce the promotion of Steve Molino and Kim Flores to Partners at Clear Current Capital! 🎉 Steve will continue to lead as Head of Investments, driving growth and innovation in sustainable food systems. Kim will be the Head of Platform and Investor Relations, amplifying CCC’s impact on portfolio companies and investor engagement. Their leadership strengthens our commitment to creating a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us in celebrating this milestone as we continue to support visionary entrepreneurs shaping the future of food. #sustainablefood #climatesolutionsl #impactInvesting #ClearCurrentCapital 🔗 For more details, read the full announcement:

🚨 Exciting news! Last week in CCC's News Waves reel, we shared that Afterlife Ag had been selected as a top three finalist. Update: They are now the inaugural winner of the Earthshot Innovation Challenge! 🎉 This $100k grant will fuel even more impactful growth for their mission. Huge congratulations to Winson Wong 黃永傳, Ryan Freed, Sierra Alea, and the entire Afterlife AG team for this incredible achievement! 🙌 A big shoutout to the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, The Earthshot Prize, and The 'Quin Impact Fund for their unwavering commitment to tackling climate change. 🌍💡 #ClimateInnovation #EarthshotPrize #Sustainability #ImpactDriven

September has been full of momentum—raising capital, building partnerships, and advancing infrastructure for a sustainable food system. It's also been a time to celebrate impactful work. Check out these standout founders and their latest achievements below. As we celebrate CCC's seventh anniversary, we extend our deepest gratitude to our LPs, founders, partners, and friends and family whose unwavering support has been the foundation of our journey and success. Nosh.bio, which creates single-ingredient proteins via fungi fermentation, has launched its first product in partnership with Zur Mühlen Group (ZMG), a German meat company Tönnies Group subsidiary. Nosh.bio was also selected by Kickstart Innovation’s 2024 program in Switzerland. It joins 41 scaleups chosen by 170+ judges and partners, including Coop, IKEA, AXA Switzerland, Merck, and Swisscom. Rebellyous Foods won the FoodTech Innovation of the Year award from AgTech Breakthrough. New School Foods, known for plant-based whole-cut seafood, raised a $6 million seed extension from IKEA and others and opened a 28,000-square-foot pilot facility in Toronto for commercial-scale production. Afterlife Ag was named one of the top three finalists in the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation's Earthshot Innovation Challenge, which honors President Kennedy’s Moonshot speech and celebrates climate solutions. CCC’s Steve Molino and Kim Flores proudly served as reviewers for the Bezos Earth Fund’s $100 million for AI for Climate and Nature Grand Challenge. Clear Current Capital celebrates its 7th anniversary, empowering bold innovators to drive sustainability in the food system. Read more at https://lnkd.in/gCUX34Tz

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