Big Idea Ventures

Generation Food Rural Partners Launches Bayou Best Foods to Enable Sustainable Seafood Options, Appoints CEO

July 18, 2024 Bayou Best Foods, Inc.

Bayou Best has been launched to commercialize a portfolio of proven intellectual property that supports a truly sustainable, animal-free solution to the seafood industry while delivering great tasting solutions for customers. Bayou Best will have an initial focus on shrimp with plans to extend into adjacent categories. In 2023, the global shrimp market size was $40.35 billion and is projected to grow to $74.24 billion by 2032 at a CAGR of 7.09% during the 2024-2032 period. …

Cultivated Meat Startup Evolved Meats Raises $2M in Seed Round, Led by Funders Maple Leaf Foods and Big Idea Ventures

May 20, 2022 Evolved Meats

Evolved Meats, a Canadian biotechnology startup, has raised $2 million in its seed round to accelerate its product development and to support the initial scale up of its production processes. This round is led by Canada’s leading protein company, Maple Leaf Foods Inc., and financing is joined by a global protein fund, Big Idea Ventures, and investors Garage Capital, Saltagen Ventures, the University of Waterloo’s Velocity Fund, and strategic angels. …